Re sidebar story: Screw their healthcare, let's copy Canada's banking system instead.
Mortgages in arrears: USA 10%, Canada less than ½ of 1% [ArthurK]

This is a fairly good article and all should read it. There are, however, several things they have included as making the Canadian system “better” than ours and they have omitted several things that contributed to the collapse of ours.  What is truly funny about the article is that many of the things that they list that helped Canada and hindered the U.S. (meaning that we should adopt the Canadian model) are actually things that we used to have here in the U.S. but had been removed through actions of the Democrat/communist party in the U.S.

I started this comment with the intent of covering the things the article covered with a small amount of commentary for each one.  It just got too big.  I will shorten it to say it is my opinion that they only list one difference that was a major contributor to the U.S. problem and they pass off the other major cause of the U.S. problem by mentioning it in the lead in but not as a difference. That was the “housing bubble” in the U.S.  That and CRA were the two major causes of our collapse.  Also not mentioned was the presence of F&F in the U.S. which allowed the banks to make the loans required under CRA and who packaged all the bad loans as “investment paper”.

Good Morning Morons; Hahahaha creative headlines at best from Fox:

Lawmaker says a dozen Dems will reject Obama's health care bill unless it contains language banning fed funds for abortion

Blue Dog Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak says he's counted 11 lawmakers plus himself willing to kill President Obama's health care overhaul over abortion language.

Fox is trying to create a headline and story that is certainly misleading. 39 people voted against this thing before and it passed with 2 votes. The Dems have lost one and the Repubs have lost one.  2 of the yeses have gone to no but; still they do not have to convert too many of those 39 to yes to keep the vote.  I have always maintained that Nanny could have gotten a lot more of those 39 if she had needed them.

BTW; Mr. Blue Dog Stupak has an ACU rating of 12 in 2008 and 16 in 2009.  I guess he is a “conservative” Dog of Color Democrat because he opposes abortion. 

Folks this is the meme from the media that we MUST get rid of.  Stupak is a damn religious liberal. He is the quintessential Catholic full of support for all liberal causes except abortion and gay marriage. I would classify him as a communist with an ACU rating below 20.

0Article from Drudge:0000

You'd think the Obama administration is busy enough controlling the banks, insurance companies and automakers, but thanks to whistleblowers at the Department of the Interior, we now learn they're planning to increase their control over energy-rich land in the West.

So, Bambi is getting ready to pull another Clinton via “Executive Order”.  Take millions of acres of land off the table for use by making it a federal preserve.  Oh, and donÂ’t say “what can be done by Executive Order can be undone by a Republican the next cycle.  The Clinton land grab never was undone. Of course, Bush was damn liberal puss so it wasnÂ’t going to happen.  Maybe if we elected a real conservative for  a change some of this shit WILL be undone.

One thing that may be different about this land grab that isn’t fully explained is the term “seized”. DeMint emplies that the government will seize this 10 million acres meaning that the government doesn’t already own the land to begin with and is just taking it out of play. If they are “seizing” private land that is a horse of a different color.

 Posted by: Vic at March 04, 2010 09:04 AM (QrA9E)

Quintessential Catholic? Really?

Quintessential Catholic? Really?

His bio lists him as a Roman Catholic.  The Catholic Church in the U.S. has been widely known to embrace just about every liberal/commie cause that comes down the pike; except abortion and Gay stuff.

So yes

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2010 09:13 AM (OlN4e)

One of George Wills better columns as it skewers a worthy opponent the "self-asteem" movment.

But I don't buy the BS about the lower accident rate for teenagers who did not have driver's ed.  I think the insurance companies would not buy it either.

I suspect they got those numbers by counting ALL teenagers regardless of license status. Teenagers without a license (and who don't drive) are not going to take driver's ed and are not likely to have accidents.

Gee I didn't know I wasn't quintessential

From your posts I would say you are conservative, and if you are Catholic then no, you are not the quintissential Catholic.

Gibbs is on MSNBC totally trashing the republicans in Congress.  Essentially he is saying that the prez has made compromises and they are unwilling to work with him on this. 

That was the plan all along with those non-starter phony compromises.

http://tinyurl.com/yecwwzg.

159 new programs imbeded in the healthcare bill.

How many jobs will this create? At least a 20thou. since it's gov. run.

Vic, you are off re us Catholics. sure there are many libs among us, but, your brush is way too big chief. 

What happened in this country that people are now so capable of looking someone right in the eye and lying to them?

It's easy if you believe that truth is what you make it. Relativism on any scale is a dangerous thing.

maddogg at March 04, 2010 09:13 AM (OlN4e)

So if they just stand there can they tell the teacher they are jumping the imaginary rope?

Not fit to replace Rangel?  Just because he's a psychopath?

http://tinyurl.com/yftzkbv

Come on!  Cut the guy some slack.  All socialists have issues.  Look at Barry, for crying out loud.

"We put our children in high-pressure environments," Bronson and Merryman write, "seeking out the best schools we can find, then we use the constant praise to soften the intensity of those environments."

Some of us don't do either.

Hey, Vic, can you tone down the Catholic-bashing? That's two days in a row, man. We get it.

It was not my intent to bash "Catholics in general", the organized Catholic Church and Stupak who like to embrace liberal causes was my target. However, I don't recall saying anything about Catholics or any church yesterday at all.

In any case, I will refrain from mentioning any religion in the future other than the occasion jab at the religion of peace.

20 did you see the cruise ship thing.  Two people killed like 25 injured when they were hit by a giant wave in the Mediterranean.  Wonder if the wave had anything to do with the earthquake?

Doubtful. IIRC, waves caused by earthquakes only cause problems once they're closer to shore -- that's why you can survive a tsunami in a boat if you sail out to sea, toward the wave. The kind of thing you're describing happens from time to time and is (again, IIRC) usually related to storm or wind activity.

But I don't buy the BS about the lower accident rate for teenagers who did not have driver's ed.  I think the insurance companies would not buy it either.

I do buy it on the premise that without drivers ed. in many states  (I think) the age to get a license is raised to 18.

What happened in this country that people are now so capable of looking someone right in the eye and lying to them?

That's the difference between normal people and politicians. A politician can look you right in the eye and tell you an outrageous lie without blinking and an eye.

Most people can't do that.

What happened in this country that people are now so capable of looking someone right in the eye and lying to them?

Spin a lie. Spin becomes fact. Fact is truth therefore I'm telling the truth.

Via Mere Rhetoric - a little Slow Loris nuclear cuteness video:

http://tinyurl.com/yz8vm67

curious at March 04, 2010 09:25 AM (p302b)

CNN was giving 60-80mph winds with gusts to 100mph. That can cause big waves.

My method of berating, screaming, and explaining how the steering column would puncture their bodies or hitting a child would haunt them to the point of suicide works very well. I'm available for hire.

I like that! Of course it wouldn't have helped me. I got into an accident taking my drivers license test.

