(2008-06-20) — Democrat presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama announced today that in addition to rejecting taxpayer funding for his general election campaign, he will also forgo public funding for government entitlement programs once he reaches the White House.
“The public financing of presidential elections as it exists today is broken,” said Sen. Obama. “The public financing of government-run entitlement programs is even worse. The only way to stop the political corruption of both systems is to get the pigs away from the trough.”
The Illinois Democrat said he would raise his own money for the campaign in small amounts from millions of Americans, and that “private charities across the land will do the same thing to provide for the needs of the hungry, the poor, the homeless and the sick.”
By rejecting forced taxpayer-funding, Sen. Obama said, “we hope to give birth to a truly Great Society in which more Americans will get personally involved the lives of others, bringing a human face to hope and love, and setting in motion waves of compassion from sea to shining sea.”
255 responses so far ↓
1 always right // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:17 am
That is the kind of CHANGE I could stomach.
2 upnorthlurkin // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:29 am
If only!!
3 RedRum151 // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:10 am
Obama in ‘08!
Let’s Party Like It’s 1928!
4 boberinyetagain // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:28 am
Excellent idea as always Mr. Ott!
5 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:51 am
Two of the planks in my previously posted platform (7 June) -
#9. Pay generously for anything and everything specifically authorized by The Constitution.
#10. Delete 100% of anything and everything not specifically authorized by The Constitution.
Those two alone should cover the last two paragraphs although perhaps a rider on some bill that would require the permanent expulsion of any member of the House of Representatives who introduces any bill contrary to #10, would be in order.
Heirborn Ranger
6 onlineanalyst // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:51 am
Nah! It will never happen for the Chicago machine-politics candidate. Obama, who rose from the precincts of what Sandburg called “the Hog Butcher for the world,” isn’t likely to pass on the pork-futures political payoffs to his beholden entitlement worshippers. The trough is too wide and too deep.
For OhBummer, pass the plate means to hand over your silver.
7 woodnwheel // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:55 am
Scott, once again you have hit the nail squarely on the head. I’ve had my own experiences with Social Security (I received SSI-Disability for a few years after I turned 18) and I can attest to the fact that the system is broken.
8 ep29030 // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Obama went on to say, “As a member of the majority party, I was forced to sit by and watch as those cruel, hate-mongering Republicans did nothing to change this broken system. Bush’s domestic policy has created this situation where I am forced to decide between my principles and your donations.”
9 Shelly // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I thought qualifications for a messiah included keeping your word.
10 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I like the creativity BO employs in his excuses for going back on his word yet again.
Boil them down and you get this: he’s scared of McCain.
11 Shelly // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Looks like Qadhafi might be willing to contribute. He’s endorsing him, I guess following Hamas’ lead. Do you think they know of Winnie the Pooh’s friendship with Piglet?
12 Shelly // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:20 pm
JL3, I also get this - he’s dishonest.
13 always right // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Nope.
Qualifications for a messiah is to require YOU to have FAITH. Nothing to do with fulfilling promises or not.
The wisdom of messiah is too deep for mere mortals to understand.
14 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 20, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I thought we had compassion from sea to shining sea. Conservative Christians always give more than the tightwad liberals. They just want the government to make everyone happy. Jeesh, let me tell you that I never had a liberal give me a dollar when I was down and out, they just told me where the nearest government office was located.
15 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Here is a tune from a decade ago. Wait, there is something different going on. This isn’t the same song we used to turn up when it came on the car radio. Sounds almost like it
You tell me!?!?
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=cbd9c60af8&msgs=11aa6e1d23be192d&attid=0.1&view=audio
16 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Excellent points.
Where? nowhere.
When? never.
Why? no gain to be had for the liberal political agenda.
Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn’t solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?
Why isn’t the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago?
When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines?
Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a “vanilla” Iowa, because that’s the way God wants it?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?
Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?
How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again? Until the next flood, that is.
17 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:19 pm
shove
18 MajorDomo // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:41 pm
My Mom had a saying appropriate to Obama: “He’ll do great wonders and (excrete) rotten cucumbers.” (Subbing a longer word for the four-letter equivalent)
19 MajorDomo // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:44 pm
My post #15 was eaten
20 MajorDomo // Jun 20, 2008 at 1:45 pm
OOPs! they were regurgitated. Sorry for the duplicate
21 boberinyetagain // Jun 20, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What was it…? About 2 weeks ago you folks proved conclusively that this man is a lying weasel so the question is, of course, what to make of this story…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush did not know about a White House effort to leak the identity of a CIA agent but tried to protect staffers who were involved in one of the biggest scandals of his administration, former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress on Friday.
22 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:12 pm
From Pastor Tim’s newsletter - hope it posts o.k.
Here is today’s Fun Link - Holding Hands
http://www.cybersalt.org/h/holding-hands
23 da Bunny // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Fred #16 AMEN to that! I haven’t seen one white person whining about FEMA or blaming Bush for the flooding/levee failures in Iowa. No one has blamed Karl Rove’s Weather Machine for all the torrential rains and tornadic activity. There’s been no word from the fools in Hollywood regarding financially assisting the folks who provide these idiots with their FOOD and their “biofuel” ethanol!
The phony leftist libs could care less about “flyover country.” Those folks in the rural Midwest busting their buns bagging sand, shoring up their own and their neighbors’ properties, or cleaning out ruined homes are mainly white people. Only people with brown or black skin are deserving of the “photo op compassion” of people on the left and the MSM. Just wait until any flood waters travel down the Mississippi and reach NOLA!! Then the “real” media coverage and the “caring” will begin.
24 onlineanalyst // Jun 20, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Factcheck.org has the goods on more Obama lying re lobbyists. BTW He has some deep-pockets contributors himself. How Machiavellian!
Scott McClellan has sold his soul to the highest bidder and his facts to a manipulative editor. He has no character to speak of.
25 camojack // Jun 20, 2008 at 6:44 pm
If only it were true…I’d vote for him in a heartbeat.
But somehow, it would seem that truth isn’t one of B. Hussein Obama Jr’s strong suits…
26 RedPepper // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:14 pm
It just gets better and better.
It appears that it’s all our fault, once again! Barack is pulling out of the campaign public financing system because of all the money the evil Republicans are raking in from the “lobbyistsâ€, and “unbridled spending†by 527 groups.
“While Sen. Obama said such groups were aiding Sen. McCain’s campaign, he didn’t note that they are lining up to support him as well. Through Thursday, independent political groups supporting Sen. Obama had spent $15.3 million, while independent groups supporting Sen. McCain had spent only $1.1 million, federal campaign-finance records show.â€
Obama Rejects Public Financing For General Election .
Obama wouldn’t acknowledge “the truth†if it snuck up behind him and bit him on the … ankle !
27 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:04 pm
How many times must a person “Log in” these days? Use to be maybe once every several weeks???
There’s a u-tube clip of Congressman Ted Poe (R, Tex) raising unholy he(double toothpicks) on the House floor about CFLs!! I’ve been watching it for several days now, trying to memorize his wonderful tirade of five minutes. The Congressman behind him tries to maintain his composure, but ends up laughing hilariously. Poe produces his pocket copy of the Constitution and complains that he can find no place giving the government the authority to stipulate what kind of light bulbs Americans “Across the fruited plains” must use.
He’s serious as all get out with some wonderful satire thrown in - must be reading SF. He slams Congress on the “anti-American, Anti-Energy bill just passed (President Bush of course signed the dumb thing.
This is where Congress “found” their authority.
“Article I, Section 8, Clause 1,3: The Congress shall have power … To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes”.
Light bulbs are part of interstate commerce and thus Congress has the right to regulate their usage. Congress and the courts have used the commerce clause to impact a wide range of areas, from ending segregation in hotels and restaurants to the growing of wheat for primarily home consumption.
I’m going to become a Speculator and invest in another hundred 60 watt bulbs (maybe an extra hundred every month until they become illegal to sell) but maybe not, the latest word is that due to the drawbacks of CFL’s (faded photographs on the wall, radio, tv, cell phone interference - changing color aka ‘yellowing effect’ - loss of up to 30% rated wattage, sometimes in as little as 6 - 8 months, 3.5 - 6 grams of mercury in each bulb, etc.) the fact that every CFL sold in the USA is manufactured in China. The talk is about the total replacement of CFLs with newly improved LED bulbs!!!
But the incandescent bulb is going the way of the 3.5 gallon commode tank. Poe also could not find the authority for the somewhat newly created “Dept. of Toilets and Light Bulbs”
“But we’ve got plenty of duct tape in Texas to clean up the CFLs when they break.”
Heirborn Ranger
WV - FIALA Outlines - never took that course
28 everthink // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Shelly,
Re: Obama’s “Bounce”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/14246
We can do better. Yes We Can!
ET
29 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:23 pm
What if my pursuit of happiness requires a good old incandescent made in the USA light bulb?
Will cartoonists have to change their drawings when one of his subjects gets an idea?
I got myself a new term for the majority of people that are dominating our national brainwashing, they are now officially “scroofy”.
30 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:15 pm
mkk #29 - scroofy? Is that a grafting of scruffy and goofy or screwed and goofy?
None of the above?
31 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:45 pm
That would be both screwy and goofy, could’ve spell it screwfy, that was my first thought. Might be a good adjective to describe anyone naive enough to vote for BO. Back in the day all you needed for BO was some Right Guardâ„¢, maybe McCain should see if the Gillette Co. is willing to make a donation.
32 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I think that my pusuit of happiness requires a new Bugati Veyron, and with the way that most liberals interpret the founding documents I think they should feel that government owes me one. It would make me way happier than socializing medicine or socking it to Big Oil, even happier than a twisted bulb in my light socket!
33 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Pushin’ for a new Veyron…
34 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Keep this up and folks might suspect me for a pusher…
35 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:03 pm
In the words of a great comedian from the past, “good night and God bless.”
36 mindknumbed kid // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:07 pm
P.S. - Don’t look now Ethel, I’m being moderated! How dare I speak evil of the cute new Chinese made lightbulbs…
37 Fred Sinclair // Jun 20, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Top five Heinlein quotes, but my #1 favorite of his is, “Never underestimate the power of hunan stupidity.”
“They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.”
“A committee is a creature with three or more legs and no brain.”
“Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.”
“Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.”
