ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott also writes a twice-weekly column in the Washington Examiner. Here’s an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more…
Murtha Earmarks $3B for Johnstown Deep-Water Port
By Scott Ott, Washington Examiner Columnist
Just a day after the Washington Post reported Rep. John Murtha had secured more than $200 million in federal funding in the past decade for his eponymous airport in Johnstown, Pa., the influential Democrat announced he had earmarked $3 billion in the 2010 federal budget for a deep-water port in his home district.
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124 responses so far ↓
1 Maggie // Apr 21, 2009 at 5:02 am
Speaking of pirates….if that "Smiling Somoli" is 16,then chickens have lips.
2 onlineanalyst // Apr 21, 2009 at 7:45 am
Um, maybe he could set aside some payoff money for pirates since he is such a visionary. After all, he heard that nearby Pittsburgh has some…
3 boberinyetagain // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:24 am
only 3 billion? he’s showing remarkable restraint!
4 boberinyetagain // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:26 am
OLA, it’s worse than that. Word on the street is that people in Pittsburg gather and pay money to watch those Pirates do their dirty work
5 RedPepper // Apr 21, 2009 at 10:41 am
Soon to be officially renamed Murthastown, PA.
6 camojack // Apr 21, 2009 at 11:12 am
Expecting a permanent Johnstown Flood, is he?
7 RedRum151 // Apr 21, 2009 at 11:52 am
Meanwhile, back in the swamp :
Treasury says about 110B left in bailout fund.
That’s out of 700B. Seems like money used to last longer, back in the day.
There has been a sizable political uproar over reports of millions of dollars in bonuses paid to executives at financial institutions getting bailout funds. There also is unhappiness that all the money has failed so far in its primary objective of getting banks to resume more normal lending to consumers and businesses.
And, you used to get more for it, too!
What do these banks want from us, anyway? We been stuffing ‘em like Strasbourg geese -
8 upnorthlurkin // Apr 21, 2009 at 11:52 am
Gee, only 147 bucks for each passenger…that’s chump change!
9 RedRum151 // Apr 21, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Not to belabor this, but :
Geithner defends bank rescue program amid warnings.
Geithner said “the vast majority of banks” have more capital than they need to be considered well-capitalized. But he said the economic crisis and the bad assets have created uncertainty about the health of individual banks and reduced lending across the system.
But that was what we were supposed to be “fixing” with all these TARP bailouts, right?
So, how’s all that working out, we wonder?
While credit conditions have improved in the past few months, “reports on bank lending show significant declines in consumer loans, including credit card loans, and commercial and industrial loans,” Geithner said.
Oh. So things haven’t improved? Nope. Did they stay the same? Nope. So what we got for our ~$600B is, things got worse? Looks like -
10 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Did you see where President Obama (the merciful) was ready to cut Bush, and Cheney a break on the whole nasty torture disgrace.
But Attorney General Holder said: “not so fast, Mr. President”.
Imagine that, an independent Justice Department!
Now that’s a whole new concept for Repugs to try to take in!
Everthink?
11 upnorthlurkin // Apr 21, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I’d wager Dumbo will do anything to distract from his disgraceful apology tour and his utter incompetence….can you say Affirmative Action….or On-the-job-training
12 boberinyetagain // Apr 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm
“disgraceful apology tour ”
and the majority says…wait for it….
IT’S ABOUT TIME! We couldn’t be more pleased, have never felt safer than we do now. There is a glimmer of an inkling of a germ of an idea that we mich/could/possibly begin to regain the respect that we’ve been sadly lacking for several years. There is no weakness in honesty…
13 RedPepper // Apr 21, 2009 at 4:57 pm
upnorthlurkin : How are things going up your way? What has the local reaction been to the conviction of Roxana Saberi on espionage charges?
14 Jersey Guy // Apr 21, 2009 at 5:25 pm
All that pork in PA makes for great scrapple. Yum!
15 Fred Sinclair // Apr 21, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Got a funny from Patriot Humor - IF only:
WHAT DID IT SAY?
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls Rush Limbaugh and tells him, “Rush, I had a wonderful dream last night. I could see America, the whole country, and on each house I saw a banner.”
“What did it say on the banners?” Rush asks.
Mahmoud replies, “UNITED STATES OF IRAN.”
Rush says, “You know, Mahmoud, I am really happy you called, because believe it or not, last night I had a similar dream. I could see all of Tehran, and it was more beautiful than ever, and on each house flew an enormous banner.”
“What did it say on the banners?” Mahmoud asks.
Rush replies, “I don’t know. I can’t read Hebrew.”
16 RedPepper // Apr 21, 2009 at 5:44 pm
boberin #12: Oh yeah, bob, it’s really paying dividends, alright!
Our president came bearing a basketful of mea culpas. With varying degrees of directness or obliqueness, Obama indicted his own people for arrogance, for dismissiveness and derisiveness, for genocide, for torture, for Hiroshima, for Guantanamo and for insufficient respect for the Muslim world.
And what did he get for this obsessive denigration of his own country? He wanted more NATO combat troops in Afghanistan to match the surge of 17,000 Americans. He was rudely rebuffed.