Another sign that the Dem Party is fracturing on Pelosi. Story from Fox; they may not be happy with Pete Stark:

Democrats Unsure Whether Stark Fit to Replace Rangel on Tax Committee

House Democrats on the powerful Ways and Means Committee are meeting Thursday to decide whether short-fused Rep. Pete Stark should take over for Rep. Charlie Rangel as chairman, with questions being raised about the California Democrat's temperament. 

Does the house have the votes?

Anyone know the count?

Does the house have the votes?

Not yet; if they did they would have already voted. Nanny Nan is still twisting arms.

Just for shits and giggles, let me dabble in hyperbole to the opposite extreme -

Absolutely no truth what-so-ever that something provocative actually provokes - absolute nonsense.

http://tinyurl.com/yapa39j

35 Rogue waves may be explained by Quantum Mechanics.

Or chaos, .

Dagny said it pretty well at 28 -- the boomers really tried to force quite a bit of change onto the Church, and the Church (either wisely or unwisely) tried to cater to its members.  However, the Church has always had an element of the liberal -- as it should.  Remember: true, actual liberalism (not statism masquerading as liberalism) is not an evil thing  -- every worthwhile institution, be it state or religion, carries within it the balancing dynamic between liberalism and conservatism; once there is only one or the other is when you have problems. I also believe many mistake communalism for communism as well and that has also led to a lot of problems -- the former is one of the recommendations straight from Jesus himself, and thus a founding tenent of Christianity and the obligation of all true Christians; the other is, well, statism.

I don't believe that Stupak is what I would call a quintessential Catholic, so much as a quintessential politician -- but I would say that at least in this instance he is at least giving some voice service to a tenent of his faith.  In which case he's doing a lot better than Pelousi and Biden.  And in the long run, I don't really give a damn -- if it holds up this bill so it can be (hopefully, ultimately) destroyed, so be it -- good on him this once.

I got into an accident taking my drivers license test.

So...did you pass?

If not, how did that hurt your self-esteem?

(Hope you weren't physically hurt!)

Here's what I don't get.

If these Democrats think that the health care bill is the most important bill in the history of time, why aren't they folding on the abortion issue? It's not like it will make it illegal, which would be hard to explain to their followers.

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2010 09:46 AM (OlN4e)

Also those who back (slowly and painfully) into parking spaces while other are waiting

 Hussein the Plumber at March 04, 2010 09:44 AM (RkRxq)

pseudo-muslims

@11, you mean Will supports the self-esteem movement?  why would he skewer a worthy opponent?

The intent there was "worthy to be skewered"

New Republican strategy to win elections:

"Hey!  Let's co-opt 'Let's do it now or people will die!'"

Objective-ish.

http://tinyurl.com/yled6lh

if anyone knows someone in VA 5th CD, the Dem Congressman Perriello has long promised that he would never ever  vote for obamacare if it included fed funding for abortions (because he is Catholic).  & because his district would go even wilder than we already are at him.

call this jerk.  especially if you are Catholic.  and DEMAND that he not for YES for obamacare.

he is facing opposition.  he hears footsteps too.  he was one of 3 Va congressman who rec'd campaign  from Charlie Rangel.  the RPV (rep. party of va.) ran ad yesterday pointing this out.  he gave money to charity immediately (probably CAIR).

Hey folks, if I am going to lay of the organized church, you guys need to lay off the "baby boomer" meme.

As I have said many times, nothing going on in liberal lala land is due to overall baby boomers. Baby boomers are like any other democraphic group, some are liberal some are conservative. Both Jeff Sessions and Jim DeMint are baby boomers.

Quick summation about my accident. Taking the test in a Dodge Dart, in Tucson. Come across a sort of washed out side road with a man-hole cover sticking up. Cross over man-hole cover. Bottom of car catches the lid, drives the lid under the car and into the ground at the same time. Car stops to a dead halt. I had asked the Instructer to put on his seat-belt before we started but he wouldn't.

So when we hit the man-hole cover, he went face first into the windshield. My head went into the steering wheel, but I was ok. He had blood all over his face.

I had to walk back to the DMV to get help. As you can imagine, that wasn't a good day.

Actually, it was several yrs later that I actually goot the courage up to get my drivers license. I was made to understand that that instructer had since retired.

Unless teenagers have really changed since I was one, lack of license does not equal "does not drive" (that doesn't seem limited to teenagers, either--

Well, it was my experience that teenagers without a license didn't drive except farm vehicle ON the farm.  But that was many years ago.

The problem now is finding reliable statitistics. I don't trust anything that is released now because the only ones you see always come from some group with an ax to grind.

Oh please...it's over. The fix is on. The Dims would not be pushing this if they thought that they would lose.

Blue Dogs are just bullshit frauds. The anti-abortion crap and phony "fiscal conservatism" is just a figleaf to hide their boiler-plate leftism.

The Dims will come up with some "anti-abortion" windowdressing, then they will pass the bill with one or two votes in the House by pulling in a few retiring Blue Dogs with promises of nice fat jobs for them. Knowing that their votes are no longer needed, the rest of the Blue Dogs will vote "No" and then be much more likely to keep their jobs in November.

The thing Pubbies need to do is to focus on and defeat all the Blue Dogs in November.

The small gov tent needs to be equally as large.

Yogi Berra would be proud.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

My mother sat me down at 16 and told me that if I didn't wear my seat belt then my face would go through the windshield (I guess the steering wheel didn't get in the way). If I lived then my face would be hidiously scarred, my nose and lips destroyed, and I would probably be blind--I would be a monster and wish I were dead--children would scream if they saw me and I would never marry or have a job.  This is the type of wisdom I enjoy passing on to my impressionable children. Like, eat your green vegetables so  you don't get scurvy and you tongue doesn't turn black and fall out. I should write these up as "mother's pearls of wisdom."

My mother sat me down at 16 and told me that if I didn't wear my seat belt then my face would go through the windshield (I guess the steering wheel didn't get in the way). If I lived then my face would be hidiously scarred, my nose and lips destroyed, and I would probably be blind--I would be a monster and wish I were dead--children would scream if they saw me and I would never marry or have a job.  This is the type of wisdom I enjoy passing on to my impressionable children. Like, eat your green vegetables so  you don't get scurvy and you tongue doesn't turn black and fall out. I should write these up as "mother's pearls of wisdom."

I never wear a seat belt. Why? Simple, the government should not be in the business of protecting me from myself. They can KMA.

 Simple, the government should not be in the business of protecting me from myself. They can KMA.

True, but don't you care about protecting yourself? As I just pointed out, I was wearing a seatbelt in my accident, and the instructer wasn't. He got hurt, I didn't.

Same with bike riding. I wear a helmet. Why? Not because it's a law, but it's my head hitting the ground. I want it protected.

Do what you want, but I like to keep my body from injury.

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2010 09:39 AM (OlN4e)

True, but don't you care about protecting yourself? As I just pointed out, I was wearing a seatbelt in my accident, and the instructer wasn't. He got hurt, I didn't.

Same with bike riding. I wear a helmet. Why? Not because it's a law, but it's my head hitting the ground. I want it protected.

Do what you want, but I like to keep my body from injury.

