July 04, 2012
— Maetenloch
Albeit a well meaning one showing the signing of the declaration of independence as it should have happened:
In fact, the oil-painting version of this event is wrong in almost every respect. The critical vote for independence actually took place on July 2, and John Adams wrote to his wife predicting that that date would "be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary festival." A copy of the final document was sent to the printer on July 4, but that copy is lost, so we have no idea who signed it-possibly John Hancock, possibly others, possibly no one at all. Some of the 56 signatories of the document we have today weren't even present in July, so most historians accept delegate Thomas McKean's 1796 account of the signing: it didn't begin until August 2, when a new handwritten copy, one that had been ordered back on July 19, was presented to Congress. Signatures trickled in for years afterward, and some men who had been instrumental in the declaration's creation, like New York's Robert Livingston, never got to sign. McKean himself didn't add his name until sometimes between 1777 and 1781.
So How Did Fireworks Become America's Fourth of July Pastime?
Because John Adams fucking wanted it that way:
Before the Declaration of Independence was even signed, he envisioned fireworks as a part of the festivities. In a letter to Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776, he wrote that the occasion should be commemorated "with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more." The first commemorative Independence Day fireworks were set off on July 4, 1777. The Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote that in Philadelphia, "The evening was closed with the ring of bells, and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated." The paper noted that "Everything was conducted with the greatest order and decorum, and the face of joy and gladness was universal."
NYT, MSNBC Not Really Into The Independence Day Thang
Chris Rock Not Into 'White People's' Day Either
Because you never know when these kind of skillz might come in handy. Note this is a training flight and that includes use of the venerable E6B flight computer.
Despite their age-they have been flying since the 1950s-the B-52 Stratofortress is still the backbone of the US Air Force's strategic bombing force. These jet-powered beasts can deliver up to 70,000 pounds of weapons to any target around the globe. That includes nuclear weapons, of course.This video shows an entire training mission, from pre-flight checks to aerial refueling. It even includes one of those crazy low pass flybys.
This B-52 belongs to the 96th Bomb Squadron, taking off from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, on April 18, 2012.
The Epic Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin Rap Battle
Retro Ace: What was going on at the HQ this time in previous years
The 4th Of JulyAlert: Jackie Mackey Paisley Passey Spotting
No Sympathy, Really
Fold Up the Flags, We Must Atone
A Little Fourth of July Music
Charles Krauthammer Issues Conservative Bull: It's Okay for Ace of Spades HQ to Use the F-Bomb
The New Ace of Spades HQ Theme
Moar Yearbooks: Super Models in High School
Not ugly ducklings but not yet swans either. Probably had sharp elbows too.
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Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 05:44 PM (Xb3hu)
Weeks after announcing a ban on soft drinks greater than 16 oz, Bloomberg officiates Nathan's hotdog-eating contest. Winner consumes 21k calories in one sitting.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 04, 2012 05:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 05:45 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at July 04, 2012 05:45 PM (2TVb6)
Bloomberg officiates Nathan's hotdog-eating contest. Winner consumes 21k
calories in one sitting.
LOL, Niedermeyer! What an ass that guy is
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 05:46 PM (kpCLl)
Why I Lie: An AthleteÂ’s PR Guy Comes Clean
http://tinyurl.com/6pvxz3r
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 05:48 PM (Y+DPZ)
Bloomberg officiates Nathan's hotdog-eating contest. Winner consumes 21k
calories in one sitting.
Just make sure you wash it down with diet soda.
Posted by: fluffy at July 04, 2012 05:49 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 05:49 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 05:50 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 04, 2012 05:51 PM (Ho2rs)
What I learned from watching the HBO "John Adams" series today. Early presidents had little in the way of pomp, pageantry and "perks" but acted out of concern for the Constitution and the Country.
By comparison, today's presidents are "Royalty in a bubble" and care far more about politics than country.
Posted by: DietTrying at July 04, 2012 05:51 PM (MMK/s)
As my man Chris Rock says, it's just White Independence Day. MSNBC still enslaves me by paying me only 10,000 to show up tonight
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 05:52 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 04, 2012 05:57 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: Rev Al Sharpton at July 04, 2012 09:52 PM
14 # Forgot to enter Al Sharpton sock .. DOH
Posted by: shar at July 04, 2012 05:57 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 05:57 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 05:59 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 05:59 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 04, 2012 05:59 PM (Te31r)
Posted by: Barack "I ♥ Mau Mau" Obama at July 04, 2012 06:00 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:01 PM (kpCLl)
***
When was the last time we used them? Gulf War 1?
There is something very wrong with the fact that they did not pay a visit to Falljuah. And Damascus. And Tehran.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:03 PM (AUeaU)
I'm sure the people of those countries will welcome your critique, and enjoy your brand of "humor." I'm sure you don't want our filthy "white" money, anyway.
