October 23, 2012
— Gabriel Malor Happy Tuesday.
Most of the news this morning is debate recap. Maybe Vic'll have something. (Don't fail me now, buddy.)
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Posted by: Popcorn at October 23, 2012 03:01 AM (uIpSF)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:01 AM (YdQQY)
CNN
- Round 3: Clash to the Finish
- Poll: Obama Wins
- Opinion: Obama in Command
MSNBC
- 'Horses and Bayonets': Barbs mark Final Debate
- Fact or Fiction? Truth Squad Examines Candidates Assertions
- In Spin Room, Conversation Shifts to Obama Effectiveness
- Obama Casts Romney as Unseasoned on Global Affairs
ABC
- Fact Checking the Final Presidential Debate
- Analysis: Romney Keeps Command
- 'Walmart Moms' Say Obama Won
CBS
- Candidates Joust Over Foreign Policy
- Poll: Decisive Win For Obama in Final Debate
- Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Many Minds
FOX
- Obama: You're 'All Over The Map'
Romeny: 'Attacking Me Is Not An Agenda'
- Opinion: Zingers Were Obama's, As Romney Took Higher Road
- Bias Alert: Matthews Spewing His Own Racism?
Post-debate, MSNBC's Matthews claims Romney supporters
fueled by racial hatred of Obama
USA Today
- Fact-Checking Debate Claims On Vets, Libya, Syria
- Third Debate Had Its Fair Share Of Tense Moments
- Romney: We Can't Kill Our Way Out of This Mess
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 03:01 AM (06lNq)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:02 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: SurferDoc at October 23, 2012 03:02 AM (6H6FZ)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:02 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:02 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:03 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:03 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:04 AM (YdQQY)
Run for the hills, 5 deaths and 1 heart attack
Evil Monster Energy Drink contains 240 mg of caffeine in 24 oz can! 7 times as much as a 12 oz cola!
14 y.o. girl dies after drinking 2 in 2 days. Yes she had a heart defect but parents are lawyered up now in CA. Jackpot city here we come!
Guess what people. 1 cup of coffee (8 oz) has between 95 and 200 mg of caffeine depending on where it is grown and how the beans are processed. So a 24 oz can of coffee (3 cups) could have 285 mg to 600 mg of caffeine. Much more than the energy drink. But that will not matter to the lawyers or the stupids the lawyers will pack the jury with.
http://is.gd/N9TmSf
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:04 AM (YdQQY)
To Marry an English Lord
From the Gilded Age until 1914, more than 100 American heiresses invaded Britannia and swapped dollars for titles. This lively social history features vivid personalities, gossipy anecdotes, grand houses, and lots of period details. The book also includes photographs, illustrations, quotes, and the finer points of Victorian and Edwardian etiquette.
And thatÂ’s it for this morning.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:05 AM (YdQQY)
Good thing I didn't have a porch rocking chair day yesterday even though the weather here was absolutely gorgeous.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:06 AM (YdQQY)
The sitting Presidents foreign policy is an unmitigated disaster and his challenger either couldn't or wouldn't crush him.
Obama should have and could have easily been eviscerated last night, Romney whiffed badly.
Instead I wake up to the news that a fair number of people thought President Fuck Stick won last nights debate.
UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 03:06 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 03:06 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: SurferDoc at October 23, 2012 03:08 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Popcorn at October 23, 2012 03:09 AM (uIpSF)
It's alright, all you have to do is get into a fistfight with a union boss, and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 23, 2012 03:09 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 03:10 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at October 23, 2012 03:10 AM (nw0Vt)
Posted by: Fritz at October 23, 2012 03:11 AM (vm7ot)
So will instantly became should.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 23, 2012 03:13 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:14 AM (YdQQY)
This particular incumbent has never shown a soupçon of self-awareness.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 23, 2012 03:15 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 23, 2012 07:13 AM (ccXZP)
Definitions, how do they work?
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 03:15 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 07:14 AM (YdQQY)
As far as I can tell, Obama can lie without moving his lips!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 03:16 AM (Cnqmv)
I hear you, but we need Obama and politicians like him crushed, CRUSHED!
How do you think we have gotten to the precarious perch we now find ourselves in?
Because we have not followed Conan's first maxim: Crush your Enemies
We are staring down the barrel of disaster and the GOP has played a part in this because:
1) They Promote Squishes and Marginalize Conservatives
2) Like Issa, they talk a good game but when push comes to shove they
do nothing.
3) They unlike the Democrats miss every opportunity to move their agenda forward.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 03:16 AM (06lNq)
There was a subtle bias last night.
Did anyone else notice how much larger they made appear? It seemed like you could see the edges of Romney's shoulders but not Obama's. Just seemed like they were really zoomed in on Obama...is bigger always better?