Sure. We have no helmet law here, but I always wear a helmet, and I currently have over 100,000 miles on my BMW motorcycle, many of them at extra legal speeds. Laws are not the same thing as morals. There are evil and intrusive laws. I think the government oversteps with the seat belt laws, so I ignore them.

Posted by: Dang Straights at March 04, 2010 10:25 AM (fx8sm)

From that article referenced:

Casting yourself as an outsider from inside the White House is no easy trick, especially when your party controls both houses of Congress. But that doesn't stop Barack Obama from trying.

It seems they BOTH have a lot of chutzpah.

Yes it IS easy to cast yourself as an outsider when you are the President when you have poeple like the AP in your back pocket carrying your outrageous lies for you.

Maybe this AP writer hasn't been counseled yet.

Catholic full of support for all liberal causes except abortion and gay marriage.

I am a Catholic full of support for conservative causes, anti abortion and anti gay marriage. So I fail to see the need to ID his Catholicism. There are plenty like me dipping our fingers in the Holy Water.

Even Schrodinger's Cat isn't really a macro phenomenon explained by quantum mechanics.

I always thought the cat in the box experiment was more of an explanation for Heisenberg's (sp?) uncertainty principle and not so much quantum mechanics.

hahaha, that headline from Fox about Stark was a hit, Here is the new one:

Democrats Tap Levin to Replace Rangel on Ways and Means Committee

Rep. Sander Levin has been tapped to replace Charlie Rangel as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, after Democratic lawmakers had second thoughts about elevating another lawmaker who was technically next in line to the post.

Nany Nan must be fuming up a storm; break out the popcorn and pudding!

the Church refuses to accept that "greed is good" and that assumption of individual self-interest as a control mechanism for the economy and political life is in the long-term best interest of society.

Ok, but I promised Gabe above I would cease all discussions relative to religion.

I don't want to be thought of as anti-religious on here because I am not. I am a Christian but disagree with a lot of the political things that are done by the "organized church".

I never wear a seat belt. Why? Simple, the government should not be in the business of protecting me from myself. They can KMA.

This might be irrelevant to what you're talking about but one of my buddies never wore his seatbelt and I always do. He's driving one day, looks over at me and says, "What, you don't trust my driving?"

I said, "Sure, I trust you. I just don't trust the rest of these yayhoos."

Point being, of course, is that you never know when some a-hole has decided to tie one on at 9:30am and go for a spin.

I believe that they will find enough kamikaze Dims to vote for it and pass it by 1 or 2 votes. That bare 2 vote margin originally was no accident. It got the bill passed out, and provided cover for the "no" votes. They had a few in reserve, believe me..

For example, watch Pomeroy from ND (where I often work). He's on the verge of retiring from his seat (which he is almost sure to lose) and he is currently collecting chits from business and other Dim politicians.

ND is against this bill by a wide margin, but that will not stop Pomeroy; he's got his eye on his retirement stash.

He even voted to reinstall the Death Tax, even though ND is against it by a 80-20% margin. And then he's signing on a cushy job with some Life Insurers, who benefit hugely from the Death Tax being reinstalled, since Life Insurance payments are tax-free.

the Church refuses to accept that "greed is good" and that assumption of individual self-interest as a control mechanism for the economy and political life is in the long-term best interest of society.

Ok, but I promised Gabe above I would cease all discussions relative to religion.

I don't want to be thought of as anti-religious on here because I am not. I am a Christian but disagree with a lot of the political things that are done by the "organized church".

Posted by: Vic at March 04, 2010 10:44 AM (QrA9E)

Focus on Heaven and Earth will follow. Focus on Earth and Hell will follow

@105 FUBAR

Some are applying the equations of quantum mechanics to rogeu waves.

Shukla, Marklund and their colleagues built their theory on a two-wave system, where two waves interact nonlinearly, which is described by the Schrodinger equations. These quantum mechanics equations, originally developed to describe the wave-like behavior of electrons in atoms, have since been used for a variety of wave systems. The scientists found that two-wave cases behave much differently than single waves, which exhibit standard instabilities and dissolve into a wide spectrum of waves.

"We have presented a theoretical study of the modulational instabilities of a pair of nonlinearly interacting two-dimensional waves in deep water, and have shown that the full dynamics of these interacting waves gives rise to localized large-amplitude wave packets," wrote the scientists in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters. "

I use to worry much more about my kid's esteem

If you make good grades, keep fit, have a decent idea of being socialized, play sports, or have some other talent you foster-- you have your own self created self esteem. I can't GIVE them self esteem. My job is to watch for the things that pull them off the track where they can earn their own. I also am there as a shoulder when things don't work out the way they should, to tell them that life isn't fair, to help them develop a full and robust sense of humor and to know that I'm there backing them up while they learn the right things to do--and making them afraid to do bad things because I am such a bitch.

Sen. Lindsey Graham picks up the standard for job-killing energy taxes

Oh how I loath that man. He was reelected through chicanery and tricks. He does control the Republican Party in SC making it very hard to get real things done in this State.

In my last E-Mail to him I promised to actively campaign against him and I did during that last election. I sent a lot of letters to the editor in the newspapers here. Too bad they are all owned by the Democraps and are nothing more than PR rags for them. They love Graham.

The Dems said they would not run a candidate in the last election because he was their best candidate. An independent did run as a Dem, but that was just to get on the ticket.

Lindsey has been censured now by 3 local/regional Republican caucuses and he ignores them.

I would like to see the national party and Senate Republicans withdraw him from all committee asignments.  That is where he is doing real harm.

"

There is a political parallel there for those who can see it.

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2010 10:28 AM (OlN4e)

Pay attention, Max Born..

They only need 51 in the Senate. That's the whole idea - to save some Senate seats by having some phony Blue Dog Dim Senators vote "no".. Outside of Arkansas, who gives a shit how she votes at this stage? She's toast anyway, and they don't even need her vote.

All the action is in the House.

They have the votes. It's all window dressing at this stage.

The senate votes on reconciliation right? I'm afraid if I keep bugging Webb they are going to say I'm a stalker.

Posted by: Sean Connery at March 04, 2010 10:55 AM (X+W3

LOL, made my morning. Loved those skits on SNL

This is why he is leaving congress.  He has a dumptruck load of gay skeletons in his closet. A MUST read.

WHAT I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT ERIC MASSA by Bob Lonsberry

IÂ’ve known about Eric MassaÂ’s problem for more than three years.

And IÂ’m not talking about his lymphoma.

IÂ’m talking about the fact that he is reportedly attracted to men, and that he manifests it in inappropriate ways.

Posted by: Winston Smith at March 04, 2010 09:21 AM (BFqyO)

Whatever else he may be or has done, OJ knows cutlery.

So if they just stand there can they tell the teacher they are jumping the imaginary rope?

Posted by: harleycowboy at March 04, 2010 09:26 AM (JKGfQ)

I'm just going to sit there watching TV and tell them that I'm jumping rope in my mind thoughts.

