Ace of Spades HQ

February 27, 2012

How to Get Away With Crossing Chuck Norris
— rdbrewer

Slovaks have been voting overwhelmingly in favour of naming a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near their capital after 1980s US action film and TV star Chuck Norris.
. . .
The actor's work has become a popular source of kitschy fun among Slovaks and a mainstay for local jokes about macho strength and invincibility.
The final decision will be up to a regional assembly. But regional governor Pavol Freso has said it would follow the wishes of the people in the internet ballot where Norris leads as the top choice for the bridge's name.

If money was no object, I'd have to put "crossing Chuck Norris" on my bucket list. Thanks to @Gabby_Hoffman and @EvanPokroy. Also, Donald Trump dumps on the Oscars, Sascha Baron Cohen, a security guard, and Vanity Fair.

Follow me on Twitter.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 11:35 AM | Comments (130)
Post contains 156 words, total size 1 kb.

1 Chuck Norris doesn't need bridges, he just walks on himself.

Posted by: joncelli at February 27, 2012 11:37 AM (RD7QR)

2 In.

Posted by: soothsayer at February 27, 2012 11:37 AM (BUcLz)

3 That would have been really cool 5 years ago.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 27, 2012 11:37 AM (T0NGe)

4 Hey remember me? I'm kinda of important social cons!

Posted by: The Economy at February 27, 2012 11:37 AM (F6KtL)

5 Is 'symblamatic' a word?

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 27, 2012 11:38 AM (8sCoq)

6 "If money was no object, I'd have to put "crossing Chuck Norris" on my bucket list."

We'll certainly try to make money an object for you! BTW, we have food stamps that we're practically giving away.

Posted by: Obama and Geithner at February 27, 2012 11:39 AM (71LDo)

7 AmishDude, I think the meme is just taking hold there.

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 27, 2012 11:39 AM (Iyg03)

8 wait

symptomatic + emblematic = symblematic

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 27, 2012 11:40 AM (8sCoq)

9 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 11:41 AM (7W3wI)

10
Why does Donald Trump insist on wearing a toupee made out of Wooly Mammoth hair?

Posted by: YIKES! at February 27, 2012 11:41 AM (2TRSa)

11 Why did I watch that?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 11:42 AM (hRNwa)

12 You know what's kind of cool about these Trump videos? His office. One would expect a palatial layout. But it looks like a typical working office you might find anywhere. Makes him more likeable.

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 27, 2012 11:43 AM (Iyg03)

13 What's that in the background? Boxes of "high karate"?

Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 11:44 AM (u50z0)

14 13 You know what's kind of cool about these Trump videos? His office. One would expect a palatial layout. But it looks like a typical working office you might find anywhere. Makes him more likeable.

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 27, 2012 03:43 PM (Iyg03)

It's his secretary's office. Oh, and he's sitting on a gold commode.

Posted by: joncelli at February 27, 2012 11:45 AM (RD7QR)

15 I want to go exploring in the Christian Hendricks Hills.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 27, 2012 11:45 AM (jUZRg)

But, but.....I thought that Europeans didn't like cowboys. ....Maybe the Slovaks haven't seen any of those re-runs of 'Walker Texas Ranger'?

.....

And Trump.....heh, nothing says "trust me" like an elaborate comb-over.

Posted by: wheatie at February 27, 2012 11:46 AM (UOOK1)

17 You know what's kind of cool about these Trump videos? His office. One would expect a palatial layout. But it looks like a typical working office you might find anywhere. Makes him more likeable.

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 27, 2012 03:43 PM (Iyg03)

-------------------------------------

He's probably not there 98% of the time. Why bother.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 11:46 AM (rq8lR)

18 Is that a John Kennedy icon in the corner? Or is that his actual head preserved in goose pate?

Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 11:46 AM (u50z0)

19 Christian Hendricks Hills.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 27, 2012 03:45 PM (jUZRg) ____________

Err... I hope that's a typo...

Posted by: Reactionary at February 27, 2012 11:48 AM (xUM1Q)

20 19 You know what's kind of cool about these Trump videos? His office. One would expect a palatial layout. But it looks like a typical working office you might find anywhere. Makes him more likeable.
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 27, 2012 03:43 PM (Iyg03)

Isn't that the silhouette of the Flat Iron building in the background window? If so, seems to me that office is legit.

