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Mayor Daley Declares Racism Dead in America

Robert Barney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:02:02 GMT

From this article:

Mayor Daley Says Media Backlash May Have Driven Oprah Away - cbs2chicago.com

"I think she was the most successful woman that we will ever know in the history of this country," Daley said at a fundraising event for United Negro College Fund.

Case closed.

Hunter Charged in College Student's Death

al3 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:08 GMT

If a trained hunter (I assume you have to take a class to get a hunting license in VA?) can have an accident like this, do you wonder why I don't feel safe with guys who carry concealed?

washingtonpost.com

Hunter charged in college student's death
Woman killed, man injured while working on project in Va. field

By Hamil R. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 20, 2009

Three students at Ferrum College, near Roanoke, Va., were in an open field near campus Tuesday, working on a biology class assignment, when a single shot rang out.

Jason Cloutier, 31, a hunter, fired a rifle bullet that passed through the chest of Jessica Goode, a 23-year-old from Winchester, killing her instantly, and then hit the hand of Regis Boudinot, 20, of McLean, according to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

On Thursday, Boudinot's stepmother appealed for an end to recriminations against the hunter, who told authorities he mistook the students for deer.

"We all make mistakes, and people are saying horrible things about him without knowing the facts," Kimberly Boudinot wrote in an e-mail to friends. "I have never known hate and cruelty to triumph over love, and I ask that everyone remember this."

Cloutier was charged with manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm and trespassing, police said.

Kimberly Boudinot said that her stepson and two other students "were on a school assignment tracking turtles for their biology class when it happened. As soon as they heard the sound, he saw that [Goode] had a huge hole in her chest. She turned to Regis and said, 'I am going to die.' My son watched one of his dearest friends die."

Regis Boudinot, a junior at Ferrum and a graduate of Langley High School in McLean, was doing well after reconstructive surgery on his hand, his stepmother said. The third student at the scene was not injured.

"We are definitely counting our blessings," Kimberly Boudinot said. "Our prayers and hearts go out not only to a family that has lost a daughter, but to the hunter's family. He has a wife and 2-month-old baby, and this is a nightmare for his family. It changes your life. He didn't know that it wasn't a deer. He certainly didn't mean to hurt anyone."

Goode was an environmental science major who loved to go camping. "They were the best of friends," Boudinot said. "She was a wonderful and very bright young lady who loved many people."

Goode's death is the 39th hunting fatality in Virginia since 1998 and the first of those that has involved a non-hunter, said Julia Dixon, a Game and Inland Fisheries spokeswoman.

It's not rare for hunters to mistake people for wildlife. In 17 of the 39 fatalities, the shooters said they fired at what they thought was an animal.

Trouble In Arch-Con Paradise

al3 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:51:08 GMT

Tea partiers turn on each other

Kenneth P. Vogel Kenneth P. Vogel
Thu Nov 19, 11:41 pm ET

Quote:

After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum.

The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus their efforts on shaping policy debates or elections, work on a local, regional, state or national level or closely align themselves with the Republican Party, POLITICO found in interviews with tea party organizers in Washington and across the country.

Many of these differences date to the movement�s beginnings last winter in an outpouring of anger about the huge increases in government spending enacted by President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress. But they were overshadowed by the initial explosion of activism that culminated during the congressional town hall meetings in August.

Now the disagreements and the sense of frustration they have engendered could diminish the movement�s potential influence in state and national politics.

These groups don�t play as well together as they should,� said Kevin Jackson, a St. Louis-based conservative author and activist who has spoken at dozens of tea party-type rallies and is traveling across the South with a convoy sponsored by the national Tea Party Patriots group.

They�re fractured at the organization level, I think mainly because there are a lot of people who have not had managerial experience who all of a sudden are thrust into the limelight and become intoxicated with it. And when a potential rift comes up, instead of handling it and maybe agreeing to disagree, they splinter and go off on their own.�

The movement is composed of hundreds of independent local groups, many of which are incorporated as nonprofits and have localized names referencing the tea parties, 9/12 or We the People.

Many of their members also belong to national conservative groups, including FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity and Grassfire, while the local groups often affiliate formally or informally with loose-knit umbrella organizations, including the Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Nation.

