October 30, 2012
— Maetenloch
Busy all day so you get the 1/8-assed lame ONT.
Accept no ONT substitutes!
I've always been partial to Elvis' version as well (part of his American Trilogy):
It gives me shivers every time I listen to it.
And Johnny C. was no slouch either.
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Posted by: wte9 at October 30, 2012 06:44 PM (6Tcdo)
Posted by: President Blunt at October 30, 2012 06:45 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 06:47 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: LGoPs at October 30, 2012 06:48 PM (BJVEF)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 06:49 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 30, 2012 06:49 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 30, 2012 06:49 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 30, 2012 06:49 PM (wmYMY)
Like I've said, the trolls aren't even trying anymore.
They just come out with random abusive shit, HOPING to get banned, so they have an excuse for not showing up next week.
Gumby at HA is now trying very hard indeed to provoke them into banning him. He knows it's over.
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 30, 2012 06:52 PM (dJDiO)
Posted by: Count von HeatherRadish™, at October 30, 2012 06:52 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 06:53 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 06:53 PM (jKE+Z)
Well that explains some things.
Posted by: Count von HeatherRadish™, at October 30, 2012 06:54 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 06:54 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at October 30, 2012 06:54 PM (JVCVF)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 06:55 PM (AZGON)
Edited for brevity, taken from 2.0 Blogmocracy.
Hat Tip 2.0 Blogmocracy
So, you might ask, just exactly how could it get any worse than a President ordering the American Military to stand down and simply watch in real time as American citizens are killed and tortured, all occurring as our embassies fall due to some mighty icy political calculus? As it turns out, it looks like not only was a stand down order issued, in three separate iterations, but when a Three Star General in the field took it upon himself to take the action possible to save our citizens, he was summarily relieved of his command.
General Ham immediately had a rapid response unit ready and communicated to the Pentagon that he had a unit ready.
...
General Ham then received the order to stand down. His response was to screw it, he was going to help anyhow. Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.
So, just so we are all on the same page, not only did Barack Obama not do anything to help the victims of his foreign policy, he countermanded directives for increased security issued by Hillary Clinton. If that wasn’t bad enough, he told people who were volunteering to help, “to stand down.” If that wasn’t bad enough, he fired a Three Star General who did attempt to do something to help the situation, before that help could materialize.
Posted by: nuclearjim at October 30, 2012 06:56 PM (dgRn2)
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 30, 2012 06:56 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 30, 2012 06:56 PM (pwyhn)
Posted by: Peaches at October 30, 2012 06:56 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: mr_jack at October 30, 2012 06:57 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: باراك حسين أوبام at October 30, 2012 06:57 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: mr_jack at October 30, 2012 06:57 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Now Serving as Flotation Devices for Hurricane Sandy at October 30, 2012 06:57 PM (+AV7H)
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" sung by those darn Mormons. 
Sometimes when I'm feeling down, I dial that up on You Tube. It always picks me up, even though it sometimes makes my eyes go a little misty.
When they sang it at the end of the Memorial Service a few days after Sept 11, 2001, it was the first time I really felt the impact of what had happened. It sorta felt like my insides had collapsed, knowing that now we were going to be at war.
And regardless of what President Gutsy Call and his sidekick Plugs Biden think, this war with Al Qaeda and their sympathizers is a long way from over.
"...as He died to make men holy,
Let us live to make men free
Our God is marching on...."
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at October 30, 2012 06:58 PM (sJTmU)
Yep, me too. I grew up going to the Baptist Church and we sang all those songs where God kicks unbeliever ass. Hymns today are so...mild and metro.
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 06:58 PM (bAGA/)
I bet she can also suck a golf ball through a garden hose too.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Now Serving as Flotation Devices for Hurricane Sandy at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (wmYMY)
Those same shits wrote that disasters happening in the South and Midwest were just desserts for their anti science beliefs and AGW denialism
They're also cheap assholes who never donate when disasters happen outside the Center of the Universe
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (wwsoB)
Went to vote today and couldn't find my favorite t-shirt.
It says: Let's Go to the Blue States and Kick Some Ass
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at October 30, 2012 06:59 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: President Blunt at October 30, 2012 10:45 PM (jKE+Z)
I'll have you know my theory of Total Absorption is far more impressive than anything Einstein came up with!
Posted by: President Choom at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (BuSM8)
I think the Main line protestant churches are embarrassed by Christian hymns.
A point, the only Onward Christian Solider hymn on you tube? Mormon church.
By the way, ONWARD!
http://tinyurl.com/2bdwfya
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (wR+pz)
The tradeoff of cool summer breezes is the probability that nature will take it all away in a heartbeat
It sucks for those it happens to and my heart goes out to them, but it's also inevitable
Mother Nature is a mean bitch, and no government program will ever change that
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (RLZvP)
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Ya, me too. I remember marching into Vacation Bible School singing Onward Christian Soldiers. Good times.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: LGoPs at October 30, 2012 10:48 PM
Yep, me too. I grew up going to the Baptist Church and we sang all those songs where God kicks unbeliever ass. Hymns today are so...mild and metro.
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 10:58 PM (bAGA/)
Heck, I grew up in the Whiskey-palian church, and my favorite hymn was "Onward Christian Soldiers" - you NEVER hear that now...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 07:01 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Luke Skywalker, after hearing Disney bought Star Wars at October 30, 2012 07:01 PM (+AV7H)
Sometimes when I'm feeling down, I dial that up on You Tube. It always picks me up, even though it sometimes makes my eyes go a little misty. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at October 30, 2012 10:58 PM (sJTmU)
I do that when my faith is a little wobbly with their Hallelujah Chorus. When I hear it sung by anyone, I know their is a Gad and I am His child, but, when they do it, I know that God smiles.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:02 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 07:02 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Peaches at October 30, 2012 07:02 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:02 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Luke Skywalker, after hearing Disney bought Star Wars at October 30, 2012 11:01 PM (+AV7H)
But I likes it....
Posted by: Capt. Jack Sparrow, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 30, 2012 07:02 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:03 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:03 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Baracke Fuckwalker on November 7th at October 30, 2012 07:03 PM (+AV7H)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at October 30, 2012 07:03 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: derit at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (bAGA/)
Via Breitbart
Facebook Censors Navy SEALS to Protect Obama on Benghazi-Gate
http://tinyurl.com/9jcwsbu
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 07:04 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: SA Rose at October 30, 2012 07:05 PM (bPJlD)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 30, 2012 07:05 PM (iNoh8)
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That's a good one to belt out too.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:06 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 07:06 PM (DnLl2)
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...