Posted by: EC at February 27, 2012 11:48 AM (GQ8sn)

21 21 Whatever the hell that is perched up there on Teh Donald's dome, he's been fighting a losing battle with it for years.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at February 27, 2012 03:47 PM (vbh31)

Soon I will be victorious! Ha-ha!

Posted by: The Muskrat on the Donald's Head at February 27, 2012 11:48 AM (RD7QR)

22 But it looks like a typical working office you might find anywhere.

I'd rather he was somewhere interesting. 100-foot ceiling. Tall marble pillars. Fountains in the background. Nubile babes in form-fitting diaphanous gowns keeping him cool with waving palm fronds. Incompetent flunkies being executed somewhere off to the side.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 11:50 AM (hRNwa)

23 Christian Hendricks Hills.Posted by: WalrusRex at February 27, 2012 03:45 PM (jUZRg) ____________Err... I hope that's a typo...

Posted by: Reactionary at February 27, 2012 03:48 PM (xUM1Q)

-----------------------------------

Freud is giving the okay sign.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 11:50 AM (rq8lR)

24 God I hate NY.

Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 11:52 AM (u50z0)

25 Who needs TMZ when you can have The Donald. Wait a minute, shouldn't this guy be out hustling some property deals or something? Oh right, Obama is still in office... gotta love the robust recovery we're experiencing.

Posted by: Some guy you don't know in Wisconsin at February 27, 2012 11:53 AM (QK1XT)

26 The Chuck Norris bridge, like Chuck Norris, can only be crossed once in your lifetime. Attempting to cross either a second time will result in death.

Posted by: EC at February 27, 2012 11:53 AM (GQ8sn)

27 Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 03:52 PM (u50z0)

Where are you from?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 27, 2012 11:53 AM (nEUpB)

28 Is it just me or does Sasha Baron Cohen remind anyone else of that asshole Andy Kauffman?

Posted by: © Sponge at February 27, 2012 11:53 AM (UK9cE)

29 Pedestrian / cycling bridge named Norris, over Pond Scum named Obama.

Posted by: Deli LLama at February 27, 2012 11:54 AM (ADlPJ)

30 Is 'symblamatic' a word?

No but it should be.

Posted by: eleven at February 27, 2012 11:54 AM (KXm42)

31 Trump has a good number of male libertarians on this season's Apprentice. Adam Carolla, Penn Teller, Paul , Lou Feririgno and Dee Snyder. I have no idea how Michael Andretti leans but I would expect more to the right than left. Of course it's offset somewhat with George Takei and Clay Aiken.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at February 27, 2012 11:54 AM (qCR9V)

32 You don't cross a bridge you cross what is under it. Save your money.

Posted by: Pete at February 27, 2012 11:56 AM (j/wD+)

33 Trump has a good number of male libertarians on this season's Apprentice. Adam Carolla, Penn Teller, Paul , Lou Feririgno and Dee Snyder. I have no idea how Michael Andretti leans but I would expect more to the right than left. Of course it's offset somewhat with George Takei and Clay Aiken.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at February 27, 2012 03:54 PM (qCR9V)

Is it Penn AND Teller or just Penn Gillette?

Posted by: © Sponge at February 27, 2012 11:57 AM (UK9cE)

34 Penn Gillette only . Sorry.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at February 27, 2012 11:59 AM (qCR9V)

35 Penn Gillette. I think Tellers first name is Bank.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 27, 2012 11:59 AM (jucos)

36 Where did everyone go? I checked Ace's last post and no one was there either.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:01 PM (rq8lR)

37 In Slovakia you don't kill thread. Thread kill YOU.

Posted by: eleven at February 27, 2012 12:02 PM (KXm42)

38 Well, I've been sitting here thinking about how you actually go about making a piss filled water balloon........

Posted by: © Sponge at February 27, 2012 12:03 PM (UK9cE)

39 35 Trump has a good number of male libertarians on this season's Apprentice. Adam Carolla, Penn Teller, Paul , Lou Feririgno and Dee Snyder. I have no idea how Michael Andretti leans but I would expect more to the right than left. Of course it's offset somewhat with George Takei and Clay Aiken.
Which Paul? The Apostle, the alien, Ron, Rand, Ru, Atriedes, Bearer, State, Imony...

Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 27, 2012 12:03 PM (zgHLA)

40 Penn Gillette and Edward Teller.

I heard it's gonna be a "blast".

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 27, 2012 12:03 PM (0QJjg)

41 I am not here.

Posted by: Guy What Wears Camouflagelauge at February 27, 2012 12:04 PM (jucos)

42 Which Paul? The Apostle, the alien, Ron, Rand, Ru, Atriedes, Bearer, State, Imony...

Don't forget Les!

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 12:04 PM (hRNwa)

43 I guess Tellers last name could also be Kissan

Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 27, 2012 12:05 PM (jucos)

44 Where are you from?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at February 27, 2012 03:53 PM (nEUpB)

Northern Va. Right outside DC. I don't like DC either. I've lived in Manhatten and Brooklyn. My in-laws are still there. We go 5-7 times per year. It's not that I haven't been there or that I'm from Nebraska. I just dislike it. The thing I dislike the most is that some of the people think that because they live there they are somehow hipper or hotter or something. My mother in law, who I otherwise like, has this attitude which makes me want to shout at her until she shuts the hell up. I also dislike the filth even though that has improved a lot since the 80s.

Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 12:05 PM (u50z0)

45 I thought Teller was a remote homunculus of Penn, kinda like a mobile Kuato.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 12:06 PM (hRNwa)

46 Celebrity AssPremise

Posted by: Joe Mama at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (l0jV9)

45 Penn Gillette and Edward Teller.

I heard it's gonna be a "blast".

---

Will there be tittage? Penn and Teller usually have a stable of topless women on Bullshit. Just hoping.

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (vj51i)

48 Paul Lynn in the center for the win!

Posted by: dagny at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (u50z0)

49 # 44 How about Paul Eat Me. Paul Teutul I-phone ate the last name when I was typing or something.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (qCR9V)

50 Kuato is my Wingman.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (0QJjg)

51 Sometimes I think TheDonald is playing the lead in his own not so private comedy serial.

Full Time.

Posted by: ontherocks at February 27, 2012 12:07 PM (ZJCDy)

52 Paul Schaeffer? I suppose David Letterman's sidekick prrrrrrrrrrrrobably isn't very libertarian, but he was in the original Blues Brothers band (but not the first film, since he had a prior commitment), so I'm willing to give him an emoticon of slack.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 27, 2012 12:08 PM (zgHLA)

53
Dr. Paul, Medicine Woman.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 27, 2012 12:08 PM (0QJjg)

54 36 You don't cross a bridge you cross what is under it. Save your money.
*
*
Sure, you cross a bridge. You certainly drive a-CROSS it or walk a-CROSS it.

At the same time, you're right, you are crossing what the bridge spans -- a river or a railroad line. It's just one of those peculiar little things about English.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 27, 2012 12:12 PM (WuRdj)

55 If Trump were a manly man, he'd gloss bald.

Posted by: chicken little at February 27, 2012 12:13 PM (lpWVn)

56 Some of these "celebrities' they get on there competing for charity look like they themselves could use the cash.

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 12:14 PM (vj51i)

57 Well, I've been sitting here thinking about how you actually go about making a piss filled water balloon........

For OWS? Easy. I doubt they have a shortage of OWS types with an 8 millimeter diameter dick.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 27, 2012 12:15 PM (SY2Kh)

58 Trump uses an Apple???

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 27, 2012 12:15 PM (f9c2L)

60 36
You don't cross a bridge you cross what is under it. Save your money.
*
*
Sure, you cross a bridge. You certainly drive a-CROSS it or walk a-CROSS it.

---

Even Chuck Norris?

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 12:15 PM (vj51i)

60 Ace busy Tweeting today or what?

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:16 PM (7W3wI)

61 Cheryl Tiegs was the first one fired. Time has not been kind to this former super model.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at February 27, 2012 12:16 PM (qCR9V)

62 Someone mentioned on the previous thread that the New York Post has a photo essay on Kate Upton and the sin and degradation since that moment has made Jesus cry.

Posted by: Rick Santorump

Stop trying to save me with misdirection, Rick. The photo essay's in the New York Daily News.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 12:17 PM (hRNwa)

63 I thought Teller was a remote homunculus of Penn

Homunculus is a word we just don't use enough.