The organizational chaos � combined with a widening apathy at the edges of the movement � has produced a growing consensus among local, state and national tea party leaders that for the movement to evolve from the loose conglomeration of fired-up activists who mobilized this summer to register their dissatisfaction with Obama and Congress at town hall protests and marches across the country into a sustainable bloc with the power to shape the GOP and swing elections, it will require the emergence of a national leader, group or structure.

Ned Ryun, president of American Majority, a nonprofit that has conducted organizer-training sessions for many tea party activists, said �the next three to six months� are going to be critical in determining �what�s going to happen with the tea party movement. Are they going to be a bunch of fingers, or are they going to come together to be a fist?�

Yet, while some tout a planned National Tea Party Convention in February (at which former Alaska governor and tea party darling Sarah Palin is listed as the keynote speaker) as a potentially unifying moment and others point to online coordination efforts, there is deep disagreement about what any national organization would look like and who would lead it.

FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, Grassfire, Americans for Limited Government and a host of other groups have helped organize various efforts capitalizing on the energy behind the tea parties, including providing training, online war rooms that help generate phone calls and ready-to-distribute canvassing literature.

But the groups have also jockeyed � mostly behind the scenes � to take credit for leadership of the movement, which � depending on who�s doing the telling � took its name either as an homage to the 1773 Boston tax revolt that played a major role in sparking the American Revolution or from an acronym standing for �taxed enough already.�

Some activists see the turmoil within the movement and the internal clashes as simply a part of maturing.

Some of these groups may burn out, but this is part of this entrepreneurial process and the competition is good,� said Adam Brandon, vice president of communications for FreedomWorks, a nonprofit chaired by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas.

The group has facilitated some of the efforts demonstrating the potential power of the movement. Those have included the confrontations that erupted at congressional town halls this summer, the massive Sept. 12 �Taxpayer March on Washington� as well as another Washington rally this month and support for conservative third-party candidate Doug Hoffman, who narrowly lost a special congressional election in upstate New York this month despite strong support from many tea party groups and leaders.

Brandon stressed that the strength of the tea party movement is in its grass-roots nature and that FreedomWorks�s goal is to help facilitate the movement, not to control it.

One thing that�s clear is that anyone who says they own the tea party movement is going to get run over because no one owns the movement,� he said.

Brandon acknowledged the �rivalries and turf battles� now gripping parts of the movement but said �that�s normal because people have different ideas about what they want. That�s what�s happening now, and it�s sometimes a painful process.�

Those fights have been waged over issues that go to the heart of the movement�s purpose and strategy as well as more mundane rivalries and personal feuds.

In Myrtle Beach, S.C., disputes within the local tea party about how much to engage in partisan politics and whether board members were profiting from contracts to print paraphernalia emblazoned with the group�s logo prompted the treasurer to resign and join with defectors from a North Carolina We the People group to form a new organization.

There�s a lot of fighting, and everyone wants to be in charge, and that�s why you have so many splinter groups,� said ex-treasurer Janet Spencer, who charged her adversaries within the tea party with saying �derogatory things about me that were very unprofessional.�

She said her new group, called Patriotic Voices of America/Carolina Patriots, counts about 100 members and will not coordinate with the Myrtle Beach Tea Party, whose treasurer, David Ognek, said the friction is �just group dynamics.�

In Texas, a handful of thriving tea party groups severed their ties from the national Tea Party Patriots group after it ousted, then sued a founding board member who had affiliated with a rival group called the Tea Party Express.

Our fight is in Congress and not with each other or with these other groups,� said Toby Marie Walker, who was the Texas state coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots and also co-founded the Waco, Texas, tea party.

This Waco group recently drew an estimated 4,000 people to a rally it organized with the Tea Party Express, which travels the country hosting rallies. The month before, it had pulled out of the Tea Party Patriots after the Patriots group accused the Tea Party Express of steering the movement away from nonpartisan issue-based advocacy, embracing extremist rhetoric and raising questions about the Express�s finances.

The Patriots� attack and lawsuit worried the Waco group�s board, Walker said, because �if you align yourself with someone who is going to be that malicious, then how do we know they won�t turn on us?�
Other local tea party groups, though, cast their lots with the Patriots, heeding the group�s call to disassociate with the Tea Party Express.

In Granbury, Texas, local tea party organizer Josh Sullivan says he believes the movement�s effectiveness is being compromised by extremism.�You have some interesting folks in the Tea Party movement � some of them I can support, but some of them are kind of out there and radical, and I don�t want to associate myself with them,� he said. In Northern Colorado, meanwhile, a handful of active 9/12 groups � named for the Glenn Beck-encouraged effort to stage the Sept. 12 Washington march � are unhappy with the state 9/12 group�s aversion to fundraising and with its focus on national issues and have discussed forming their own rival statewide group.