He wanted more stimulus spending from Europe. He got nothing.
From Russia, he got no help on Iran. From China, he got the blocking of any action on North Korea.
And what did he get for Guantanamo? France, pop. 64 million, will take one prisoner. One! (Sadly, he’ll have to leave his bridge partner behind.) The Austrians said they would take none. As Interior Minister Maria Fekter explained with impeccable Germanic logic, if they’re not dangerous, why not just keep them in America?
When Austria is mocking you, you’re having a bad week. Yet who can blame Frau Fekter, considering the disdain Obama showed his own country while on foreign soil, acting the philosopher-king who hovers above the fray mediating between his renegade homeland and an otherwise warm and welcoming world?
It’s Your Country Too, Mr. President by Charles Krauthammer.
17 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I figured out who is advising Obama, perhaps even feeding his teleprompter too. Reginald Denny (sp?) - c’mon now, can’t we all just get along? I am becoming convinced that the man in the oval office is way too naive to know what he is even doing. But I,m sure he feels good about it. I’m thinking it is his naivety that accounts for most of his poor direction in life. The thinking American is now become the minority, and thus with his “rock star” popularity and masses of empty sculls, and good heavens - when you kisten to the MSM reporting and they are all reading off of the same cue-cards it is safe to say that those empty craniums will never have a clue. It is all one big absurdity that would seem to be unfeasible, and that is the context of my statement about it being us, the informed and understanding individuals that are now unable to resonate with the masses.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Is Obama, in all of his naivety, endeavoring to bring us into a peaceful and harmonious co-existence with our fellow citizens of the world? Not that I am against peace, but,
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. (Psalm 120:7) We will not be so naive.
18 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Some Guys - ( To the tune of
Bob Welch - “Ebony Eyes”)
We’ll have you seen those folks in our country
I’d like to put them all into chains
‘Cause when I have my way with ‘em baby
I will be changing their lives each day
Some guys’ve got me dreaming
Some guys’ve got me blind
Some guys’ve got me hoping
That I’ll be changing the side that’s “right”
Some guys’ve got me dreaming
Some guys’ve got me blind
Some guys’ve got me hoping
That I’ll be changing the side that’s “right”
Ah-ah-ah, Changing the “right”
Ah-ah-ah, Changing the “right”
19 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 7:41 pm
“I’d wager Dumbo will do anything to distract from his disgraceful apology tour and his utter incompetence….can you say Affirmative Action….or On-the-job-training”
Do you have contact with the outside world, other than Repug Sludge Sources?
Everthink?
20 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 7:52 pm
“Is Obama, in all of his naivety, endeavoring to bring us into a peaceful and harmonious co-existence with our fellow citizens of the world?”
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
Did you tear that page out, thumper?
Everthink?
21 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I was too lazy to attempt to do a parody of the entire song. I figured that was enough to give you the idea.
http://tinyurl.com/cwcwwb
When I saw this on a video clip, I thought it was exactly as they are saying. This girl was going to give in to political correctness and say what would have been accepted. But as she began to speak, her conscience would not allow her to say it, instead she spoke what she knew to be right - and it cost her, perhaps her dream died. But, she did what was right, and I am proud of her for doing it. One day when she stands before her Creator, giving an account for her life, she will be glad she didn’t sell out to PC-ness. I hope Perezite Hilton is there to witness that, maybe he will be the next in line…wish him luck.
22 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Is it possible to “make peace” with an Abdal?
23 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Some Guys - ( To the tune of
Bob Welch - “Ebony Eyes”)
However stupid, that’s a catchy little ditty your have there genius. Do you have a jig to go with it?
Everthink?
24 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Proverbs 16:7 (King James Version)
7When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Is it possible to please the LORD and be complicit in the shedding of the blood of the innocents? If a man’s ways do not please the LORD is peace even a possibility?
25 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
Were the Allied Forces peacemakers when they fought and defeated the evil of Hitler?
26 Left Coast-Right Mind // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:15 pm
And just think, after building something like this, all the greenies would whine that naval vessels, cruise ships and cargo ships are too dirty to use such a pristine port, and it’ll sit as empty as…well, as a “dressed to the nines” airport in a podunk Pennsylvania town.
27 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Use of the airport or “proposed” port would only serve to increase globull worming, therefore it would be immoral to use them!
28 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:27 pm
If it wasn’t for camojack, Murtha would be enough to make me not believe in Pennsylvania…and I have roots there too.
29 mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:41 pm
This is the most appropriate tune I could think of to post with this story.
http://tinyurl.com/dbhur7
30 Ms RightWing, Ink // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Laughing@You
From two pages back. You are right, you were not the one who called me that craggy name. I’m sorry if you think I was referring to you. I wasn’t.
Now, we can all be happy again, can we not?
31 Ms RightWing, Ink // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:55 pm
In order to keep up with OB1, Murtha must request a high speed waterway for cargo vessels, military ships and cruise lines.
Nothing like zipping along at 100 M.P.H. in a cargo ship. Whooopee
32 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Ms RightWing, Ink
Thank you.