That, and golem.

Posted by: toby928© at February 27, 2012 12:17 PM (GTbGH)

64 Ace busy Tweeting today or what?

Doesn't look like it. He had a few tweets regarding the Media Matters thing, but nothing recent.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 27, 2012 12:18 PM (SY2Kh)

65 Colleen Owens, Breitbart Big Government:

What are local Tea Partiers to think with requests like Â“Please identify your volunteersÂ” or Â“are there board members or officers who have run or will run for office (including relatives)Â”? What possible reason would the IRS have for Tea Parties to Â“name your donorsÂ” when said donations are non-deductible? These are just a few of the questions asked by the IRS in these letters, and one cannot help but suspect an intrinsic threat encompassing all these demands.

Posted by: chicken little at February 27, 2012 12:18 PM (lpWVn)

66 70 Just sleeping one off than,probably.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:19 PM (7W3wI)

67 Anybody see Apprentice last night?

SPOILER ALERT if you Tevo'd it.

................
Lou Ferrigno is one dumb muthereffer.

The guys team apparently won (to me, at least) with Penn Gillette as the leader. Trump asks Penn "if you lose, who will you bring back to the boardroom?". Penn says we're not gonna lose but if I have to say somebody I'll pick Lou and George Takei. Takei understood what he meant, but Ferrigno went ballistic.. they ended up winning the task. The girls team is typical catty women this year.. Fun!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 27, 2012 12:21 PM (f9c2L)

68 Homunculus is a word we just don't use enough.

That, and golem.

Posted by: toby928Â© at February 27, 2012 04:17 PM (GTbGH)

----------------------------------------

Those and osmosis. Scientific minds love the word osmosis.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:21 PM (rq8lR)

69 Obama is a "secret" Muslim. In a Forbes article, "My Muslim President Obama: Why members of the faith see him as one of the flock," writer Asma Gull Hasan elaborates: ince Election Day, I have been part of more and more conversations with Muslims in which it was either offhandedly agreed that Obama is Muslim or enthusiastically blurted out. In commenting on our new president, "I have to support my fellow Muslim brother," would slip out of my mouth before I had a chance to think twice. "Well, I know he's not really Muslim," I would quickly add. But if the person I was talking to was Muslim, they would say, "yes he is." Â…. Most of the Muslims I know (me included) can't seem to accept that Obama is not Muslim. Of the few Muslims I polled who said that Obama is not Muslim, even they conceded that he had ties to IslamÂ…. The rationalistic, Western side of me knows that Obama has denied being Muslim, that his father was non-practicing, that he doesn't attend a mosque. Many Muslims simply say back, "my father's not a strict Muslim either, and I haven't been to a mosque in years." Obama even told The New York Times he could recite the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, which the vast majority of Muslims, I would guess, do not know well enough to recite. [Read the entire article, which is more eye-opening than the author probably intended.]

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:26 PM (7W3wI)

70 75 Grr,don't know where the strike through came from but it's readable.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:27 PM (7W3wI)

71 Someone mentioned on the previous thread that the
New York Post has a photo essay on Kate Upton and the sin and
degradation since that moment has made Jesus cry.

Posted by: Rick Santorump

Stop trying to save me with misdirection, Rick. The photo essay's in the New York Daily News.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 27, 2012 04:17 PM (hRNwa)

That was me. And they called me a fapmonger for it!

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 27, 2012 12:27 PM (8sCoq)

72 Ace busy Tweeting today or what?

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 04:16 PM (7W3wI)

he's just jerking off to the thought of having a Romney Christie superticket

Posted by: The Dude at February 27, 2012 12:28 PM (M8yfa)

73 Grr,don't know where the strike through came from

Mellow greetings, citizen.

Posted by: Jan Napolitano at February 27, 2012 12:28 PM (hRNwa)

74 Did I forget to mention that Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure?

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:29 PM (7W3wI)

75 Which Paul? The Apostle, the alien, Ron, Rand, Ru, Atriedes, Bearer, State, Imony...

Don't forget Les!
--------------
Or me!