(Subdivisions)
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help disprove the unattractive truth
But the collectivists have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth
Posted by: Nikola Tesla at October 30, 2012 07:06 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 30, 2012 11:05 PM (iNoh
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Visuals are running through my head. They are not pretty.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:07 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: SA Rose has a glock Greg at October 30, 2012 07:07 PM (bPJlD)
There was a school that catered to the severely mentally handicapped, and one way they motivated their students was by giving them treats. One day the music teacher decided to take the best singers in the school and form a choir, and in order to motivate the children to sign up, she offered them Coca Cola and cookies after each successful class. Well, this went on for about 2 months, and suddenly parents began to complain. Seems their children were putting on a fair amount of weight. Well, the choir teacher was making great progress and did not want to see the kids stop coming, so she decided to make the snacks a little healthier. She began to give them cans of Tab and slices of apples. This worked very well, the choir became very good, the students lost all the weight they put on, and everyone was happy. So successful was the choir program that they decided to put on a performance for the parents. Only problem was, they needed a name to put on the posters and ads for the program. Finally they selected the perfect name...
"The Moron Tab and Apple Choir".
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 07:08 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 07:08 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: CarolT at October 30, 2012 07:08 PM (z4WKX)
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That was politically incorrect and very very cute.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:09 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 11:01 PM (JwW4z)
Me too. and my point. My father in law had it at his funereal. We use to sing god bless America on the fourth, now the ghey fuckers sing nothing.
Wonder why they are losing membership?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 30, 2012 07:09 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at October 30, 2012 07:10 PM (x8wJs)
I wonder if Barky is going to pass an executive power law that you cannot say "Benghazi."
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 07:10 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:11 PM (kXoT0)
I'm confident about Romney. I never believed the hysteria about "this is the WORST run campaign in the history of mankind" bullshit that a lot of conservatives were putting forward when Obama was burning through his cash during the summer and Romney was hoarding his. Sandy won't make a difference other than giving Democrats in Northern Virginia and the Philadelphia metro area an excuse to stay home.
However, I am quite worried about how Republicans seem to have cocked-up their Senate chances beginning in 2010. We're going to lose in Maine (barring a split in the leftist vote which is possible), the polls out of Massachusettes look bad. So we now need to take 5 seats to get to 50 + (Paul Ryan). Without the Senate Obamacare stands. With the Senate 85% of it can be removed with a simple majority. Various other pieces can be tossed out by courts like forcing Catholic hospitals to pay for murder pills.
Where do we get the 5 or 6 seats?
Anyone have any thoughts on the Senate?
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:11 PM (r4dYV)
http://bit.ly/TlEIWz
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 11:06 PM (DnLl2)
Shit! I initially read that as "DWS involved in monster cock gangbang"
And I still clicked on the link!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: SA Rose sez you just dont see it on tv at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (bPJlD)
The United Way President Brian Gallagher receives a $675,000 base salary along withnumerous expense benefits .
UNICEF CEO Caryl M. Stern receives $1,900,000 per year (158K) per month, plus all expenses including a ROLLS ROYCE.
Less than 5 cents (4.4 cents) per donated dollar goes to the cause.
Meanwhile...
The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only$13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization.96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause.
The American Legion National Commander receives a $0..00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
· The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander receives a $0..00 zero salary .
Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
· The Disabled American Veterans National Commander receives a$0..00 zero salary .
Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
· The Military Order of Purple Hearts National Commander receives a$0..00 zero salary .
Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
· The Vietnam Veterans Association National Commander receives a$0..00 zero salary .
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 11:08 PM (bAGA/)
That is funny.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (baL2B)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf-fORxQvW0&feature=related
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 30, 2012 07:12 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 07:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Moron Tabernacle Choir at October 30, 2012 07:13 PM (dku0D)
Posted by: Secundus at October 30, 2012 07:13 PM (q4UzB)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:13 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 11:01 PM (JwW4z)
Me too. and my point. My father in law had it at his funereal. We use to sing god bless America on the fourth, now the ghey fuckers sing nothing.
Wonder why they are losing membership?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 30, 2012 11:09 PM (wR+pz)
That's just one of MANY reasons the Episcopal Church is losing members in droves...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 07:13 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Moron Tabernacle Choir at October 30, 2012 07:14 PM (dku0D)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 07:14 PM (ItCyz)
I plan to do the same. If you live in Oklahoma, there are only three judges appointed by Republicans to remember--they are. So for my fellow Okies, here you go.
P Thomas Thornbrugh -- appointed by Mary FallinKenneth L Buettner -- appointed by Frank Keating
Bay Mitchell -- appointed by Frank Keating
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:14 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: SA Rose hope mama winger is right at October 30, 2012 07:14 PM (bPJlD)
I hope the new trilogy is about Jar Jar. Mesa so happy to be seeing a new Star Wars filmie!
Oh God, I think I just threw up in my mouth writing that.
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:16 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: Drewbicle at October 30, 2012 07:16 PM (YqP7s)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 11:12 PM (P6QsQ)
From your lips to God's ears, as the saying goes....
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 07:16 PM (JwW4z)
Goodnight choir members. And you in the back there - no gum under the pews!
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 30, 2012 07:17 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Interested Party at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (RE+1w)
Look at ME: Meghan McCain trolls after #Sandy; ‘Still going with climate change not real, GOP?’; Update: ‘Comforted’ by Bloomberg’s tweets
http://tinyurl.com/8sg8782
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:18 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 07:19 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (LUnTP)
And for good measure here is Elvis' version of 'My Way' - recorded in concert just two months before he died.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf-fORxQvW0feature=related
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 30, 2012 11:12 PM
The boy could sing. Here's my fave live Presley number. "Burning Love" 1973 rehearsal. Elvis is belting it and the band is on fire...
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 30, 2012 07:20 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:21 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 07:21 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 07:23 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 11:19 PM
My dad and I voted last week, also in Texas, also for Mitt. It was a good feeling.
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 07:24 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Robert down to the last eight pounds and can't fuck this up at October 30, 2012 07:24 PM (LUnTP)
The organist at Miller Park still puts on a pretty good show if you get there early.