We certainly can. So there!
Everthink?
33 Laughing@You // Apr 21, 2009 at 10:29 pm
“Were the Allied Forces peacemakers when they fought and defeated the evil of Hitler?”
They were liberating concentration camps, freeing those being tortured to a slow death of starvation, and those who would otherwise have been murdered in the gas chambers.
Then they held the Nuremberg Trials, where criminals found guilty of Crimes Against Humanity were hung!
I say, let us be as just as our fathers and grandfathers!
Everthink?
34 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 12:08 am
Sometimes the path to peace is the battlefield. Appeasing, or just plain attempts at pleasing a thug is folly. Look at how Britain tried to avoid taking on Hitler, it works the same way today as it did back then. We are looking weak and cutting defense spending. Remember Pearl Harbor? We had fighter planes that were inferior to the Zeros, and it cost us dearly. But let’s not learn anything from history or experience. Let’s pretend that we are smarter and better people now. And since we are so much smarter and better, let’s get rid of that religion crutch and our tolerance of God, we can put up with religions, so long as Jesus Christ isn’t Lord of all.
35 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 12:47 am
Fred,
This old priest was pulled over by the police. When the officer began speaking with him, he couldn’t help but notice his slurred speech and bleary eyes. He asked the driver if he had been drinking. To which the priest answered, “Just bottled water”. The cop asked to see the bottle. The old fella pointed to one lying on the back seat. The bottle was labeled Chardonnay Wine. When confronted with this fact, the priest just smiled and answered,
“He must have done it again!”
Everthink?
36 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:13 am
“Look at how Britain tried to avoid taking on Hitler, it works the same way today as it did back then.”
Avoid, or delay?
“We are looking weak and cutting defense spending.”
In fact, Obama’s proposed budget increases the base defense budget from the 2009 enacted level of $513.3 billion to $533.7 billion in 2010.
“We had fighter planes that were inferior to the Zeros, and it cost us dearly.”
Really, what was the kill ratio?
How many U. S. Fighter Planes actually got off the ground?
Thumper, you’re playing fast and loose with the truth!
“And since we are so much smarter and better, let’s get rid of that religion crutch and our tolerance of God, we can put up with religions, so long as Jesus Christ isn’t Lord of all.”
That statement is entirely contrary to our founding principles!
Tolerance of God is not the same as “Jesus Christ is Lord of all.”
Everthink?
37 camojack // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:25 am
mindknumbed kid // Apr 21, 2009 at 9:27 pm
If it wasn’t for camojack, Murtha would be enough to make me not believe in Pennsylvania…and I have roots there too.
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but onlineanalyst is from PA too, maybe even in “Abscam” Murtha’s district…and let’s not forget that our ScrappleHost resides here, too.
38 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 9:00 am
if the shoe fits…and it does…
Obama indicted his own people for arrogance, for dismissiveness and derisiveness, for genocide, for torture, for Hiroshima, for Guantanamo and for insufficient respect for the Muslim world.
i read the article this came from. Did you/Charles/anyone think that the list above could be made OK with “I’m sorry”?
Call me crazy (a nice change from some things I’ve been called here) but I did not believe that all would be fine once we began to acknowledge that the rest of the worl might have a point.
Heck, they might not…but we’d have never known if George or his clone were in charge. We’d continue to ignore/dismiss the opinions of the rest of humanity and we’d continue the sharp decline we’d begun.
Now, we stand at least a snowball’s chance of beginning to regain our place in the community…finally!
It could take years…but it’s now possible when before…it was not.
39 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 9:27 am
It’s because of the apologies that the world has not yet formed a lynch mob…but I stress the word “YET”…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday the world economy has fallen into a severe recession, cutting its forecast for global growth and calling for forceful action to spur a recovery.
The IMF said the United States remains at the epicenter of the crisis and said it is critical U.S. authorities address mounting toxic debt and uncertainty about banks’ solvency.
It warned that the recession would be “particularly severe” in Ireland and “quite severe” in the United Kingdom and that unemployment in advanced European economies would rise above 10 percent in late 2009 and keep climbing until 2011.
It’s not too late for them to grab a pitchfork…
40 upnorthlurkin // Apr 22, 2009 at 12:46 pm
And yet, so many are willing to risk their lives just to get here. You are truly sick.
Already Barkey’s buddies Castro and Amaboutjihad are mocking him as naive….
41 upnorthlurkin // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Sorry, Red Pepper….we are still filing tax returns up here….we got an extension because of the flooding… so I haven’t been keeping up with local news. I remember Roxanna when she worked as a reporter locally though. Other than hearing about her folks’ neighbors offering support and having a benefit to pay for their travels to Iran, I haven’t heard much. Our three stooges in Congress have beaten a path to the microphones to let us know they’re on top of the situation….and of course, the smartest woman in the world, the SOS, has stomped her foot in outrage…. so I’m sure the situation will remedy itself shortly….yeah, right.