Posted by: sgmstv at October 23, 2012 03:17 AM (T0dFH)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 23, 2012 03:18 AM (hO8IJ)
Can't be a "back door man" because that implies a woman being involved.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:19 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 23, 2012 03:19 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 03:21 AM (X3lox)
Can't be a "back door man" because that implies a woman being involved.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 07:19 AM
Dudes have a front door. It's higher up. Around the head region.
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 23, 2012 03:21 AM (yBF/9)
And the progs are relentless. They use ballot initiatives, the courts, 2000+ page unread legislation, trivial but time-consuming law suits, variations on ballot initiatives, etc. Even if they were all voted out of office, unraveling their legacy legislation would take years, and the stacked liberal courts would impede that as well. I don't think the Republicans (or the Conservatives) really understand long term political strategy.
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 03:22 AM (Cnqmv)
CK summed it up perfectly in the clip from last night.
Barring an unforeseen revelation of axe murder in Romney's background, he won.
Posted by: pep at October 23, 2012 03:22 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: pep at October 23, 2012 03:23 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Home stretch at October 23, 2012 03:23 AM (bPJlD)
Posted by: Tbag at October 23, 2012 03:24 AM (1vHjc)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 07:19 AM (YdQQY)
Not sure Bwarney Frank would agree with that!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 03:24 AM (Cnqmv)
The most damaging part of the evening for O was his snarky little comment about "we have these ships we land planes on, they're called aircraft carriers". He let the mask slip. He let his anger at being bested shine through. Bad move, Barry.
Posted by: pep at October 23, 2012 03:26 AM (YXmuI)
Dirty tricks like that stupid letter being sent to FL Republicans will not effect enough to turn over the State but busing in massive numbers of people and voting on dead people's registrations along with "found" ballots will.
Also, illegally keeping polls open past deadline times in urban areas like Cleavland could also have impact.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:26 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 03:27 AM (X20+7)
"Everything he just said (all over the map) isn't true." BHO Oct.22
"Neither candidate scored a knockout punch in their third and last debate Monday, as both men reined in the confrontational sniping that had marked their last testy encounter." -- Nancy Benak, AP
Admittedly, it was so exciting that I fell asleep after an hour.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 03:28 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Wait till after the elections at October 23, 2012 03:28 AM (bPJlD)
@12 Vic
In Barry Strauss' history "The Spartacus War" the word "leno" means "pimp" in Latin (p. 23, hardcover.) Makes sense to me.
Posted by: Libra at October 23, 2012 03:28 AM (kd8U8)
You want to disenfranchise the legions of voters with overflowing toilets?
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 23, 2012 03:28 AM (feFL6)
I agree. Romney wasn't selling to us but to the doofi. He gets coffee.
Posted by: toby928© at October 23, 2012 03:29 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 07:24 AM (Cnqmv)
Back Door Man is a term that has been around for decades. It refers to a man who a married lady lets in through the back door to have sex with. She lets him in the back door so neighbors don't see him and tell her husband (who presumably is off to work).
This was originally immortalized by blues singers.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:29 AM (YdQQY)
It has nothing to do with red meat you simple minded fool.
Obama's policies, both domestic and foreign have been a disaster, he and the Democrat party need to be crushed, defeated and discredited.
Comprende? Capiche?
Maybe you don't know because you have your head up your ass but the progressives have moved this country to the brink of socialism and you and the other simple minded fools that make up the moderate wing of the moron hoarde are happy with a meaningless small scheme tactical victory.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 03:30 AM (06lNq)
Yes, Choom Boy should have been gutted like a fish on his incompetence, treason and hatred for America.
But it's not Romney's place to do that. He -- or his advisers -- know there is a substantial group of voters who would be turned off if Teh Mutt tried to portray himself as President Meanie. If he can beat the SCoaMF while staying calm and positive, that's good "optics."
So who should have gone after the Traitor-in-Chief? Congress, for starters, followed by the MFM (which has been too busy sucking Osama Obama's toes to notice that he has been screwing up) and the eunuchs in the so-called conservative media, who have been too bust tittering and giggling at his foibles but didn't (and don't) have the balls to close the deal.
If any one of these groups had stood up for America instead of giving President Historic First© a lifelong free pass, Obama would have showed up for the debate in an orange jumpsuit.
And Romney still would have played it calm and cool. That's what he does.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 23, 2012 03:30 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 23, 2012 03:32 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 23, 2012 03:32 AM (rPA5/)
I would have loved for Romney to do a comeback like this:
But you are doing away with those aircraft carries as fast as you can
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:32 AM (YdQQY)
/target practice. one way to terminate drug abuse. Leave "the final solution" to 21st Century French Sharia accommodation/ snark off
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 03:33 AM (BAnPT)
You woke up in the middle of the night, crying and hungry, and with your pants full of shit?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at October 23, 2012 03:33 AM (tD61x)
Posted by: Obamas treat WH like a Days Inn at October 23, 2012 03:34 AM (bPJlD)
Little early in the morning for a flame war isn't it?
