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August 19, 2010

Five Job Killing Stimulus Projects
— Dave in Texas

1. Highway 66 in Sevierville, Tenn.
In Sevierville, Tenn., at a cost of more than $38 million, construction on a four-mile stretch of Highway 66 has significantly reduced the amount of traffic to area businesses. Local enterprises that prospered a year ago are now under severe strain due the impediments the stimulus construction on the road has inflicted.

If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

via The Daily Caller on Twitter

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 07:58 AM | Comments (94)
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1 That, my friends, is the difficult, and therefore rarely seen, employment lateral arabesque

Posted by: pep at August 19, 2010 08:01 AM (YXmuI)

2 The freeways are killing Rt. 66. It's like 1954 all over again!!!

Posted by: Original Mikey at August 19, 2010 08:01 AM (Av4L9)

3 Summer of Recovery - Catch the Fevah!

Posted by: Joltin' Joe Biden at August 19, 2010 08:01 AM (Uq5Qu)

4 10 million dollars a mile? In Tenn? Sheesh.

Posted by: Rocks at August 19, 2010 08:01 AM (Q1lie)

5 We can fix this!

Posted by: Pixar's Cars at August 19, 2010 08:02 AM (pUfK9)

6 But the Recovery.Gov Sign-Guy are rolling in it.

Posted by: garrett at August 19, 2010 08:02 AM (Uq5Qu)

7 If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"? Clearly the answer is to hire the retail worker to work on a government construction job elsewhere, re-routing traffic. Now let's all start circle-jerking, gentlemen.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 19, 2010 08:02 AM (AZGON)

8 Saved or created? That's one dilemma too many. I can't even figure out why you have to be anti-American in order to not be un-American.

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 19, 2010 08:03 AM (xxgag)

9 Posted by: WalrusRex at August 19, 2010 12:03 PM (xxgag) That is the most awesome hash ever. For living under this Pezzydent.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 19, 2010 08:05 AM (AZGON)

10 Why on earth anyone would believe that this government would actually be efficient and careful with tax dollars is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Pro Debate Team, Bacon Raconteur at August 19, 2010 08:07 AM (eCAn3)

If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Why yes, yes it is. In fact, it's a further reflection of our great Administration's laser like focus on jobs....

Heh.

Posted by: Jess at August 19, 2010 08:07 AM (xvvVt)

12 If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Well, using ObamaMath(tm), it's both: the construction worker's job was "created", and the retail worker's job was "saved" because, had it not been for the stimulus, the retail worker's job would have been eliminated!

Posted by: chemjeff at August 19, 2010 08:08 AM (Pm5H8)

13 It's a zero sum game I guess

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 19, 2010 08:09 AM (0GFWk)

14
I bet the signs announcing the "Paid for with Stimulus Recovery Act"are nice, tho. (ahem - that's uncollected tax dollars/Chinese debt. Dems can't even be honest w/ advertising)

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 19, 2010 08:10 AM (0fzsA)

15 I wish I could be happy about the popularity hit the Dummicrats are taking, but their stupid policies are hurting so many people and its going to take so long to recover EVIN IF the R's make a serious committed effort to rolling back the red tape and shrinking government to a manageable size. I was young enough not to feel much of the pain of Carter but it sure sucks that 52% of the voters were ready to magnify that stupidity in only 32 years.

Posted by: Palerider at August 19, 2010 08:10 AM (f6ByO)

16 This is a bit off topic but:

According to news stories I have read the Taliban are reforming in Afghanistan. My question is: "Why aren't these people Kibbles and Bits - where are the B52's?"

Think of the civilian jobs we could be creating in the munitions industry.

Posted by: An Observation at August 19, 2010 08:12 AM (ylhEn)

17
"If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?"

But if the construction worker is only employed for the short amount of time needed to build the highway and the retail worker was set to be employed for a long amount of time, perhaps decades if the shop hadn't gone out of business, then this is a net gain. Right?

Posted by: Dang at August 19, 2010 08:12 AM (Chg7a)

18 Ever been to Martha's Vineyard? Heck of a place. Lots to do, or just relax, and the folks are great. Gosh, I'm pooped. Nap time.