42 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:37 pm
From wikipedia:
“The (F4) Wildcat was outperformed by the Mitsubishi Zero, its major opponent in the early part of the Pacific Theater, but held its own partly because of its ability to absorb far more damage.[12] With relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage than its lightweight, unarmored Japanese rival.
In the hands of an “expert pilot” using tactical advantage, the Wildcat could prove to be a difficult foe even against the formidable Zero.[14] After analyzing Fleet Air Tactical Unit Intelligence Bureau reports describing the new carrier fighter, USN Commander “Jimmy” Thach devised a defensive strategy that allowed Wildcat formations to act in a coordinated maneuver to counter a diving attack, called the “Thach Weave.”
It was not until 1943 that more advanced naval fighters capable of taking on the Zero on more even terms, the F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair, reached the South Pacific theatre.”
The fact is that we were 4 years into the war before we developed a truly superior plane.
What are we doing now? Canceling future advanced weapons. Should we or should we not strive to maintain military superiority so that when conflicts arise our soldiers are victorious?
As a Christian, Christ is either Lord of all, or he isn’t Lord at all. This “Christian” nation is “fast tracking” policies which retract the national “welcome mat” for Christ. However, we are bending over backwards to the Muslims, even though we know there are factions of it that are at war with us. Naivety is the only explanation, unless you want to leave stupidity on the table.
43 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:38 pm
“Already Barkey’s buddies Castro and Amaboutjihad are mocking him as naive….”
Just put them on a list with Hillary, John McCain, any number of Right Wing-Nuts, and lately a trio of Somali “Pirates”, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Cheney, and the poor dupe, Dumbyah himself!
Believe me, I should know, “He who laughs last laughs best!”
Everthink?
44 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 1:59 pm
mkk…so we’ve had the sword/ploughshares thing reversed for all this time? Good to know
For verily Christ said…”makest thou a host of mighty warplanes, able to smite thine enemies”
I missed that in Sunday school.
45 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:03 pm
“As a Christian, Christ is either Lord of all, or he isn’t Lord at all. This “Christian” nation is “fast tracking” policies which retract the national “welcome mat” for Christ.”
The United States is not now, and never has been, a Christian Nation. Jesus Christ is now no less welcomed in the hearts of our people than at any time in our history!
A nation is note just a territorial description. It is most importantly defined in the character of it’s citizens. Our citizens hold many faiths, it is our duty to respect their faith as we respect their rights.
Jesus Christ can never be welcomed by nations, only by individuals!
If you disagree, than you must think the Vatican is the Holiest place on earth. Is that what you think?
“As a Christian, Christ is either Lord of all, or he isn’t Lord at all.”
Is he Lord of your life? If so, I believe there’s a big switch awaiting your backside, boy!
Everthink?
46 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:03 pm
As a nation what should America do with Jesus Christ? Should he be exalted, or should she work towards minimalize him?
47 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:05 pm
And now, 17 YO girls can get the “morning after” pill. Why stop at 17, why not 12?
48 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:10 pm
ola is a PA resident? I didn’t know that, but I am ashamed of myself for not remembering Scott. I guess I was not really thinking, but it’s not as though I neverthink…
49 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
If nationally God’s hand of blessing is not an obtainable asset, why is this included in God’s word?
50 upnorthlurkin // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:25 pm
MKK, my guess is Chuckles and Bob have their DU/DailyKos/Soros membership cards that will save them when the radical muslims come for the rest of us…..who knew the terrorists would get picky?!
51 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:28 pm
“We are looking weak and cutting defense spending. Remember Pearl Harbor? We had fighter planes that were inferior to the Zeros, and it cost us dearly.”
It did not make any difference how good our aircraft if they never got off the ground!
Everthink?
52 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:33 pm
re#44 - bob, you do need to study things out a bit.
53 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:38 pm
As a nation what should America do with Jesus Christ? Should he be exalted, or should she work towards minimalize him?
As a nation, NOTHING!
Evangelization is a function of church, and it’s believers.
Not government!
If you were to succeed in creating a national religion, you would wind up with a country like Iran.
Everthink?
54 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm
“bob, you do need to study things out a bit.”
What you need is to enroll over at Brother Bobs’ Theology Seminary! Then, continuing education at The Church of Universal Ignorance, and Brain Scrubbing Center!
Just follow the pink lemming,
Everthink?
55 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm
World War II was not limited to one successful Japanese attack, it lasted from 1939 - 1945. It was during the years prior to the war that we were not developing state of the art, superior weaponry. We cannot afford to return to being a “sleeping giant”, we have an obligation to be vigilant. Peace is always our preference, but not always the best option for securing our freedoms and liberty. When Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, we didn’t hold a press conference to offer an apology.
Has the world ever apologized to us for anything?
56 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Make that: “Brother Bob’s Theological Seminary”, OK?
57 mindknumbed kid // Apr 22, 2009 at 3:00 pm
The exaltation of Christ is not the same thing as evangelization. I can magnify Christ without preaching Christ. There is no such thing as blessing upon nations outside of Christ bestowing his blessing upon it. Therefore to have and benefits of his blessing, we must willingly acknowledge him and exalt him as individuals, yes, and as a nation. Separation of church and state is a fallacy, when it comes to Jesus Christ you are either for him, or against him.