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 06:03 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:05 PM (dZmFh)
Their first demand was the return of their ship that got stolen 2 minutes after they left it
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 06:05 PM (Y+DPZ)
***
Slavery has been around for pretty much all of human history.
Or was. Until British, American, and French Christians decided to "enforce their morality" on everyone else and end it.
The places it has existed since the abolition movement are exactly the places where Christianity was not able to exert influence - in socialist and muslim states.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:06 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:06 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:07 PM (kpCLl)
Appropriate to Obamacare
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 10:03 PM
It's a TAX, not a COOKBOOK !!!
Posted by: John Roberts at July 04, 2012 06:07 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Stan at July 04, 2012 06:08 PM (SHnz5)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:09 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:10 PM (dZmFh)
***
George Washington had the opportunity to become a king and choose to become a great President.
Barack Obama had the opportunity to become a great president and choose to try to become a king. And a bad one.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:10 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 04, 2012 06:10 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 04, 2012 06:10 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: joncelli at July 04, 2012 06:11 PM (Rioqw)
***
When I suck down a sausage it is usually only around 8in.
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 04, 2012 06:11 PM (AUeaU)
I note the historical rference to The Interwebz' Most Highest-Quality 86-Percenter (a good B+) Girl, Jackie Mackey Paisley Passey ... yet there's no photo.
Could this mean that she's swapped the stylish wardrobe choices from Macys for something ... Sears-ish?
... my memory has just been sold ...
Posted by: Lance LaBoeuf, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at July 04, 2012 06:11 PM (JN1ni)
Posted by: Y-not at July 04, 2012 06:11 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:12 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 04, 2012 06:12 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 04, 2012 06:13 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:13 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 04, 2012 06:14 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:16 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:16 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Mindy at July 04, 2012 06:16 PM (fOu52)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 04, 2012 06:17 PM (Te31r)
Being raised in Indonesia, he was never privy to these entertaining and informational jewels. They put it all in terms even he can understand.
http://bit.ly/O6CxnW
http://bit.ly/bxiYq
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 04, 2012 06:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:17 PM (dZmFh)
Really? What's it about? I can't tell from the trailers.
Posted by: Y-not at July 04, 2012 10:11 PM (5H6zj)
First, the trailers are misleading. It is NOT a kid's movie. It's hard R with profanity and about 5 seconds of breasts. It'a about a bullied kid who gets a big teddy bear for Christmas, and wishes that the bear could be real. Next morning, it is. They grow up together as best friends. The bear is, well, incorrigible, a profanity-spewing, non-PC riot
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 04, 2012 06:18 PM (AxHOT)
***
A man can always choose the right thing. Every single day he can change course.
There was no reason to expect Barack would be a great President, but nothing to stop him from leaving behind his narcissism and immorality either.
One side note, being president actually isn't that hard. Yes it requires leadership, judgement (especially of your appointees), and the ability to make the toughest of choices. But I daresay a significant portion of AoS, were they to throw their hats in the ring and win, would be an above average president...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:19 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 06:19 PM (Y+DPZ)
I don't think he will file charges.. but you never know. This kid is a great guy til he's drunk. I mean, I have known him for 8 years and I love him, he's part of our lives but I can't stand him when he is drinking. He had a horrible childhood, abuse etc. What bothers me the most is one version of the story is they were both still beating this guy even after he had given up. I hope that isn't true. He says it not.
Posted by: jewells45 at July 04, 2012 06:20 PM (UljOc)
I've cooked rescued dog too.
Posted by: president o'bumbles at July 04, 2012 06:20 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:20 PM (mKMj1)
***
As requested, a girl posing commando
http://tinyurl.com/7uhyv44
You know you want to click it...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:21 PM (AUeaU)
Muthafucka has had plenty of opportunities to play golf and ride around in the spiffy plane and stripmine celebrities. He hasn't missed any of those, that I can tell. I guess it's a matter of perspective.
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:21 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 06:21 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Mark at July 04, 2012 06:21 PM (fEXaF)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 04, 2012 06:22 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:22 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: kbdabear
No. It's natural.
Fortunately, they are imaginary characters played by actors, so you aren't even wishing ill on real people.
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:23 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 04, 2012 06:23 PM (UljOc)
****
God Bless. Prayers for your family.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 04, 2012 06:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:24 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 04, 2012 06:24 PM (Te31r)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 04, 2012 06:24 PM (UljOc)
****
It opened in first place with more than $54M. I was surprised.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 04, 2012 06:24 PM (piMMO)
I've spent better 4ths. This was one was in the hospital, with an infected kidney. Good news is, I got great care and should be going home tomorrow: thank God for antibiotics and the US health-care system! So, it was a bit of a bummer, but it could have turned out a *lot* worse.