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at February 27, 2012 12:29 PM (joSBv)

76 Strikethough - just press edit.... oh wait this is Minx 0.7 alpha , yeah that won't be out until 0.8 in 2034

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 12:29 PM (vj51i)

77 Those and osmosis. Scientific minds love the word osmosis.

Nostrum is one my favorite obscurities. And nugatory.

Posted by: toby928© at February 27, 2012 12:29 PM (GTbGH)

78 77 I looked at all 46 pictures.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:30 PM (7W3wI)

79 Well, I've been sitting here thinking about how you actually go about making a piss filled water balloon........

Posted by: Â© Sponge at February 27, 2012 04:03 PM (UK9cE)

That's easy. Pee in a coke bottle, blow up a balloon, and attach balloon to neck of bottle and invert.

Don't ask.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 27, 2012 12:30 PM (fCkqS)

80 85 Or just put the balloon over your jimmy like a condom and pee.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:31 PM (7W3wI)

81 dagny... if you're here. I responded to your question about Santorum's birth control remarks on the poll thread.

Posted by: Y-not at February 27, 2012 12:32 PM (5H6zj)

82 Or just put the balloon over your jimmy like a condom and pee.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 04:31 PM (7W3wI)

not enough pressure to blow up the balloon, it will just squirt out the sides

Posted by: The Dude at February 27, 2012 12:33 PM (M8yfa)

83 And nugatory.

Mmmm, nougat.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at February 27, 2012 12:33 PM (hRNwa)

84 Matters go badly for John. The instructor repeatedly chides him for belittling the ideas of others by rolling his eyes and making facial expressions of disbelief. His insistence on finding a single best possible solution to an economic problem becomes repetitive to the point where the instructor suggests that he seek help at the school's counseling center to manage his anger. John's recourse to statistical data is interpreted as just showing off. By the third week is he no longer blurting out "What about trade-offs and opportunity costs?," since nobody pays attention. He discovers that the Internet offers multiple sites explaining economics, he finds a nerdy on-line discussion group, stops attending class and eventually drops out.

Thanks to his Internet contacts, John joins a small start-up and three years later patents a program to detect lying on the Web. It is widely licensed and John is an instant multi-millionaire. Though rich as Croesus he never sends a nickel to his "alma mater."

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 27, 2012 12:33 PM (e8kgV)

85 When did Chuck Norris stop parting the seas and start using bridges?

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 27, 2012 12:34 PM (lVGED)

86 Alberto Giubilini with Monash University in Melbourne and Francesca Minerva at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne write that in Â“circumstances occur[ing] after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible.Â” The two are quick to note that they prefer the term Â“after-birth abortionÂ“ as opposed to Â”infanticide.Â” Why? Because it Â“[emphasizes] that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus (on which Â‘abortionsÂ’ in the traditional sense are performed) rather than to that of a child.Â” The authors also do not agree with the term euthanasia for this practice as the best interest of the person who would be killed is not necessarily the primary reason his or her life is being terminated. In other words, it may be in the parentsÂ’ best interest to terminate the life, not the newborns.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:36 PM (7W3wI)

87 That was me. And they called me a fapmonger for it!

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 27, 2012 04:27 PM (8sCoq)

That was a compliment!

Posted by: The Muskrat on the Donald's Head at February 27, 2012 12:39 PM (RD7QR)

88 93 Wonderful human beings eh?Go read the full article at TheBlaze.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:40 PM (7W3wI)

89 94 Yeah,he must be new here.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:40 PM (7W3wI)

90 The Muskrat on the Donald's Head

You drive pretty well for a quadruped.

Posted by: toby928© at February 27, 2012 12:41 PM (GTbGH)

91 What does Chuck Norris do about the trolls under his bridge?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at February 27, 2012 12:42 PM (0QJjg)

92 Chi town Saw it.... Lou didn't understand and penn didn't get frustrated with him..... I love Penn.... And teller... They levitated me in a show....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 27, 2012 12:43 PM (BM7Xv)

93 The men's team is awesome...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 27, 2012 12:44 PM (BM7Xv)

94 That was a compliment!

Posted by: The Muskrat on the Donald's Head at February 27, 2012 04:39 PM (RD7QR)

All right then

Posted by: Jones in CO at February 27, 2012 12:44 PM (8sCoq)

95 Had to put my choc. lab to sleep today. His arthritis had gotten so bad his back legs kept giving out and there was really nothing else the vet could do for him.