#127  Focus on Heaven and Earth will follow. Focus on Earth and Hell will follow

Good philsophy, except that in the end, everything will be only chaos.

/12 days.

I never wear a seat belt.

Posted by: maddogg

If I were in charge of policy, I would deny all insurance payments to persons injured in accidents who don't wear seat belts. Then it becomes a matter of financial judgement.

#127  Focus on Heaven and Earth will follow. Focus on Earth and Hell will follow

Good philsophy, except that in the end, everything will be only chaos.

/12 days.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at March 04, 2010 11:19 AM (9hSKh)

If I were in charge of policy, I would deny all insurance payments to persons injured in accidents who don't wear seat belts. Then it becomes a matter of financial judgement.

Well, there is a matter of proof, sTevo. And then you would deny health insurance coverage to all who got VD because you think they didn't wear a rubber, I suppose.

On Fox just now they said Obama is meeting with Denace Kacinich this afternoon on healthscam.

That tells you right there they don't have the votes yet if they are twisting the crazy man's arms.

I was listening to Rush several years ago, and he was talking about how the gummint uses cost-benefit analysis to decide whether to make new regulations.  They put a value on an American life, and if the estimated number of lives saved has more value than the cost of implementing the regulation, they pass it.

I find that Edward Norton's "Equation" monologue in "Fight Club" has more and more applications every day.

"Which auto company do you work for?"

"A major one."

If I were in charge of policy, I would deny all insurance payments to persons injured in accidents who don't wear seat belts. Then it becomes a matter of financial judgement.

Posted by: sTevo at March 04, 2010 11:22 AM (+U85i)

How about just charge non-seatbelt wearers more for coverage, to reflect the increased risk?  And maybe have insurance that also paid for gummint response to accidents, to remove that argument for regulating every aspect of our lives?

They put a value on an American life, and if the estimated number of lives saved has more value than the cost of implementing the regulation, they pass it.

The interesting part there is that it doesn't include any thought as to whether or not thy have the authority to pass it.

I am against helment and seatbelt laws as well, but I always wear them. I am alive today because I always wore a helment on a motorcycle even when not required (CA in 70s).  

I am against helment and seatbelt laws as well, but I always wear them. I am alive today because I always wore a helment on a motorcycle even when not required (CA in 70s).  

Heh. I have an old helmet with many deep scars. There is no feeling quite like tumbling head over heels down the right lane of the interstate in heavy traffic at 70 miles per hour. It hurts too.

Well, there is a matter of proof, sTevo.

Big bruise across your chest where the seat belt hits vs flew through the windshield onto the highway...medical examiners and sheriffs are pretty good at figuring it out.

(My father has been a county medical examiner off and on for 20 years.  He requests you always use the crosswalk--makes it easier for him to figure out how fast the guy who ran the light was going based on the position of your body.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2010 11:32 AM (mR7mk)

That was an excellent article. Off comment but this is what liberals really think about flyover country

http://tinyurl.com/ydu3u3d

From a Cavett interview of Hendrix, Cavett shows his true colors.

Question: with McCain almost certainly getting re-elected by lying his ass off and getting all the Republican establishment on board with him, and that Graham thing in the Senate for 5 more years, how the hell are the Pubbies going to be worth a shit by 2012?

Look at what the country will be facing.  Massive deficits, runaway spending, an uncertain economic climate, and possibly a nuclear armed Iran.

I doubt that immigration reform or global warming will be high on the public's list of priorities.  Reigning in government growth, taxes and spending might just play pretty well, and the Dems have lost all credibility when it comes to fiscal responsibility.

Posted by: MikeO at March 04, 2010 11:44 AM (lBmZl)

I would not under-estimate BO. He knows how to manipulate a crowd of supporters and use alpha male dominance. For example, calling McCain by his first name. This makes an impression on people who want to follow him.

Ace's day job is sleeping off his night "job".

His night job requires him to go to all the bars and taste test the booze to see if it's still fresh.

191 maddogg - I will steal yours, if you steal mine.

I have a feeling that firearms theft will become an epidemic

It was just around the effing block, why would I wear a helmet.

The only reason for requiring helmet use is to match up the head with the one on the license. The rest of the body won't be recognizable.

From a Cavett interview of Hendrix, Cavett shows his true colors.

Yes good old Dickless Cavett. He did the famous anti-war screed in 1971 when I was just before going over to 'Nam.

Let's see; he was born in 1936 so he is "pre-baby boom". I on the other hand was born in 1951 during the baby boom.

But the boomers are the liberals that caused all the problems now.

It was just around the effing block, why would I wear a helmet.

A little closer...closer....

Beyond the Al Qaeda 7:

At least two Obama White House lawyers represented Guantanamo detainees

At least two attorneys hired to serve in the White House counsel’s office — part of President Obama’s in-house team of legal advisers — represented Guantanamo detainees in their previous legal careers.

The only reason for requiring helmet use is to match up the head with the one on the license. The rest of the body won't be recognizable.

LOL, I had a bike roll over the top of my head and take a chunk out of the helmet. If it had not been for the helmet I would not have walked away from that one.

What is funny was the worse I was ever hurt on bike was when a damn idiot whipped out blindly around a milk truck right in my face and I didn't have time to do anything but dump it in the gutter. Messed up a knee good.

My other major accident was dumping it on the highway but on that I simply slid away my pants and got a good road rash that burned like fire for a while and cost me a new pair of jeans and a flight jacket.

Ok, but I promised Gabe above I would cease all discussions relative to religion.

You are kidding, right, Vic? People can discuss religion without being haters. GOD this PC shite is getting old 'round here. The more we are required NOT to discuss religion in society, the more progress the progressives make in side lining it because believe it or not, it is not separate from our daily lives. ARRRGGHHH. Just make a GIANT list of things ACE of Spades prohibits.

You are kidding, right, Vic?

No, don't lay it on Gabe. He (or someone else) thought I was getting down too hard on Catholics like Stupak who are called conservative because they are anti-abortion but liberal on everything else (ACU rating of 12/15)

Maybe I was getting down to hard on Catholics in general.

One thing I love about AoS is I can get all the latest gay news all the time, no matter how insignificant.  It doesn't even have to be news.  It can be an editorial in a local rag about the best tactics for pushing gay issues. 

It's my one-stop shop. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2010 11:32 AM (mR7mk)

Interesting read, Heather.  I take all the body language cues to say he's lying.  You know Obama's lying because his lips are moving.  Just about all politicians lie, but he takes it to a new, unprecedented level.

TEN DAYS TIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!!!

Yay!!!  But we do lose our hour

Posted by: alexthechick at March 04, 2010 11:49 AM (8WZWv)

The explanation for that statistic that I like is: most of the time you're driving (80%ish) you're within a few miles of home.  Not saying it's true, just that I like it.

I suddenly have an idea.  The government should outlaw driving within 5 miles of your home!  An 80% reduction in accidents!!11!1!

56 Dagny, that's exactly it: communalism/communitarianism is primarily individual in focus and the authority for such behavior (if you are a Christian) comes from the impetus to honor God's covenant.  Communism is thoroughly derived from the state.  Unfortunately (many) people seem to confuse the two -- hence the ugly growth of such aberrations as state welfare and AGW.