“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.”
DRUDGE has a Newsweek poll with Obama finally getting his “bump” ahead by 15 points.
I agree with Rush - that what people “tell” pollsters and what they DO when actually in the privacy of the voting booth, can be two very different things.
Nonetheless - “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
No one - not even Obama or his wife is praying to whoever it is they pray to, as fervently as Jimmy Carter. He wants Obama to win!!! He sees an Obama win as his only chance to get his name off of the top of the “Worst Presidents in American History List.
The problem is that if Obama wins, America will look back on the “Good Old Days” of Carter’s Presidency with wistful nostalgia.
IN GOD WE TRUST
38 everthink // Jun 21, 2008 at 1:14 am
Nonetheless - “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.â€
So true, so true.
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”
Some sad souls voted for this fellow twice; amazing!
ET
39 RedPepper // Jun 21, 2008 at 9:00 am
In case you’re having a problem keeping up with this stuff ( I know I am … ), here’s a handy list you can refer to:
A complete list of things caused by global warming .
Caution: you may find some of this information disturbing. For example, the story about veteran Loch Ness Monster hunter Robert Rines:
“Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming.â€
Sad.
40 Libby Gone // Jun 21, 2008 at 9:29 am
Once rumination,
My existence, much improved.
Safe again, America stands proud, ready.
History will remember, the Eight times.Your mandible gnashing, eternity shall not.
Some prose for the basement dweller obviously looking for a future tenure in a government position with a feeble minded and discriminatory Leader.
41 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 21, 2008 at 10:03 am
The malevolent beast code-named “Anthropomorphic Global Warming” has messed Gravity up to the extent that I never reached a sockless height greater than 66.25″.
Oh, and that’s why my hair fell out, too.
And, yes, that’s a play on words [sorta] up there.
~~~~~
I guess BO has a comedic side to his persona; for example, him sitting there behind that phony seal in a parody of tackiness.
Or the way he isn’t exactly reversing himself repeatedly on anything because he’s too busy tap-dancing (with an occasional pirouette for flair) for his cronies to have ever had a firm stance in the first place.
~~from Ballad of a Thin Man by Bob Dylan, 1965
Thank you
42 Fred Sinclair // Jun 21, 2008 at 10:06 am
et #38 - WoW!!!!!
Thank you, thank you and again, thank you. I finally figured it out! (duh) you are a very clever satirist - VERY.
Way back in 1956 I was stationed at Fairchild AFB, WA - I had a friend who often spoke in reverse.
At a Church member’s home, following a truly great meal; Bill said to our host, ” This meal really brings back memories (you had to know Bill), it reminds me so much of home and my mother’s cooking.”
Mrs. Lundy replied - Why thank you, Bill. I’m glad to hear you say that.”
To which Bill responded, ” Yeah, poor old soul, she never learned to cook either.”
Like Bill, you speak (write) in reverse.
satire |ˈsaˌtīr|
noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
• a play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire : a stinging satire on American politics.
• a genre of literature characterized by the use of satire.
So when you write, ” Some sad souls voted for this fellow twice; amazing!” what you are really saying is, “Some intelligent, informed souls voted for this fellow twice; amazing and wonderful!”
Thank you for supporting our President in such a way. George W. has fulfilled his job description in keeping America free of further terrorist attacks for about seven years now and is certainly deserving of your laudatory praise.
George W. has done several things that I disagree with, but I will always respect the office that he holds and will never give aid an comfort to America’s enemies by speaking ill of him.
This November (and being no fan of McCain) I will vote, like yourself, for anyone whose last name isn’t Obama.
Thank you et, for clearing that up.
IN GOD WE TRUST
43 Saturday Links : Stop The ACLU // Jun 21, 2008 at 10:43 am
[...] Obama Rejects Public Funds for Campaign, Entitlements The Pink Flamingo: Magna Carta and also has a piece counterpoint to one Warner Todd Huston wrote [...]
44 onlineanalyst // Jun 21, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Keep your eye on the ball re OhBummer’s shifting positions, especially on Iraq. The fella is not just about political expedience, and his nefarious connections raise too many questions.
The Soros puppet with plenty of hubris is dancing mighty close to breaking federal law with his “possum’s” seal. Link to follow.
45 onlineanalyst // Jun 21, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Is the Great Seal of Obama illegal? Mr. Inevitability is playing with fire.
I see that he is now walking back from his original February FISA position, which he dodged then by being a no-show at voting time… even though he was campaigning in the DC area. Change that you would have to be gullible to believe in!
46 Libby Gone // Jun 21, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Score one for the those of us fallen from disgrace….
One convert enlightened on personal responsibilty in the voting booth,
One vote less for the discriminating, false fool posing as ‘our savior’.
Four PO’d American boys do more than turn wattage in painful ear syndrome.
Every vote counts.
47 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 21, 2008 at 1:43 pm
The President of The United States of America should have been saying what this post from Power Line reports he finally said (audibly), a long time ago.
Now that he’s finally snagged the metaphorical ball (rhetorically, at least), there’s no one to whom to roll the durn thang. Like third-rate melodrama, it’s anticlimactic at best.
I hereby propose that, in a life-and-death struggle, the
Rocky MountainsGreat Divide should lose by Default. The methodology is straight-forward, literally: Put several thousand landscape architects in several thousand bulldozers, start at the North Rim of The Grand Canyon and scoop a thousand-mile wide, four-mile deep trench to the North Pole-make it really big.We’re doomed…..doomed. Doomed, I tell ya.
48 Beerme // Jun 21, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Libby Gone,
Seems as though your creativity is showing…how about sharing some of the music those four PO’d American Boys are making? I know I share MY creativity (hint: it rhymes with cheer…).
I’ve heard you can send MP3 files over the email
49 everthink // Jun 21, 2008 at 3:10 pm
“Score one for the those of us fallen from disgrace….”?
Naw, it just feels like you are falling. You’re still Republicans!
ET
50 Libby Gone // Jun 21, 2008 at 5:23 pm
etcetra,
What? That response offers nothing but angry incoherent rambling.
If you can (for once) offer up a slight conception to my post, (an inkling?), then yea maybe I won’t dismiss you further.
No more for you child until you show you at least a childs grasp, an understanding of the gist of my post.
republican?
falling?
Never-Mind (nyuk nyuk nyuk)
All, including Mr. Ott,can we have another guest freaker, er I mean speaker for the Libdiots?
I choose Carol Costello,wherever she may be.
Fun tonight in Mitch-chee -Gon, Jenny from the Crock and I are converting the state one vote a day!!!!!
51 mindknumbed kid // Jun 21, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I lift up my eye unto the (Capitol) hill,
From whence shall come my help?
My help is from O-Ba-a-a-a-ma,
Maker of change so-o good.
Michael Card sings that tune slightly different, but after reading ET’s excellent, well thought out posts I have done seen the error of my ways, I’m not gonna call myself a republican anymore.
I shall be a conservative Christian ultra-rightwing who happens to be registered with the republican party, but in heart leans heavily towards the Constitution party.
52 RedPepper // Jun 21, 2008 at 9:27 pm
ola #45: online, fyi, your link is not working.
Obama’s Not-So-Great Seal is clearly a work-in-progress.
Version 2.0 will discontinue the eagle and substitute a roosting chicken.
Or perhaps, a turkey vulture …
53 Libby Gone // Jun 21, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I am saddened America even considers this FOOL a contender, yet it speaks so much of the cattle humans have been conditioned to be….
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080620/480/003d2c72499f41c39003beeac3b60770/
54 mindknumbed kid // Jun 21, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Are there really people out there who voted for BO two times? With him being from Chicago, many of them probably voted for him both times in the same election.
55 mindknumbed kid // Jun 21, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Scott, I don’t think the reCAPTCHA thing is very bright, I just accidentally misspelled the first word and missed a period, but it posted anyway! Maybe it figured that close really does count?
56 mindknumbed kid // Jun 21, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Go on out there, the water is fine…
57 onlineanalyst // Jun 22, 2008 at 5:01 am
Try this one: http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/06/is_obamas_great_seal_illegal_1.asp
58 Fred Sinclair // Jun 22, 2008 at 7:36 am
O.T. - I dogpiled “Rationing in Cuba” and now, two hours later, after reading link after link - I see what Mr. Obama envisions as “Change for America”
Obama and cohorts (Harry Reid, Nancy Polosi, etc) are in lockstep with Cuba - as a tiny example of food rationing.
Standard rations
A table follows that illustrates the standard ration distributed through this system. Figures are per person, per month. An indication of the subsidized prices is given, as well. Allowances vary from year to year, so these should be understood as approximate figures, based on year 2000 data:
(Source: http://cubamigo.org/merengue123/alimentacion.html)
Product Quantity Price (CUP)
Rice 6 lb 0.70 / lb
Beans 20 oz. 0.32 / lb
White (refined) sugar 3 lb 0.15 / lb
Dark (unrefined) sugar 3 lb 0.10 / lb
Milk (only children under 7 years) 1 lt / day 0.25 / each
Eggs (*) 12 0.15 each
Potatoes/bananas 15 lb 0.40 / lb
(*) Only from September through December.
Meat products are distributed separately, if available, following a different rationale. These are distributed each 15 days, and usually rotate (that is, the product type changes on each delivery). Fish, beef, grinded beef (usually mixed with soy), chicken, sausages and ham fall in this category. Quantities, and prices, differ for each meat product (beef, ½ lb/person each 15 days, whereas chicken is 1 lb/person each 15 days).
It must be said that distribution is not always prompt, and product delivery is frequently delayed (for example, if one month there were no beans to distribute, they usually cumulate for next month, although this is not always the case). Such delays are most evident in beef distribution. The fact that products are not available at the bodega always, but arrive in a more or less random manner, creates long queues when products arrive, which sometimes makes buying the products a quite lengthy process…..
Everything is rationed i.e. 1 pr cheap shoes every six months. Trousers, skirts & shirts - 1 every six months - 1 tube toothpaste per month (family of 4).
One said that Cubans who make it to America, some have been known to faint when taken into our grocery stores unable to believe that much food even exists.
Sure made me glad that I am an American, living in America. (even with all of our warts and scars)
So, if anyone wants “Change” to carrying a ration card everywhere, for each and every purchase - vote Obama in November!