Posted by: Count von HeatherRadish™, at October 30, 2012 07:24 PM (hO8IJ)
Protesting something.
http://tinyurl.com/997t5a8
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 30, 2012 07:24 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Caryl Stern at October 30, 2012 07:24 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Reggie Love, Body Man at October 30, 2012 07:25 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:25 PM (kXoT0)
http://youtu.be/gBOP8t2hlFQ
Posted by: derit at October 30, 2012 07:25 PM (I88Jc)
Einstein to Bohr: When I screw much faster than light, I cum on the previous night.
Bohr to Einstein: Impressive, Herr Professor.
Posted by: It's all relative at October 30, 2012 07:25 PM (Q2wni)
...justified by what, precisely!?!?
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 11:23 PM (79EF9)
It's for the chilluns!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 07:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 30, 2012 07:26 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: TD, one of the proud 53% at October 30, 2012 07:27 PM (+uFux)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:27 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Secundus at October 30, 2012 07:27 PM (q4UzB)
In other news, I lost my job on October 10th and am expecting a job offer tomorrow! Was told today that as soon as the background check cleared, which should be tomorrow, they want to bring me on board. I'll count myself incredibly lucky if I end up being unemployed for only three weeks. I credit Kasich for Ohio's strong(er) economy. And also my badass resume.
Posted by: tdpwells at October 30, 2012 07:27 PM (7vA7k)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 30, 2012 07:28 PM (E6Xsl)
Posted by: political correctness czar at October 30, 2012 07:29 PM (nl7B6)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 07:29 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 07:30 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Robert at October 30, 2012 07:30 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: tdpwells at October 30, 2012 11:27 PM (7vA7k)
Good luck!
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 07:30 PM (baL2B)
CoolCzech would be snapping bras.
The guys would be asking for shirts.
Some disheveled nutjob would wander in off the street and start yelling about Romney losing in Ohio.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 30, 2012 07:31 PM (iNoh8)
Posted by: Lauren at October 30, 2012 07:31 PM (wsGWu)
In other news, I lost my job on October 10th and am expecting a job offer tomorrow! Was told today that as soon as the background check cleared, which should be tomorrow, they want to bring me on board. I'll count myself incredibly lucky if I end up being unemployed for only three weeks. I credit Kasich for Ohio's strong(er) economy. And also my badass resume.
Shouldn't you be thanking the dear LEADER for your good fortune. For if it had not been for Obama choosing to allow the sun to shine none of us would be here. He is the wellspring from which all good things flow... at least until November 6.
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:31 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: Lauren at October 30, 2012 11:31 PM (wsGWu)
You got it, girl. Barbara Curtis, on the list. And condolences to her family and those who loved her.
Posted by: Peaches at October 30, 2012 07:33 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 30, 2012 07:34 PM (/LkSO)
Two networks have emails from the NSC directly to military telling them to stand down in real time on Benghazi.
If true, its over for O. He was done anyway, but the disgust of the American people over this will be the true October surprise.
It will come out.
Posted by: Interested Party at October 30, 2012 11:18 PM (RE+1w)
This needs to come out now, Newt. Perhaps on Thursday, after his preznit lap in NJ to comfort. While presidents do this, you know dang well this is going to require some massive security. I am surprised Christie is allowing this, when Bloomberg said thanks but not now? Huh. And in Colorado last summer, during the wildfires, they basically told him they had no security to spare. I hope one of the bloated rats bites his bony ankle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 07:35 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Truman North at October 30, 2012 07:35 PM (I2LwF)
It is ground into all officers and those who are suspected of harboring contrary views are weeded out over the years.
They have their chain of command and protocols for the removal of officers that disobey the proper authorities.
anyone who thinks otherwise are daydreaming.
This is in reference to the rumors (which seem to be conceivable) about Gen. Ham attempting a rescue and being relieved of his command by his 2nd. (see drudge)
Whether this actually took place or not, it is an example of exactly the sort of circumstance that the military is prepared for.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 07:36 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 07:36 PM (DnLl2)
Posted by: no good deed at October 30, 2012 07:36 PM (mjR67)
Team R. should just take a shotgun full of advertising and fire it generally in the direction of the Midwest over and over and over again.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 30, 2012 07:36 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: helofixer at October 30, 2012 07:36 PM (DBPrN)
Two networks have emails from the NSC directly to military telling them to stand down in real time on Benghazi.
The problem is that Democrats hate the AC-130. Bill Clinton refused to send them to Mogadishu, and then there's this, about the shooting down of the helicopter carrying members of DEVGRU after the bin Laden killing:
These were the conditions into which Extortion 17 flew. While they were flying under the escort of two AH-64D Apache helicopters and an AC-130 gunship, because of the rules of engagement and the possibility that there were friendlies in the area, the escorts were not allowed to lay down assault fire around the landing zone.
As Extortion 17 was on its final approach to the landing zone, a Taliban crew appeared on top of a two-story qalat (a mud brick house) and fired off at least two RPGs at the helicopter. The second RPG struck near the back rotor of the Chinook, causing the crash.
Amazingly, because of the rules of engagement and the inability to determine whether there were any friendlies in the area, the Taliban team that shot Extortion 17 down was allowed to escape. The only fire from the escort craft noted in the CENTCOM report occurred several minutes after the crash to suppress any enemy attempting to approach the crash area.
That the Taliban team who killed their son was allowed to leave the scene unmolested after causing the greatest loss of life in Afghanistan since 2001 infuriates the Vaughns...The CENTCOM report indicates that the Task Force Commander declined to strike the Taliban targets with the Apaches or the AC-130 gunship because they couldnÂ’t confirm whether the group of Taliban they were following were carrying weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/d7vy8cd
Posted by: Llarry at October 30, 2012 07:37 PM (5l2tw)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 07:38 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:38 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 07:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Truman North at October 30, 2012 11:35 PM (I2LwF)
When are you heading up to Boston? I think it will be a blast!
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 30, 2012 07:39 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 07:40 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 30, 2012 07:41 PM (JMmQ9)
You expect them to let you taint the glory history of TehWon with inconvenient facts??
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 30, 2012 07:42 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at October 30, 2012 07:43 PM (kXoT0)
Further, the young couple running the pizza place were doing their laundry at the laundromat next to the apartment where they guy was holed up and were being cleared to leave while the police were using a bullhorn to tell "Sam" to answer his phone.