Posted by: Brown Line at July 04, 2012 06:25 PM (PkHR8)
Posted by: Barry XVI at July 04, 2012 06:25 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Floyd the barber, in terror of sheriff taylor's madness at July 04, 2012 06:25 PM (cupkC)
***
Hey, its all good. But I have one question for you.
Are you going to finish that?
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 04, 2012 06:25 PM (AUeaU)
If Obamatax isn't overturned, is it ethical to drop your insurance coverage?
I have willingly paid for my own health insurance since I was 22, since it was the right thing to do, the grown up thing to do. I went without, so I could do this grown-up thing.
Maybe it's a character flaw, but if the government says I HAVE to buy something to be a citizen in good standing, that makes me want to aim to misbehave.
The tax would be cheaper than my insurance coverage, and I haven't had a need to see my primary care physician for 3 years.
Part of me feels that's cheating, but I didn't ask the government to force me to buy a product as a condition of being a citizen in good standing.
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 06:25 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: joncelli at July 04, 2012 06:26 PM (Rioqw)
Part of me feels that's cheating, but I didn't ask the government to force me to buy a product as a condition of being a citizen in good standing.
****
No means....yes.
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 04, 2012 06:27 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:27 PM (mKMj1)
***
I think we may have reached the point where there is no moral duty to obey the law. The government doesn't have the consent of the governed, and enforces whatever whims it wants.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2012 06:28 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Floyd the barber, in terror of sheriff taylor's madness at July 04, 2012 06:29 PM (cupkC)
Posted by: Sonnyspats at July 04, 2012 06:29 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:29 PM (dZmFh)
So, do what seems right to you. If it's a minor act of rebellion, maybe that's what's needed.
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:31 PM (mKMj1)
Gah, it's a conundrum.
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 06:32 PM (g7D8V)
***
I couldn't agree more.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2012 06:32 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 06:32 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Floyd the barber, in terror of sheriff taylor's madness at July 04, 2012 06:34 PM (cupkC)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:34 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:36 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Tjexcite at July 04, 2012 06:36 PM (iT7Tc)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 04, 2012 06:38 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 04, 2012 06:38 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 10:32 PM (Xb3hu)
Find him, hang him in public, and let our alleged "partners" know just how far our cooperation and mercy extend, and show what happens when those boundaries are crossed.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 04, 2012 06:39 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:41 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 04, 2012 06:42 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2012 06:42 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 04, 2012 06:43 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:44 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 04, 2012 06:45 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 06:47 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 04, 2012 06:47 PM (d9ErJ)
Lots of fireworks in my area were canceled because of fire danger--not the main St. Louis city fireworks, which are shot from a barge in the Mississippi--but most of the surrounding towns.
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 06:48 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 10:47 PM
Sounds like a war zone in my neighborhood
Back in LA, the popping sounds I heard often were illegals firing guns in the air. The fireworks in Glendale and Burbank sounded cool echoing off the mountain though
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 06:50 PM (Y+DPZ)
You know CJ Roberts too, Peaches? Small world.
Posted by: president o'bumbles at July 04, 2012 06:54 PM (nrW1y)
There are advantages to living on the only terrain feature in miles on end. We can see fireworks shows right up the Peninsula and some from the East Bay.
Posted by: Dianna at July 04, 2012 06:54 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 04, 2012 06:54 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 04, 2012 06:55 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 06:55 PM (dZmFh)
I mean in addition to Independence Day, not instead of it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 04, 2012 10:55 PM (bxiXv)
New Years?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 06:57 PM (HWUv9)
The B52s were used all over Iraq and are still being used in A-stain as appropriate. There's just few targets left for 250# JDAMs IIRC smallest in inventory now.
Blowing entire towns to Mars on live TV is not current policy. Given that the Inter-turban pressure has driven our irhabist enemy beyond deterability I agree with it temporarily.
Good news is the Army blowd up some Talibs with a JDAM artillery round from 22 miles away last month.
Dear Mahmoud, hasn't been nice knowing ya. AMF
Posted by: DaveA at July 04, 2012 06:57 PM (864A5)
Posted by: DavidR at July 04, 2012 06:57 PM (myanI)
You mean something like, I dunno, New Year's Eve?
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2012 06:57 PM (kpCLl)
Heh yeah about the same here. Reminds me of HS in LA most days...although that was gunfire not fireworks! My neighbor hooked up a sweet 50% off deal and brought back a load of fireworks from the beach, its over now, glad they didn't burn our place down!
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 06:58 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at July 04, 2012 06:58 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 04, 2012 06:58 PM (XYqoq)
As requested, a girl posing commando...
And posing "bullpup", too if I am not mistaken. Okay, I will surrender to her, but only if she promises to include sexual torture in her horrible plans for me. Repeatedly.
Posted by: sherlock at July 04, 2012 06:59 PM (f29LO)
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 10:03 PM (g7D8V)
Agree much with your comment about present-day slavery. However, much of the South of that era forgot about their country's founding, which was the reason there was a war at all. Also, that war wasn't the end of things with Americans of African descent. The end of things happened only in my life time (I'm 50).