58 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 3:24 pm
MNK,
You Said:
Remember Pearl Harbor? We had fighter planes that were inferior to the Zeros, and it cost us dearly.
I now understand you wish to amend that statement to read:
“Remember World War II? We had fighter planes that were inferior to the Zeros, and it cost us dearly.”
Then you offer in support:
“The (F4) Wildcat was outperformed by the Mitsubishi Zero, its major opponent in the early part of the Pacific Theater, but held its own partly because of its ability to absorb far more damage.[12] With relatively heavy armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, the Grumman airframe could survive far more damage than its lightweight, unarmored Japanese rival.
To which I add:
“Grumman was working on a successor to the F4F Wildcat well before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. While the F4F was a capable fighter, early air battles revealed the Japanese A6M Zero was more maneuverable and possessed a better rate of climb than the F4F. The F4F did have some advantages over the Zero. Wildcats were able to absorb a tremendous amount of damage compared to the Zero, and had better armament. The F4F was also much faster in a dive than the Zero, an advantage Wildcat pilots used frequently to elude attacking Zeros.
These advantages carried over into the F6F and, combined with other improvements, created a fighter that outclassed the Zero almost completely. The contract for the prototype XF6F-1 (F6F) was signed on 30 June 1941.”
So, even though you are so tax averse, you support the “Military Industrial Complex” where the greatest examples of waste fraud, and abuse have occurred in government spending.
You say all this because it took us seven months to develop a fighter plane superior to the zero, which most likely wouldn’t have gotten off the ground (or deck) anyway?
What a tin horn! And, a sounding brass too!
Everthink?
59 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 3:34 pm
George was one of the more “upfront” recent Presidents when it came to faith and if where we are now is a result of God “favoring” us because of that then you might want to rethink the whole “national worship” thingy…
either with us (and/or God) or against us…
And you mock Obama for apologizing? We looked like idiots and worse for 8 years…and that will indeed take more than “I’m sorry” to get past but…get past it we must and an apology is really tha only possible start
60 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 3:39 pm
and…increasing spending on the military does not represent a “cut” in funding, new math/old math/any math…an increase represents MORE spending…how is it that conservatives are missing this
Much like an tax increase of 3% on the richest Americans is nothing remotely lie “socialism”
Really, your arguments would be better received if they were at least loosely based in reality…when you shout about the giant orange chicken that’s attacking the sane folks among us can’t help but conclude that you’re a tad “touched” and move on w/o response
Try rational arguments based in fact, see how it goes
61 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 4:05 pm
“I can magnify Christ without preaching Christ.”
I can’t see where you do either here.
In case you don’t know it, there are many people of faiths other than Christianity, from the United States, and around the world who read our posts here.
As a Christian, your comments about Christ make me cringe, nearly as much as your views on American Government!
Do you know anything about sports?
Everthink?
62 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Like when you get cut real deep and the blood sports out? Everyone knows about that!
63 Fred Sinclair // Apr 22, 2009 at 4:48 pm
DEFINITIONS!!!
RECESSION — WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOR LOSES HIS JOB.
DEPRESSION- WHEN YOU LOSE YOURS!
RECOVERY- WHEN OBAMA LOSES HIS!
64 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 4:51 pm
bober,
About that “giant orange chicken”, I’m pretty sure that’s real!
I think I saw it …out west, somewhere. Then again, what with HD Television, and that Blue-ray Disc player, I can’t say for sure.
Everthink?
65 boberinyetagain // Apr 22, 2009 at 4:59 pm
lay, I was afraid of that…a poor example
66 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Everyone who embraces satan cringes at the mention of the Name of Jesus Christ.
67 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Fred,
There you are, just a wavin’ your red flag, trying to save your man.
Better have them start a Kool-Aide IV quickly, the little fella can’t stand much more brain damage.
Everthink?
68 Left Coast-Right Mind // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:10 pm
President Barack H-word Obama and his glee club, who support the begging, bowing and scraping before third world tyrannical despots, must have lost a fortune in lunch money trying to appease everyone who disliked them on the playground. On second thought, they were probably demanding that the school administration force the top 2% of students give their grades to the kids who were failing.
Bush was castigated over so-called “Cowboy Diplomacy”. Thank God for Obama and his new foreign policy of “Peace Through Sickening Obsequiousness”. I’ll be watching for the History Channel’s series, “Bootlicking World Leaders Who Brought Their Nations to Peace and Prosperity.”.
Speaking of the “Apologize for America Tour 2009″, why is it that Leftists have two apology types? When military veterans voiced their outrage over being listed on a “right-wing extremist watch list” the apology was that they were offended, not for what was actually written about them. But when Obama apologizes to Chavez, the Castros, Noriega, etc. it’s as if he’s expressing his deepest, heartfelt regrets that the United States even exists. After hearing this, I’m not really sure I’d like to know where I rate on the Obama scale, being a white, heterosexual male, who obeys the law, pays his taxes, is current on his mortgage and has no credit card debt. I must be the devil incarnate to the likes of ol’ President Government.