But there's nothing on the news.
I mean, there's someone armed and dangerous with a police standoff just two blocks from my house....and I get bupkis. Instead, some blithering ninnies are talking about how great the economy is doing.
And they wonder why people don't respect journalists.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 07:43 PM (kaalw)
It is falling apart for them, so we need to ...........http://tinyurl.com/dkozn5
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 30, 2012 07:43 PM (wR+pz)
http://tinyurl.com/8otgs4w
Posted by: Smash'em at October 30, 2012 07:45 PM (7Foks)
It is falling apart for them, so we need to ...........http://tinyurl.com/dkozn5
I hope you're correct but I still worry about the Senate. That cock Akin might ruin it.
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:45 PM (r4dYV)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/93tdchq
Posted by: Thorvald at October 30, 2012 07:46 PM (1V6Pv)
he's being supported by newt and other senators who want the numbers and don't care if he's a little loony tunes.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 07:46 PM (hqI/K)
Neils Bohr - "Yep. But don't bother writing it down. They'll never agree how to make it work for a greater good. "
Posted by: east of nowhere at October 30, 2012 07:47 PM (FAlrl)
Hey, ..... http://tinyurl.com/b3cdol
night all.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 30, 2012 07:48 PM (wR+pz)
he's being supported by newt and other senators who want the numbers and don't care if he's a little loony tunes.
If they don't take the Senate this election then heads should roll because this should have been a fait accompli when the Democrats have to defend 23 seats and the Republicans only 10.
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 07:49 PM (r4dYV)
(Can't raise a drink tonight --toughening my liver up for the Mittpocalypse.)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 11:29 PM (jKE+Z)
I feel ya. I'm a teetotaler myself, but damned if I'm not considering getting totally shit-faced that night as soon as I get home from poll worker duty. Probably only take one shot to do it, too.
Posted by: tdpwells at October 30, 2012 07:49 PM (7vA7k)
COme on Champ! Just cause the reporters didnt laugh their asses off in your face doesnt mean we take you seriously.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 30, 2012 07:50 PM (ovpNn)
That's quite a leap you're making. You're saying that because an AC-130 was ordered to not fire and two special-operations units were not allowed to make a rescue, that means our troops will fire on American citizens.
Lots of things make you think that American troops will fire on American citizens, don't they?
Let's make little wager: I'll bet you $10,000 that in our lifetimes there will never be an occasion in which the U.S. military is deployed en masse to quell a revolt by American citizens; there will not be a revolt by American citizens; and the U.S. military will not fire on American citizens.
What do you say? In the event I die before you, my heirs will pay you, and in the event you die before me, your heirs will pay me.
Posted by: Llarry at October 30, 2012 07:50 PM (5l2tw)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 30, 2012 07:51 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 07:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 07:53 PM (JMmQ9)
I am not nervous at all, lol. See, I know things. Obama will win. I am enjoying all the terrified wingnuts who are at least realistic. Bedwet much?
Lol.
Your lol-key is stuck. Better have it oiled.
Posted by: Llarry at October 30, 2012 07:53 PM (5l2tw)
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2012 07:53 PM (8wqqE)
I feel ya. I'm a teetotaler myself, but damned if I'm not considering getting totally shit-faced that night as soon as I get home from poll worker duty. Probably only take one shot to do it, too.
I've got a couple of cigars and a bottle of bourbon ready for the big day. Also, I planning on making homemade pizza and pudding along with Mexican Coke. I'm calling it my "Fuck You, Michelle" meal.
Posted by: Alex at October 30, 2012 07:55 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Greg at October 30, 2012 11:50 PM
You know that Reggie calls my love pole, "Mr.Warty"? Coz that's a thing.
Posted by: barry "silent duck" soetoro at October 30, 2012 07:56 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: logprof at October 30, 2012 07:56 PM (jKE+Z)
50 Not to sound heartless, but why the shock over flooding of streets near to the OCEAN?
I know.
It's the digging of tunnels...below sea level...near the ocean...that gets to me.
I mean, I learned about basic hydrology, digging in the sand at the beach.
One big wave and your holes fill up.
Mother Nature is a mean bitch, and no government program will ever change that
Yep. So true.
Mother Nature will break your heart.
Watching food crops wither and bake in the relentless heat this year, has been heartbreaking.
I don't know which worse...
Getting hit all at once by a mega-storm...or watching a slow disaster unfold.
Either way, Mother Nature can hurt you.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 07:57 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Brigitte Bardot at October 30, 2012 07:58 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Alex at October 30, 2012 11:55 PM (HwgHt)
I'm thinking BLT without the L or the T.
Posted by: tdpwells at October 30, 2012 08:00 PM (7vA7k)
Hey, ..... http://tinyurl.com/b3cdol
night all.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 30, 2012 11:48 PM (wR+pz)
Night, Billy Bob - and thanks for posting all the great music!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:00 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 30, 2012 08:00 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Assassin6 at October 30, 2012 08:00 PM (FfukH)
197 So Obama says in comments about Sandy - We Leave no One Behind.
This is even worse than the "you didn't build that" quote.
Way worse.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:01 PM (ipkPX)
Fifteen years of living in CA, you are constantly reminded that everything you knew could be gone in a heartbeat.
Mother Nature is a mean bitch, and you can only hope she doesn't come for you and yours this time
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:02 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 11:52 PM (kaalw)
Does the winner have to hug his garbage man?
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:02 PM (JwW4z)
Link? I'm curious.
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 08:03 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: CarolT at October 30, 2012 08:04 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 08:06 PM (opS9C)
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We all know water can't burn houses!!!
Posted by: Rosie O'Bighead at October 30, 2012 08:07 PM (AUeaU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7M55F6xoiE
The National Hymn.
Posted by: comatus at October 31, 2012 12:04 AM (qaVK+)
Wow - that gives me goosebumps! Thanks!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:07 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 30, 2012 08:07 PM (sZTYJ)
"The Moron Tab and Apple Choir". Posted by: huerfano
You're cracking me up man....there's nothing better than AOS morons!!
Posted by: JMKN1 at October 30, 2012 08:08 PM (JMKN1)
This would also apply to any other "retired" military who helped save civilians in Benghazi.