That said, my step-dad said something interesting this morning when I talked to him on the phone. (I live in CA; Dad and Mom live in NM.) My parents turned 70 this year and Dad said that theirs was the first generation of black Americans who were truly free to do what they wanted. They could live where they wanted, go to school where they wanted, work where they wanted (mostly), and worship how they wanted.
Dad said that his generation of black Americans squandered their new opportunities, chiefly in the way of worship. He says that we forgot who got us through the bad old days: the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
I reminded him that I knew this to be true. My parents weren't Christians until they were in their 40s and neither I nor my sisters were Christians until we were in our 30s (our parents were, no doubt, praying for us).
Here's the thing: freedom didn't happen in 1863. It happened in 1964. And what you see from black Americans at present stems, for the most part, from two 1960s issues: the extension of real American freedom to her citizens who are black and America's turning away from God. Black Americans got free fifty years ago and we fucked it up. Certainly, we aren't the first to do that. (See: ancient Israel).
Thinkers, please try to remember that.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 06:59 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 04, 2012 07:00 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: CDR M at July 04, 2012 07:02 PM (EFzYw)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 07:02 PM (6kWFm)
I mean in addition to Independence Day, not instead of it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 04, 2012 10:55 PM (bxiXv)
Da! The Glorious October Revolution Day!
Posted by: Comrade Lenin at July 04, 2012 07:03 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff celebrates freedom from pants at July 04, 2012 07:03 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 10:55 PM (dZmFh)
You should arrange play-dates, now that you've met.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 07:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 07:04 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 07:04 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2012 07:07 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: moki at July 04, 2012 07:08 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 07:08 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: CDR M at July 04, 2012 07:08 PM (EFzYw)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:09 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 07:09 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2012 11:07 PM (nrW1y)
If it was a cap gun that'd give knew meaning to busting one in yo ass, amirite?
Right?
Where's everyone going?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 07:09 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 07:11 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: derit at July 04, 2012 07:11 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Dick Cheney at July 04, 2012 07:12 PM (JOnLy)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 07:12 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 07:13 PM (ejmiE)
Trouble is, she had ugly legs, not mis-shapen or anything, but poorly proportioned.
But at that age, who's gonna tell her she's got "piano legs"?
Frank Sinatra's gone...
(he used to say that about Nancy Reagan)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 04, 2012 07:13 PM (pJbuO)
I guess the thing that grates is a multi-millionaire going on Twitter on Independence Day to whine about Teh Injustice. Did Chris Rock's parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents have it bad? Yes. On the other hand, Chris Rock has a life I will never have (and I don't begrudge him his money or his talent). I used to be an Irish Republican, and one of our annoying traits was to constantly bitch about the whole of British history, especially the famine.
I finally gave that shit up when I realized that the famine was 170 years ago, it did nothing to me personally, no one alive was to blame, and I got a better life than my Irish ancestors because they did get out of that hellhole during the famine.
I do like where you're coming from though. I just disagree with idiots like Mr. Rock, who believe that you can't love your country unless it is entirely sinless in nature.
Posted by: Palandine at July 04, 2012 07:14 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 04, 2012 07:15 PM (nrW1y)
Wait, George Zimmerman got arrested *again*?
Posted by: MSM at July 04, 2012 07:15 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: CDR M at July 04, 2012 07:16 PM (EFzYw)
Posted by: CDR M at July 04, 2012 11:13 PM (EFzYw)
Carjacking.
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 11:13 PM (ejmiE)
Said it was ok because it was taxing.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 07:16 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:16 PM (IoNBC)
Like I said, Jaws loves the pretty spirals, because I haven't ever seen Rivers step up big when it counts
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 07:16 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Whitehall at July 04, 2012 07:17 PM (1+mGd)
Now I feel better, even though Big Sis probably ordered up a drone strike over my house tomorrow for breakfast.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Three years back when the govt was doing the 2010 census, we census takers had to get a GPS fix on the residences we were looking at, and send the data via hand-held computers to some collector orbiting upstairs.
In the end (or so the story goes) the system was so buggy they had to scrap it, but I often wondered if the co-ordinates were to be used someday to call incoming fire.
After all, with Google Earth and other geo-mapping sites, , what was the point???
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 04, 2012 07:18 PM (pJbuO)
Posted by: CDR M at July 04, 2012 07:18 PM (EFzYw)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 07:20 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:20 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 07:21 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 04, 2012 07:21 PM (uVuwp)
Let him fire?
Drop the weapon and kick it over there, downwind away from my cruiser.
Posted by: DaveA at July 04, 2012 07:21 PM (864A5)
After all, with Google Earth and other geo-mapping sites, , what was the point???