People are beginning to become a little bit de-energized � they�re starting to feel like they�re fighting a losing battle, because we send a lot of letters into Washington, D.C., and things like that, and people are saying they�re not listening,� said Brian Britton, who heads the Greeley, Colo., 9/12 group.

That fear is echoed by Glenn Galls, a Hot Springs, Ark., tea party organizer frustrated with the focus of Arkansas�s state-level tea party groups on national races and issues such as cap and trade and health care.

If the tea party movement is going to continue to thrive and to grow and to have influence,� he said, �it must start coming together and coalescing and finding its purpose in life, because if it doesn�t, the excitement will fade like it does from anything else.�

This Seems Disingenuous

Robert Barney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:11:38 GMT

Perhaps if the Democratic congressman had tried this during Bush's term of office:

Big Government Blog Archive Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

Who Uses Ebay

Robert Barney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:43 GMT

And now, for something completely different.

I am a pretty dedicated user of ebay and have made many substantial purchases using ebay through the last decade. Anyone else out there an ebayer? What's your biggest purchase? What was your best deal?

And on a related item, I am trying to think of what to buy my wife this Christmas, and I am completely uninspired. Anybody got any good ideas? There may be more than just me looking for help.

How Much Does a Senate Vote Cost

Robert Barney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:06:06 GMT

I was surprised to see ABC break this story:

The $100 Million Health Care Vote? - The Note

Gee, if only William Jefferson had known how much money he could have really got.

Geithner Asked to Resign

Mr. Bill — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:27 GMT

Couldn't happen soon enough.

Geithner Asked To Resign; 'Mr. Secretary, The Public Has Lost All Confidence In Your Ability To Do Your Job' (VIDEO)

Nice to see him squirm.

Federal Funding for Murder

Robert Barney — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:33:25 GMT

Honest people will rightly admit that the country is evenly split on the issue of abortion. Half the country opposes it, and half the country is against it.

On a state by state basis the splits are not quite so even. In a state like NY or CA, clearly the majority of voters support abortion. In states like KY and TN, the majority are against abortion.

Prior to Roe v. Wade, states that wanted abortion had it, and states that didn't prohibited it. After Roe v. Wade the issue went ballistic because the Federal government imposed abortion on states that had previously opposed it.

Now we are on the verge of the issue going nuclear.

Both the House Healthcare Bill and the Senate Healthcare Bill propose that the Federal government fund abortions. If that passes, people opposed to abortion will be put in the untenable position of having to fund the very thing that they hate, and they hate it with a passion.

Republican Leader John Boehner | Sen. Reid?s Government-Run Health Plan Requires a Monthly Abortion Fee

If you thought that there were anti-abortion extremist wackos before, I would suggest you haven't seen anything if this becomes law. A lot of people who are opposed to abortion, but were committed to being civil, are likely going to become much less civil.

I would also remind everyone that prior to the 1860's, there were folks in this country who saw nothing wrong with slavery, and there were folks who thought it was an abomination to God. And we all know how that worked out.

"I'm Tired" by Robert A. Hall

GreenSky — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:14 GMT

I'll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth around" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy or stupid to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them with their own money.

I'm tired of being told how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros, and Hollywood entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe , the freedom of the press of China , the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Christian people of Iran , and the freedom of speech of Venezuela . Won't multiculturalism be beautiful?

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I believe "a man should be judged by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin." I'm tired of being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of Obama, when it's all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of US Senators from Illinois.

I think it's very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less arrogantly of an all-knowing government.

I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful; that thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress; that picked over every line of Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his; that slammed Palin, with two years as governor, for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as potentially the best president ever. Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America , while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue, or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance.

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global` warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live.. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't think Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana.

I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug dealers "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not against Hispanics. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak English, doesn't have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military... Those are the citizens we need.

I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people than themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years and still are? Not even close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.

I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers; bums are bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship. I live in Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet as well.

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers, and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called "poor". The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.

I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter.

Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Dear Grim Reaper

GreenSky — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:43:45 GMT

Dear Mr. Grim Reaper,

So far this year you have taken away my favorite dancer and entertainer Michael Jackson, favorite actor Patrick Swayze, and favorite actress Farrah Fawcett.