The concept that military honors are only for "active duty" military should go out the window when the battle is carried to us. Rick Rescorla acted in accord to the highest traditions of our military when attacked in his office at the World Trade Center.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at October 30, 2012 08:08 PM (t+Sdx)
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No, no, no.
He said we leave no one's behind.
Two timing bitch.
Posted by: Kal Penn at October 30, 2012 08:08 PM (AUeaU)
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Woods and Doherty acted stupidly.
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 30, 2012 08:09 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 11:52 PM (kaalw)
Does the winner have to hug his garbage man?
Is knowing your garbage man actually a thing somewhere? Someone actually criticized Romney for this! At least in Phoenix I couldn't tell you if I have the same garbage man week-to-week. The truck drives by, grabs the trash and the guys never leave their truck. There's no chance to establish a relationship there.
"Here's a box of my used pornos for the dump. Say... You want a hug?"
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 08:09 PM (r4dYV)
Posted by: wte9 at October 30, 2012 08:09 PM (6Tcdo)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 30, 2012 08:09 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Kalneva at October 30, 2012 08:09 PM (cQmXn)
Every time the walls and floor shook in Los Angeles, I told myself it was a reminder that I live in CA and wondered if this was the inevitable Big One
I'd hope that the hill opposite my building held in a 3 day rain when the water in the rain gutters turned chocolate brown. Then when the Santa Anas blew, I hoped a spark from colliding power wires didn't set the whole neighborhood on fire
Anyone living between the Appalachians and Rockies wonders when the next wall of gray clouds approaching will hit a shithouse in a cornfield or blow their homes apart
Hopefully at that time, some shithead elitist Manhattan writer doesn't pen a piece of shit saying they all deserved it for questioning AGW or believing in God
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:10 PM (wwsoB)
Most problems with FEMA isn't that they aren't there, but that they're glacially slow in getting things done, no less getting them done right
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:12 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Gerg sucking down 8" of nutty chocolate. at October 30, 2012 08:12 PM (t+Sdx)
221 Of all the pictures of Sandy aftermath, the ones showing the people looking at the burnt embers of their homes are the most awful.
I know....those are some awful scenes, aren't they.
Out here in the plains, we get massive fires, wind storms, tornadoes, torrential downpours and floods.
But they don't happen all at once...simultaneously.
And what's weird, is further south...people were getting dumped on by two feet or more...of snow.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:13 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Gerg sucking down 8 at October 30, 2012 08:15 PM (t+Sdx)
Most problems with FEMA isn't that they aren't there, but that they're glacially slow in getting things done, no less getting them done right
Posted by: kbdabear at October 31, 2012 12:12 AM (wwsoB)
Who can forget the acres and acres of FEMA trailers after Katrina?
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:15 PM (JwW4z)
I will be unbearable to any lefty that crosses my path that day.
Posted by: tdpwells at October 30, 2012 08:16 PM (7vA7k)
Part of me would disbelieve that it can snow in North Carolina at all, never mind in October.
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2012 08:16 PM (z9HTb)
I should've said this earlier but if Romney wins they need to send the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to DC to sing Battle Hymn of the Republic for the Inauguration.
And have lots of ambulances standing by as the fucking libtard MSM all have heart attacks.
Posted by: LGoPs at October 30, 2012 08:16 PM (f38e2)
Posted by: RWC at October 30, 2012 08:18 PM (t+Sdx)
And have lots of ambulances standing by as the fucking libtard MSM all have heart attacks.
Posted by: LGoPs at October 31, 2012 12:16 AM (f38e2)
THAT would be stunning! (The performance AND the MSM reaction
)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:19 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 08:19 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Naes at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (r4dYV)
Breezy Point has had its share of tragedies. That's where AA flight 587 fell on some houses, and it lost a good share of its residents to the 9-11 attacks
It was a heartbreaker, watching your home and your neighbors homes burning away and the fire dept can't reach you.
Thankfully no lives were lost.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (wwsoB)
Doesn't Dave in Fla have it at something like an 80 percent chance that the Gop gets at least to 51 seats and control?
Link? I'm curious..>>
>>
Here's a link to his site: http://difpolls.blogspot.com/
Now, I don't see anything on there about the Senate, but he does post his Senate odds on threads occasionally. If you're still around, Dave, please give us an update!.
Posted by: Clarence Beeks at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Kalneva at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (cQmXn)
> Romney leads Oakland County by 8.9 percent and Macomb County by 16 percent. Obama is up by 15.7 percent in Wayne County. That number does not include the city of Detroit where Obama owns nearly all votes.
Hmm.
Does that mean they didn't survey Detroit?
(I like the verb "owns" there, by the way.)
But what I started thinking was, can you get an actual poll of Detroit anymore? And are they able to hold an election at all?
I mean, I know from past elections that Wayne County is absurd. It comes in late with a big enough Democratic margin to swamp the rest of the state. (I think the margin for Wayne County in 2000 may have been greater for Al Gore than his *nationwide* margin of victory. Been a long time, and it might have been Wayne County, Michigan margin + Broward County, Florida margin > Gore nationwide victory margin. Too lazy to look it up.)
That was all 12 years ago before Detroit started shutting off lights, police, fire, and other services to swathes of the city. So my question is, do they just make up the election results now? If you don't have any law and order, how can they possibly hold a real election? You know Democrats are going to count those Wayne County "votes" somehow.
In 2010, Wayne County had a population of 1.8 million. In 2008 about 825,000 votes were cast for President, or about 46 percent of the entire population voted. By comparison, 42 percent of the entire US population voted. Despite the social breakdown, therefore, Wayne County managed a better turnout than the US as a whole.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 08:20 PM (DnLl2)
Posted by: RWC at October 30, 2012 08:21 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: helofixer at October 30, 2012 08:21 PM (DBPrN)
249I should've said this earlier but if Romney wins they need to send the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to DC to sing Battle Hymn of the Republic for the Inauguration.
And have lots of ambulances standing by as the fucking libtard MSM all have heart attacks.
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I love this idea!
That would be goosebump material.
And one thing is sure...there would not be mountains of trash, left behind from a Romney inaugural address.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:22 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: fluffy at October 31, 2012 12:16 AM
The Smokies are the highest mountains east of the Mississippi
What I always thought was cool in CA was to see snow on top of the mountains on a 70 degree day
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:22 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2012 08:23 PM (gjIQF)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 08:24 PM (CJGFl)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 08:24 PM (79EF9)
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
... and change
Posted by: John Lennon at October 30, 2012 08:25 PM (e8kgV)
I just got the mock election results from our local high school.