Posted by: Ebola at August 19, 2010 08:12 AM (Nw/hR)

If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Barry: Both! I mean it counts as double or triple depending on how much I feel like that day

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2010 08:13 AM (1Jaio)

20 I'm falllinnnnnnnnng!

Posted by: Dow Jones Industial Average at August 19, 2010 08:14 AM (fwSHf)

21 If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Yes.

Posted by: Andy at August 19, 2010 08:14 AM (5Rurq)

22 yes.............the one is on the "infrastructure" kick..........and part of "infrastruture" in his mind includes lite rail systems......... businesses in phoenix were lost and most along the line were economically damaged during the build due to our wonderful system that is pretty much useless.....oh yeah, apparently the airports in the USA all need major overhauls....that's what i got from his lecture yesterday in ohio....i don't fly very often but when i flew to lax last year, i didnt' notice crumbling runways or delapidated buildings....does anyone know what he's talking about? our phoenix airport seems nice when i go pick up relatives and friends............we no longer have the number one infrastructure in the world......we are now losers...............talk about a misery index.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2010 08:15 AM (rr5XB)

23 What's more if that road job is like most of them it had already been planned and financed before the porkulous was passed and they are just taking credit for it.

I read that "pork" bill and 95% of it was pure welfare State Dem socialism.

Posted by: Vic at August 19, 2010 08:16 AM (/jbAw)

There is a difference between what looks like a good idea and what actually is a good idea, i.e. one that really works out here in the real world.

We're starting to wake up. Slowly, but we are.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 19, 2010 08:17 AM (kFODZ)

25 everyone is sooo cynical, marthas vineyard and spain got tons of stimilus from our gvt.

Posted by: willow at August 19, 2010 08:17 AM (SbsTp)

26 I'm falllinnnnnnnnng!

Posted by: Dow Jones Industial Average at August 19, 2010 12:14 PM (fwSHf)

Don't worry. Barry's speech can't go on for every... or can it?

Posted by: Editor at August 19, 2010 08:17 AM (pUfK9)

27 Dammit Congress!! I am con law professor, not a mathematician!

Posted by: El Precedente at August 19, 2010 08:17 AM (1PeEC)

28 uh, forever...

Posted by: Editor at August 19, 2010 08:19 AM (pUfK9)

29 That road is the main rout from I 81 to Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg and the west side of Great Smokey Mountain NP. On weekends or other peak times it is literally jammed with cars. It needed expansion and I'm not sure if now was the right time, but then again given the load it sees I'm not sure of there would ever be a good time to fix it.

Posted by: ThomasD at August 19, 2010 08:20 AM (21H5U)

30 Nothing will beat the coke adled monkey project.

Posted by: polynikes at August 19, 2010 12:18 PM (m2CN7)

They tip well, too. Just wish they'd bring booze along with them.

Posted by: Chinese Prostitues at August 19, 2010 08:20 AM (pUfK9)

31 here in my little neck of the desert...we had the three roads that lead us from our giant cul de sac to the freeway down to one lane from three and two lanes......it was a fluster cuck for a good 2weeks while our stimulus dollars at work repaved perfectly good roads.........now they are even more perfectly good........until the next wave of stimulus is handed out........i won't mention how we had twenty or more men on the side of the road supported by their shovels while one guy in a hard hat holding his clip board ran around frantically while one or two guys were actually doing some work........not to mention phoenix's finest directing traffic at every intersection............i'm not even sure the work was done by an in state contractor.......i called the city and they would only tell me that it went to the lowest bid........

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2010 08:24 AM (rr5XB)

Well the construction workers job was "saved" and "created" because he had a job before, but he got a "new" job working on the road. And as for the employee of the store well the store now has a new job opening so that counts as a "created" job. +3 jobs saved or created!

I do believe i just earned a job at the white house!

Posted by: Conservative from nAZi at August 19, 2010 08:25 AM (SebJz)

"That road is the main rout from I 81 to Pigeon Forge..."