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 04, 2012 11:18 PM
The more they overtech the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain
Texas college hacks drone in front of DHS
http://tinyurl.com/8y7uedl
Posted by: Montgomery Scott at July 04, 2012 07:24 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: DavidR at July 04, 2012 07:25 PM (myanI)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 04, 2012 07:25 PM (NYOOZ)
Pride is the worst sin. Most people can't give it up no matter what. The Big Guy has been dealing with me on that issue for some time. But one has to actually *know* that it's an issue in the first place.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 07:27 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: Barry Obama, Earle of Cornhole at July 04, 2012 07:27 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 04, 2012 07:29 PM (pJbuO)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:30 PM (IoNBC)
Their hypocrisy is proof that they're a bunch of lying pansy-ass bitches. Didn't Alec Baldwin promise to leave after G W Bush got re-elected in 2004? Although I don't like how our country is going, I'll stay and fight for the Constitution. Wolverines y'all!
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 07:30 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 11:27 PM (6kWFm)
Gluttony is. Now put that soda down and come out with your hands up so we may execute this search warrant for any contraband Big Gulps.
Posted by: Mikey Bloomberg at July 04, 2012 07:31 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 07:32 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to camp at July 04, 2012 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
With a tax. Duh.
Posted by: Taxin' John Roberts at July 04, 2012 07:35 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 04, 2012 07:35 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:35 PM (IoNBC)
baldilocks, thanks for your comments and (IIRC), your service
That newspaper front page is teh awesome, thanks for posting.
And check out the date. June 12, 1942. Memory's suffering from cabernet syndrome, but I believe Coral Sea was early May. That's how long it took for news to travel then - of course it was real news, even censored, compared to today's toxic marinade.
Gotta check it, but I believe the Lexington sailed directly from North Island/San Diego to the Coral Sea engagement, which at the time represented an "express" approach, skipping Pearl Harbor. It was the first Pacific battle driven by code-breaking - we knew the Japs were heading for New Guinea as as a preparation for menacing Australia. Nimitz scrambled Yorktown and Lexington to disrupt.
Japan believed Yorktown was sunk - not unreasonable, but incorrect. The air wing from one of their carriers took significant losses, the other suffered some damage to the ship itself. These two seemingly minor facts contributed directly to the Midway victory. Tokyo did not believe Yorktown was available, as she was, and played a major role. Due to Japanese practice of inseparably pairing air wings and carriers, they kept both Coral Sea carriers out of the Midway fight (Shokaku and Zuikaku) - one without choice due to battle damage, but the other solely because the air wing was under-strength and they would not reinforce from the other carrier (no other carrier power would hesitate to have done so). Thus: four carriers at Midway instead of six, the full Dai Ichi Kido Butai (first mobile striking force).
As for the Fourth - couldn't get into it. Really not feeling much enthusiasm for the current electorate (a country is its people, not lines on a map or words on paper), and speechless beyond word at our collapsed institutions. Snaked a drain, did some gardening, studied more technical aspects of reloading for the M1 Garand, sold some luggage off of craigslist, did laundry, salted some lemons, and will sit on the back porch and puff a cigar while watching (more hearing) the many many fireworks displays just out of sight (all but one or two) in the distance on the coast.
Didn't put the flag out. Reminds me of the rules in Iraq, where we could never display the flag (but I have one that flew briefly over our temporary chancery in the Green Zone - a guerrilla operation a few of us pulled off specifically to generate souvenirs for ourselves). Fireworks are not like the sounds of fun in Iraq. Mortars were sharp cracks, rockets were almost all duds but more of a boom when they weren't, car bombs were deep booms echoing off buildings and across the river.
One election - though I expect it will be an epic blow-out - won't change much, either. The ignorance and ugliness I see in so many "educated" people - the envy, the greed, the racism, the lack of responsibility, the smallness - this has produced the current absurd regime and the lawlessness and collapse of institutions (OK, I'm in CA, which is jaw-droppingly stupid, at least among "educated" people along the coasts). Wine and cigars are nice, though.
Posted by: non-purist at July 04, 2012 07:36 PM (yJ3Du)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 11:27 PM (6kWFm)
Gluttony is. Now put that soda down and come out with your hands up so we may execute this search warrant for any contraband Big Gulps.
Posted by: Mikey Bloomberg at July 04, 2012 11:31 PM (HWUv9)
Me no drink soda, Mikey. Now whatcha gonna do, little sawed-off socialist? Haha!
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 07:38 PM (6kWFm)
Iced Earth - When The Eagle Cries
http://youtu.be/-o6xrSyhVhc
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:33 PM (HWUv9)
Good stuff, thanks Robert! On that subject, you Massachusetts morons should check out Joe Feloni, he's a true Patriot and a moron-in-waiting. I look forward to hearing him play in person.
http://tinyurl.com/cthtunz
Posted by: NC Ref at July 04, 2012 07:43 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 07:45 PM (IoNBC)
I talked to some of the guys in his unit. It was an absolutely freak thing. A goatfucker with a primitive mortar tube built a berm and fired it hoping for the best.