Romney/Ryan over Obama by 8 points! (Last election, the school went Obama over McCain by about 12.) Emkin beat Feinstein by 2, Bloomfield beat Ratman Waxman, and all of the crazy new tax initiatives lost by decisive margins.
There is hope.
Posted by: LASue at October 31, 2012 12:23 AM (gjIQF)
Was this a public High School?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:28 PM (kaalw)
Ok, she didn't quite blame the storm on global warming, but she has asked if we GOP deniers will rethink our heresy.....
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 30, 2012 08:28 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: comatus at October 30, 2012 08:28 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:29 PM (kc2b9)
Hope everyone else is holding up ok after the storm.
Posted by: Doc at October 31, 2012 12:24 AM (CJGFl)
Ouch... Stay warm and safe! Hope your power is restored soon...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:29 PM (JwW4z)
265 Night 2 without power for me. It's frigging cold.
Damn. Hope you get power back soon, Doc.
A candle in a tin can, can be a good hand-warmer.
If you've got them.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:30 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:30 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2012 08:30 PM (gjIQF)
Posted by: zeera at October 30, 2012 08:31 PM (Lv9bM)
Posted by: comatus at October 31, 2012 12:28 AM (qaVK+)
I have to admit, it wasn't until well-after-college that I came to realize that "Imagine" was a horror-fest. That it postulated a world without values and without value, that would inevitably dissolve into misery.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:33 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 08:33 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 08:33 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 30, 2012 08:34 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 31, 2012 12:28 AM (kaalw)
Yup!!
Posted by: LASue at October 31, 2012 12:30 AM (gjIQF)
Wow. I bet the teachers were shaken.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:34 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 30, 2012 08:35 PM (2CiZb)
Had to sell it. To a physics prof, at Princeton.
Still regret it. Even if it found a good home.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 30, 2012 08:35 PM (2c1Cq)
264 ...There is hope.
Posted by: LASue at October 31, 2012 12:23 AM (gjIQF)
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A public High School...in California?
Woah.
I'll bet the teachers there are in shock, that their indoctrination techniques are failing.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:35 PM (ipkPX)
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Barry certainly made it feel like the first time for me.
Posted by: Kal Penn at October 30, 2012 08:36 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:36 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: RWC at October 30, 2012 08:36 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 31, 2012 12:34 AM (2CiZb)
I watched Newt's bit in the sidebar....he was smiling with a little extra bit of canine showing.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:36 PM (kaalw)
Had a book signed by Bohr.
Had to sell it. To a physics prof, at Princeton.
Still regret it. Even if it found a good home.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 31, 2012 12:35 AM
Why did you HAVE to sell it? It would take a fair chunk of cash to get that out of my hands.
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 08:37 PM (yBF/9)
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Don't know the guy. Hey, let's talk about totally real things like...ManBearPig!!!
Posted by: Al Gore at October 30, 2012 08:38 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:38 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: dwagyak at October 30, 2012 08:39 PM (9pAD6)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 08:39 PM (RLZvP)
279 "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is... less popular down south than it is elsewhere although I think its less disliked now than in the past.
That's a myth.
The South was not as 'evil' as it has been portrayed.
And Elvis was raised in the south.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:40 PM (ipkPX)
Hope everyone else is holding up ok after the storm.
Posted by: Doc at October 31, 2012 12:24 AM (CJGFl)
I hope you're one of the lucky ones who gets power back up relatively soon.
My longest without power was for 5 days in 30 degree weather. I actually could layer clothes and blankets and stay warm enough, but I was so bored I couldn't stand it. I was very very cranky. I know others have gone much longer, and they have my sympathy and admiration.
Posted by: someone at October 30, 2012 08:40 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 30, 2012 08:41 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2012 08:42 PM (v2Cb9)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 08:43 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2012 08:44 PM (gjIQF)
Posted by: Dave at October 30, 2012 08:44 PM (v2Cb9)
Posted by: Yoko Ono at October 30, 2012 08:45 PM (+2rUY)
There's nothing evil about not caring for the north's combat song of choice. They had their battle hymns, too, and on the whole the south was significantly more church-goin' and religious than the North in the late 18th century.
Another favorite hymn is Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, for this stanza:
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it Prone to leave the God I love Take my heart, o take and seal it Seal it for thy courts above
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 08:46 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Barry O at October 30, 2012 08:46 PM (DXTKe)
Probably then, too, but that should read "late 19th century."
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 08:47 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 08:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 08:53 PM (79EF9)
My longest without power was for 5 days in 30 degree weather.
Mine was for 18 days, during ice storms...but we had a fireplace.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 08:53 PM (ipkPX)
If it weren't for their cougar weather gals with big boobehs, they wouldn't be worth watching
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 08:56 PM (wwsoB)
Mine was for 18 days,during ice storms...but we had a fireplace.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:53 AM (ipkPX)
As I said you have my admiration. I'm absolutely hooked on the comforts that are provided by electricity.
Posted by: someone at October 30, 2012 08:58 PM (bqjJT)
Another favorite hymn "The Church's One Foundation" The last three stanzas on the state of the church on earth ring powerfully for me:
Though with a scornful wonder we see her sore oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed, yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up, "How long?" And soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.
Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore; till, with the vision glorious, her longing eyes are blest, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.
Yet she on earth hath union with God the Three in One, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won. O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee.
Those old hymn writers weren't afraid to talk about the bad as well as the good, and their focus was always on God rather than how I feel about God.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 08:59 PM (r4wIV)
For the past several weeks, the 60-year-old San Francisco resident has frequently bolted awake in the middle of the night, in “a panic attack,” she said. She darts for her computer and checks the latest polls. Some days she’s so distraught that she can’t exercise.
Every morning, she gets e-mails from friends who’ve been just as sleepless. Most are so tense, they can croak out only a few words. “Very anxious.” “Worried.”
“Nothing more needs to be said,” said Edelman, a retired educational administrator.
“After I read Nate Silver the other day, I felt better,” Blume said.
http://tinyurl.com/979mrkf
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 09:02 PM (wwsoB)
312 TWC has their NBC News brethren telling us that it's all global warming
Fucking propagandists.
Yeah...the climate has been warming...since the last Ice Age!