Just so you know, my favorite politicians are Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and Harry Reid.

Thank you

Narcissist-in-Chief

Mr. Bill — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:18 GMT

To the troops:

"You guys make a pretty good photo op"

Wow.

Pathetic.

White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving

Finally Someone Opposed

sainsurance — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:13 GMT

USA government wants to send more troops in Iraq but the US ambassador doesn�t agree for this. He says no more troops in Iraq to settle their independent in own way .

So what�s your say?

:GEEK:

9-11 and Pearl Harbor, Strange Perspective

Charpress — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:40:52 GMT

I was watching a WWII series last night about Pearl Harbor.

2,403 people were killed at Pearl Harbor (not counting 55 Japs). That hit me right between the eyes. On the other hand....

2,976 people were killed on 9-11 (not counting 19 friggin' terrorists).

As I recall, America made rather a big deal out of Pearl Harbor. I wasn't around, but I have seen newsreels and remember listening to relatives mention something about it. Apparently it remained a big deal for quite some time.

9-11, on the other hand, seems to have been a big deal for a short while, until members of Congress and the current administration started trying to distance themselves from the whole thing.

Imagine if the same group of spineless politicians were around in 1941. In a few short years they would have been talking about how we pushed the poor Japs into the war by blockading their oil and insisting they stop their genocide in China. Battleship Arizona memorial? Never would have happened.

Oh, and we would have lost the war.

Senator Robert Byrd, Democrat

Robert Barney — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:39:13 GMT

Robert Byrd of West Virginia is now the longest serving U.S. Senator in history.

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd is longest-serving Congress member in history

It is interesting that the longest serving member of the Senate is a Democrat and a former member of the KKK (nickname Sheets Byrd). Democrats everywhere are understandably proud.

Byrd is also the king of earmarks, having managed to milk the federal government (ie. the rest of the country) for huge amounts of Federal tax dollars spent on behalf of the folks in West Virginia and to the benefit of Robert Byrd whose name appears on most roads and bridges going through West Virginia. I suspect, when he dies, the state will be renamed "Byrdland".

He's a real role model for Democrats everywhere.

Senator Obama's Speech on Military Tribunals

Robert Barney — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:43:34 GMT

Notice how Obama actually and specifically addresses the very guy that Holder is now going to bring to trial in a civilian court in New York.

YouTube - Bombshell: Uncovered Obama: Khalid...

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And now I would like you to contrast the assurances of Senator Obama, with the assurances of Erick Holder given to the Senate today:

YouTube - Senator Lindsey Graham Asks Eric Holder...

To say that Obama and Holder are incompetent boobs, is an insult to incompetent boobs everywhere.

Most incompetent boobs did not graduate from esteemed legal schools and subsequently admitted to the bar.

These guys KNOW BETTER. They understand fully what they are doing and they are maliciously undermining the security of this nation. The reason is simple. These clowns hate the United States, its Constitution and our way of life. They want to destroy us.

And just to be clear, I am talking about Obama and Holder, not the terrorists they propose to try in a civilian court.

Hasan Was an Obama Advisor?

Charpress — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:02:00 GMT

OK, I know this is hard to believe. But it looks like Nidal Hasan was on the board of Obama's transition task force for Homeland Security.

Thinking Anew�Security Priorities for the Next Administration
PROCEEDINGS REPORT OF THE HSPI PRESIDENTI TRANSITION TASK FORCE
ALApril 2008-January 2009

Just follow it through this link:
Nidal Hasan [Forum - Congressional Scams] : Ditch Congress : Vote Congress Out!

To the report itself. I'm not sure what to think of this myself.

Unsustainability

Mr. Bill — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:46:25 GMT

Here you go. Cowboy up. Would especially be interested in hearing from the libs on this one. Beck found the one person in America who hadn't heard of the Cloward-Piven strategy (and apparently doesn't read this forum!)

YouTube - show11 17 09 Seg1

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The Great Global Warming Swindle

Robert Barney — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:40:16 GMT

Global Climate con.

This movie has to be Al Gore's worst nightmare. I have taken the time to watch the whole thing. It is WELL DONE, and explodes the myth that man make the planet warmer.

To think that Cap and Trade is promoted on a complete false and deceitful premise, underscores the fact that the media has completed failed in it ability to report important stories. The U.S. media is for the most part, an agent of liberal propaganda.