IN GOD WE TRUST
59 Fred Sinclair // Jun 22, 2008 at 7:39 am
shove and push
60 Libby Gone // Jun 22, 2008 at 8:11 am
I am more impressed with manliness of Jimmah! (rhymes with Timmah!, South Park fans know…)
Than this lusterless,discriminatory fool….
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080620/480/003d2c72499f41c39003beeac3b60770/
61 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 22, 2008 at 9:53 am
BO is a blatant Federal Law breaker (corrected link from #35).
He’ll just blame his history of enslavement.
He has no respect for anything.
What a punk.
62 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 22, 2008 at 9:55 am
#45, that is
63 upnorthlurkin // Jun 22, 2008 at 11:41 am
Loved this little tidbit from the Weekly Standard blog too; seems the Teamsters claim drilling in ANWR will provide 750,000 high paying jobs…. well yes, we all know they’re bought and paid for by Big Oil and Bush Administration!! Also loved the photo of the pristine beauty of the area…
64 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 22, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Tornado just missed the bunker again. Drats, I thought I could toss a bunch of trash to the wind. Actually it never touched down but I think I got the cloud on my trusty Nikon.
65 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 22, 2008 at 6:47 pm
As BO continues to permeate the atmosphere with vacuous, paranoid spins on his Dishonesty, it still sounds exactly like, “I’m scared of John Sidney McCain III.”
Click my name, if you like Bob Dylan.
Thank you
66 mindknumbed kid // Jun 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm
No doubt about it Ms RW, global warming is gonna wreak havok all across our fruited plain. We all need to be alert and ready for natural disasters like the world has never seen before! I’ve heard things, very disturbing things, about it from some young children on my TV set.
67 mindknumbed kid // Jun 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Rotten conservative naysayers thwarting the attempt to warn the world of impending doom and gloom!
I say PUSH aside their ignorance…
68 mindknumbed kid // Jun 22, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Change, change, change,
Changin’ fools.
I’d parody that to the song Chajn, Chain, Chain, if I had the time.Too many too anxious for “change”, and change is already occuring…same-sex “marriage in California is quite the example. How foolish the courts were not to ask for a stay until all appeals were exhausted, if it gets overturned how do they clean up that mess? Makes you think that the plan was to prevent it being overturned by creating a quagmire that nobody has the guts to fix! The anti-America liberal no God crowd is steamrolling through change that leads to destruction of societies and nations, it is building and fermenting until one day there will be just a few feeble citizens holding back the tide of evil.
Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand - where is our John the Baptist of today? America wake up! Judgement Day is coming and it ain’t no Hollywood movie.
Let the moderating begin…
69 mindknumbed kid // Jun 22, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Push the only hope - Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior to all who will believe and receive him into their heart.
70 Fred Sinclair // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:12 am
Curiosity Questions: Why would anybody spend multi-millions of USD to buy a job that only pays couple of hundred thousand USD per year? or is there anybody who believes that with the enthusiastic support of the Muslim countries around the world, there is no carefully laundered USD being funneled into BO’s “War Chest”?
Finally, would Islam (The Religion of Peace) declare Jihad against BO if he was seen riding a Harley? Just words….
IN GOD WE TRUST
71 Fred Sinclair // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:13 am
push and shove
72 Fred Sinclair // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:21 am
JL3rd #65 - O.K. I’ll bite - who is Bob Dylan?
I seem to recall that named somehow linked to the music industry….was that before or after the death of C&W? ……… R&B?
IN GOD WE TRUST
73 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:58 am
Dylan.
All I know it doesn’t rhyme with
Mozart, Vivaldi, Paganini,
Diddley, Berry, Cash,
Rhoads, Van Halen,
or me!
Folk art for sure, history ??? not I think.
74 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:03 am
joking,,,,,,,
why do I feel the need to explain??
Those of us who write songs daily wish we had the recognition.
75 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:28 am
James Hansen.
This fool must be monitored.
He is to blame for heating the atomosphere with his man sized pyrotechniques.
Stop his childish rants.
76 Fred Sinclair // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:29 am
Wondering…..Why not start a movement with concerned Conservative Lawyers representing College graduates as they file malpractice suits against teachers, professors and Colleges for fraudulently taking students money in exchange for phony “Graduation Diplomas” ?
Former students whose minds are now filled with the trash of Liberal Theology. Minds that were seeking a genuine education and instead paid for an updated (and probably better) liberal version of the communists brainwashing or “re-education” camps.
If doctors can be sued for malpractice, why not education professionals?
Perhaps, after it becomes expensive enough and teachers are forced to buy and pay for malpractice insurance, the phony teaching of evolution and “manmade” Global Warming will take a back seat to teaching facts and not passing off harebrained theories as true.
As for windfall profits; how about the 1954 expense of $495.00 for a year in college to an average of $5,285.00 today? Paying over 5 grand to have your brain stuffed with mush, strikes me as pretty stupid.
IN GOD WE TRUST
77 Fred Sinclair // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 am
still a-pushin-and-a shovin
78 RedPepper // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:46 am
JL3: “The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on.â€
Pay no mind.
Well, in comes Romeo, he’s moaning
“You belong to me, I believeâ€
And then someone says, “You’re in the wrong place, my friend
You better leaveâ€
And the only sound that’s left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row
79 RedPepper // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:59 pm
An addenda: I’d like to call attention to a portion of Chief Justice John Roberts’ dissent in the recent case, SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO. v. APPC SERVICES, INC. :
The payphone operators
assigned their claims to respondents “for purposes of
collection,†App. to Pet. for Cert. 114a; respondents never
had any share in the amount collected. The absence of
any right to the substantive recovery means that respondents
cannot benefit from the judgment they seek and
thus lack Article III standing. “When you got nothing, you
got nothing to lose.†Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone, on
Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia Records 1965).
So there!
80 Shelly // Jun 23, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I see Kim Jong Il has joined the merry band of terrorists and tyrants who back Obama.
81 everthink // Jun 23, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Fred Sinclair you ask:
“Why would anybody spend multi-millions of USD to buy a job that only pays couple of hundred thousand USD per year?”
Good question! Why indeed! It is not his money!
Is he spending your money? I think not!
90% of the average contributions is one hundred dollars or less, even though my own contribution is modestly in the upper 10%, I will send ALL I can. I expect no personal favor in return.
I approve of his use of my investment in America, wholeheartedly!
We will not concede the “Red States” to the Party of Big Business; to those who have sold their birthright to the rich in hope of some “trickle down” for their families.
ET
82 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 23, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Zing!
[cue sound of point zinging by overhead]
83 boberinyetagain // Jun 23, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Oh dear…is this really true? If so it explains a lot…
“Speaking in tongues”, a practice usually linked to charismatic denominations like the Pentecostal churches, is regarded skeptically by most U.S. Christians.
But the survey found that a sizeable minority of Christians, or 19 percent, reported that they spoke in tongues, which usually refers to the uttering of a language foreign or unknown to the speaker. It is therefore taken to be a miraculous event.
Nearly one in ten of the U.S. Christians questioned in the survey said they spoke in tongues on a weekly basis. Among American Pentecostals the figure was 28 percent.
84 Beerme // Jun 23, 2008 at 4:36 pm
ET,
Wow! Puttin’ yer money where yer mouth is, huh?
What exactly does Obama say he will do that makes you think he should be POTUS?
What exactly has Obama ever done that makes you think he should be POTUS?
I haven’t seen or heard anything worthy, yet…
(Oh, and please resist the urge to answer the question with a reference to Bush because, well that wouldn’t be answering the question, would it?)
OMG! WV=”$2 Manchurian”, I kid you not! Perhaps it should be $3…
85 upnorthlurkin // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:06 pm
More ammo for you Blame America/hate America/turn America into Cuba types here . I was especially disheartened by paragraph number eight……not!!
86 upnorthlurkin // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Whaaaa?
87 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Well, I guess this is about as good time as any to let the kind Scrapplers to know I am going in for sort of a major surgery this Thursday at our local hospital. No easy eye surgery this time.
What started out to be a stomach type surgery now has bloomed into a cut ‘er open and toss out the useless organs. There will be 2 surgeons, one heart, one general and 2 more specialists on standby.
Now it does sound complicated and maybe it won’t be, but the trauma to the body can mess up the MS and that may be worse than the surgery. So heart filters, stomach wall repair, gall bladder taken out the old fashioned way and maybe a partial hysterectomy all in one morning may keep me away from the computer for a bit.
I knew it was coming for a month but I made a few last minute doctor changes because of the one surgeon’s caviler attitude toward my MS. The new surgeon is a more compassionate slicer and dicer than the first one. So, I will take a deep breath and see you all on the other side of Thursday
PS: prayers are welcome and will be taken the the highest point of gratitude
88 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:46 pm
where did I geteth to?
89 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Oh, it is moderation time. Someone please tell my doctors that.
90 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Le foolish person and his money are soon parted. Go ahead and donate to the man who will help put America into the ash heap of history. Vote for change, it is certain to come, but we will only be the worse for it. Except every day that passes is just one day closer to Heaven. The only reason Barackababbler’s can hold their heads up high is on account of how precious little content there is in them.
91 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 7:58 pm
So, if your comment is awaiting moderation, are you the only person that can see it? I see nothing from Ms RW awaiting moderation, and I have one from 11:32 last night still awaiting the moderates to approve it… on my screen this will post #87, unless someone else jumps in before I get it through.
92 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm
It was 87th indeed.
93 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:03 pm
And the tally at the top of the article reflects one less than the thread, no wonder we can’t figure out what # to reference these strange days.
94 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Fred - the answer is that some men will do anything just to be somebody.
95 EXT // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Up here in Alaska some of us are hoping that oil extraction for other than in-state use will be banned entirely.
Tree-huggers in the lower-48 need to learn that trees really are their friends. That, when cut down and burned for warmth, they really are friendly. If they can bring themselves to stay alive by sacrificing the sacred trees.
Besides, oil from ANWR is chemically deficient. Saudi oil, says Chucky (Friday the Thirteenth) Scummer, has the power to lower gasoline prices by 50-cents/gallon but ANWR crude is, well deficient. In equal measure to Saudi oil it has absolutely NO power to lower gasoline prices.
So we prefer to keep the inferior product here for our own use.
96 everthink // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Say Fred,
If McCain’s first wife is still alive, does that make him an adulterer?