Well, goddammit, he got it.
I'm thinking about him tonight.
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 11:45 PM (IoNBC)
Thank you for allowing us to think of him too.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 07:49 PM (6kWFm)
Longest artillery shot in Marine history. Expensive and worth it.
Posted by: comatus at July 04, 2012 07:56 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 08:00 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 08:01 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: rfichoke at July 04, 2012 08:01 PM (Y1c/9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 04, 2012 08:05 PM (piMMO)
220 I think the black churches lost their way when they became politicized during the Civil Rights era. I doubt it was intentional, but they gradually displaced real Christianity with politics. I'm not a big fan of Conservative politicians speaking in churches either, for the same reason. I wish they would stay away. Religion should remain unpolluted.
Posted by: rfichoke at July 05, 2012 12:01 AM (Y1c/9)
There is a lot of info available on the politicization of black pastors and churches with all-black congregations of that era up until now. Simply put: the Organized Left was extremely active there too; they posed as friends. The segregation that existed in the 1960s and before made it easier. Not blaming, just saying.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 08:10 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2012 08:10 PM (7Z+0v)
Posted by: joncelli at July 04, 2012 10:26 PM (Rioqw)
When I went to Sheppard AFB, TX for training on how to be a crewchief, there was an old B-52 there for us to train on. This was 1980. It had none of the glass instrumentation the one in the video has. The cockpit in the video has been radically updated from what I remember. Aside from the basic instruments, everything is different.
Posted by: Bill R. at July 04, 2012 08:13 PM (QnRSM)
As Iowa Hawk put it earlier today on Twitter: "America: Even our harshest critics don't leave."
I'm writing that one down.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at July 04, 2012 08:14 PM (7Z+0v)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 08:18 PM (qqlqB)
Now, Chris Rock, go get your shine box.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: tcn at July 04, 2012 08:21 PM (eFcVx)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 08:22 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: ChrisP at July 04, 2012 08:28 PM (626PS)
Epic grumbling is just one manifestation.
Lately, even in the midst of, and possibly due to, a full MFM flak assault there are unmistakeable signs.
Especially on days such as this.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 04, 2012 08:30 PM (aZ6ew)
Sorry, IDRC.
I just like the extreme personal touch in delivery.
Posted by: DaveA at July 04, 2012 08:31 PM (864A5)
Posted by: Hal Burton at July 04, 2012 08:34 PM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: Mudshark at July 04, 2012 08:35 PM (le6gW)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 04, 2012 08:36 PM (bxiXv)
And another thing...
Whats with all the happy 4th of July wishes? Celebrating something that no longer exists (freedom) isn't cause for celebration. I would say what should be done today. But wont.
Posted by: Hal Burton at July 04, 2012 08:36 PM (iYvMQ)
They don't, but it is.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 04, 2012 08:38 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 04, 2012 08:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 08:40 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 08:40 PM (ejmiE)
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Kinda like the MFM is a festering, oozing boil on the ass of America.
Low key 4th here in upstate SC. Praying all day that we right this ship by this time next year. Everything is in crystal clear focus as to what's at stake. The variables remain...how many are truly paying attention.
Oh, and I mentioned it in the morning thread, but I'm proud to say that my ggggg-uncle, Thomas Stone (Maryland) was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Although, now I'm unsure what date he actually did sign it, thanks to Maet's info.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 04, 2012 08:41 PM (vOMX+)
But it still exists.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 05, 2012 12:39 AM (bxiXv)
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Not buying it, especially on the heels of the latest supreme court decision that says that congress can make you do or ingest whatever they want if the tax penalty for not doing it is high enough.
Posted by: Hal Burton at July 04, 2012 08:43 PM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 08:44 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to camp at July 04, 2012 08:44 PM (JMmQ9)
This within days of national news stories of manufacturing dropping off a cliff.
....odd timing....
Or Not.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 04, 2012 08:47 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 04, 2012 08:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 08:48 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 08:52 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: eman at July 04, 2012 08:55 PM (ejmiE)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 04, 2012 08:59 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 04, 2012 09:00 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: Sonnyspats at July 04, 2012 09:01 PM (Qr9Rc)
I love the sidebar "I Believe in Love" song bit. Its catchy and the girl is just adorable. Maybe I should just turn in my man card right now.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 04, 2012 09:02 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 04, 2012 09:04 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 09:04 PM (qqlqB)
I'm woik blocked and while I could check Google I'm just gonna take a stab and you can let me know how right and awesome I am.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:05 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 04, 2012 09:05 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 09:07 PM (qmMAj)
I just caved my head in with my palms.