As for the boomers: I am not laying blame on the entire boomer generation -- that would be a gross generalization and wrong.  However, while Vatican II was brought about by the pre-boomer generation, many of that generation within the Church did "take the ball and run with it" -- trust me, I had many "quintessential" hippie nuns who were boomers teaching me in college; one sometimes questioned if they really wholeheartedly believed/remembered what religion they adhered to and served.  I would not accuse them of doing/thinking what they did out of any ill will, far from it; their intentions were by and large very good (I would suspect that many lay people from the boomer generation were of the same ilk -- they didn't intend harm).  The road to hell though...  I also realize that many of that generation have tried to amend the misfires of the '60s and '70s.  My only hope is that in realizing the mistake of misunderstanding what liberalism truly means they don't throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater.

216 Hi, guys.  Reading the teenage drivers posts made me laugh.  Dagny, you sound like me.  When I was in high school they had us watch one of those bloody, horrible movies about teenagers killed in accidents.  To this day, I can remember the worst of the scenes.  So I scared the living daylights out of D'oh Boy.  We also made him take a paid driver's ed class with a retired trooper. 

I had to watch those movies too. Must of has SOME effect. I totaled 3 cars between the age of 17 and 20. All while doing insane things like road racing. Some are more resistant to learning than others....

I suddenly have an idea.  The government should outlaw driving within 5 miles of your home!  An 80% reduction in accidents!!11!1!

Ha!  Fubar, you're a fricking genius!  I'd like to go a step further, and say if you have to be somewhere within 5 miles, then you need to ride a bike--to save Gaia and all.  Heh!

I had to watch those movies too. Must of has SOME effect. I totaled 3 cars between the age of 17 and 20. All while doing insane things like road racing. Some are more resistant to learning than others....

Dude!  I can only imagine what your insurance premiums were!!

TEN DAYS TIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!!!

Then we get thrown back into the darkness and are relentlessly beaten by our slave masters to perform chores so that they may play golf after work in the light of day.

Daylight Savings Time is the cause of Global Warming.

Posted by: runningrn at March 04, 2010 12:16 PM (CfmlF)

And...AND...it would help with the obesity problem, and the exercise problem.  I think we're on to something here.

_{Don't tell the liberals.}

Is it just my imagination, or have you been scarce for about a week?  Week on, week off?

Dude!  I can only imagine what your insurance premiums were!!

Not too bad. Since 2 of the three happened in the wee hours on remote roads, I was able to hide them from the insurance company.

Posted by: FUBAR at March 04, 2010 11:27 AM (1fanL)

While I understand being against a law requiring seatbelts (I have no problem with that, and probably agree, if I think about it too long), as an economist, it's my job to tell you that EVERYBODY places a value on human life, whether implicitly or explicitly.  Everything has some value (potentially negative value, but value nonetheless), and oftentimes it's how you act that shows what value you place on something.  So don't knock the government trying to put a value on human life; maybe it's cruel and heartless, but that's the dismal science of economics for you.

Gen X as "slackers."

What will the next generation be know as?

Welfare recipients.

There is a good article in the online version of Der Speigel, where they interview a greek scholar about the current problems. Anyway, his last paragraph really struck me.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Where do things go from here?

Markaris: Greece is lucky that it still has a minority of active and productive people, who are to thank for the fact that the country didn't go broke earlier. But this minority is at the end of its rope. Either we are leaving, they say, or the EU must take drastic action and change something. The only way Greece is going to work its way out of the crisis is if the EU or the IMF succeed in rigorously monitoring it. In Greece, we need a drastic treatment.

Honestly, it reads like it was cribbed from Atlas Shrugged.

What will the next generation be know as?

Generation EWB--Entitiled Whiny Babies.  I realize that's too long, so maybe just Generation E?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2010 12:23 PM (UOM4

Wow, Jane.  You've had a crappy last couple of months with being sick and all.  That really sucks.  I hope you've turned the corner--you're a fiesty, active girl, I know this has to be just killing you!

TEN DAYS TIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!!!!!

OMG.... WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

Vampire hunting season begins.

all of us have put down motorcycles--Jean

My best bikes, have come from the ashes of wrecks. Only one wreck was mine. That sucqed!

Just me Vic, but I think the point the others were trying to make is that pointing out his religion isn't germane to his liberalism.  In other words, they are wondering if he was a Southern Baptist whether you would have pointed it out.

But that WAS the point in my initial comment. The press, including Fox, calls these folks conservatives or Blue Dogs based on the fact that they are religious. That is the meme that I am trying to stop.

As far as Southern Baptist goes, I am a Southern Baptist, but I freely get down on the Huck, who is also a Southern Baptist, just as hard because I consider him to be a religious liberal as well and not a conservative.

But yes, maybe I was getting down on the Catholics too hard.

Honestly, it reads like it was cribbed from Atlas Shrugged.

Ben, I already feel like we are living Atlas Shrugged right now.  The doctor who "went Galt" in the book was doing what doctors are currently having to do now before he quit.  I honestly believe that if Obamacare passes, you will see more doctors (specialists more than internists and family practice) "go Galt" and just quit practicing medicine. 

alexthechick - I suspect 80% of driving happens with a few miles of home and that there is some correlation between driving and accidents.

I was worried about that statistic, so I moved to a house a few miles away.  Problem solved.

My best bikes, have come from the ashes of wrecks.

Somehow I was always able to put mine back together. I am sure the bike place made a good living off of me replacing mirrors and signal lights. I never bent one bad enought that the major stuff had to go. (My bike did have crash bars that protected a lot of it.)  

Posted by: Guy Fawkes

As an unconcerned Catholic Conservative voter I have to agree that there is a streak of such liberalism runinng through what passes for the mainstream of Catholic thought and public expression. Here in the Diocese of Wilmington, the weekly publication is rife with articles ranging from white privelege to global warming to anti-death penalty to the gutting of immigration laws. When Notre Dame rolled out the red carpet or the manufactured Messiah, the coverage was firmly spun as one on 'controlling anger' and productive engagement. Then again, this is the place where Joe Biden can do no wrong. He is the epitome of the special breed of hack that advertises kinship with Caholicism when and only when an opinion poll deems it to be of use. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to 'force his beliefs upon others'.

This isn't new. We saw this when John Kerry said the same thing about abortion, but then reversed himseldf and cited Catholicism for his enviromentalist stance.

Does this exist in other religions? Probably. Is this a major issue within the American Catholic Church today? That question was answered when the 'Catholic' vote split in 2008.

Then I get around my kid and his fellow Marines and feel a surge of hope.  What a great bunch of young men and women.  (D'oh Boy's cousins "don't get" him.)

I would be totally depressed about the future of America if it weren't for our fine military and young conservatives like wherestherum, Miss80'sbaby, Zryan, etc.