Well, there goes my plans of stopping for BBQ & a hand-woven basket on the way to Dollywood.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 19, 2010 08:28 AM (HaYO4)

34 Whoa. This is pretty shocking. I thought the Stimulus was definitely going to create jobs.

Posted by: Captain Comatose at August 19, 2010 08:28 AM (5I0Yr)

35 I suppose Zero and his crab lice count every job taken by an illegal alien as a job created, cause it looks like that's who's getting the construction jobs here in Arkansas.

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 08:30 AM (OlN4e)

If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Barry: It's called Recovery Summer! Now I'm so exhausted I need to recharge my batteries at Martha's Vineyard, you bitter clingers

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 19, 2010 08:30 AM (1Jaio)

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT DEPENDS ON WHO IS IN A DEMOCRAT UNION AND HOW MUCH VIG THE LOCAL DEOCRAT PARTY GETS.

VOTE DEMOCRAT 2010... WE GUBMINT WORKERS NEED A RAISE, BITCHES!

Posted by: professor von poopypants at August 19, 2010 08:31 AM (n0C4a)

38 Barky was just on the tube, again. Is it just me or do others think he he sounds angry?

Posted by: Retread at August 19, 2010 08:32 AM (J2WNM)

39 @ 33 im going to guess your talking about the I-10. If you ever want a fun ride, go down the 303 at about 6ish. It sucks, I live close to that and avoid it like the plague, but hey they are doing construction on it and putting an overpass in at bell! Its good stuff.... even though bell didnt need an overpass..... its simply simulating.

Posted by: Conservative from nAZi at August 19, 2010 08:32 AM (SebJz)

40 There was a very similar article in our local rag the Macomb Daily here in Michigan. Due to road construction business is way down for several establishments. I don't know of any that have gone under but some are losing a lot of money. But our summers are always known as road construction season.

Posted by: Bill R. at August 19, 2010 08:32 AM (EhlQq)

41 as Randall Hylkema said in "Rudebards" (Reason Magazine) many years ago, as long as the President gets credit for the jobs "created"...

Posted by: Ira at August 19, 2010 08:32 AM (bJm7W)

42 Y'all shouldn't be too hard on Zero. Didn't he spend 38 seconds in Florida to stimulate the economy there? Got off the plane, took a piss, then back on his plane to high tail it back to Liberal Land, all at taxpayer expense, of course.

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 08:34 AM (OlN4e)

43 when are the gov't pensions going to get their bail out?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2010 08:35 AM (rr5XB)

yes n...AZ...i

the i10

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2010 08:35 AM (rr5XB)

45 is that a job "saved" or "created"?

It is two jobs saved and two jobs created! What are you, a moron?

Posted by: glengarry glen ross at August 19, 2010 08:36 AM (ndlFj)

46 38 million for a 4 mile stretch of highway. That's $150/inch.

Posted by: chinaacid at August 19, 2010 08:36 AM (LPLXc)

47 Barky was just on the tube, again. Is it just me or do others think he he sounds angry?

Nah, not really.

Posted by: Michelle at August 19, 2010 08:37 AM (5I0Yr)

48 Sorry, forgot to add, by junk is now worth $800.

Posted by: chinaacid at August 19, 2010 08:38 AM (LPLXc)

49 i hope the 10 days of fun in the sun turn into 10 days of stuck inside because of summer lightning storms........but then he'll have to take a make up vacation........

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 19, 2010 08:39 AM (rr5XB)

50 That's one person unemployed and one person on disguised welfare.

Posted by: MlR at August 19, 2010 08:39 AM (bXmuq)

51 re; job and unemployment numbers, have they counted the soldiers returning from Iraq?

Posted by: willow at August 19, 2010 08:39 AM (SbsTp)

52 sock off

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 19, 2010 08:39 AM (ndlFj)

48 38 million for a 4 mile stretch of highway. That's $150/inch.

Or (ISO) $5.90/mm

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 08:40 AM (OlN4e)

54 The construction worker job is "created".

The retail worker job loss is "unexpected".

And anyways, the retail job probably wasn't union, so who cares?