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:34 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 23, 2012 03:36 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: Alex, future hillsdale student at October 23, 2012 03:36 AM (aPAIU)
Posted by: Someone woke up cranky at October 23, 2012 03:36 AM (bPJlD)
This was originally immortalized by blues singers.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 07:29 AM
So, now you gonna go all Willie Dixon on me? You gonna tell a sexy black man how to do his rear entry business? Don't you slap me for being sassy, dog.
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 23, 2012 03:36 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 23, 2012 03:36 AM (1V6Pv)
It would be nice to see Obama eviscerated but that probably wouldn't have helped with the hot house orchids we call "undecideds."
This. I'm at the point now where, if anyone says they're 'undecided,' I ask them if they're allowed to handle anything sharper than a rubber ball.
Good morning, all. I promised you a couple of David Niven stories, and here they are:
Years back, Niven was shooting a picture in the south of Spain (I don’t remember the name; perhaps one of you morons can figure it out). One evening, Niven was walking out of his hotel when he was approached by a man whom he had known years ago. The man, it seems, was pissed off at Niven; had been, in fact, for years over some unknown grievance. When he was face to face with Niven, he began shouting at him, cursing and degrading him for the long-ago insult. Always nonchalant, Niven just stood there, listening, hands in his pockets. Finally, when the man stopped his tirade to take a breath, Niven said to him, “You’re a cunt.”
The man took a deep breath, as if he hadn’t heard, and kept on insulting Niven, who once more said, “You’re a cunt.”
The flow of words continued, and Niven – never raising his voce - repeated once more, “You’re a cunt.”
With that, the man suddenly punched Niven, who went tumbling down the steps of the hotel, his hands still in his pockets.
Now, despite his debonair image, Niven was big, strong and very brave – he was, in fact, a highly decorated war hero. But he simply got up, brushed off his suit and walked away. When asked why he didn’t deck the man, Niven – the soul of reason and fair play - replied, “Well, after all, I did call him a cunt three times.”
The other story is and isn’t a Niven, as such. It comes from Tony Randall’s wonderful collection of TV, stage and Hollywood stories, Which Reminds Me, and concerns a conversation the two were having somewhere at some time. Randall, a gentleman, disguised the name of the woman Niven mentioned, calling her only “Mona.”
“Of all the women I’ve had,” Niven told him, “Mona was the best. The absolute best in the world. Now, you must promise never to repeat this, dear boy, but I will tell you how good she was. While you were screwing her, if, for some reason, it suddenly occurred to you to get a mackerel, wrap it up in news paper and shove it up her ass – well, without your saying a word, she’d stop, get up, go downstairs and bring back a fish. That’s how good she was!”
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 03:37 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 07:36 AM (06lNq)
Be sure to check out #14 first
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:37 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: What's a section 8 eviction? at October 23, 2012 03:38 AM (bPJlD)
So, yeah.. Gen'l WW - chill dude.. He's gotta get into office first.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 23, 2012 03:38 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Someone woke up cranky at October 23, 2012 07:36 AM (bPJlD)
Let us know if it is something guys might like before the day is over.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:38 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Thorvald aka 'Mackerel Guy' at October 23, 2012 03:41 AM (1V6Pv)
At least that has been the tradition for a long long time.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:42 AM (YdQQY)
and thanks for those stories, Mary P - I always enjoy them. Some of the best Carson Tonight shows were when he had Tony Randall (often as a last minute fill-in) who always had one or two of those stories at the ready.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 23, 2012 03:42 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 23, 2012 03:44 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 03:45 AM (X20+7)
And good morning.
MOMMA!
Someone called me an Obama!
Posted by: Childish Little Prick at October 23, 2012 03:45 AM (tD61x)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at October 23, 2012 03:46 AM (OjQYm)
All the section 8 housing I have seen gets trashed BEFORE they move out.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:46 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 23, 2012 03:46 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 03:46 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 07:45 AM (X20+7)
Which is one of the many reasons I left CA in 1977.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:47 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 23, 2012 03:47 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 03:47 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 23, 2012 03:48 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 23, 2012 03:48 AM (ogdab)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 03:48 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: edj at October 23, 2012 03:48 AM (dramD)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at October 23, 2012 07:47 AM (tD61x)
About 25 minutes
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:48 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: AGreed Mary P rules at October 23, 2012 03:49 AM (bPJlD)
Posted by: blb at October 23, 2012 03:50 AM (4gjb7)
Yes, but our VP candidate let a certified retard and habitual liar walk all over him in their debate and spread lies about his own record unchallenged.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 03:50 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 23, 2012 03:50 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 03:52 AM (X20+7)
I used to live in Mad Maxine's district. What a hellhole. I feel your pain....