Posted by: Joseph at March 04, 2010 12:21 PM (/AMQK)

I think there's been a misunderstanding.  Go ahead and put a number on a human life.  Or an American citizen's life anyway.  I'm heartlessly unbothered by that.  What I object to is enacting regulations based on the cost-benefit analysis.  The decision should not be based on a cost-benefit analysis, but on whether the regulation furthers some legitimate Constitutional function of government.

I honestly believe that if Obamacare passes, you will see more doctors (specialists more than internists and family practice) "go Galt" and just quit practicing medicine. 

I believe it has already started. I called my cardiologist a few hours ago to get an appointment for a routine annual checkup and renew meds. The earliest they could fit me in was April 7th.

Oh, hells no!  ---Jane D'oh

Cured your hiccups though. Didn't I?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2010 09:52 AM (mR7mk)

My Mom lives in MD near NAS Patuxent and just put a shed up.  Excuse me, the County Board of beingapainintheass just approved her permit.  After like their third meeting about it.  What a waste of time and money.  Uber-control and micro-management of societal behavior is what the libs/progressives really want.

My husband's nieces and nephews are your typical spoiled, entitled, libtard brats. 

I've got some of those on my wife's side. When we watched Grand Torino and Kalowski's Grandaughter I LMAO because it reminded me of them so much.

Somehow I was always able to put mine back together--Vic

I buy wrecked Harleys, with minor frame tweaks. Usually 15 cents on the dollar (blue book w/o wreck). I make sure the drivleline is OK. Buy a replacement frame, and sheetmetal, add paint and DONE. No blinkers etc.,unless they want to pay. And people are knocking down my door.

Hey, a custom bike for a little more than 1/2 of  a stocker!

You don't see anyone going to Cuba for treatment for a damn good reason.

Doesn't the world's most famous bag of maggot excrement go there to get his fat rearranged?

Vic--are docs quitting (supply), or are more people scheduling tests while they're still allowed to without gov't approval (demand)?  I'm noticing a lot of the former around work...

I don't know, but it surprised me when the earliest they could get was April 7th. I said something about it to my wife who goes to the doctors a lot more than me and she said that it was common for specialists now.

I suspect that more of them are retiring now and simply leaving the buisness. It has already got to the point where I had to go out of county to find a cardiologist because our last one retired (in a county of 70K). 

Posted by: a statistic you can believe in at March 04, 2010 12:39 PM (Vu6sl)

So it's not really the women you like.

I think it's something like 80% of all accident happen within a few miles of home.

My sister said this to me while back. She said most accidents happen within a mile from home, but the stat is misleading, because it neglects the obvious. No matter where you drive. 100 miles from home, or 2 miles from home, you ALWAYS have drive through that first mile from home to get there. So just as a matter of frequency, whenever you drive, you always pass through that one mile from home radius.

sickinmass at March 04, 2010 12:46

Bea-u-ti-fucking-ful

He has a 60-inch flat panel television on the wall, a surround-sound home theater system with state-of-the-art speakers, a new Macintosh computer with a 21-inch monitor, brand new furniture and some nice jewelry. Altogether, everything is valued at approximately $25,000.

I think if you start adding things up you will find that it will go a lot higher than 25K. When I first got replacement cost insurance instead of the standard stuff I audited the house and put it all on a spread sheet.

It added up to well over 200K very quick and that was decades ago.

goy @ 284 From your link:

THIS is what I call a bikini!

As always, you guys are the best comment community in the blogosphere.

Thanks Gabe, I try not to go too far but sometimes it just happens.

I know Obama said there would be no math, but for those of you keeping score (From Jake Tapper):

The NYT is reporting Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., a Yes vote last November, expressed a hesitation to vote Yes this time.

The reason? She's unconvinced that the Senate will pass the "fixes" to the Senate bill that the House is being asked to vote for (along with fixes), and she's not crazy about the Senate bill without them.

“I am not inclined to support the Senate version,” Berkley said. “I would like something more concrete than a promise. The Senate cannot promise its way out of a brown paper bag.”

As weÂ’ve previously covered, 220 members of Congress voted for the bill when Pelosi brought the House legislation to a vote.

Since then, four yes votes are no more: Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, R-Louisiana, has said he won’t vote for final passage, Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hi., retired to run for governor, Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., also retired, and Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., died.

That means to pass the Senate bill, Pelosi starts out with 216 members of Congress who votes yes last time. With the pending retirement of Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., there will soon be only 431 members of Congress total, meaning a majority will be 216 votes

I still think they're going to pass the crap sandwich. 

THIS is what I call a bikini!

LOL< diamonds ARE a girl's best friend!

From Drudge...John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is seriously considering stepping down from the nationÂ’s highest court for personal reasons,

ROBERTS IS STEPPING DOWN?

Where is that from. I can't find anything and the SCOTUS Blog has nothing. If this for real or just another bad prank?

Uh--right underneath...

TOP COURT SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE: 'THIS IS NOT HAPPENING... NEWS TO ME'... DEVELOPING...

As always, you guys are the best comment community in the blogosphere.

Thanks Gabe, I try not to go too far but sometimes it just happens.

For what this is worth, I not only am not bothered, I'm inclined to agree with you Vic.

As to the jerks yesterday making comments about "the goodness of their little hearts" and recycling 'what would Jesus do?' (after he killed his way to the top of the DNC), I say sod off. Me and mine have fought people bigger and meaner than you (see Ireland and the Anglo-Irish war) and we won.

goy @ 284 From your link:

THIS is what I call a bikini!

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2010 12:50 PM (OlN4e)

What bikini???

Radar Online broke the Roberts story as an exclusive. I have only heard of them in passing and not really someone Roberts or his aids would leak this story to.

Are they reliable?

ROBERTS IS STEPPING DOWN?

Remember he had some health thing a little while back?  I can't remember if he had a seizure or what.  Maybe I'll google it.  I sure hope he doesn't--Obama would get to appoint the chief justice.  Wow, that would be soo bad, plus he would replace a conservative constitutionalist with some radical nutbar--maybe himself?  Everyone get on your knees and pray.

The Roberts business is a rumor until I hear otherwise. I'm too young for a stress-related heart attack.  

I hope Roberts is in stellar health and that all of his family is accounted for.

And that this is a bullshit report.

In other breaking news about idiot Democrats in congress I read something yesterday where they were going out of their way to piss on another allie.

A committee is about to reverse decades of precedent on the Armenian Genocide issue so they can piss off the Turks.

Between them and Obama we will not have any allies left before 2012.

Posted by: Vic

Nicely played.

This is actually from yesterday's WSJ (I'm a little behind) but it's kind of funny.  "When Good Deeds Turn Bad" by Jeffrey Zaslow. 

"...Good intentions are often greeted cynically, or with indifference.  In Hollywood, celebrities recently gathered to again sing "We are the World", and much of the world yawned in response.

In Chicago's City Hall, waterless urinals in a men's room were touted for saving 50,000 gallons of water a year per urinal.  But without enough water per flush, the copper pipes corroded and urine collected in the restroom wall.  The smell of urine spread through City Council chambers.  Last month, amid snickering, the well meaning conservation effort was abandoned, and regular urinals were installed." 