69 DrivebyMeteor // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Re #66:
- Jeremiah 5:21-22
70 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Bober,
I just saw it again!
Everthink?
71 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Most of the world is now an Obama Glee Club, but worldwide glee actually started with the throwing of a shoe.
Everthink?
72 Fred Sinclair // Apr 22, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Freddie Mac CFO…suicide?
Date: 4/22/2009 1:18:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Hmmmmm……Guess he knew too much?
Acting Freddie Mac CFO found dead
VIENNA, Va. — David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, was found dead in his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning in what police say was an apparent suicide. Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings tells WTOP police responded to the Kellermann home after family members dialed 911 at 4:48 a.m.
Sources tell WTOP Kellermann hanged himself.
“We were called from inside the house to come investigate an apparent suicide,” Jennings says.
“We’re not going to give you details of the condition of the body, except to say it was an apparent suicide.”
A medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
____________________________________________
I’ve heard the expression: “Something is rotten in Denmark” but I suspect Denmark smells like peach blossoms in comparison with the stink inside our D.C. Beltway.
I think I recall another “apparent suicide” Wasn’t Vincent Foster’s death by “apparent suicide” listed in the Fairy Tales Section, along with “Socialist Tax Cuts”? Perhaps this will be the newest listing?
73 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 6:48 pm
LCRM,
You say:
” … it’s as if he’s expressing his deepest, heartfelt regrets that the United States even exists.”
Really? But, he didn’t say that did he? Have you always had the ability to read other people’s minds?
You are among friends here, many have that same gift.
Why don’t you go over and sit in the corner with little Jameson. He’ll probably tell you, “god’s gonna get you” for something, but pay that no mind, he likes to say that to everybody.
You go on to say: “I’m not really sure I’d like to know where I rate on the Obama scale, being a white, heterosexual male, who obeys the law, pays his taxes, is current on his mortgage and has no credit card debt.”
You’re a male? What with you being so hissy and all, I was sure you were one of those church ladies. So, you have no credit card debt? But, you do have a credit card don’t you?
Well, it so happens I’m starting a Republican Rest Farm in Alaska. Have you ever been to Alaska? We’ll talk about that later, the singing is about to start.
Have a nice day!
Everthink?
74 onlineanalyst // Apr 22, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Chavez gave to Obama what this fisking calls an “idiot’s bible,” filled with flawed analyis and misinformation. From one idiot to another, wasn’t this an appropriate gift? I guess socialists don’t like to allow facts to get in the way of their ideology.
75 Left Coast-Right Mind // Apr 22, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I’m astonished. After all the hoopla about “right-wing extremists”, the first domestic terrorist on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” list is a left-wing nitwit who blows up buildings connected to scientific testing on animals.
And here I thought all lefties were about peace and love and tolerance and understanding, etc.
76 Laughing@You // Apr 22, 2009 at 9:19 pm
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Everthink?,
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77 onlineanalyst // Apr 22, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Obama has opened his own can of worms. Is he attempting to throw red meat to the Leftie Nutroots? Is he trying to deflect attention from the pathetic efforts of Turbo Tax Timmy and the tanking US economy?
Obama will be subjecting his own fully informed party members to some pointed questioning should he give the green light to Holder, the unethical lawyer who pushed for the pardon of members of FARC for political expediency.
It’s a sorry day when politicizing policy differences for partisan one-upsmanship trumps national security issues.
Obama is not acting like a leader whose concerns are the defense of his country. He ignored the advice of Panetta and Blair. One has to wonder what motivated Obama. Every day adds another nail to the failed Obama presidency
Pakistan is on the brink of a consequential destabilization, and the current administration wants to emasculate and hamper our intelligence services.
78 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 12:02 am
“And here I thought all lefties were about peace and love and tolerance and understanding, etc.”
I’m astonished you thought that.
I think all righties are about war (if somebody else fights it, and pays for it), and hate and intolerance and a greatly overvalued estimate of their contribution to society.
Everthink?
79 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 12:22 am
“Pakistan is on the brink of a consequential destabilization, and the current administration wants to emasculate and hamper our intelligence services.”
Emasculate? Hamper? By forbidding that which our nation has long committed not to do? By insisting our intelligence services live up to American Ideals? Well, I guess they are just not your ideals.
Did you see him at Langley? They seemed awfully enthusiastic in their welcome.
Do try to remember, unlike Dumbyah, the American Homeland has not been attacked, even once, on President Obama’s watch.
You should thank President Obama that you are still alive! Maybe you could send him a nice note …
Everthink?
80 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 4:39 am
There was no “torture” and only a filthy traitor would say otherwise.
God Bless America
81 upnorthlurkin // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:35 am
Dumbo’s photo-op at Langley was about as genuine as his photo-op in Iraq. Only military folks who voted for the Affirmative Action TOTUS were allowed in front of the camera. I have no doubt the same held true at Langley.
You can keep repeating your fairy tales and lies all you want….they still won’t be true.