ET
97 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Have you ever been in the tent of a woman without the sacrement of marraige?
Idiot.
98 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Now as typical,
Point out the spelling and absolve yourself.
fool.
99 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:20 pm
OBAMA/ CARTER ‘08!
Maybe we can get Jen Jen (from the CROCK) to be Secksritary of the Inferior!!
Global warming brought hail to Shawn Burr golf outting here in MITCH CHEE GON.
100 everthink // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Libby Gone:
Do you even know the definition of adultery?
Besides, I asked Fred because I knew you were unholy!
Maybe, “his numbness” can help here. MNK, what say you?
ET
101 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Well, it isn’t fornication…
102 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Nope
Wouldn’t know.
I turn the other cheek. Bring it.
IDIOT.
103 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:13 pm
How many men can say they haven’t looked upon a woman and committed adultery in his heart? What percentage of the population hasn’t done the exact same thing in which you have pointed out about John McCain? What is the relevance when your savior supports same sex abomination and murder on demand for both fornicators and adulterers? In this election I would not even speculate on the possibility that either candidate has ever experienced one minute of intimacy with the God that formed them. When your candidate has nothing but empty rhetoric, it is only logical that you would launch a series of cheap shots in an effort to make your guy look good. Neither of them looks good, but only one is an empty suited media puppet with nothing more than a socialistic agenda and disdain for the America of the past.
104 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:13 pm
My banner TRADEMARKED
OBAMA/CARTER ‘08
WHITE on BLACK
a serpent ™
105 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Hurry up and moderate me, two posts waiting in the wings are of no value to anyone!
106 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:26 pm
You have nothing to feeee aarrreeeee
But Feeeeeeee aaarrrrreeeeeee
OBAMA/CARTER ‘08!
Bend over Americans It’s a Screw Deal!!!
107 mindknumbed kid // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Government handouts to the poor are also an example of trickle-down economics. If we take away the money from the rich, who will employ us? The government? It’s OK for the social services, but not for free market entrepreneurs?
108 Libby Gone // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:50 pm
MKK,
I agree.
As a young ,struggling utility pole climber, I was afforded the luxury of compassion and friendship of a few people of well means in the poor community of Bloomfield Hills, MITCH CHEE GON.
Because I worked my arse off and showed respect.
Side work, labor…trickled down.
They needed ladder work, I needed money.
No handouts, just AMERICANS. RICH and poor.
109 da Bunny // Jun 23, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Anyone familiar with “The Apprentice” should get a kick out of this name I saw used in reference to Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama on another blog…Obamarossa.
110 da Bunny // Jun 24, 2008 at 12:29 am
Another good one…D’ohbama!
111 DrivebyMeteor // Jun 24, 2008 at 1:02 am
“They’re going to try to make you afraid. They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. They’re gonna say, ‘You know what, he’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black? Ԡ— Barack Obama
“The path to success for McCain is to make the election a referendum on his opponent, by working in concert with 527 groups and media outlets such as Fox News to pursue character assassination, guilt by association, and, most of all, the effort to paint Obama as different, foreign, unlike ‘us’, and dangerous (and did I mention that he’s black?).†— Drew Weston, in The New Republic
“I think they played the race card on me. And we now know, from memos from the campaign and everything that they planned to do it all along.†— William Jefferson Clinton, in a telephone interview with WHYY’s Susan Phillips. April 22nd 2008.
“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.†— Eric Hoffer
projection noun: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else.
“I don’t even notice the color of his skin. I do note the thinness of it, though.†— Dennis Miller, on The O’Reilly Factor, May 29th 2008
112 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 5:33 am
Thank you! for allowing us to “live”.
Y’all be sure and back up to Ms RW’s moderated post and remember her request the next few days.
113 Shelly // Jun 24, 2008 at 9:33 am
Ms. RW, it is our pleasure and our honor to pray for a treasure like you. Godspeed.
114 Shelly // Jun 24, 2008 at 9:39 am
RE: 103 by MKK, indeed. Anyone who has no problem with the slaughter of innocent babies but thinks a second wife is an abomination might want to take another look into his own eye. But I guess it’s just easier to hide behind blind hatred of the US of KKK and support venom and profanity in the pulpit. Yea, that’s spiritually superior. Right.
115 upnorthlurkin // Jun 24, 2008 at 9:54 am
Ms RW, prayers also going up from over here!! Do I still have contact numbers for you? I’ll email you in a minute for verification if you don’t mind….and get that cell phone on the charger!!
116 Shelly // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:02 am
Michelle Malkin has a great take on the Obama campaign losing the phony seal after one use.
“This is not the phony campaign seal I knew.”
117 Libby Gone // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:14 am
My sincere prayers, Ms. RW.
A great and truly loved woman told me something yesterday. She is well informed, introduced me to God’s word some 20 odd years ago.
“Miracles really do happen.”
God bless you Ms.RW.
118 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:52 am
“Anyone who has no problem with the slaughter of innocent babies …”
Are your referring to Dumbyah, and your support of him, or me?
Dumbyah, with your help, has killed thousands of Iraqi children and babies.
“… but thinks a second wife is an abomination”
I asked a question, I made no statement.
But, it’s hard for me to see the difference, between a chubby girl in a blue dress, and a beer heiress in a leather outfit.
ET
119 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Beerme,
I just saw your post. I’ll get to it as soon as I can get the last one out of “moderation”.
Let’s see if this one posts.
ET
120 upnorthlurkin // Jun 24, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Hey, ET….just heard on CNN radio (the most trusted name in radio….just ask them, they’ll tell you) that Barry is holding a $28,000 a seat fundraiser tonight…..are you attending?!
Just askin’… (Can’t help but wonder if CNN got the price per seat wrong…or maybe just added an extra zero…?! Maybe not…might just be back in SF talkin’ to his peeps!)
121 Ms RightWing, Ink // Jun 24, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Thanks each and everyone for your concern. I am just going to chill for a day and relax. Truth be known, I wish this wasn’t happening, but I know many people are suffering much greater than I, so If this is the path God has chosen me to walk this week, then I shall follow.
122 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I wonder what triggered moderation? Was it “blue dress”?
123 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Dang it, dang it commissar!
124 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Beerme,
I read Obama’s book “The Audacity of Hope”. I can’t recommend it too highly.
I was particularly impressed with his first exchanged with the old former klansman, Senator Robert Bird; and with the bond that only Christian agape could create.
As a son who also grew up without a father in the home, I was impressed with his dealings, and resolution of “Father Conflict” with his white grandfather. In the same way, I am impressed with the way he dealt with his grandmother’s racist attitudes.
These may be “touchie-feelie” things, but I think they reveal his character.
I was very impressed with his academic accomplishments and achievement against strong obstacles, where I also found his motives to laudable.
He is on record against our invasion of Iraq, and instead in favor of a relentless pursuit of Osama bin Laden.
This demonstrates judgment that experience alone can not provide.
Like Lincoln, he began his presidential campaign at Springfield; but, of course, Obama had more experience than Lincoln.
Thanks for asking,
ET
125 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 5:45 pm
So that is our strategic objective in Iraq? No wonder it is viewed as a failure. So, is it an honorable position to insist that our troops are only seeking to kill innocent women and children? Oh, I know, you “support the troops”…
126 Fred Sinclair // Jun 24, 2008 at 6:07 pm
et #96 - Depends on the circumstances - if he was divorced for Scriptural reasons, he’s free to remarry (there are four).
If not, he’s more than an adulterer he’s also a bigamist.
Of course if he’s not a Christian - then manmade laws apply and he’s clear.
A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
You can get confused when applying manmade labels to someone or something.
1.) Adultery
2.) Is no longer bound. But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband
(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is NOT UNDER BONDAGE in such cases, but God has called us to peace. (1 Cor. 7:10-15)
3.) Was married and divorced before becoming a Christian.
IN GOD WE TRUST
127 da Bunny // Jun 24, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Ms RightWing, prayers have gone up for your upcoming surgery to be safe, successful, and for you to come out all the stronger and better for it. Sorry you have to go through such an ordeal, but God is in control and our Lord will be there with you in the OR. You are never alone.
128 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Perhaps 1Cor 2:14 explains why you have so much trouble “seeing” things. It says, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Is God going to give his approval/blessings to a man that supports murdering the unborn? If you claim to know God intimately, should you speak well of him?
Lot was vexed by the unrighteous fellow citizens of Soddam, he was not sinless, or perfect, yet God referred to him as being “just”, and spared him from the destruction of his neighbors. Our President is not perfect, or sinless, but there are things that separate men that God refers to as being “just”, and those he does not. Some things are clearly wrong, you can try judging folks by your own standards a condemn him, but when you look at a man through the written word of God, you are not judging him, the rightly divided Word judges. Feet that are swift to shed innocent blood are contrary to God’s Word. David, was a very righteous man, yet God refused him his desire to build a house for God, but not because of sin, but because David had been in many battles and was responsible, for much shedding of blood, it was not, however innocent blood. How many wars did God himself directly authorize? He commaned his people to kill entire cultures, is God evil because of such commands? Every war in history has had its critics and opponents, just because you disagree with this one does not make it wrong, but to hold the Commander in Chief responsible for murder of innocent incidental casualties is highly improper, and by doing so you say that we can never, under any circumstance engage an enemy in war to defend our existence. So what you are really arguing is for us to surrender to the first rouge thug in line, unless we can talk him out of conquering us.
So, we all understand that you are anxious to align yourself against God, and to stand alongside his enemies, so why come around here bragging up your position? Oh, I know the answer, you are one of those intellectuals who are so much smarter than are we, that you are just trying to help us ignorant slobs. Well, I believe I speak for most all here when I say, No thank you!
129 da Bunny // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:05 pm
upnorthlurkin #120, for such “terrible” economic times that the dhimmis keep telling us we are in, I find it interesting how much money Dough-bama has raked in, and how much continues to roll in to his campaign coffers. For people who are supposedly having to choose between food and filling up their gas tanks, or for those who claim to not be able to afford healthcare, there seem to be plenty of them who are willing to send their money to The Obamacon. Amazing what some people’s priorities are, isn’t it?
130 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I’ll have our church praying for you too, Ms RW. Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean NOT unto thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path. May God do what the doctors cannot.