Here's the link to the whole thing: 

280 ...and the word for the day is..."quintessential"..."quintessential"

lol!

283  Well, if that's the case, my horses are going to be put to some real work. 

I already make my kids walk or ride a bike -- not because it saves Gaia, more like I'm not putting gas in my truck for them to run out, nor am I going to drop everything and be their unpaid chauffer for every little thing, so there ya go -- bike or hike.  There is a choice at least.  My mom's cousin has a daughter (now in her late 30s), who has a daughter in her 20s, who has a 5 yo. girl -- she has done everything and anything for them, including pulling cover on some illegal activities they've been involved in (because she "loves" them, gimme a break!). They are welfare divas and straight up POS (even the 5 yo.).  No way was I going to have my kids turn out like that.  In fact, I point to those three and say "you see them? you ever act like that or let your kids act like that I'll disown you -- after I kick your ass in."  So far it's worked pretty well.

Yeah, did you see that she posted 2 pictures of Ace in the "Morons" pic on the Yahoo group site?

Uh--right underneath...

TOP COURT SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE: 'THIS IS NOT HAPPENING... NEWS TO ME'... DEVELOPING...  

Posted by: Squirrel lurking by the rock on the right at March 04, 2010 12:56 PM

 Wasn't there when I posted the comment.  But I have to agree, Radar isn't the most reliable source.  So I'm hoping and praying this is just a rumor to get hits for their site.

‘Baseless NonsenseÂ’   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

I’m assured by the well-informed that rumors that John Roberts is stepping down from the Supreme Court are “baseless nonsense.”

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 04, 2010 01:17 PM (0GFWk)

Maybe this is a distraction from the fact that the dems are imploding trying to get enough votes in congress to pass the senate bill. JMHO.

O/T - Megyn Kelly looks like a strawberry popsicle today, and someone is gonna have to lick it!

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 01:19 PM (p302b)

Curious you are behind on this one. It has already come in and left.

They'll be spending more money to get them unistalled and replaced with the traditional ones.  It's just a matter of time...

Radar also reports Nancy Pelosi is having Hussein Obama's baby, and it will be born with a silver spoon sticking out of it's ass.

This gave me a good laugh. It was like watching my own!

But the real man show had girls on trampolines!

Vegans deserve to be eaten.

Somehow, I'm not sure even our very best Valu-Rite Hobo Marinade could make a vegan taste good.

Posted by: sickinmass loves curious for that! at March 04, 2010 01:20 PM (1rflU)

Those dogs were too cute!

Vegans deserve to be eaten.

Somehow, I'm not sure even our very best Valu-Rite Hobo Marinade could make a vegan taste good.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 04, 2010 01:23 PM (i3AsK)

I ate a Vegan once.  Gave me a severe case of gas.

Hey morons, when OutdoorLife gives gun tips on surviving the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse you know it's true.

http://tinyurl.com/yhvfjse

h/t NRO

Posted by: mrp at March 04, 2010 01:26 PM (HjPtV)

That pictur of her with the flag in the background is patriotic bunk material!

Speaking of libtard nieces/nephews and those awful urinals reminded me of a story from this Christmas.

I have a niece who is attending a college in NC which is described as "the most liberal liberal arts college in the country". She described a dorm there that has toilets that don't go to a standard septic tank or sewer. She said it went out on the ground to save water and the environment.

I could not believe that so I investigated and sure enough, they have one toilet that does that by dumpting to an open air dry cesspool covered in sawdust.

I frankly can not believe they get by with that because here that would be considered a health code violation.  But I am sure since it is in the name of "green" some idiot has given them a waver.

Posted by: Hobo at March 04, 2010 01:23 PM (mMdWG)

Hmm, I just went over to the Yahoo site, and it looks like they were taken down.  One was Ace standing by a window with a Jack O'Lantern  light (looked like a bar) and he was doing the Obama middle finger on the side of his face.  The other was a picture of him sitting on a bench (looked like a restaurant setting).  Both were posted by "Sluxlux" on 3/3.  Now they've vanished.  I'm sure she was violating some kind of agreement.

Sarah Palin is said to is said to have been in talks with a number of US networks to make a reality TV show that shows her family's life in Alaska.

That news article and rumor has already been debunked by Sarah. She says the show will not be about her or her family and it will be about Alaska.

I could not believe that so I investigated and sure enough, they have one toilet that does that by dumpting to an open air dry cesspool covered in sawdust.

I frankly can not believe they get by with that because here that would be considered a health code violation.  But I am sure since it is in the name of "green" some idiot has given them a waver.

Posted by: Vic at March 04, 2010 01:29 PM (QrA9E)

Do they go skinny dippin' in it at night?

@ 391

I see your handle and raise you by 2^-5X 17µ.

They're way too stringy, and not a lot of meat on them.  They're better for making soup stock. 

Believe it or not, I knew some rather corpulent ones.  I was like WTF--how can you be fat, you're a freaking vegan?  It's all about calories in and out.  The one wore vegan shoes, and her feet really stank as they're basically plastic.  (I liked to give her a hard time about that since plastics are petroleum products).  She was our office manager.  She almost quit because the surgeon and I were doing surgery on chimps for research.

Posted by: Mjim at March 04, 2010 01:33 PM (mMdWG)

Good gosh, another one?  I can't stand it!

Posted by: sickinmass at March 04, 2010 01:30 PM (1rflU)

No problem. I'm glad you liked it. I sent it to my son and daughter and they loved it.

I've been on crutches for three weeks, and I'm losing everything I sweated for on the eliptical since Christmas. *cue wailing and gnashing of teeth*

Posted by: kelley in virginia at March 04, 2010 01:32 PM (Oan2w)

I'm sure I'll calm down.  Thanks.

Posted by: Dang Straights at March 04, 2010 01:35 PM (fx8sm)"

HA! Perfect!!

Lucky, you're running enough that you'll burn all those carbs and starches off right away, eh?   I feel guilty every time I eat Pringles.  So I chase it with a beer - NO MORE GUILT! hahaaa

I seriously need to get back to running, I'm turning into Barney.

Heh!  If I didn't run, I'd be as big as a house!  I tried a new chip earlier in the week, Lays onion and balsamic.  They were pretty good, but a little heavy on the thyme--of all things!  I'm eating the remnants of a bag of Doritos Spicy Thai Chili--I am having to use a spoon to get all the yummy crumbs that have all the most seasoning on them (pathetic, huh?)   I do love teh chips!

Dang, you need to start running again.  The weather is getting nice and the days are getting longer.  I saw your pic on the Yahoo group, and you have good form and both feet off the ground!  You are a runner, my friend, get to it!

Do they go skinny dippin' in it at night?

You never know with libtard college weenies.

Dude.  You're sending her to the most liberal liberal arts collidge in the nation.  So she's not going to get a useful degree.  And they have an open air toilet.  And you're paying?

Oh noes; I am not sending her, she is a neice. Stupid BIL and SIL who are yuppy libtards are sending her.