RIP Bailey....you were a good doggeh...

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 12:46 PM (X6akg)

96 102 Awww.RIP pup.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:47 PM (7W3wI)

97 Sorry Tami.

Posted by: eleven at February 27, 2012 12:47 PM (KXm42)

98 Aw... So sorry.... We just went through this with our orange dog last month(((((tami)))))

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 27, 2012 12:48 PM (BM7Xv)

99 Out: Conspiracy theories advanced by Ron Paul.

In: Conspiracy theories involving Ron Paul.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 27, 2012 12:48 PM (e8kgV)

100

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 04:46 PM (X6akg)

Sorry about your good dog. It's a painful decision.

Posted by: Sgt. Fury at February 27, 2012 12:48 PM (Df/CP)

101

"The Happening" is on FX. What a fucked up premise this movie is run on.

BUT, nothing much is happening here..........

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:49 PM (rq8lR)

102 Thanks guys....it truly, truly sucks. Horrible decision to have to make. ...

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 12:50 PM (X6akg)

103 RIP Bailey....you were a good doggeh... --- My goodness, Tami, I am so sorry to hear that. Please take care of yourself. I know how devastating the loss of a pet is.

Posted by: Y-not at February 27, 2012 12:50 PM (5H6zj)

104 My condolences about the dog, Tami. I dread the day we have to put ours down (still a few years away, thank God.).

Posted by: joncelli at February 27, 2012 12:51 PM (RD7QR)

105 Trump, dude. Calm down. You sound like you are interviewing for the Media Matters domestic partner job.

Posted by: cherry at February 27, 2012 12:52 PM (OhYCU)

106 Sorry Tami. I just got through reading upthread. Putting down friends like that is one of the hardest things in the world to do.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:52 PM (rq8lR)

107 Alberto Giubilini with Monash University in Melbourne and Francesca Minerva at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne write that in Â“circumstances occur[ing] after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible.Â”

In a fiery lecture to thousands of followers of the Nation of Islam on Sunday in Chicago, Minister Louis Farrakhan warned that racial hatred could lead to attempts to assassinate President Barack Obama.

... or is that an after-election abortion ?
Why would voters have to live with the mistake ?

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 27, 2012 12:52 PM (e8kgV)

108 My post at 93 goes by without a comment?I find it terrifying.

Posted by: steevy at February 27, 2012 12:53 PM (7W3wI)

109 Tami, my sincere condolences. I had to do that with my boxer, about 30 years ago, due to displacia. One of the very best dogs I've ever had. Also had to put down my Corgi-Spaniel x due to extreme renal failure, about 7 years ago. I miss them so very much.

They rely on our best judgement though, and know that we loved them through it all. I was there with them until they slept, and brought them home to give them a proper burial. I realize not everyone can do that. I was proud that I could.

Again, my condolences. It is never easy.
}}HUGS{{

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 12:54 PM (0oYHO)

110 Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 27, 2012 04:48 PM ----- Paul has acknowledged that he has not attacked Romney, which is what the data show, so that's not in doubt. He says it's simply because he is knocking out the not-Romney's one by one. I think the 'conspiracy theory' got fueled by Rand Paul saying he would be delighted to be Vice President under Romney soon after Paul's latest round of attacks against Santorum.

Posted by: Y-not at February 27, 2012 12:55 PM (5H6zj)

111 My post at 93 goes by without a comment?I find it terrifying.

Pagans do what pagans do.

Posted by: toby928© at February 27, 2012 12:56 PM (GTbGH)

112

115 My post at 93 goes by without a comment?I find it terrifying.

---

Thats been an ongoing debate in certain lib circles. How long after birth is it ethical to put a baby to sleep. I think the consesus is up to a month old, as it does not yet realize it is alive or something.

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 12:57 PM (vj51i)

113

In a fiery lecture to thousands of followers of the Nation of Islam on
Sunday in Chicago, Minister Louis Farrakhan warned that racial hatred
could lead to attempts to assassinate President Barack Obama.