One of the things that always pissed me off on election day was watching unregistered people come in to vote. The poll worker would say "I'm sorry, Mr Lopez, you're not on the list" and Lopez would say "Mang, I live 223rd estreet." Result? "Provisional" ballot that, when marked, would be dropped right into the normal ballot box.
I'm sure it has only gotten worse, thanks to the untiring efforts of Moonbeam, Maxine and Villaraigosa.
My only good memory of living there came one day when I was standing on a beach near my apartment. A tourist came up and said "do you ever find shells on this beach?"
I could only say "Yeah. Usually 9mm."
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 23, 2012 03:52 AM (ZgX/g)
I noticed Romney sitting level and squared off to the camera. Great posture. Barky kinda slumped to his right, poor posture. Lazy looking.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 23, 2012 03:53 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: tunakermit at October 23, 2012 03:55 AM (6oOH2)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 03:56 AM (8y9MW)
You presume, of course, that ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN would air it.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at October 23, 2012 03:57 AM (tD61x)
On that note, I've got two posts about Benghazi coming out today, and either one or two more for tomorrow.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 03:57 AM (8y9MW)
They'd take his cash.
Then they'd use "equal time" as a fig leaf to do another one for TFG for free.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 03:58 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 23, 2012 03:58 AM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: LRBnSC at October 23, 2012 03:59 AM (Qp3K5)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 03:59 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 03:59 AM (X20+7)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:00 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at October 23, 2012 07:52 AM (X20+7
LOL, if I still lived in Castro Valley I would tell you the immortal words of old farts
"get off my lawn".
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 04:00 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Negative One at October 23, 2012 04:00 AM (ApUNj)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 04:01 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:01 AM (I2LwF)
At least I hope that's what they were thinking and why, and they damn well better be right about where the race is now.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 23, 2012 04:02 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: pep at October 23, 2012 04:02 AM (YXmuI)
Brain Williams, the uneducated liberal fool on NBC News, was marking the "anniversary" of the Cuban Missile Fuckup by spewing the usual liberal drivel about JFK going toe to toe with the Russkies and saving us from Nuclear Doom. It was truly pukeworthy.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 23, 2012 04:03 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 07:10 AM (X3lox)
Romney knows he has the momentum and has wisely put the WH under siege instead of making unnecessary and costly frontal assaults. His devastating blitz in the first debate pretty much destroyed Obama's offensive capability. Now it's mop-up and tighten the noose.
Romney also played the Foreign Affairs just right. Even in a contest for the Presidency, most Americans expect a degree of unity for the world to see. Hugging the generalities of Obama's current FoPo makes it hard for Obama to attack him as being a risky loose cannon.
After "What about your gaaaafffes", and getting jumped on for daring to criticize the Egypt apology, Romney wisely decided to let Obama hang himself with his own FoPo fails. I think Obama already lost the FoPo debate last week.
That said, I would have like to see Romney bring up "Leading from Behind", especially when "I" "We" "Me" puffed up about his taknig the initiative in putting together the Libyan Bombing Coalition. He also should have pointed out that these new-fangled things called aircraft carriers do not float around all alone, and that there are things called "Carrier Groups" which are composed of many smaller ships which defend and service the carriers.
Posted by: 66chevelle at October 23, 2012 04:03 AM (QjSgY)
89 Agreed, Her stores are great. I read that David Niven book "The Moon's a Balloon" a long long time ago, will have to reread.
Posted by: AGreed Mary P rules at October 23, 2012 07:49 AM (bPJlD)
Thanks for the kudos. Just for the record, though, I'm a dude.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 04:04 AM (zF6Iw)
Meh. The few minutes I saw, Mitt Romney was doing all he could short of attacking the President directly- and that wouldn't have played well to the people he's courting- independents and independent-leaning Democrats.
When you show up for a debate, and have your comment "The Navy says they need 313 ships, they're down to 285, the lowest level since 1917" turned around to "Horses and Bayonets," there's not much you can do but hope that people see through he BS.
Speaking of that, am I the only one who thought of the response, "Yes, Mr. President. And if the Army told me that more horses and bayonets were necessary for them to do the job I'd set them, I'd take them at their word and procure for them some horses and bayonets. I would not think I know better than they do what they need to complete their assigned missions."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:04 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 04:06 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 04:06 AM (zF6Iw)
barry: but, but, ....you are right as a candidate i went , to beef up the jewish vote, but was too chicken/disinterested to visit as president
romney: thaks for playing, mr. president!