The wall-eyed, window-lickers who write these kinds of articles need to strung behind semis for cross country hauls.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 04, 2012 09:09 PM (famk3)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 09:09 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2012 09:10 PM (SnI99)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 09:11 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:12 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 01:09 AM (qmMAj)
I know, I know. 
Posted by: Bob, such a humble soul at July 04, 2012 09:13 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at July 04, 2012 09:14 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 09:16 PM (6kWFm)
Grilled spackle.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 05, 2012 01:10 AM (SnI99)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR3kI_LHMDI
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 09:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 09:18 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:20 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:23 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:24 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at July 04, 2012 09:27 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2012 09:28 PM (9e+1d)
Posted by: anu p at July 04, 2012 09:29 PM (89P1m)
Whipped Cream, strawberries and blueberries are an acceptable substitute.
Posted by: Alex at July 04, 2012 09:29 PM (rjeWV)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:34 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2012 09:35 PM (9e+1d)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 04, 2012 09:36 PM (9e+1d)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 09:38 PM (qmMAj)
You mean fired into the sun, right?
Posted by: Berserker at July 04, 2012 09:40 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 04, 2012 09:41 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 04, 2012 09:41 PM (qqlqB)
1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 PM; Revolutionary War ends
1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties
Yeah, I could see an argument for that date...
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 04, 2012 09:42 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ma Bell at July 04, 2012 09:43 PM (uVuwp)
I'm still accepting applicants for that colony on Venus.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 04, 2012 09:43 PM (QTHTd)
I disagree. If I was facing a pair of whipped cream panties with blueberry polka dots and a pair of whipped cream and strawberries pasties all I'd be thanking is "God bless the USA!"
Posted by: Alex at July 04, 2012 09:43 PM (rjeWV)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 09:47 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:49 PM (4ixH5)
John Adams was the Man. He knew what America was all about and how to say it:
"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free.”
Adams would have dismembered Benedict Roberts. What he would have done to Barky, many years ago, would have made the Aztecs cringe.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 04, 2012 09:50 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 01:47 AM (qmMAj)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqAa8aNtEPU
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 09:57 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Chief Just-ass Roberts at July 04, 2012 10:06 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 10:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 10:20 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 10:42 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Reuse, Recycle, Drop Dead Anyway at July 04, 2012 10:44 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: DAve at July 05, 2012 02:42 AM (h+/7G)
What kinda little faggots have a cock choking contest?
Jesus...
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 10:54 PM (4ixH5)
please report to Camp Green for your voluntary Sustainability Re-education.
And no, plastic airplanes are not allowed in most cities in California...
Posted by: Reuse, Recycle, Drop Dead Anyway at July 05, 2012 02:44 AM (qmMAj)
I'd say I'd just sleep through the classes but someone might wake me up slapping his schwanz across my face.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 10:56 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at July 04, 2012 11:02 PM (Y5I9o)
Why is it such high fashion in Hollywood to be such a douchebag these days?
Oh, hi roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:14 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Reuse, Recycle, Drop Dead Anyway at July 04, 2012 11:20 PM (qmMAj)
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cuz there is no penalty for the behavior and it is exactly what the corporate media wants. none of those salad tossers would do anything if they thought it would hurt their paychecks.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 11:20 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:21 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:22 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 03:21 AM (qmMAj)
Cup a joe will fix you right up.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:23 PM (4ixH5)
People too tired to change their socks should go to bed ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 03:21 AM (qmMAj)
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I hope peeps take off their smelly-assed sox b4 they get in bed.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 11:24 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:25 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:26 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:26 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:27 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 03:26 AM (4ixH5)
Here. Have some cake.
http://tinyurl.com/7b8dtn3
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:28 PM (yh0zB)
http://tinyurl.com/7n5lter
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:28 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 03:27 AM (qmMAj)
Nah, just hung 'em out the window to air the smell outta them...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:28 PM (yh0zB)
http://tinyurl.com/7n5lter
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 03:28 AM (4ixH5)
I was just talking to this one and she wants me to go to my bunk.
http://tinyurl.com/6ofb5mb
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:30 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:31 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:34 PM (yh0zB)
===
"They" suck.
T.H.E.Y. = The Horde of Ecumenical Yodelers
I have no idea why a horde of yodelers would have been framing at your house, but thank god you didn't have to be there to listen to it.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 11:34 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:36 PM (qmMAj)
or something like that.
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 03:36 AM (qmMAj)
yeah...cept that this particular car thief was a white woman...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:38 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:38 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:39 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 04, 2012 11:39 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 03:39 AM (4ixH5)
Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna listen to the hot redhead in the black dress and hit the rack...to sleep, perchance to dream...
Later roonz and roonettez! Maybe tomorrow I'll get on the ONT rather than drive around with the top down...maybe...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 11:41 PM (yh0zB)
I should write my Congresscritter.
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 03:40 AM (4ixH5)
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what makes you think the critter will stop fapping long enough to read your letter?