And the core samples that have been taken, all along the North American coastlines...show that our coastal areas used to get hammered by bigger storms, with more frequency...than we have ever seen.
But then the AGW cultists don't want to talk about actual science.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:04 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 09:04 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 09:05 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 09:07 PM (CJGFl)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 09:07 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 09:07 PM (CJGFl)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 30, 2012 09:11 PM (Xf16Q)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 30, 2012 09:11 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 09:13 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 09:14 PM (kc2b9)
Well this is only the beginning of the Winter season.
We have no idea what sort of other storms could be hitting us.
So...my fellow morons, I highly recommend the 'Candle in a Tin Can' thing for warmth.
You can use a small can with a candle in it, to warm your hands.
You can position several larger cans with bigger candles in them, around in a room...and it will raise the temp, and take the chill off.
It's a cheap, easy prep for emergencies...that anyone can afford.
But you have to remember to do it, before the power goes out.
Candles sell out pretty quick.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:16 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 09:17 PM (CJGFl)
319...If I don't get power back by dusk tomorrow I'm out of here.
Sounds like a good plan, Doc.
I wouldn't wait even that long...if you can get out of there and get a nice warm room somewhere.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:20 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 09:22 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 09:26 PM (CJGFl)
Their party symbol is a modified swastika. That's one of those contests where we don't have anyone to cheer for.
Posted by: Methos at October 30, 2012 09:28 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 09:28 PM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at October 30, 2012 09:28 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: Doc at October 30, 2012 09:30 PM (CJGFl)
322 Doug Shoen and Pat Caddell were basically saying that Obama is winning because of Sandy and that Romney needs to bring up Benghazi again.
Saw that.
They keep saying that...that Romney should be hounding Barky over Benghazi.
Other libs on Fox have said this too.
I dunno.
They're Dems...it could easily blow up in Romney's face.
Because then, there would of course be the response that "Romney is politicizing the Benghazi tragedy".
Which is messed up...because the whole Benghazi tragedy was caused by politics.
Barky's politics.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:31 PM (ipkPX)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=battle+hymn+of+the+rebuplic+bagpipes
Posted by: bill-o at October 30, 2012 09:32 PM (AWwDY)
Now to mix the two:
http://tinyurl.com/9xp9qy7
"Captain said we must not go Backward !!"
Posted by: Cromagnum at October 30, 2012 09:33 PM (Gi3Fk)
Hi ont. Just watched the Sean Hannity Interview with Charles Woods. Tears streaming.
Yeah, sent a prayer for the people killed by this storm. Prayers sent.Terrible.
More terrible is a president who sat in a situation room and watched Americans being murdered, or more likely went to bed so he could hang out with JZ or whomever in LV.
Hope Fox keeps up this story.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 09:36 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 30, 2012 09:41 PM (+9AX9)
So exciting!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 30, 2012 09:42 PM (ovpNn)
Yeah, lets not politicize Bengazi.
Because obama is politicizing a storm!! He is sending out help via the fact that he is the president and can do this. Really people?
Man we are done as a country. Seeing it on Greta right now. Haley Barbour giving all the credit to obama, what exactly did he do?
Send in Fema, so fucking what.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 09:44 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 30, 2012 09:44 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 30, 2012 09:46 PM (E6Xsl)
338...A ship ran aground during Hurricane Sandy, then at the FEMA presser, the Herr_0 decided to throw out his campaign slogan twice.
Now to mix the two:
http://tinyurl.com/9xp9qy7
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Hah! I love that.
Excellent.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:47 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 30, 2012 09:48 PM (E6Xsl)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 30, 2012 09:51 PM (sZTYJ)
347Heres a question!
Where is the situation room photos while American heros were beingmurdered?
I think I saw them on Breibart.
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 30, 2012 09:54 PM (+9AX9)
Damn, with friends like these in washington? Romney really does not get how bad washington is.
They are all on the tit, and don't want to get off. Reps and Dems.. Fox & Cnn. They all go to the same parties, they live in the richest neighborhood in America, and we are all a bunch of dumbasses.
They all fucking suck.
Flush The Washington Toilet!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 09:58 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 31, 2012 01:48 AM (E6Xsl)
Those were both beautiful, even though I didn't understand what they were saying.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 09:58 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 30, 2012 09:59 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 31, 2012 01:59 AM (sZTYJ)
Hey you disappeared when I told you who I had the email fight with? You OK?
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:02 PM (2Nzn8)
352...Flush The Washington Toilet!!
Being in congress was never intended to be a full time gig.
I liked Rick Perry's idea...make it an 'every other year' type of thing, like it is with many State Legislatures.
Make them go home and have to get real jobs, when congress is not in session.
They can do less harm that way.
But people freaked out over that idea.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:06 PM (ipkPX)
352...Flush The Washington Toilet!!
Being in congress was never intended to be a full time gig.
I liked Rick Perry's idea...make it an 'every other year' type of thing, like it is with many State Legislatures.
Make them go home and have to get real jobs, when congress is not in session.
They can do less harm that way.
But people freaked out over that idea.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 02:06 AM (ipkPX)
Yeah, the whole i want to serve my country ala Jimmy Stewart in that dumb ass movie to help my fellow Americans thing is bs.
Yep, they get rich, and we all get less Freedom. Socialism/Marxism/Communism is here, and they all Love it!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:11 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:17 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:20 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 02:06 AM (ipkPX)
Yeah, the whole i want to serve my country ala Jimmy Stewart in that dumb ass movieto help my fellow Americans thing is bs.
Yep, they get rich, and we all get less Freedom. Socialism/Marxism/Communism is here, and they all Love it!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 31, 2012 02:11 AM (2Nzn
It's easier than that -- right before the election, line all congressmen up in a row and shoot every tenth one from a randomly selected start. All the smart ones will resign the day before, and 1/10th of the others will be "retired".
Posted by: cthulhu at October 30, 2012 10:21 PM (kaalw)
359 Well wheatie, I guess i killed the ont, I Not Sorry!
Prolly not dead...just moving slow.
I was watching the replay of Greta.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:24 PM (ipkPX)
"That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange æons even death may die."Posted by: Nyaruko at October 30, 2012 10:30 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: zeera at October 30, 2012 10:33 PM (Lv9bM)
It's easier than that -- right before the election, line all congressmen up in a row and shoot every tenth one from a randomly selected start. All the smart ones will resign the day before, and 1/10th of the others will be "retired".