Posted by: Brendan at August 19, 2010 08:40 AM (2jQGY)

55 US Roads and Highways.

One of the largest Jobs Programs in American History.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 19, 2010 08:40 AM (C1H86)

56 Private sector job lost (taxpayer) Union temp job created (union votes for them). Barry wins again.

Posted by: lasertex at August 19, 2010 08:42 AM (WvqFW)

57 Don't forget to add both the job created and the job saved that is the government bureaucrat who counts the jobs saved or created.

Posted by: jimmuy at August 19, 2010 08:43 AM (jXG2x)

All these shovel ready jobs.. too bad he didn't tell anybody that what they'd be shoveling was pure bullshit.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at August 19, 2010 08:44 AM (e8T35)

59 Ace, for the love of god, stop posting humor theory on Althouse already.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 19, 2010 08:47 AM (fLHQe)

60 -->If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

Dave, evidently you don't appreciate the genius of leftard policies and have made a mess of the foundation of leftarditude:

Libtard Rule #1) Nothing moves on its own. If left alone, the world is a static place that never changes.

Libtard Rule #2) It takes government action to move the anything.

Libtard Rule #3) Things only move exactly the way the government intends, and stop moving when government "help" is taken away.

Therefore, if the retail job disappears, it's because the retail manager is just trying to make the government look bad. That manager needs to be investigated.

And, in answer to your question, the calculation is one job "saved or created" for every paycheck the construction worker receives, as it is being "saved or created" every pay period. And there are also the jobs of government employees that are "saved or created" in order to man the unemployment office that the retail worker has to go to for his checks.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 19, 2010 08:48 AM (Qp4DT)

61 So where is Ace? Over nutting AA?

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 08:52 AM (OlN4e)

62 This happens everytime a road is repaired or rebuilt - local businesses suffer, and the local news media run stories about the suffering local businesses.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at August 19, 2010 08:53 AM (O9Cc8)

63 So where is Ace? Over nutting AA?

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 12:52 PM (OlN4e)

Ace has been pulling a Forest Gump run-a-thon here, lately. I think he finally decided to stop running, so now he's probably playing ping-pong somewhere.

Posted by: Editor at August 19, 2010 08:56 AM (pUfK9)

64 The CBO is projecting budget deficits and job growth based on 2% growth over the next few years. Based on those estimates, the unemployment rate won't be back down to 5% until 2014.
These numbers are such complete lies it is astounding.

First of all, the economy looks to grow at about 1% or less for the next couple of years - and possibly go negative if Barry Mugabe has anything to do with it, and to just keep up with population growth and keep unemployment from going higher - we need sustained growth of about 3%.

Good lord, these asshats in Washington are beyond ignorant.

Everything coming out of the D.C. now is smoke and mirror lies.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 19, 2010 08:56 AM (BNk7G)

65 O/T: If you haven't read this thread it is worth the read. It truly makes you think.

Posted by: curious at August 19, 2010 08:57 AM (p302b)

I feel compelled to offer some advice to our sisters who like to throw stones at those of us who respectfully disagree with them on this issue (and they sometimes refuse to even countenance the fact that some of us can call ourselves feminists and disagree with those who claim the mantle of Â“real feministsÂ”). First, ladies, itÂ’s hard to take a critic seriously when they lecture you wearing a bear suit. So, itÂ’s difficult for me to drum up much outrage at this latest ad. But, really, lying about a sister while wearing an Ewok outfit is no way to honor our foremothers on the eve of the 90th anniversary of their victory. But, that aside, IÂ’d love to know where you got those get-ups. Halloween is just around the corner, and Piper and Trig would look adorable as little grizzly bears.

From Palin's facebook page.

She clearly reads ace. i expect a "nut on" reference in the not too distant future.

Posted by: Ben at August 19, 2010 08:57 AM (wuv1c)

67 If a construction worker gets a job building a road, and a retail worker loses his job as a result, is that a job "saved" or "created"?

That is one job created thanks to the stimulus and one job lost due to the greedy business owners who don't care about their employees.