Here is the film on You Tube, in 9 parts. Watch it, you will be glad you did:

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

YouTube - The Great Global Warming Swindle, part...

Word to Live By

Robert Barney — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:50 GMT

I meant words

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory..

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'

22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Going Rogue, Love It or Hate It

Robert Barney — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:13 GMT

Sarah Palin's new book is out today and the lines are being drawn in the sand. There are those that love it, and there are those who hate it. And there does not appear to be much middle ground.

Love it:

Going Rogue Review | John Ziegler | Columnists | Mediaite

Hate it (Palin didn't write it):

'Going Rogue: An American Life' by Sarah Palin -- latimes.com

Love it:

YouTube - Rush Limbaugh Calls Sarah Palin's Book...

Hate it (hadn't finished reading it):

washingtonpost.com

And a nice summary of all of it:

Going berserk over 'Going Rogue;' Democrats' reaction to Sarah Palin book and publicity | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

Starbucks Espresso Frappucino

dgoldenz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:26:30 GMT

I go to Starbucks just about every day for a doubleshot on ice, but had a free drink today so I mixed it up a bit with a light espresso frappucino (coffee frap + a shot of espresso). This may be the best drink they have, and only 190 calories/1g fat for a venti. Discuss.

TOTUS Alert! Chaos! Mayhem!

Mr. Bill — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:21:30 GMT

Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During...

Some Folks Raise Their Kids Right

Robert Barney — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:47 GMT

Wow. Good for this young fellow:

Standard Journal Online - News

Obviously dad taught the boy right.

That Was No Bow

Robert Barney — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:39 GMT

YouTube - Obama bows to Japanese Emperor

The emperor just wanted to know if he needed a shine. Obama was only too glad to offer his advice.

Another Side of Nancy Pelosi

Mr. Bill — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:52:35 GMT

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress...npublished.jpg

When the Proverbial Shoe Fits...

Mr. Bill — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:43:34 GMT

I think the word "jackass" sums it up quite nicely - what could he possibly have been thinking? Or was George Soros' earpiece malfunctioning?

YouTube - Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor Akihito

Gitmo North

Winter — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:18:04 GMT

Feds are talking about sending all these terrorists (security challenged?) up to some Illinois prison.

Obama's European buddies suckered him/us. They made him and the United States grovel about running Gitmo and then Obama led us all to beleive that once Bush was gone they would all pony and take some. Ahh. I think the Netherlands has taken one and Jamaica has taken four Wiegar Chinese Muslims who no one thinks did anything anyway, including the Americans. They just cant send them back to China.

Of course they need the jobs in Illinois.........and I am sure Obama will sweeten the pot plenty.

Why dont we just stop calling them terrorists and let them go.. Or, give them government jobs here. They could even be one of Barry's czars because he doesnt vet anyone anyway.

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British/Pakistan Earthquake Joke

Robert Barney — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:50:46 GMT

WARNING: Some liberals may find this humor racist - I did not author the joke. If you find it racist, do NOT read it. I thought it was funny, which means some liberals will consider me a racist, but they already do and there is NO CURE FOR THAT.

A big earthquake with a strength of 8.1 on the Richter Scale has hit Pakistan.

Two million Pakistanis have died and over a million are injured.

The country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to start.

The rest of the world is in shock and the UN has decided to provide help to rebuild. Contributions from a variety of countries is pouring in quickly.

The USA is sending troops and supplies.

Saudi Arabia is sending oil.

Latin American countries are sending food supplies.

Cuba is sending medical teams.

New Zealand is sending sheep, cattle and food crops.

The Swiss are sending search dog teams.

The Asian continents are sending labor to assist in rebuilding infrastructure.

Australia is sending medical teams and supplies.

Britain, is sending two million replacement Pakistanis.

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

Thanksgiving

xrac — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:07:55 GMT

As we approach this Thanksgiving season, take just a few minutes to look at the link below.

http://www.cpmsglife2.org/MSG/Pres/td/td1.html

Talking Dog

Robert Barney — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:27:23 GMT

Now Al, this is NOT about you:

A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale ' He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

'You talk?' he asks.

'Yep,' the Lab replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?'

The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.'

'I was ONE of their most valuable spies for eight years running. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

'Ten dollars,' the guy says.

'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing --- he talks!!! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?'

'Because he's a liar. He never did any of that crap!!!'