Posted by: cthulhu at October 31, 2012 02:21 AM (kaalw) Sorry, I said what I thought about DC! Just my opinion.
If ya dont see me on the ont, well I will see ya at the indoctrination camp, tee hee!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:37 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: zeera at October 30, 2012 10:41 PM (Lv9bM)
Night ont. Gonna eat jelly beans.
And before jimi ray or some such gives me shit, jelly beans are just that!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:43 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: bergerbilder at October 30, 2012 10:44 PM (bErUT)
Does anyone find "Happy Halloween" inappropriate? I find it analogous to "Have a fun Good Friday." It's supposed to be, well, unsettling.
For sheer firepower in a hymn, it's hard to beat Old Hundredth, the Doxology. Known in our country as "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," although there's a filthy monarchist version Over There, "All creatures of our God and King." We don't much hold with that.
Posted by: comatus at October 30, 2012 10:51 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 10:53 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: t-bird at October 30, 2012 11:06 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: and irresolute at October 30, 2012 11:09 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: t-bird at October 30, 2012 11:11 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 30, 2012 11:21 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 30, 2012 11:58 PM (IlZPo)
They can do less harm that way.
If you buy DJIA when congress recesses and sell it when they reconvene, you'll beat the market averages. This is a historical trend that goes back like 100 years.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 31, 2012 12:00 AM (hoU2k)
377 ...If you buy DJIA when congress recesses and sell it when they reconvene, you'll beat the market averages. This is a historical trend that goes back like 100 years.
Really? But which ones?
The DJIA covers a lot of different stocks.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:09 AM (ipkPX)
371...Don't you want lawyers huddled together making laws for you EVERY SINGLE DAY?!?!
No. That's okay.
I think they should take a break.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:12 AM (ipkPX)
370 Well White Castle burgers came out in favor of Romney! RACISTSSSSS!!
I love their little burgers! Good for them.
Wish they had some locations in my area.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:16 AM (ipkPX)
377 ...If you buy DJIA when congress recesses and sell it when they reconvene, you'll beat the market averages. This is a historical trend that goes back like 100 years.
Really? But which ones?
The DJIA covers a lot of different stocks.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 04:09 AM (ipkPX)
You can buy index funds that are comprised of all the Dow Jones Industrials - 30 total stocks.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 31, 2012 12:20 AM (JwW4z)
Seen this?
This is...so fukin brilliant...it has to go viral.
Steven Crowder, illustrates Barky's policy of 'redistribution'...by taking little kids Halloween candy and redistributing it to the other kids.
Ha!
http://youtu.be/fHNBr3PZQaE
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 04:06 AM (ipkPX)
That's great!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 31, 2012 12:20 AM (JwW4z)
And since it is now Halloween...
A classic:
'All You Zombies' by the Hooters.
[one of my favorite 80's songs]
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:27 AM (ipkPX)
Even if R/R get elected, this country has a brutal 20 year slog ahead of it to restore its former glory.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 31, 2012 12:34 AM (hoU2k)
387 I wouldn't put a lot into anything right now though...
Most of the Dow right now is kind of inflated, imo.
Pricey, too.
Got some penny stocks, natural gas mostly.
If R/R gets in...they could do well.
Posted by: wheatie at October 31, 2012 12:38 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: bergerbilder at October 31, 2012 01:12 AM (bErUT)
Posted by: DeusExMachina at October 31, 2012 01:36 AM (6RTwM)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 01:50 AM (PNi9V)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 01:56 AM (HEWhR)
Posted by: GMB sub assult group leader. Vegatable Liberation Front. at October 31, 2012 01:58 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 02:01 AM (K4AdI)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 31, 2012 02:02 AM (IlZPo)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 02:04 AM (K4AdI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 02:04 AM (XSFXq)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 31, 2012 02:04 AM (IlZPo)
Posted by: GMB sub assult group leader. Vegatable Liberation Front. at October 31, 2012 02:07 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 02:08 AM (erYRT)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 31, 2012 02:09 AM (X3lox)
I'd been hard on my heart
Searchin' my soul
Tryin' to find a little truth
The things a man needs to know
I couldn't find it in a book
Or a faded magazine
I found it in my daddy's old records
Oozin' amphetamines
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 31, 2012 06:08 AM
Excellent. The tune can write itself around that. Thumbs up.
Posted by: otho at October 31, 2012 02:21 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 02:22 AM (XSFXq)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 31, 2012 02:26 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 02:31 AM (XSFXq)
Like I said yesterday, Christie is going overboard with Obama, doesn't surprise me he's always been about Christie, he always thinks he's right and loves to hear the sound of his own voice. He didn't have to do this 1 week before the election, he could have said thank you for the money and been respectful. What the point of the photo op in Jersey with the President, how does that even help N.J. ?
Posted by: spypeach at October 31, 2012 02:41 AM (pwTow)
92 Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic
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Perhaps when things aren't back to normal immediately, even with a black POTUS, things will change. There has been some looting in NYC already and arrests, but little reporting of it. I genuinely wonder if when Obama loses, what will happen if they, or anyone else needs his action? I guess he will do NOTHING out of spite.
Posted by: Baldy at October 31, 2012 02:46 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 02:47 AM (XSFXq)
Good morning.
Posted by: SurferDoc at October 31, 2012 02:48 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 02:49 AM (XSFXq)
Posted by: Draki at October 31, 2012 03:17 AM (L8r/r)
I know these things. Really.
Posted by: SurferDoc at October 31, 2012 03:47 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2012 06:22 AM (XSFXq)
The people who shake his hand will be comforted, I guess. But the millions without power, standing in water and picking out the remains of their belongings while calling insurance agents won't see it or care. The parents with hungry and cold children won't see his photo shop or care.
Many presidents wait until the initial crisis is controlled to visit an area. Not this guy, whose campaign is running on fumes.
Sorry for what you have been through FenelonSpoke. I have had to evacuate many times, but have always come back to a dry and intact home. I know many who are not so lucky.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 31, 2012 05:47 AM (baL2B)
Regarding The Battle Hymn of the Republic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9kCKkOxzs
Herbie Mann
Posted by: Bruce at October 31, 2012 10:24 PM (Y4E8a)
Posted by: Draki at November 01, 2012 04:16 AM (L8r/r)
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