Posted by: Tinian at March 04, 2010 12:22 PM (7+pP9)

When I was in school, a fire marshal would show up every year and present a slide show of young burn victims set to the tune of "God Bless the Kids" by the Oak Ridge Boys, I believe.  It was burn prevention week.  Horrible horrible images of the worst burns/skin grafts you can imagine, to an auditorium full of Jr. High kids. 

The gasping started two slides in, and the crying started at four.  After that, there was 5 more minutes to endure.

The first time it happened, even when they warned everyone, they sent many many kids home sick.

TO THIS DAY, however, I will not turn on the hot water in the shower first.

May I suggest my alma mater, Auburn University.

Number One BackwardsGrandaughter just loves to needle me, a staunch Alabam fan, by announcing she's starting at Auburn this summer. She wants to be an astronaut, we've been talking about colleges for a couple of years, during which time I've avoided telling her about all the Shuttle astronauts that are Auburn grads.

She found out anyway.

canabrothagetanopenblog?!!

seriously, I'm havin' to work straight through.  not ok.

How about the STD slides during the sex ed unit in health class? Main takeaway: Green is bad. Green is always bad.

Number One BackwardsGrandaughter just loves to needle me, a staunch Alabam fan, by announcing she's starting at Auburn this summer. She wants to be an astronaut, we've been talking about colleges for a couple of years, during which time I've avoided telling her about all the Shuttle astronauts that are Auburn grads.

She found out anyway.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 04, 2010 01:43 PM (i3AsK)

Yessssssssssss!

I think one of 'em is clogged.

No problemo. I've got a 20 ft. drum snake. Think that'll reach?

How about the STD slides during the sex ed unit in health class?

I'll bet they were not half as gruesome as the ones the military used in bootcamp. We actually had some young Morons puking in that show.

How about the STD slides during the sex ed unit in health class? Main takeaway: Green is bad. Green is always bad.

Geez, what's a little pus between friends?

I kind of thought that when I saw those pictures of him on the Yahoo site.  Hobo do you follow his twitter?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 04, 2010 01:50 PM (UOM4

Shush!

But yes, maybe I was getting down on the Catholics too hard.

 Posted by: Vic at March 04, 2010 12:25 PM (QrA9E)

Pointing out he is religious would be the way to make the point....what brand was irrelevant. But the real issue is that we are not to talk about that aspect? Truly is important not to exorcise religion from the discussion on the whole. That is my truest objection.

@ 499

 Oh, yea. Maybe by the time she graduates, we'll have restored a modicum of sanity to Washington and we can begin to retake the skies.

She's trying to balance a desire to fly with something else like aeronautical engineering. She's getting a full ride and naturally has my full support, even when I wink at her and call her a "traitor".

I'm also leaning on her for football tickets...she'll also be in the band.

Posted by: wtfci at March 04, 2010 01:54 PM (+zo63)

Wow, I had no idea.  SEIU represents the nurses and allied health care professionals at my hospital.  I didn't realize there were doctors in teh mix.  Scary!  Union dues are a percentage of your wages (I don't know what since I'm grandfathered in non-union, now we're closed shop). 

Geez Louise!  One of the reasons that there's so much death and sickness in third world countries is because they do not have proper plumbing/toilet facilities.  Plumbing saves lives.  All these idiot Greentards want us all to go back to living in caves. 

455  It would be a sadder, duller place if people didn't feel free to "get down" on others around here (pun perhaps intended).  Besides, it was, I believe, JEA and the "Concerned Catholic" that were being the really obnoxious ones from the other day.  And they were just laughable, so there you go.

Vic wasn't being too harsh; he was just wrong about Stupak and "quintessential Catholics"   who loves ya' Vic?! (kiss and wave)

She's trying to balance a desire to fly with something else like aeronautical engineering. She's getting a full ride and naturally has my full support, even when I wink at her and call her a "traitor".

I'm also leaning on her for football tickets...she'll also be in the band.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 04, 2010 01:56 PM (i3AsK)

Dunno if balancing flying and aeronautical engineering is much balance.  My brother graduated in aeronautical engineering right at the end of the Cold War, and opportunities were non-existent.  Maybe electrical (*shudder*) or mechanical.

Lessee, engineering, full ride, in the band, lofty goals.  I'll bet your friends are sick and tired of hearing you brag.

Vic wasn't being too harsh; he was just wrong about Stupak and "quintessential Catholics"

LOl, perhaps I should have said Stupak is the "quintessential liberal dumbass" and has nothing to do with conservatism and the term Blue Dog is a myth created by the media to push their own liberal agenda.

Geez Louise!  One of the reasons that there's so much death and sickness in third world countries is because they do not have proper plumbing/toilet facilities.  Plumbing saves lives.  All these idiot Greentards want us all to go back to living in caves. 

For some reason, my little wife thinks I would be right at home living in a cave....Heh.

My brother graduated in aeronautical engineering right at the end of the Cold War, and opportunities were non-existent.  Maybe electrical (*shudder*) or mechanical.

I have a BIL who graduated from Ga Tech in A.E.  He is now working on ship board designs (military). You are right, the airplane shit has dried up big time.

As for M.E.s when I retired the company I worked for had openings for several of those and was having difficulty filling them.

Lessee, engineering, full ride, in the band, lofty goals.  I'll bet your friends are sick and tired of hearing you brag.

I know I am.

/Just kidding Congrats BackwardsBoy!

"The Days are already getting noticeably longer (woohoo!)"

We'll take care of that..

Hmm, this is good info to know, as second child wants to be an engineer when she grows up. 

I have a younger brother (PhD Chem) who is a supervisor and does the interviews for a large company in GA.  He tells me horror stories about recent engineering graduates who expect to be hired straight from school at over 100K and who expect to work locally (no travel) 40 hours a week.

We both laugh at that.  Make sure when your daughter goes to school she is not given overly rosy predictions by the guidance counsellors.

That being said, M.E.s when I retired (~5 yrs ago) were being hired around 50K-60K and with a few years they would be up around 80K.

There were some other paths that they could take after 5 yrs that would have them over 100K fairly quickly but it involved a considerable amount of work.   

The nuclear field is wide open right now because all those hated baby boomers are retiring. The big thing that was being parlayed about when I retired was that 70% of the skilled and educated work force would retire within the next decade. That is happening now.  

Can we start unfounded rumors, too?

I would like to report that Sonia Sotomayor was "#20" in the Tiger Woods Affair List.

Reports have recently surfaced that Sonia Sotomayor was the latest Tiger Woods Mistress to surface.  Will she resign in light of this?

Citation:  479.

Speculation swirled today on highly-trafficked blogosphere sites today about the possible resignation of Sonia Sotomayor, following reports that she is the alleged #20 in the list of mistresses held by golf superstar Tiger Woods.

Citation: 480.

Let's see what happens.  C'mon, somebody go tip off Amanda Carpenter.  I want to see this on BOR's Talking Points.

Vic: There really is a Blue Dog Caucus.  It's not a media myth.

OK, I'll rephrase that. A Blue Dog Caucus with "conservative" credentials.