Posted by: huerfano at August 19, 2010 08:58 AM (6Z05k)

Time to recommend What Is Seen and What is Not Seen by economist Frederic Bastiat.

There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. Yet this difference is tremendous; for it almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favorable, the later consequences are disastrous, and vice versa. Whence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.

Posted by: Fred Bastiat at August 19, 2010 08:59 AM (R/BKu)

69 wow, kirsten powers really pisses me off. she is such a shameless lying hack. i just felt like sharing that, please carry on.

Posted by: Adrian at August 19, 2010 08:59 AM (wEX+X)

70 That's been one of my biggest problems with the constant yet random roadwork: how do you get to work, how does commerce flow when your infrastructure is under 'repair' (regardless of condition) for two years?

Posted by: t-bird at August 19, 2010 09:05 AM (FcR7P)

71 I've seen Kirsten Powers show up late to a taping - looking like she just rolled out of bed - no time for the makeup crew to get her fixed up.

She is the female version of Bob Beckel.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 19, 2010 09:05 AM (BNk7G)

72 Seriously, what is up with cities and states putting concrete medians on the road everywhere? A CVS near me is damn near unreachable, unless you are travelling west or south. If you are doing North or East, you either have to turn around (1/2 mile down the road) or wait till you are travelling south again.

It's stupid.

Posted by: lorien1973 at August 19, 2010 09:06 AM (IhQuA)

73 So ace is taking the day off then?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at August 19, 2010 09:06 AM (0q2P7)

74 Kirsten Powers is, quite simply, a dumbass who has swilled a tanker of Kool-Aid. She is a vessel of liberal stupidity, and the only difference between her and a million other dumb asses, is that her packaging is better.

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 09:06 AM (OlN4e)

Look. They weren't union jobs so what the hell value did they have?

Sheesh, they probably weren't even green jobs.

The fricken paradigm has shifted, for cripes sake! Get with the program.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 19, 2010 09:07 AM (RkRxq)

76 i do wonder why roadwork takes so long to do. i mean, i could understand if a bridge is being or if they shut down only part of the road to allow traffic to flow, but it seems pretty straightforward.

Posted by: dudeinsantacruz at August 19, 2010 09:07 AM (+lTxv)

77 Posted by: Ben at August 19, 2010 12:57 PM

Saw this in a post over at Tepid Air, sandwiched in between Ed "Poppin' Fresh" Morrissey's nauseatingly self-promotional comments ("I said..." "watch this interview with me...").

One thing that bothers me about what Palin is doing: these days she seems to be fixating on endorsing female candidates. In its way, that's as bad (IMO) as EMILY's List prattling about candidates with indoor plumbing.

Is this "Mama Grizzly" stuff a bug or a feature?

I though/hoped we were past all this race/gender identification crap.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 19, 2010 09:08 AM (Ulu3i)

78 Posted by: MikeTheMoose at August 19, 2010 01:06 PM

He's up in Martha's Vineyard, recharging the ol' moron batteries after a hard week of posting.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 19, 2010 09:09 AM (Ulu3i)

79 Kirsten Powers is, quite simply, a dumbass who has swilled a tanker of Kool-Aid. She is a vessel of liberal stupidity, and the only difference between her and a million other dumb asses, is that her packaging is better.

That.... and she is the only FOX contributor to have Megan Kelly flail the flesh from her bones in a "debate".

Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2010 09:12 AM (J5Hcw)

80 Ace is pulling a Goracle on AA. Will she report him?

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 09:12 AM (OlN4e)

81 It's not Palin's fault that a lot of the women are better conservatives than the timorous little men of the GOP. Besides, she also endorses plenty of guys and is not a single-issue crusader, so it's nothing like Emily's list.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 19, 2010 09:13 AM (IKf7L)

Kirsten Powers is, quite simply, a dumbass who has swilled a tanker of Kool-Aid.