Posted by: runner at October 23, 2012 04:07 AM (WR5xI)
Posted by: Holder, The Criminalist at October 23, 2012 04:07 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 04:09 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:10 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 23, 2012 04:11 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:11 AM (I2LwF)
Maybe buy it through Ace's Amazon link so he can afford the good booze like I can. Or a site with real hot-linking.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3x75tqj
Posted by: roger sterling at October 23, 2012 04:12 AM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 23, 2012 04:12 AM (Dnbau)
barry: squirrel! horses! bayonets! binders and big bird! oh my!
Posted by: runner at October 23, 2012 04:13 AM (WR5xI)
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When you show up for a debate, and have your comment "The Navy says they need 313 ships, they're down to 285, the lowest level since 1917" turned around to "Horses and Bayonets," there's not much you can do but hope that people see through he BS.
Speaking of that, am I the only one who thought of the response, "Yes, Mr. President. And if the Army told me that more horses and bayonets were necessary for them to do the job I'd set them, I'd take them at their word and procure for them some horses and bayonets.
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When you're talking about the backlands in Afghan mountains or Libyan desert, etc., beasts of burden certainly retain their value traversing in the wilderness. And then there are the "unexpected" incidentals...
In the documentary Restrepo, a bull was caught in the barbed wiring set out by US Army, and our soldiers butchered it and feasted with a big outdoor BBQ that night in full view of the Afghan whose bull they "stole" without purchase. When the farmer and tribal elder met with the Army PR Captain, asking for equal reimbursement either with another bull or the purchase in money, he was told to accept beans and rice. Not a fair agricultural trade /contrary to Jack and the Beanstock/. Especially given the arid inability to grow beans and rice that require immediate consumption, no renewal for next season. A bull isn't simply a symbol of power in the region, prestige for the owner, but has ongoing value breeding. A farmer doesn't slaughter his bull until he's all spent out.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 04:27 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 04:29 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 04:30 AM (kc2b9)
93 Either America wants to be restored or not. If not, I'd like to know now so I can get to the states that are going to split off or just leave. I will not live in the American Socialist Superstate. That's for damn sure.
CTT. Come To Texas. We'd love to have you.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2012 04:30 AM (zji3t)
romney: you cannot kill your way out of this mess, you need a big picture approach, comprehensive strategy
barry: bastard
Posted by: runner at October 23, 2012 04:30 AM (WR5xI)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 04:31 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Cricket at October 23, 2012 04:31 AM (DrC22)
Israel - Romney
Iran -Romney
China - Romney
(he showed a stronger determination to deal with the issues)
Syria , Egypt and Afghanistan - wash
Libya - Missed opportunity
Appealing to Women and Independents - Romney
#1 issues of this election , The Economy
and Romney won this hands down...
Where the immigrant O'bama screwed up -
1) - Sequestration - he already signed this into law in an effort to force a tax hike on rich people...But last night he said it wont happen and the spin elves said he didn't really mean that.
So - the effect of this blunder is O'bama just screwed himself on his own tax argument and his promise to Veto...
2) - O'bama was petty and immature over the Navy comments
and showed disdain and 'snarkyness' all through the debate which is also evident in his campaign speechifying..
( typical liberal stances)
3) - Horses and Bayonets ? Well horses were used during the invasion of Afghanistan and the Marines use Bayonets to pick Socialist out off their teeth...
4) - The issues of a STRONG military , STRONG economy
will equal a STRONG foreign policy is above O'bama's pay grade...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 23, 2012 04:31 AM (XIsD/)
Certainly he could have responded that way (I didn't watch that part of the debate, so I don't know how he responded), but I suspect he was just letting TFG say as much stupid stuff as he wanted.
Mitt lead with "The Navy says..." and TFG responded with "Well, we have fewer horses and bayonets, too! Neener, neener!" (okay, I may have added that last bit) If I had to guess, I'd say that Romney is hoping the independents will hear those juxtaposed and say, "One of these men is serious, and the other is not. Which one would I prefer in charge of my nation's security?"
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:31 AM (8y9MW)
The closest we got to that was the Ryan debate where he said it, then Biden countered with "That's never worked." Ryan's response was, "It's worked twice actually."
But...yeah....it needs to be hammered.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 23, 2012 04:32 AM (sbV1u)
Mary Poppins...
Thank you for the stories. If I miss the morning thread, I usually search for your stories later. They are interesting. And better than the dreck that hollywood puts on a screen.
Posted by: rd at October 23, 2012 04:32 AM (zLp5I)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 23, 2012 04:33 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 04:33 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 04:34 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 23, 2012 04:34 AM (Ho2rs)
They're none too pleased.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:35 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:35 AM (8y9MW)
I understand Romney not wanting to rock the boat, but I don't like the fact that he kept agreeing with Barry, I'm worried that he was so concerned with getting the Independents, that he may have lost a few conservatives. The last thing he wants is to slow down the enthusiasm right now. I know conservatives will still vote, at least I hope they will, but he doesn't need to give a single one of them a reason to change from crawling over broken glass to vote for him, to dragging their feet.