131 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Obamacon….Obamacommie? No wonder my last comment is being moderated, mean-spirited republican right-winger that I am.
132 upnorthlurkin // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Oops! More bad news here about our failures in Iraq….
133 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:39 pm
What? Can we trust them to take over killing their own wimmen and children…should we allow this?(re: unl’s link)
134 Fred Sinclair // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I was trying to equate the cost of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with the cost of WW2. I found the cost in early forties dollars was $304 Billion. I couldn’t find what would be in today’s dollars.
Pop was a nickel, burgers 15 cents. a new ford, chevy or plymouth was under 2g. For a country coming out of the “Great Depression” in 1941 we had barely a marginal military but we geared up FAST!!!
304 B wasn’t easy to come by. War Bonds were sold, scrap drives, etc but Americans did whatever it took. Meatless days, Wheatless and Sweetless days were the norm. Ration books for gas, tires, etc. Does anybody else recall the mill coins? 10 mills = 1 penny, the 1 mill was red plastic, the 5 mill was green (for two mills you could buy little packets of “red hots”).
With all of the wrangling by the anti-war libbers about how much today’s war is costing (1.2 B for a single B-2 Stealth Bomber), I’m curious to know how much 304B in 1945 dollars would be today.
IN GOD WE TRUST
135 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I got one from 7:58 still moderating, I hope it doesn’t take too long. I thought Scott would have a new thread started before the first one from yesterday got freed.
136 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Fred, I suspect it would come to way more than we are spending in Iraq. I would love to see the comparison, it would be interesting.
137 Fred Sinclair // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:14 pm
I found it! I dogpiled “inflation 1945 - 2008″
$1.00 in 1945 had about the same buying power as $11.86 in 2008.
Annual inflation over this period was about 4%.
304 B in 1945 would be $3,605,440,000,000. today (roughly) - Three trillion 605 billion, 440 million. Or rounded off - over 3.5 T.
IN GOD WE TRUST
138 Fred Sinclair // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:16 pm
still pushing & shoving
139 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Great! And what a coincidence too, that is my wife’s exact credit card statement this month. Inflation…
140 mindknumbed kid // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Good night and God bless.
141 everthink // Jun 24, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Correction: Robert Byrd.
In 209 days the whole world will celebrate the end of this administration.
ET
142 Hawkeye // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:10 am
Prayers goin’ up Ms. RW! God’s blessings be upon you, and give us an update when you can.
143 Fred Sinclair // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:15 am
et #139 - in 209 days (Jan. 20. 2009) When John McCain is sworn in as America’s 44th President there will most likely be rioting, chaos and mayhem around the world as the Muslims go berserk when the word gets out that their guy was beaten by an Infidel!!!
Islamic countries are on record as endorsing B. Hussein Obama for America’s next President of these United States.
But then again, as Robert Heinlin cautions, “Never underestimate the power of hunan stupidity.†for if God (for reasons known only to Himself) choses to put Osama……er…..Obama on the throne, there will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, for we will be in Hell; on earth.
IN GOD WE TRUST
144 Libby Gone // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:17 am
Obama/Carter ‘08!
Give more, give in, give up!â„¢
145 Libby Gone // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:21 am
Cast your vote, lot.
Republican, ?
Democrat, never again.
Obama/Carter ‘08!
Vote Antichrist! It’s the other progressive!â„¢
146 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:06 am
Since the comment numbers keep changing as they are moderated, I propose we start referring to them by their time stamp…e.g.
da Bunny, re: your 8:05pm post from yesterday, yeah….do I fill my prescription at Walmart for $4, or do I attend a $28,000 a plate fund raiser for D’ohbama?! Tough choice!!
147 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:09 am
Okay, nevermind…..I don’t think that will work either…my 10:07 post just disappeared….it didn’t even make it to moderation?!
148 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:10 am
Oh poo! This is getting to be too much like work!
149 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:13 am
This is a test… I want to see if I cut and paste this comment awaiting moderation, it will make it through…in other words, it is a duplicate on purpose.
Since the comment numbers keep changing as they are moderated, I propose we start referring to them by their time stamp…e.g.
da Bunny, re: your 8:05pm post from yesterday, yeah….do I fill my prescription at Walmart for $4, or do I attend a $28,000 a plate fund raiser for D’ohbama?! Tough choice!!
150 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:16 am
Fred,
Recently, Senator McCain offered $300,000,000.00 for the invention of a revolutionary new storage battery! But then, he’s old and when he gets tired he may say anything.
Still, I would like to show him my mechanical Perpetual Motion Machine. But, I can’t let it go for “Chump Change” like that.
Sorry Fred, I doubt John McCain will even be the nominee of the minority party.
Dumbyah is the anchor of the Republican Party, it is handcuffed to him, forever!!!! Now, you will know how America has felt.
ET
151 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I suppose you were proud when the zipper in chief was POTUS?! He’s the reason we lost the respect of some of our allies. We were the laughing stock of the world! Keep reassuring yourself, et. Those blinders will start to chafe in no time. I thank God every morning that President Bush has been CIC since 9/11 and has kept us “attack free” for seven years!!
152 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Apparently the Senator from Arizona has never had the chance to see the Energizer Bunnyâ„¢ jump start a UFO.
153 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Beerme,
I posted my answer to you at 5:23pm yesterday. It is in moderation.
The only thing I can see is that it referred to Obama’s first book by name.
ET
154 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 1:27 pm
The moderation is completely random, Ms RW’s upcoming surgery post got stuck in moderation, but it does make you wonder about the possibility of ant third party being able to edit, delete, or even change what you are saying entirely. My understanding is that this id due to some change at Wordpress and that once a post gets into moderation Scott, or someone, has to free them. If that is the way it works, it sounds like a real pain in the rear for someone.
155 Fred Sinclair // Jun 25, 2008 at 1:39 pm
et #146 - ” Now, you will know how America has felt.”
A large part of America has felt exactly like the Liberals have told them to feel, doom and gloom - got a hangnail? Blame Bush! Got a headache? Blame Bush! 12+ million illegal aliens? Wonderful, hallelujah!! Welcome and we’ll register you to vote for us so you can hate Bush too!!
J.F. Kennedy assassinated? Bush pulled the trigger. That Oswald nonsense was just part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Abe Lincoln assassinated? Bush pulled that trigger too; used a time machine to go back and do the job. That stuff about Booth is just more of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracies lies.
Yep. The liberal sheeple line up and baa-baa whatever tune their Liberal Shepherds (Masters) play for them.
†Now, you will know how America has felt.†Well over here in my America, we Conservatives hold our heads up, Praise God with thanksgiving for George W. Bush and due to him the last attack on America’s soil was Sept 11, 2001, not yesterday.
The only attacks America has suffered (and is suffering) is those inflicted by the SCOTUS with their takeover of our Government - courtrooms and lawyers for P.O.W.’s captured in combat not even in the U .S.
IN GOD WE TRUST
156 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Fred,
Would you mind answering my post 96?
I really need some your scriptural insight regarding THIS matter.
ET
157 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:18 pm
FYI:
Comment Moderation is not random; rather, it operates through the use of filters looking for certain buzz words, word combos or whatever. Comment Moderation can be toggled on/off by the Blog Administrator which leads me to believe that a Blog Administrator would probably not consider it a pain to have it in operation if they are the one who put it into operation in the first place. There might be some pain in the actual act of moderating, I suppose, since the Blog Administrator would have to read some potentially lame garbage.
Also, I suspect that this blog is using the default moderation settings because, for example, Scott could snag every comment with the words “Bush Lied” or “PUSH” in them and save a whole mess of database storage, and I haven’t seen any evidence of such nor would I expect to.
It is true that the Blog Administrator must click a button to release a comment from moderation, but I would say that the physical act itself requires a few seconds at most. It should also be noted that most Blog Administrators are not spending every waking moment staring at their dashboards waiting for the moderation software to kick a comment their way.
158 Fred Sinclair // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:21 pm
saguaro
In Arizona the Joshua tree is protected from cutting or damage by State Law. There are extremely severe penalties that are strictly levied.
Why not, instead of building a border fence, plant intertwining saguaro cactus along the border, each border state can enact protection laws. There’s no way to get through giant saguaros without cutting.
IN GOD WE TRUST
159 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:34 pm
The question of the day for today - Have you been spiritually intimate with God?
The question is not have you accepted him as your Lord and Savior. But it is, of course, only for those that have taken that step.
Take some time today and ponder the idea of having this kind of relationship with him. Thirst for him, long to be with him, and look for an opportunity to leave this present world and join him for complete fellowship.
Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.
“This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” Let this never be said of anyone that knows Christ as their Savior!
160 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Fred - They are not mindful of our laws regarding the proper channels of entry, they would not mind the laws of protecting plant life. They would cut…
161 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 2:50 pm
With God, all things are possible. With God.
Why do our countrymen insist on us all being a nation without God ?
With God.
He that is not WITH me, is against me.
Ye men of America, chose ye this day whom you will serve (be with). As for me and my house, we will serve (be with) the Lord.
Are we with God with all of our heart, strength, and mind?
It isn’t too late, to be with God.
162 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 3:37 pm
“”He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.”
Use the whole verse instead of scattering.
ET
163 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Moron, and a wet bird never flies at night!
164 Fred Sinclair // Jun 25, 2008 at 4:44 pm
mkk #153 - Yeah, but they’d be met by hoards of eco-freaks with baseball bats and pitchforks madder than wet hens.
IN GOD WE TRUST
165 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Fred,
Would you mind answering my post 96?
I really need some your scriptural insight regarding THIS matter.
ET
166 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I now have five posts in “moderation”. What do I have to do to get a post up; get a lobotomy?
ET
167 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:35 pm
But among the hoards of kooks would be reps from the ACLU, that’s why liberals can’t accomplish squat diddley - a house divided against itself can’t stand.
168 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Would you all mind building a big statue of Dumbyah in DC. You know like the one of Saddam in Baghdad.
Then, come January 20th next (208 days from now) Democrats will show you some “squat diddley”.
ET
169 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I’ve considered copy and pasting the same post with a small change added and posting it as soon as I see one in moderation, but in doing so it would end up with some double posts. I’m not used to seeing the posts still in moderation after the passage of many hours. I think I’ll try it next time anyhow.