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 01:06 PM (OlN4e)

Her value lies in the fact that she has absolutely no problem being perceived as a complete idiot for the sake of those above her. I think that she, and many dems for that matter, feel that if they sacrifice themselves to provide the idiotic answers, they spare their leaders from having to. She's like the political equivalent of a suicide bomber.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 19, 2010 09:13 AM (RkRxq)

83 That.... and she is the only FOX contributor to have Megan Kelly flail the flesh from her bones in a "debate".

Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2010 01:12 PM (J5Hcw)

I saw that. For some reason I found it strangely exciting...................................

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 09:13 AM (OlN4e)

84 Mike the Moose, I wouldn't blame ace if he was taking a day off after posting into the wee hours last night on this thread.

As far as the comments about feminism. That was one of the first things that annoyed me about the palin critics. They kept talking about "a women's right to choose" and yet it never dawned on them that "a women's right to choose" also means she can choose to have the child, even if it is "less than perfect" in the eyes of all those alleged feminists.

Posted by: curious at August 19, 2010 09:15 AM (p302b)

85 76 Kirsten Powers is, quite simply, a dumbass who has swilled a tanker of Kool-Aid. She is a vessel of liberal stupidity, and the only difference between her and a million other dumb asses, is that her packaging is better.

Posted by: maddogg at August 19, 2010 01:06 PM (OlN4e)

What Kirsten needs is a good conservative fucking, and I think I'm just the one for the job.

Posted by: Will Folks at August 19, 2010 09:16 AM (YVZlY)

86 I saw that. For some reason I found it strangely exciting...................................

LOL..... I was waiting for the big voice to chime in: "FINISH HER!!!!"......."FATALITY"

(obsure motal kombat reference)

Posted by: fixerupper at August 19, 2010 09:16 AM (J5Hcw)

87 He's up in Martha's Vineyard Valu-Rite Vodka emporium, recharging the ol' moron batteries after a hard week of posting.

FIFY

Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 19, 2010 09:16 AM (tf9Ne)

88 Isn't september the historicaly normal month for crashes?

Posted by: Rat Patrol at August 19, 2010 09:17 AM (dQdrY)

89 Is this "Mama Grizzly" stuff a bug or a feature?

It's half opportunity (more conservative women running than men) and half Alinsky (try to make the Left play by their own rules as far as women/minorities being untouchable).

Posted by: Ian S. at August 19, 2010 09:18 AM (imD7p)

90 It's a zero sum game I guess Posted by: Nevergiveup

If the Government is involved, yes, it is.

Government is inefficiency incarnate. It should be restricted to only those areas of civic life that only the Government can handle.

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at August 19, 2010 09:18 AM (oL8lS)

91 Isn't september the historicaly normal month for crashes?

Posted by: Rat Patrol at August 19, 2010 01:17 PM (dQdrY)

October.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 19, 2010 09:20 AM (Qp4DT)

"Recovery Summer" slowly turns into "Blood in the Streets Autumn". We reach the New Normal.

Upon meeting someone for the first time..

Old Normal "What do you do for a living?"

New Normal "What did you used to do?"

Posted by: bigred at August 19, 2010 09:44 AM (cX9pO)

(try to make the Left play by their own rules as far as women/minorities being untouchable).

Well that half is a waste of time. The left never plays by the rules, even their own. They never have, and even go so far as to get genuinely offended when anyone has the temerity to suggest they should.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at August 19, 2010 09:47 AM (e8T35)

94 Sorry Dave, but I am from Sevier County and Highway 66 was originally built as a bypass to get tourists through the crap hole that is Sevierville and on their way to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

But Sevierville folks (who all tend to be a bunch of cousin-humping toothless Deliverance types) didn't like the fact that these tourists were getting through town without spending money there and did everything they could to jam up traffic and force people to stop to visit "Knife World" or "Leather Nighties and Stuff" or "Jimmy's Tattooe Parlore" and all the other god-awful crap that they sell in that criminal-ridden, pest-infested hell hole.

This money was well spent as any tourist will tell you that spending a single minute less in that crap town is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

BTW--Dolly Parton is not really from Sevierville... She is from Caton's Chapel, which is way up the creek and much classier.

So anyway-- Go Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders. Screw you Sevier County High School Bears!

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at August 19, 2010 01:14 PM (HqpV0)

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