Posted by: spypeach at October 23, 2012 04:35 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 23, 2012 04:36 AM (bED4B)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 23, 2012 04:37 AM (bED4B)
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at October 23, 2012 04:38 AM (i7B17)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 04:38 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 08:35 AM (8y9MW)
My wife and I have toyed with the idea of moving to Texas some day. I like the idea of living in Texas, but I think the weather would change my mind about that.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 23, 2012 04:39 AM (qEkGZ)
The closest we got to that was the Ryan debate where he said it, then Biden countered with "That's never worked." Ryan's response was, "It's worked twice actually."
But...yeah....it needs to be hammered.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 23, 2012 08:32 AM (sbV1u)
That's true. You're 100% correct. But the takeaway from that exchange was Senator Clownfart comparing Ryan to Kennedy unfavorably.
This ought to be a rote talking point for us- lowering marginal rates increases both prosperity and revenue to the Treasury, a win-win.
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:39 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 04:39 AM (X3lox)
They're none too pleased.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 08:35 AM (8y9MW)
LOL cool
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:40 AM (I2LwF)
Romney stayed free of gaffes, looked Presidential while 0bama no longer looks so much Precedential, and the Preference Cascade will continue its march to the White House.
There was no need for Romney to get nasty or in 0bama's face. It's the fourth quarter of the game, most of the fans have already grabbed their caps and coats and are heading for the exit. We have a slim lead, and we still have the ball. Time to just run out the clock.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 23, 2012 04:41 AM (feFL6)
They're coming to pick up the old furnace today after lunch. This will be three days wasted by this furnace refit.
Not that I am otherwise gainfully employed at the moment, but it's the principle of the thing.
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:41 AM (I2LwF)
Did I miss it or did they never go back to Luntz's dunces last night on Hannity?
There was almost a brawl in the first segment with them. Luntz had to remind them they were on live TV.
Posted by: Tami at October 23, 2012 04:41 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at October 23, 2012 04:42 AM (i340h)
Just tell them, "It's for the children."
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 23, 2012 04:42 AM (sbV1u)
One in seven Americans is on food stamps (I won't say "dependent on the government for their very sustenance because the last study I saw says only about 10% of households that get them would be unable to acquire food without them).
Proggs love that shit.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 23, 2012 04:43 AM (ZKzrr)
If you're concerned about the heat, East Texas isn't quite so bad (lots and lots of trees) as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex (and areas west). Of course, then you'd have to deal with squirrels the size of house cats, but these things are trade-offs.
Honestly, summers here suck for most people (I like them, but I'm a sick freak), but we spend most of the time when its hot in-doors anyway, and do our outdoor activities in the morning or evening. Just be sure to wear bug spray.
On the other hand, with the exception of the panhandle, snow happens to other people, by and large. Like I said: trade-offs.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:43 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 23, 2012 04:45 AM (bED4B)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 23, 2012 04:46 AM (cWpCn)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 23, 2012 04:46 AM (afx6B)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at October 23, 2012 07:47 AM (tD61x)
Comments go down at 8:12am. Eastern or Central?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2012 04:46 AM (zji3t)
Hey everybody--we have these things called aircraft carriers.
They don't need escorts or auxiliary ships or anything. It's awesome.
Two weeks. Turn calendar, turn.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 23, 2012 04:46 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Roy at October 23, 2012 04:47 AM (VndSC)
And that's Rasmussen, which Gurgie tells us is THE pollster to believe.
Of course, I suspect that will change once Gurgie sees those numbers, and some other pollster will be THE pollster to believe.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:47 AM (8y9MW)
Sounds like SC
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 04:48 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 04:48 AM (X3lox)
The problem with Texas is that it has the Dallas Cowboys.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 04:49 AM (2b4yb)
comment about 'we have these ships we land planes on, they're called
aircraft carriers'"
Comments are only damaging if they are described by the media as such.
Instead, the media are busily describing Barky's comments as "commanding" and "brilliant".
Romney started out by talking about the total number of ships in the Navy.
Obama stuck out that glass jaw of his, in that Mussolini way, and implied that Romney didn't know what he was talking about, because of aircraft carriers and subs.
Except that the fleet numbers Romney was quoting INCLUDE carriers and subs.
Romney could have landed an uppercut on that jaw right there with that one simple observation. And did not do so. Don't stay up late waiting for the media to point out that Barky was wrong. Either Romney does it, or it doesn't get done, and Romney didn't do it. Grrrrrrr.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 23, 2012 04:49 AM (ymG7s)
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 23, 2012 04:49 AM (qEkGZ)
Not familiar with SC weather in the summer months (ours start in April, and don't end until the end of September, if we're lucky), but 80's for the low is pretty average here. Oh, and sometimes 90+ days without rain.