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 11:42 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:42 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Adriane's Lucid Dreaming exercises never work, but hey, Try and Try Again at July 04, 2012 11:43 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: jc at July 05, 2012 03:42 AM (ufJKx)
It'll jut be used for cleanup, won't it?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:44 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Adriane's Lucid Dreaming exercises never work, but hey, Try and Try Again at July 04, 2012 11:45 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Ben Browder in his g-string at July 04, 2012 11:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at July 05, 2012 03:42 AM (ufJKx)
It'll jut be used for cleanup, won't it?
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 03:44 AM (4ixH5)
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the only time a congresscritter cares what we think is when we think we should send them money.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 11:46 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Lili Von Shtupp at July 04, 2012 11:49 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: jc at July 05, 2012 03:46 AM (ufJKx)
So all those seemingly personalized emails I was getting for crisp dollar bills were just sweet lies?
*Sniff*
*Sniff*
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:50 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Billy Bob Clinton, Esq. at July 04, 2012 11:53 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Lili Von Shtupp at July 05, 2012 03:49 AM (qmMAj)
That's my arm.
Posted by: Sherrif Bart at July 04, 2012 11:53 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Billy Bob Clinton, Esq. at July 05, 2012 03:53 AM (qmMAj)
Look over there, fatties!
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 11:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: NotAdriane will NOT be featured on House Hunters Anytime Soon at July 04, 2012 11:56 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 12:00 AM (qmMAj)
May your dreams be filled with...oh, hell, I really don't think I can top what you have in mind.
A young Dan Akroyd, maybe?
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 12:01 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 05, 2012 12:02 AM (qmMAj)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:17 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:21 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:31 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:37 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 01:39 AM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 01:39 AM (4ixH5)
What about you, Jefe?
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 01:40 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: teej at July 05, 2012 01:41 AM (WY3bD)
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 01:42 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:43 AM (fHyXI)
it's not as good as I had hoped it would be.
well, I don't know how much to blame it on the edger, and how much to blame it on the fact that I've owned this place for a year now and I haven't done any edging at all, so things are a little overgrown.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 01:44 AM (LK3ef)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 01:48 AM (LK3ef)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 05:48 AM (LK3ef)
Hey there, Mr. 1%er, why don't you buy us all drinks while we Occupy your place and party?
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 01:52 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: teej at July 05, 2012 01:52 AM (vzfrq)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 05:39 AM (LK3ef)
Mine was good, woke up in America!
Better go to bed, Love The Bob and chemjeff. Glad your on my side!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:53 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 05:44 AM (LK3ef)
Yeah, ya gotta be sure to take care of that. I neglected edging my backyard and the wire was gettin' eaten up it had grown so thick in places. Pain in the ass it was.
Posted by: Bob at July 05, 2012 01:54 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 01:55 AM (LK3ef)
http://tinyurl.com/247xkwt
Did it work?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 05:49 AM (LK3ef)
That aint right on so many levels. but ya it did!
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 05, 2012 01:56 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 05, 2012 01:56 AM (LK3ef)
Posted by: teej at July 05, 2012 01:57 AM (vzfrq)
Posted by: teej at July 05, 2012 02:11 AM (WY3bD)
Please pass that on to the dayshift people.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2012 02:24 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 05, 2012 02:26 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 05, 2012 02:34 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: WahIggle at July 05, 2012 02:41 AM (QXiRr)
What's to celebrate, eh?
Half the country are leeches sucking the life blood out of the other half. Most of the country are half-wit ignoramouses running from fad to fad bleating "baa, baa, baa".
For evidence I give you:
1) Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming and all it's spawn - carbon taxes, drilling moratoriums, killing the coal industry and the power systems that use it, The Smart Car - a death machine for certain, a royal edict that vehicles MUST get 54 miles per gallon - even if it's not scientifically possible, and ever increasing interferrence in our personal lives by an out of control watermellon government at every level.
2) Seven trillion dollars poured down the rathole of The War On Poverty yielding ... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, as the poverty percentage is now and has been throughout the 'war' at 15%, while generations of welfare leeches drain away money from productive folks to no positive effect.
3) Out of control ghetto zombies suffering from Lord Of The Flies Syndrome because we can't say anything "offensive" due to their skin color - it's not PC ya know. White folks are particularly villified as Teh Man Who Is Keepin' 'Em Down while paying the bill and wringing their hands in shame for being white.
4) AND FINALLY - President Obysmal, the crowning glory of PC non-think. Here's a man with zero qualification to be leader of the most powerful country on the planet who was elected because of his skin color while we have so many men and women of color who ARE qualified but not leftist cranks with a hard-on for destroying America.
So tell me again, why is it I should be celebrating...??
Posted by: chuck in st paul at July 05, 2012 06:29 AM (EhYdw)
Posted by: rfichoke at July 05, 2012 02:34 PM (Y1c/9)
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