----------------------------------------

The leftists have been wanting something like this to happen since day one. I for one hope that the SCOAMT leads a healthy life so that I can see him disgraced for a long time. The last thing we need is Barak Hussein Obama - martyr.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:57 PM (rq8lR)

114 I await orders from SMOD himself

Posted by: cherry at February 27, 2012 12:58 PM (OhYCU)

115 Thats been an ongoing debate in certain lib circles. How long after birth is it ethical to put a baby to sleep. I think the consesus is up to a month old, as it does not yet realize it is alive or something.

Posted by: Jimmah at February 27, 2012 04:57 PM (vj51i)

-----------------------------------------

Oh. Much like the #OWSers then.

Posted by: Soona at February 27, 2012 12:59 PM (rq8lR)

116 I stayed with him through the whole process. I don't know if that's a good thing to do or not but I owed him at least that much.

I'll be getting his ashes in a couple of weeks. I know that probably sounds silly but I'm doing it anyway.

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 01:01 PM (X6akg)

117 I cross myself.

Posted by: Chuck Norris at February 27, 2012 01:02 PM (DATOZ)

118 Not silly at all, Tami.

In my opinion, the "process" it what makes us human. The love for our pets is part of the process. To see them through it. Just as it is with our family members. To see them through it. With our beloved animals, as with our beloved humans, we try to walk and take them to the process. I hope someone will have the same compassion for me when my time comes.

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:13 PM (0oYHO)

119 Yeah jem, the hardest part is wondering if I made the right decision. In my head I think I did but in my heart.....not so much. I feel like he didn't get a say in it at all.....

Well, I went through this once before a few years ago with my yellow lab. It just doesn't get any easier.

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 01:19 PM (X6akg)

120 Our beloved pets do the same for us, if they can. I have seen so many pets, watching their human leave the earth, that are devastated. They grieve in different ways from other pets too. But, they do grieve. I've seen many a pet let their humans go, and join them shortly there-after. I've also seen many pets that let their humans go, and live longer, if not more memorable lives, but they live out the remainder of their live richer for the blessing of their humans.

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:19 PM (0oYHO)

121 Definitely a special bond....definitely.

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 01:24 PM (X6akg)

122 Oh, Tami, they DO get a say! You saw him suffering with no other option. He trusted YOU! Get that. He trusted YOU.

Sometimes the best advise from the best "expert" in the world isn't an option. Sometimes that advise is shakey at best, and sloppy with greed for money at worst.

You did the best thing, you believed for him. He trusted you on that. You loved him. He loved you.

THAT will never die, sugar.

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:26 PM (0oYHO)

123 I hope you're right, jem...I hope I did do the best thing for him.

Well, he's in doggy heaven now....where there's no limit on treats. He loved treats.

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 01:35 PM (X6akg)

124 No, it will never get easier. It shouldn't, in my opinion. If it did, it would just take away from their worth in our life, and our life in theirs. They are here for us, and we for them.

And no...lol... I ain't one of those smarmy, marmy, peta green peace pricks...I eat meat and everything!!

Pets are just part of our family, and loving nature.

Of course, Timothy Treadwell, got et by bears. So much for HIS nature.

But our beloved pets are and always will be a part of us. They give and take. We take and give. Just the way it is.

Reliance is a two way street sometimes.

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:42 PM (0oYHO)

125 I bet he is sharing in Rocky's and Prancer's treats right now! :-)

I know it hurts.

Or maybe they don't have to share. There ain't no gettin' fat in heaven. LOL!

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:44 PM (0oYHO)

126 "crossing Chuck Norris" on my bucket list.

At the bottom of the list, of course.

Posted by: GaryS at February 27, 2012 01:45 PM (W7tJ+)

127 Thanks jem....you really are a gem. ;o)

Posted by: Tami at February 27, 2012 01:47 PM (X6akg)

128 Thanks, Tami. You are as well. So are all of our beloveds.

My heart prays for you and yours.

Posted by: jem at February 27, 2012 01:53 PM (0oYHO)

129 Nice job at comment 45...I wonder how many of the morons got that one......c'mon, guys...show of hands if you got it..........jasonj

Posted by: jasonj at February 27, 2012 02:47 PM (Cq0ow)

130 "Symblematic" is a word?

Posted by: VRWC Agent at February 27, 2012 04:13 PM (JXaAZ)

Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top