I'm not going to try to soft-sell how sucky our summer weather is. I'd prefer people who come to know about it ahead of time.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:49 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-StillMissingDagny at October 23, 2012 04:50 AM (J6kXj)
I remember Charleston in August.....it was a bit warm.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 04:50 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 23, 2012 04:50 AM (HrBwt)
Lyle Lovitt says, "...that's right you're not from Texas but Texas wants you anyway."
When I lived there my wife almost bought me the bumper sticker, "I Wasn't Born In Texas But I Got Here As Fast As I Could." Then a year or so later she wanted to move so off we went. I still miss that place.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 23, 2012 04:51 AM (JxMoP)
That comment was deliberately calculated to wound. That was hurtful.
Also true. But hurtful.
Though it misstates the case slightly: the problem with Texas is that Jerry Jones owns the Dallas Cowboys.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:51 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 23, 2012 04:52 AM (bED4B)
I honestly thought when I heard him say that, that some day it might be viewed that he lost the election right there. Anyone agree?
Posted by: Pete at October 23, 2012 04:53 AM (+GIS3)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 23, 2012 04:55 AM (RYVE/)
To quote Dave_in_Fla "there's just no good news here for the President."
I honestly thought when I heard him say that, that some day it might be viewed that he lost the election right there. Anyone agree?
No. He lost the election in the first debate. That one may have just been the proverbial "final nail."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 04:55 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 04:55 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 08:50 AM (2b4yb)
LOL, the coastal areas are cooler than inland plus they have a breeze. I'm about 120 miles inland. But I do have to say, this Summer was a mild one despite all the lying bullshit from NOAA.
Again, all indications of a cooling period coming. Soon you will be able to walk to NYC without use of a bridge.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 04:55 AM (YdQQY)
also, i read this a.m. that O was pulling his pollsters out of Va which meant he was conceding Va. But he & wifey are still campaigning here. as is Ryan.
dave in fla: what do you think?
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 23, 2012 04:55 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Punahou Death Stare at October 23, 2012 04:56 AM (sTS/8)
Honestly, summers here suck for most people (I like them, but I'm a sick freak), but we spend most of the time when its hot in-doors anyway, and do our outdoor activities in the morning or evening. Just be sure to wear bug spray.
On the other hand, with the exception of the panhandle, snow happens to other people, by and large. Like I said: trade-offs.
I prefer shoveling sunshine to snow. Did enough of the snow shoveling growing up.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2012 04:56 AM (zji3t)
Ras 50-46. Romney hitting 50. Greg is not gonna like that very much.
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 23, 2012 04:56 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at October 23, 2012 04:57 AM (i340h)
Just got back from a grouse hunting trip to North Central Pennsylvania. True to form, the center of the state is overwhelming for Romney. Hopefully the suburbs of Philly will shift a bit to the right this year too.
For what it is worth the grouse seemed to be quite safe this year.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 23, 2012 04:57 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 08:55 AM (8y9MW)
He lost the election about a year into office when we should have been considered in another great depression.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 04:57 AM (YdQQY)
>>The problem with Texas is that it has the Dallas Cowboys
Then there's far, far, far East Texas, so far you're over the border, aka the Shreveport Bossier area, aka the tri state area, aka the ARK-LA-TEX.
The weather? Umm, well, the nice thing is that it's humid in winter, so you don't have that dry cold. Or "cold" at all, actually. Cool, warm and hot are the seasons.
We don't have many Cowboys fans. Some, but it's purple and gold 24-7, with some Saints stuff thrown in occasionally.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 23, 2012 04:57 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 04:58 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2012 08:56 AM (zji3t)
Now that I don't have to get up and shovel out my car to go to work I don't mind snow.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 04:58 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2012 04:59 AM (zji3t)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 23, 2012 05:00 AM (Bg/r1)
Posted by: Pete at October 23, 2012 05:00 AM (+GIS3)
This isn't a slam on Gabe, but if this is the point we're at:
Maybe Vic'll have something. (Don't fail me now, buddy.)
isn't it time to officially make Vic a cob?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 23, 2012 05:00 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 05:00 AM (I2LwF)
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Just wait for the debate bounce! Then you wingnuts will be crying!11!!
Posted by: Gerg at October 23, 2012 05:01 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 05:01 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 23, 2012 05:01 AM (1Jaio)
"Rasmussen Tuesday. Romney hits 50 to Obama's 46. "
That's pre-debate though. Sorry, but it can change.
Posted by: No One at October 23, 2012 05:01 AM (jCU3t)
My wife and I have had exactly that discussion before.
I may be the last man on the planet to have watched the Gangnam Style video. Awesome.