82 upnorthlurkin // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:42 am
OLA -that article should make Bob and Chuckles happy…..gettin’ even with those rich Gringo ba@%rds…. and all!
83 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Lurch,
Oh yeah! Whachagonnadowiththis:
“For one, as of August, Barack Obama was clobbering John McCain in donations from active duty military — in fact, men and women serving abroad gave Obama nearly six times more than his opponent, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.”
The American Conservative - November 4th, 2008
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/11/04/the-shifting-military-vote/
I know, I don’t trust the source either!
Everthink?
84 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Jimbo,
Only a filthy traitor, and a Repug, would torture in the first place!
Everthink?
85 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Lurch,
The WSJ is now a Rupert Murdoch publication. As such it is about as “Fair and Balanced” as he television news service, “Faux Noise”.
Saying “Fair and Balanced” is like a conman saying “you can trust me”.
In fact, I think Bernie Madoff’’s slogan was “Fair and Balanced Investments, honest, you can trust me on that”
Everthink?
86 upnorthlurkin // Apr 23, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Your spawn tried that one back in November, Chuckles. And what does one have to do with the other?!
And, my husband was able to make it through that torture, only they called it training….
87 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Lurch,
I bet your husband could teach us all a thing, or two, about torture!
Everthink?
88 upnorthlurkin // Apr 23, 2009 at 1:39 pm
You’d win that bet, Chuckles….oh wait… you were trying to insult me weren’t you…. I’d forgotten, you’re the only authority here…. my bad.
89 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Lurch,
That was more in the order of kidding! It’s kinda like the difference between training and real waterboarding.
Authority, not me; although I must admit sometimes, I think bober and me are the only ones here with a lick of sense.
Everthink?
90 RedRum151 // Apr 23, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Lest we forget what the word “torture” was actually intended to describe, see the link below for a small collection of photos. Warning : disturbingly graphic images.
Jawa Report: 6/16/05
Please also note: doesn’t even scratch the surface of the topic.
91 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm
RedRum151,
Do I understand correctly, that anything short of result pictured on your link is not torture?
If so, you seem to stand by the Bush Administration in the same way the Bathists stood by Saddam.
While your judgment of Bush is like the Bathists judgment of Saddam, my judgment of Bush like his judgment of Saddam.
Nether of us can be unbiased, so let’s turn the matter over to someone who can.
If there is no one in our country, perhaps the World Court, in the Hague, might be appropriate.
Everthink
92 upnorthlurkin // Apr 23, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Yeah, RR….the Legend in his own mind is the moral authority here….how dare you muddy the water with facts?! Those photos must be photoshopped!
93 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 3:37 pm
“Sometimes, I think bober and me are the only ones here with a lick of sense.”
The pictures offered by RR are not in dispute! They are simply not at issue!
Saddam was hung!
The question before us now is; should we do the same with Dumbyah, et al?
Everthink?
94 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Likening Bush to Hussein could only be done by an enemy of The United States of America.
95 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Yet another USA-hating lie by BHO.
BHO can’t find an honest Democrat to hire. Wonder why?
96 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I guess while I’m at it, BHO tells another lie.
Pointing out what a liar BHO is, may very well be a full-time job, eh?
97 RedRum151 // Apr 23, 2009 at 5:37 pm
My post was about the meaning of words.
It was not about Saddam Hussein; and it certainly was not about George Bush. I could just as easily have used descriptions from English history as examples, but as they say, a picture is worth a grand.
Not that Spitting@You gives a … spit about any of that. He just wants to get you to play his favorite game; the Definition Game!
As phony ( and “unbiased” ) as a nice, friendly round of Three-Card Monte .
98 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Oh, the irony. Yesterday was Earth Day, former President Clinton and Presentdent Obonga were out and about planting trees. (Was this the best idear they could come up with? Why not save this sort of gig for Arbor Day?) Anyhow, here I was in Gilette, oblivious to the Earth Day activities that were going on all around the planet, blogged a little, and then went out to shop for a pole trimmer to use on my trees. What started out as some innocent tree trimming maintenance quickly blossomed into something a bit more intense. By 6 PM, I had trimmed 6 trees and cut down two, plus removed 1 more rots and all with my evil GMC Suburban SUV! Trees also make an excellent source of firewood! I can’t wait until next year’s Earth Day celebration, I think this will become a tradition at my home.
Reminds me of this verse:
Romans 1:25
25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
99 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Notice to “Earth Day” proponents:
God, the Creator is in absolute control of the universe. Nothing happens without his authorization, moreover, his direction. The destruction of the planet will occur when God chooses, and how God chooses. The contributing factor to the destruction is disobedience to his Word, not CO2 emissions, or anything else man does outside of disobedience to his Word.
If we do not resist the actions of Obama, he will be successful in laying the groundwork for the destruction of the planet. If continues to have the power and charisma that he has he could very well be the equivalent of a John the Baptist for the Antichrist.
Matthew 24:37
As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Genesis 6:5
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
100 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 6:39 pm
BHO burned over 9,000 gallons of jet fuel for Earth Day.