170 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Build a replica of tho one in Baghdad and they wouldn’t even touch it.
171 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:46 pm
MKK - I now have three posts in moderation and I already tried the cut, copy & paste thingy and it didn’t work either. I will have a duplicate if either makes it out of purgaory, I mean moderation.
172 upnorthlurkin // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Makes it kind of difficult to debate….starting to remind me of the unbiased lame-stream-media… good to hear the always classy, name calling troll wanna-be has more comments in moderation than I.
173 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I’m trying to get this out of purgatory -
Perhaps 1Cor 2:14 explains why you have so much trouble “seeing†things. It says, “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.â€
Is God going to give his approval/blessings to a man that supports murdering the unborn? If you claim to know God intimately, should you speak well of him?
Lot was vexed by the unrighteous fellow citizens of Soddam, he was not sinless, or perfect, yet God referred to him as being “justâ€, and spared him from the destruction of his neighbors. Our President is not perfect, or sinless, but there are things that separate men that God refers to as being “justâ€, and those he does not. Some things are clearly wrong, you can try judging folks by your own standards a condemn him, but when you look at a man through the written word of God, you are not judging him, the rightly divided Word judges. Feet that are swift to shed innocent blood are contrary to God’s Word. David, was a very righteous man, yet God refused him his desire to build a house for God, but not because of sin, but because David had been in many battles and was responsible, for much shedding of blood, it was not, however innocent blood. How many wars did God himself directly authorize? He commaned his people to kill entire cultures, is God evil because of such commands? Every war in history has had its critics and opponents, just because you disagree with this one does not make it wrong, but to hold the Commander in Chief responsible for murder of innocent incidental casualties is highly improper, and by doing so you say that we can never, under any circumstance engage an enemy in war to defend our existence. So what you are really arguing is for us to surrender to the first rouge thug in line, unless we can talk him out of conquering us.
So, we all understand that you are anxious to align yourself against God, and to stand alongside his enemies, so why come around here bragging up your position? Oh, I know the answer, you are one of those intellectuals who are so much smarter than are we, that you are just trying to help us ignorant slobs. Well, I believe I speak for most all here when I say, No thank you!
174 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:55 pm
pushing moderation
175 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Sure as anything this moderation business is less than random. I just tried it too.
176 RedPepper // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:07 pm
What I would like to know is … where’s Scott ?
I’m beginning to think he’s being moderated somewhere.
/waiting for S. O. …
177 everthink // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:14 pm
MNK,
Tell UNL about purgatory, why don’t you? It’s your duty!
ET
178 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:49 pm
ET, Are you passing the buck?
179 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:54 pm
unl, Purgatory is a town in the movie “Support Your Local Gunfighter”, one of my favorite movies. I believe it was a fictional town, which means that it isn’t a real town. Thought you should know…
180 mindknumbed kid // Jun 25, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Ever considered the idea that Scott was kidnapped by ET type aliens and is being cloned as we type? It may have been orchestrated by the Obamanabull organization. Check the subject lines of his recent threads, see how often he has singled out Obama to spew his venomous attacks?
What I want to know is what does ET know, and when did he know it. Well, on second thought, we already see what he knows and it is obviously insignificant.
181 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:10 pm
BO is running for Jim Carter’s Second Term.
No kidding.
Really.
It’s a Facebook group.
Red State pointed me to it.
I would like to say that I appreciate Scott’s usage of the Comment Moderation system provided by WordPress as I suspect my weary retinas have been spared some tediously annoying comments, not to mention spam, spam, spam and more spam.
The last time I looked Scott has a life and it is Summertime. I don’t begrudge the man the opportunity to rip his undivided attention away from ScrappleFace et al for a little while.
Consider it a challenge: Maintain your composure while the Mentor is out of the building. Throw cold water in your face or something.
There have been threads far longer than this—with actual comments as content.
Thank you
182 Libby Gone // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Let the least among us ask for the best.
I have said disgraceful things on these excellent pages that allow expression of first amendment.
I still feel less for falling into it.
Please don’t anyone else.
A wise MAN invisible once told me ………
183 MajorDomo // Jun 25, 2008 at 10:31 pm
ET #155:
You might try saying something sensible…
184 Fred Sinclair // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:06 pm
JL 3rd #171 - Jimmy Carter’s second term? Huh! I wish it could be so easy. Unlike”Rocky 2″ raise the 2 to the upper right of the “r” and it will read “Jimmy Carter squared”.
Or more accurately IMHO “Jimmy Carter 666″ that readout would look like “Jimmy Carter to the sixth power, to the sixth power, to the sixth power.”
That was the take Robert Heinlein took with his novel “Number Of The Beast”; that the 666 was a code and was an erroneously transcribed error and the corrected rendering was “the sixth power, to the sixth power, to the sixth powerâ€, meaning the total number of simultaneously co-existing Universes.
It works out to be a really, really big number.
I doubt that there are very many people anywhere with the mental capacity to comprehend the disaster America will suffer with an Obama Presidency. I know I cannot.
I believe that Mark Steyn’s book “America Alone” gives a “thumbnail” of what’s in store. Not necessarily during the first four years, but the beginning of America’s end (as we know it), I heard Obama himself say on TV, “Once the camel gets it’s nose under the edge of your tent…..”
In a couple or three decades America (as we know it) will cease to exist. At my age, I won’t have to witness it - or hopefully Jesus will return before that is fully realized. It’s possible that the beginning of the Tribulation is at hand.
IN GOD WE TRUST
185 da Bunny // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Since Scott hasn’t posted about this yet, I’m changing the topic to the SCOTUS injustice that was done today. The child rapist, who very brutally attacked his 8-yr. old step-daughter, doesn’t deserve the death penalty, according to the “Gang of Five” buffoons on that court. Miserable pukes should have to undergo the same treatment that poor little girl went through. Daily. I am SO angry about this.
Seems the name “Kennedy” can have some pretty evil associations, eh? “Patrick Kennedy” is the child rapist who was just spared by “Anthony Kennedy,” who wouldn’t even be on the SC to write the “majority” opinion, were it not for “Ted Kennedy’s” borking of Reagan conservative SC nominee, Robert Bork. Thanks to a bunch of Kennedy’s [not related, btw], that girl’s life has been ruined, she hasn’t received the justice she deserves, and she will spend the rest of her life knowing that the piece of fecal matter who severely brutalized her didn’t get what he deserved.
The blood of the damage done to that child is on all of your hands, Mssrs. Kennedy. May you all receive the same measure of mercy you have shown that poor little girl.
186 RedPepper // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:33 pm
JL3 #169: re Scott; not complaining, James - just curious. And concerned …
da Bunny #172: Looks like Justice Kennedy has decided it’s finally his turn to be the all-powerful “swing” vote … would you have predicted anothing different, had you been asked?
187 RedPepper // Jun 25, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Whoops!
That “anothing” shoulda been spelled “anything”.
Freudian slip …
188 mindknumbed kid // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:06 am
I understand that Scott has a life, and I do not wish him to be tied to this blog day and night. I just wish I knew how to avoid being placed in moderation and still make the point. It makes me feel as though I am burdening him with my ramblings.
189 RedPepper // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:10 am
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
~~ Sir Walter Scott
190 MajorDomo // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:15 am
I thought you would be interested in this reply from my Congressman Mike Conaway:
“Thank you for contacting me regarding the recent actions of former President Carter in the Middle East. I share your concern with the impact President Carter may have had on the delicate negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
“You will be happy to know that I am a cosponsor of H.R. 5816, the Coordinated American Response To Extreme Radicals Act. Introduced by Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI), this legislation would prohibit any federal funds from being directed toward President Carter’s foundation, the Carter Center, and reallocate any funds not yet disbursed for assistance to U.S. victims of terrorism. Upon its introduction, it was referred to the House Committees on Appropriations and on Foreign Affairs. Please know that it will have my support as it moves through the legislative process.” (Note the initials of the Act)
191 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:58 am
FROM DRUGE REPORT TODAY:
“SAN FRANCISCO: Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital, and a state, too. But President George W. Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.
From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water-treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
The plan - hatched, naturally, in a bar - would place a vote on the November ballot to provide “an appropriate honor for a truly unique president.”
I think this provides a unique opportunity, that in view of all the excrement that has been handed to and thrown at him during his two terms in office by the Liberal Party AND ESPECIALLY THE 9TH DISTRICT COURT, IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD NAME THE ONLY THING THEY ARE GOOD AT PRODUCING, AFTER HIM.
IMHO - that would be a good turnaround!
IN GOD WE TRUST
192 Shelly // Jun 26, 2008 at 8:28 am
Last week, AOL ran a headline about Obama beating McCain and then attempted to demonstrate it with their own straw poll, which was shown at the end of the article. When it went overwhelmingly for McCain, AOL stopped it and started another one. Maybe they should have stuck with the first one.
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/06/20/aol-straw-poll-june-20-27/
It’s not scientific, but AOL is pretty far left and more than 300,000 votes were cast. See if you can find a single blue state.
193 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:12 am
I am not a fan of Ralph Nader at all but, if one removes the media’s puerile, race-baiting spin from his recent comment regarding BO, he merely spoke the obvious.
I thought everyone took it for granted as I did. Apparently, there are some who did not notice when, while frantically tap-dancing the Victim Boogie, he secreted that Ace up the sleeve upon which he wears his various resentments.
In a race that is not about race, BO is All About Race.
194 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:19 am
FYI - Now it’s all clear. The planet that the space aliens came from was much colder than earth which logically explains algore’s obsession with his Global Warming phobia, aka “The Great Hoax”. He’s getting messages from the “Mother Ship” (currently parked behind our moon) about his “Mission” to cool this planet down so it will be more comfortable when they take over.
Most people just shrugged it off as a joke, after algore lost his bid, it was retold as a joke adding about 8 other Democrats. Makes an excellent joke, but as Joe Friday would say, “Just the facts…..just the facts”
The story enjoyed a boost in popularity during Gore’s presidential campaign in 1999 after a Republican pollster passed it along to Washington Times columnist John McCaslin, who wrote:
Vice President Al Gore had better hope GOP pollster Frank Luntz isn’t a mouthpiece for any of his Republican opponents in the 2000 presidential election.
“Should I get involved, I will focus a great deal of attention on Roswell, New Mexico,” Mr. Luntz tells Inside the Beltway.