101 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Now this IS torture: Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Will the ACLU file suit against the perpetrators of this “injustice”? Not a chance in … well. But for sure, Neverthink will point this post out to bob and snicker, citing yet another rightwing conservative Christian posting “hate”, we are just too dumb to understand that God is love.
Perhaps he is convinced that only Satan, and the beast, along with the false prophet are the only ones whose name are not in the book…
102 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Oh, and rightwing hate mongers!
103 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:01 pm
On to the sports news…
Some guys are still playing Basketball, and it is getting very serious as of late.
104 RedPepper // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:06 pm
JL3 #100: Are you serious, Jameson? 9,000 gallons?
Just who does O think he is ! ? Al Gore ?
105 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Hey ET/ Chuckling boy. Will the prophet Muhammad’s name be in that there book of life? Hey for all of you heathens tuning in all around the globe, I have the answer for you that funny boy won’t tell ya. The prophet Muhammed, upon resuming room temperature, was not found to be among the believers in Christ Jesus, the son of God (who is not a wannabe, like Al) and thus has been condemned to eternity in Hell, and not only that, but he is permanently barred from Heaven. But hey, if you wish to believe it to be otherwise, that’s OK - God allows you to do that.
106 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm
re#100 - And that is just one (out of millions) of the Earth’s biggest fans’ fossil fuels usage to celebrate the event! Imagine what their cumulative efforts adds up to be.
107 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Also in sports today…Hockey.
108 RedPepper // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 pm
mkk #101: In case you missed this news item …
SATAN ADMITS HELL ABUSES
HELL (AP) - A visibly frustrated Satan dismissed allegations that conditions in the netherworld are “inhumane,” telling assembled members of the media, “I can’t make it any plainer for you morons.”
The Devil’s outburst came in response to a reporter’s question about whether there were any plans to close Hell. “No, no, no,” Satan explained, “you don’t seem to get the concept. Hell is where the souls of people who are damned, D-A-M-N-E-D, spend eternity. It is the consequence of a life of evil deeds. Why would I close it?” Follow-up questions about temperature extremes, lack of due process and complaints by some condemned souls that they were framed drew disquieting glares from the Prince of Darkness. “It’s Hell. It’s not the Betty Ford Clinic, or some program to let Pol Pot and Hitler get in touch with their feelings. It’s eternal damnation. It’s not supposed to be pleasant.” The last comment drew a shocked gasp from the reporters present.
When asked if he thought it was fair that souls be condemned for eternity, for example for merely beheading someone, Satan shrugged. “Those are the rules. I’m not a philospher.”
109 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Thanks Red, You’re right I did miss that one! I guess the reporters that were present made absolutely certain they didn’t offend the ole Devil seeing as they were unsure of what their eternal fate might be. Just one softball after another…perhaps that is why most Dems get the same treatment, just in case one of them turns out to be Satan…
Such a pity that so many are absolutely spiritually ignorant, and many by choice.
110 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 7:52 pm
“Will the prophet Muhammad’s name be in that there book of life?”
I cannot answer you question. I am unworthy to open that Book. Are you able to break its seal?
Everthink?
PS
By now, your bag must be filled with 2nd place ribbons. Why not give yourself a break today?
111 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 9:38 pm
No, Mohammed’s name is not in the Book of Life.
Of course, there is an ultra-slim chance that he accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior a moment before he died but, somehow, I doubt it.
112 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Philippians 4:3
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
Did Paul open that book?
As per # 111, I concede there is a miniscule chance that I could be wrong about his name being there, boy howdy if he had accepted Christ there would be a lot of angrier Muslims out there!
113 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Well Jameson, if anybody would know, I’m sure it would be either you, or MNK.
But, before you go farther, maybe you should remove your sandals.
Everthink?
114 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:15 pm
It seams as though someone might be confusing the book of life with the one found in Revelation chapters 5&6, they are not the same book.
115 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:24 pm
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
116 Laughing@You // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:26 pm
“The prophet Muhammed, upon resuming room temperature, …”
MNK, are you suggesting that you think they had refrigeration in Medina in 632AD?
Everthink?
117 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Also in sports news, grown men are playing baseball tonight.
118 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:33 pm
re#116 - ????? Maybe you should stick to reading my sports updates.
119 mindknumbed kid // Apr 23, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Good night and God bless.
120 JamesonLewis3rd // Apr 23, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Mohammed, unless he was a zombie, was never at room temperature, that is, until he was dead.
And with that, I will shake the dust from my sandals because, yes, I know I’m wasting my time.
God Bless America
121 mindknumbed kid // Apr 24, 2009 at 5:39 am
Oops, my bad. Assumed not resumed, I assumed my fingers knew to type what I meant. Anyone want to go to work for me today? My body is protesting the idea.
122 Newsman // Apr 24, 2009 at 8:36 am
Seems like many of you have forgotten the original purpose of Scrappleface.
It has become a hot spot for proselytizing one of the many narrow views of religion.
123 Laughing@You // Apr 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Jameson,
Do they make “elevator” sandals? If not, maybe you should stick with yer “cowboy high heels”!
Everthink?
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