What does Roswell have to do with Mr. Gore?
“Aliens,” Mr. Luntz reveals.
On July 8, 1947, he reminds us, witnesses claim a spaceship with five aliens aboard crashed on a sheep-and-cattle ranch outside Roswell, an incident they say has been covered up by the military.
Are you saying . . . ?
“Nine months after that day, Al Gore was born!” Mr. Luntz discloses. (actually 8 months and three weeks)
IN GOD WE TRUST
195 da Bunny // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:34 am
RedPepper #186, no I wouldn’t have predicted anything different. Pro-abortion, pro-partial birth infanticide, pro-euthanasia, pro-child rapists…IOW, pro-death, except when it comes to a terrorist, a murderer, or a brutal child rapist. There’s that famous liberal “compassion” and “concern for the children” for you.
196 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:43 am
From the “For what it’s worth dept.” Culled from a list of 320
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand “1″ and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
242. “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
255. US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.
265. Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname “Tiger” in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
320. The “middle finger” gesture originates back to 423 BC in Aristophanes play “The Clouds”
(I found the owl, but not the spider)
IN GOD WE TRUST
197 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Good News Dept.
Supreme Court Voids D.C. Gun Ban
Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:31 AM
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for four colleagues, said the Constitution does not permit “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home.”
Joining Scalia were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas.
IN GOD WE TRUST
198 Hawkeye // Jun 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm
To All:
I’ve noticed a few posts questioning the whereabouts of Maestro Scott. It should be remembered that he is the Director of Victory Valley summer camp… and this is the summer. Scott is busier than ever at this time of year, and new articles may come in spurts. It’s a good reminder of just how much we appreciate him, eh?
199 RedPepper // Jun 26, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Fred S. #197: Good News, Bad News.
The Good News: A (bare) majority of the SCOTUS still believes that the words of the U. S. Constitution were not written in disappearing ink.
The Bad News: Your rights are now essentially in the hands of Justice Anthony Kennedy. For example, when someone brings a case testing what restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms are “reasonable”.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
And, last but not least, the Worst News: there is a better-than 50/50 chance that Barack Obama will be POTUS in a few short months. With a solid majority in the U. S. Senate (at a minimum!) to assist him in putting new Justices on the court who will be the ideological soul-mates of Stevens, Breyer, Souter & Ginsburg.
But hey, other than that …
200 DrivebyMeteor // Jun 26, 2008 at 2:39 pm
“The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.†— Carl Gustav Jung
201 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 3:03 pm
RP #199 - At my age of 70 I’m old enough to stand firm in my belief that I would prefer to be tried by twelve than carried by six.
I am not buying into the presumption that B. Hussein Obama will be our next president.
Remember, it wasn’t too long ago that “Everybody knew” that Sen. Clinton had a certified lock on the DNC nomination.
Polls reflect what they are ‘told’ but when they are in the privacy of the voting booth common sense will prevail. If not, then we deserve the hell that will ensue.
Like Charlton Heston, “….out of my cold dead unresisting hands.”
IN GOD WE TRUST
202 onlineanalyst // Jun 26, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Hawkeye: You beat me to the punch re Maestro Scott’s work at the Victory Valley Camp. Since our host is so actively engaged and does not rely on public funds for his efforts, we should dig a little more deeply into our own pockets to send some supportive cash in his direction.
Prayers and best wishes for MsRWInk’s successful surgeries and recovery.
203 RedPepper // Jun 26, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Fred S. #201: Not presuming anything, Fred - just stating the odds, as I see ‘em.
Exactly how much money would you care to wager on St. John the Deranged at even odds? You just might attract some offers, if you’re not careful …
204 mindknumbed kid // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Anyone with an inside scoop on Ms RW’s status please pass it on whenever you receive it.
205 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:38 pm
et - answered at 126 6/24 - 6:07pm
206 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:38 pm
et - answered at 126 6/24 - 6:07pm
207 mindknumbed kid // Jun 26, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I just went back through all of the posts and read the ones that were moderating, or lost in space for a brief period of time. I saw Fred’s answer, but don’t know why he/we bother when ET already knows everything there is to be known about it. Still wondering why he left it up to me to tell UNL about the quaint little town of Purgatory…
208 everthink // Jun 26, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Thanks Fred,
126 is a good answer.
We can not know the Senator’s state at the time, but it seems he rejected her because of her scars.
Clearly he was was seeing Cindy, and others, while still married to Carol.
MNK,
“I saw Fred’s answer, but don’t know why he/we bother when ET already knows everything there is to be known about it.”
You may be right for once. Now, could you let up on your thumping some?
ET
209 mindknumbed kid // Jun 26, 2008 at 9:36 pm
For the record, I say if it meant one kid being eternally safe in the hands of Jesus, Scott could call it quits altogether, give up Scrappleface.
re#162 I wrote what I meant. Why stop at one verse?Why not the entire chapter and book? It was not out of context in its usage. Ever heard a sermon preached on one word from a verse?
210 mindknumbed kid // Jun 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm
re#207, There is also the possibility that because of her scars that Carol withdrew, feeling so unattractive and undesirable that she closed her husband out.
But all such speculation is merely guessing on our part. How many young wives when their husbands came home from war mutilated and undesirable to the eyes, left for someone else?
“All have sinned and come short of the glory of God”, do I admire him because he dumped his wife? Of course not. Would I do the same thing in his position? I would hope not, but God gave the writing of divorce because of our hard hearts, not because he agrees with it. Doesn’t that make us feel good about ourselves?
211 MajorDomo // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Fred #194: “Should I get involved, I will focus a great deal of attention on Roswell, New Mexico,†Mr. Luntz tells Inside the Beltway.
Funny he should mention Roswell. I lived there in the late 50. That was before UFOs. Strangely, the UFO phenomenon began to blossom shortly after Walker AFB closed down and took a big humk out of the local economy.
I’ve hunted in the large sink-hole east of town, but never found any sign of UFOs, or any melted sand that might have resulted from super-powerful engine thrusters. Come to think of it, I’ve been unbalanced (according to some) ever since . Do you suppose I got irradiated?
212 Fred Sinclair // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:30 pm
MD#210 - “…..in the late 50. That was before UFO’s.”
The Roswell incident occurred back on July 8, 1947. (I was 9 pushing 10)
IN GOD WE TRUST
213 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 27, 2008 at 12:25 am
While clarifying his previous statement, BO clarified the clarification with a clarifying remark. He then threw “hippity-hop music” and the state of IL under the proverbial bus, blamed Bush and said, “By the way, have you noticed I’m not Caucasian? I don’t scare you, do I?” as he scoured the dance floor, pirouetted and consulted a nearby weatherperson.
Horrorshow.
214 everthink // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:21 am
MKK
Context is always important!
Otherwise:
“And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.†“Go, and do thou likewise.â€
Matthew 27:5
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Luke 10:37
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
ET
215 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:18 am
et #213 - It was during the war (about 1943) I was 6 years old, when my Grandpa told me that one, said his Great, Great Grandpa told it to him.
Q. Who in the Bible was the greatest female financier?
A. Pharaoh’s Daughter. She went down to The Bank Of The Nile, and drew out a little prophet.
He said that God has a great sense of humor and jokes like those were mainly in place for so many centuries to remind us that like when satan was tempting Jesus. even the devil can quote Scripture, when it serves his purpose to do so.
As I’ve noted before….you’re so silly - don’t ever go away. We sincerely need you to remind us of our own sanity.
We don’t want to beat up on each other and so long as we have you as our goat, we don’t have to.
Q. What is the first automobile mentioned in the Bible?
A. Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one Accord in one place.
Q. Is the title “Baruch Hashem Adonai” the reason some are claiming that Barack Hussein is their Messiah?
A. Yes, if they are really, really stupid.
216 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:19 am
Still having to push….
217 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:21 am
This pushing is taxing…
218 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:22 am
even pushin don’t help
219 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 10:12 am
Yep - pushing did help after all. In the meanwhile:
Now I understand….
A major research institution recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Governmentium (LK) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons,
88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second; to take over four days to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium’s Mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.
When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.
220 RedPepper // Jun 27, 2008 at 10:33 am
FredS. #s 215,216,217 et. al.: Just a thought Fred …
… have you considered trying Metamucil™ ?
221 Maggie // Jun 27, 2008 at 10:39 am
Good Morning All,
Glad to be home after a week and a half on the road burning up gas and contributing to global warming.
Has anyone heard any news from Ms RightWing?
Ms Righty,if you read this , know that I am thinking of you and praying for you.
222 Maggie // Jun 27, 2008 at 10:45 am
RedPepper #219,
What a hoot!!!! or (toot)
Hahahahahahaahhaahaha
223 upnorthlurkin // Jun 27, 2008 at 11:24 am
Haven’t heard a word from Ms. RW. I checked with her Monday to verify she had the same cell number and she had it all charged and ready to take along. If the surgery was yesterday, I would bet she will be out of commission for at least 2 -3 days….groggy, etc. She still has all our numbers so I’m sure as soon as she is able, we will hear from her! Til then all we can do is pray!
224 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 11:30 am
RP#219 “? have you considered trying Metamucil? ?”
What on earth is Metamucil? Sounds like something sold off of the back of the wagon. Is it related to heroin? cocaine? snake oil?
Oh! I just dogpiled it and got Metamucil: Psyllium Dietary Fiber Supplement?a Healthy Choice
Do Quacks (MD’s) prescribe it or do you buy it out of the trunk of a car? Psyllium? Doesn’t sound like fun to me - do you take it? Can you mix it with Ezra Brooks?
IN GOD WE TRUST
225 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 27, 2008 at 12:41 pm
My unanimous consensus is that SuperDuperDelegate Delahunt is bus fodder.
226 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 27, 2008 at 1:29 pm
As I was sitting in my Dodge RAM listening to Ventilator Blues and admiring my fresh shingles glistening in the noonday sun, it occurred to me that, if people are going to parse the sentences of others and they wish to be taken seriously, the paradigm should not be a closed loop.
Carl Rove described BO as an Effete Elitist with precision and accuracy.
Next thing, the media went ape, man, because now was their chance to use the word “uppity”. I never heard such a cacophony of Caucasians saying “uppity”. The word “uppity” is misapplied and the inferences flowing from its usage are yet another example of the sliminess of the Obsequious Narcissist.
My unanimous consensus is that those who gasped in horror in unison with the MSM are projecting.
The cowboy said, “Git uppity. Hyah!”
227 RedPepper // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Fred S. #223: Fred: it’s in your supermarket, I’d imagine … no men in white coats needed! Available in several flavors, including Orange, Berry, and Pink Lemonade. Made ’specially for us old farts … kinda like oatmeal on steroids.
I find that Aggrenox (my anti-stroke / blood thinner medication) produces similar results, as a side effect. No extra charge …
228 everthink // Jun 27, 2008 at 2:55 pm
For goodness sake, Fred.
Try the Metamucil!
Who knows, after evacuation you may find you are really a Democrat!
ET
229 boberinyetagain // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:14 pm
God bless Ms RW!
230 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:30 pm
et #226 - For me to become a democrat - it would require a full blown lobotomy, and I’m not ready for that. Tends to lend additional credence to Ann’s book - “IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY’D BE REPUBLICANS” - I actually liked her book “Godless” better since the other is such self-evident fact that for her to write a book about it is sheer redundancy.
I’d bet that before you had yours, you were a staunch Reagan Conservative.
But we love you anyway. Your unique aptitude for producing rolling peals of laughter is legendary. Keep up the good work and we’ll be pleased to keep you as our resident silly little troll.
IN GOD WE TRUST
231 upnorthlurkin // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:41 pm
A very uplifting story of yet another Iraqi success here
232 mindknumbed kid // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Is America’s current “tide” one that is pushing it toward God, or away from God? The people we elect do not necessarily determine which direction we will go, but it is very likely a key factor. The solution to our problem is not political. The solution is spiritual. In order to “save” our country, we are going to need a great revival. Electing John McCain will not restore it, electing Barack Obama will not restore it. The best that we can hope for out of the two is that the current positions would be held fast, for that you would have to choose McCain. The worst thing would be to continue to let the tide take us further away, which is most likely under Obama.
There is no doubt, if America does not turn back to God, the best politicians in the world will not help her remain.
I’ve been thinking about starting a blog, or newsletter dealing with the pending destruction of the American Biblical Christian Culture. I want to help Christians who care about their country to stand up and say to the forces that are destroying us, “Not on my watch”. If and when her fall comes, may it be in the hands of another generation.
I am sick unto death of watching her go down the path that leads to utter destruction. How about you?
233 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Hebrews 11:8
Jeremiah 33:3
234 everthink // Jun 27, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Fred:
Thanks, that’s very nice thing for you to say; but, you understand, I’m still going to have chase you around the table whenever I get the chance.
ET
235 everthink // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:06 pm
“American Biblical Christian Culture”. What is that?
Could you define that in something other than the broadest pious sounding terms?
Are Catholics part of that culture? How about Mormans, or Jews?
Your “Got Jesus” bumper sticker mentality isn’t evangelism. Put down you sandwich board, and show Christ’s love to your enemies; try that why don’t you?
Feed the hungry! Heal the sick! Show mercy to those who don’t deserve it. Let the evil of this world see Christ in you.
Why do you pray standing in public places to be seen of others? Without His love in your heart for others, you are just a modern day pharisee.
Your memorial fringe shows too much!
ET
236 DrivebyMeteor // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:55 pm
“Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.â€
- Conor Cruise O’Brien
237 mindknumbed kid // Jun 27, 2008 at 8:16 pm
When our laws are in violation of God’s laws, we are in a dangerous position. You can’t legislate morality, but you can pass laws that encourage or allow for immorality, if you want to argue that we have not been doing such things you are in denial, or just ignorant of God’s laws. The founding fathers understood the necessity of building inside of principles found in God’s word. They understood that without God’s help and blessings upon a people it is a vain effort to try to build a free nation. If you qualify as such a person, you are one of the people in the American Christian culture that I referred to in the other post. I don’t really care what “religion” you belong to, we have freedom to associate with whomever we choose. If you have read my thought you would know that I “loathe” religion, except for the religion that the Word of God calls true religion. You talk as though your head knows things that your heart doesn’t understand.
Tell me again, in whom is your faith for the future?
238 upnorthlurkin // Jun 27, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Praise the Lord! I just heard from Ms. RightWing (8:10pm CDT)! She is in a lot of pain and hoarse from the tube, but in the recovery mode!! Had a tear in her stomach wall repaired as well as her gall bladder removed. They didn’t do the procedure with the filter in her artery though. She hadn’t talked to the heart surgeon so doesn’t know the status of that yet, but, yippee!! They were going to discharge her but she talked them out of it….at least until Monday when she can make arrangements for home health care! Said she had been thoroughly sliced and diced and was on lots of pain meds! I sent her all our love….hope that wasn’t too presumptuous of me! ;o)
239 mindknumbed kid // Jun 27, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Here I am in the middle of Whyoming, and I ran across an old friend from high school today. He and his wife are on vacation, and our paths just happened to cross at the Flying J. Small world.
240 mindknumbed kid // Jun 27, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Thank you for the update UNL, God is good! Keep praying for her.
241 Fred Sinclair // Jun 27, 2008 at 10:07 pm
et #234 - “Are Catholics part of that culture? How about Mormans, or Jews?”
That was answered for you and myself very clearly.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (Jn. 14:6)
Now Jesus was either (1.) Telling the truth or (2.) Was the greatest liar in the history of the planet.
Without Jesus, you’re toast. “Under the bus” or whatever…. now about the Aborigines in the outback a thousand years ago, I don’t know, I’ll leave that to God.
Now what’s this, “…but by me.” thing?
Well, I’m glad you asked. Once again - now, I didn’t write it - but I’ve got a copy of one who did write it.
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1John 5:11-13)
Whosoever believes - that includes Christian Catholics, Christian Mormons, Christian Methodists, Christian Jews, Christian Baptists and Christian Anything Else.
When I accepted Jesus as my Saviour, the Bible says “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (Rom. 8:17) I was “grafted in” and became a member of God’s Family which means, as I read it that I became a Jew by adoption.
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Gal. 4:5)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (Eph. 1:5)
So, that makes me (and every other Christian in the world) a Christian Jew.
Around my neck is a gold chain, hanging from it is a gold “Star of David” - superimposed on it is a plain silver cross.
A “lucky charm? An amulet? no, just an outward manifestation of an inward condition.
et - that’s the best I’ve got. I hope it answers your question to your satisfaction.
IN GOD WE TRUST
242 RedPepper // Jun 27, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Kennedy Cares .
243 Hawkeye // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:39 am
UNL #237,
Thanks for the update. Not too presumptuous at all! We wish her the best and will keep praying.
244 mindknumbed kid // Jun 28, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Good morning! If you are reading this thread today Ms RightWing, Ink I hope you are feeling much better. Get well soon too.
245 Maggie // Jun 28, 2008 at 1:13 pm
UpNorth,
Thank you for the update on Ms RightWing.
She is a scrapper and doesn’t give up.
Hang in there Ms Righty……you can make it thru this too.
246 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 28, 2008 at 1:21 pm
So. Guess what. The UN Human Rights Council does not consider Free Speech a Human Right, particularly in respect to the criticism of Islam. You may only speak of Islam before this putrid panel if you are an Islam Scholar or some such and only with adoring praise.
Which is cool with me, I guess, if they wish to deflect the unwelcome (apparently) spotlight onto Muslims as a whole. It seems counter-productive, though.
247 Fred Sinclair // Jun 28, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Just got this in - hope it posts OK - it’s priceless…..(well almost)
You may need to watch it twice; once to watch the Burma shave signs change and once to catch all the pictures plus listening to the music of the Statler Brothers.
THIS IS REALLY GREAT !!!
For those of you too young to remember “too bad you missed it !!”
Click on — http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm
IN GOD WE TRUST
248 Fred Sinclair // Jun 28, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
IN GOD WE TRUST
249 mindknumbed kid // Jun 28, 2008 at 3:39 pm
JL3, How sad that the freedom to express oneself is not viewed by the UN as a human right. I guess that is the difference between being an individual citizen and being a subject. The early Christians were put in prison or killed because they freely expressed their belief in Christ and boldly proclaimed the Gospel before men. God Bless the USA! Heavenly Father, we thank you in the name of Jesus for our freedom to speak our conscience in this country. Amen.
250 Fred Sinclair // Jun 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm
1 kids choir + 4 hi-school choirs + 1 band = http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
IN GOD WE TRUST
251 Fred Sinclair // Jun 28, 2008 at 5:51 pm
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252 JamesonLewis3rd // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I think it is absolutely wonderful that the Has-Been Hero, Idol and Guru of the Democrat Party, since the spotlight of worship and adoration has veered elsewhere, is throwing an extended tantrum, giving celebrities the cold shoulder and suggesting that a certain presidential candidate should kiss his buttock.
253 mindknumbed kid // Jun 28, 2008 at 10:55 pm
It is prayer, not politicians that will turn this land aright. Good night, and God bless.
254 Fred Sinclair // Jun 28, 2008 at 11:17 pm
JL3rd #252 - For once I sincerely hope that Former President W.J. Clinton is right in his assessment of B.O.
From DRUDGE (excerpt)
A second source said that the former president has kept his distance because he still does not believe Mr Obama can win the election.
“He’s saying he’s not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my a** close quote, if he wants his support.
Another Democrat said that despite polls showing Mr Obama with a healthy lead over Republican John McCain, Mr Clinton doesn’t think he can win.
IN GOD WE TRUST
255 mindknumbed kid // Jun 29, 2008 at 7:41 am
I am thinking that the former White House resident is struggling to accept the reality that he isn’t going to be sleeping there again anytime soon, he isn’t as relevant as he once was, and that someone else is more popular than he and his wife are. In that regard, that crazy priest was right, they thought they were entitled to it, but not because of race or gender, just because of who they are. I wonder if Mr. Clinton hadn’t better spend some time on a couch in someone’s office. This behavior is not what you can call supporting his party, I suspect that his Kool Aid is unsweetened and he is having trouble stomaching it. Is it a ploy to get his wife the #2 spot? If so, I don’t think it will work out for them, but one thing is for certain, Bill is gonna be a pain in Obama’s butt no matter who the veep is that he chooses. In the end, as long as they all lose, it will be better for the country.
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