Nope. I still haven't bothered to.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 05:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Truman North at October 23, 2012 05:02 AM (I2LwF)
I'm guessing not a helluva lotta people actually watched that debate.
Posted by: Punahou Death Stare at October 23, 2012 05:03 AM (sTS/8)
That would seem like an easy given, which explains why Romney already hung Benghazi around Obama's neck like an albatross. However, as always when given treachery, there's more intrigue than either candidate wants to expose at this point.
The CIA personnel and Director Petraeus left Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi on his own without making his requests their own demands on Washington to cover the Embassy's ass against al Qaeda terrorist attack.
Given that much public evidence, no wonder no more mention. Hot Potato.
Nonetheless, Obama FAILED.
Barry didn't simply fail the four mutilated and assassinated Americans and the Benghazi Embassy security losing all intelligence documents to al Qaeda.
That failure was the inevitable totally predictable result of the larger Obama FAILURE to truly stay abreast of everything.
Benghazi clarified Libya's act of War on America and proved how miserable Obama's "lead from behind" strategy is.
The US sponsored the NATO War on Libya, carrying the bulk of the cost, personnel, craft and armaments used up as NATO members failed to bring their share to the war, and what supplies they had are all expired now, used up in Libya along with US armaments misappropriated from where Congress approved and the Joint Chiefs designated their use for Iraq and Afghanistan. (NATO Deputy Secretary General Vershbow August address in Washington, The Air Force Magazine, Oct. 2012 issue)
Obama tried his community organizer strategy in Libya and got Benghazi terrorism.
Despite wanting credit for all things accomplished well by Americans everywhere, Obama was not interested in being involved let alone directing decisions about anything, not even directing his own chosen War against Libya propagandized as if an Arab "Spring" /Spring from the frying pan into the fire/.
Obama has been on VACATION. The only work that Obama performs regards his perpetual campaign selling whole cloth. Far too many months in a row, Obama failed to attend the Intelligence Briefings provided FOR the benefit of the POTUS.
From the onset, Obama has refused to do more than Occupy the White House when not on VACATION. He didn't even compose or organize "ObamaCare" nor has he likely bothered yet reading those 2000 pages that he signed into law, written and comprised by Pelosi/Reid. He took Nancy's advice one step further. "You can read it after it's signed into law." Thanks but no thanks.
That lack of proper leadership is America's problem. And Obama's sponsorship of the Arab Spring as the figurehead of the "democratic community organizer" movement gone amok is nothing for US Voters to accept, and nothing for Romney to compliment.
Granted, I slept through the last 30 minutes last night. But during the first hour, it seems that both candidates are weaving their basket of diplomacy as community organizers for the Middle East Region, collecting eggs. Tricky. All the eggs in one basket...
The debates are over. We'll see now...
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 05:03 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 05:03 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 23, 2012 09:00 AM (da5Wo)
I don't know a damn thing about writing and editing html. And I am too busy running people off my lawn to learn. And I like my porch rocker too much.
I'll think of some more soon.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:03 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 05:03 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 23, 2012 05:04 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 23, 2012 05:04 AM (3ZtZW)
I've said it before, but I like the way one of my friends described it:
Texas has seven seasons. Most states only have four, but we have 7. There's fall, then there's winter. Don't tell me Texas doesn't have winter; it does, too. This year it was on a Tuesday. Next is spring. Then there's early summer, summer, high summer, and STILL summer.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 05:05 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:05 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Redd at October 23, 2012 05:05 AM (RoEtU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 05:06 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 23, 2012 09:00 AM (Bg/r1)
I can do ya one better: http://tinyurl.com/8pxblwk
Gangnam Style parody done by a radio guy here in Jacksonville. And yes, that is the owner of the Jaguars, Shahid Khan, in the video.
PS - The asian dancer with the big boobehs? Her name is Diana. Cool chick.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 23, 2012 05:06 AM (da5Wo)
About 6 months after her first tat. IOW a few more months.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:06 AM (YdQQY)
231>>> 226 That's pre-debate though. Sorry, but it can change.
I'm guessing not a helluva lotta people actually watched that debate.
The numbers should be from yesterday before the debate. Not after 9:00 p.m. Debate bounce or no bounce takes a few days.
Posted by: No One at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (jCU3t)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Sheriff Lobo at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (+I8Mq)
Only rich kids get to go to rehab.
Dunno about drugs, but her mother had her first baby at 15 and her sister at 17, so split the difference and assume she'll be costing taxpayers a shit-ton of money by 16.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 23, 2012 09:06 AM (kc2b9)
Yep, and I don't have to have one of those $1,000 M1 Garrands either.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:07 AM (YdQQY)
I'd have told her, "Gee, honey, I'm sure gonna miss you. Send a card once in awhile."
We're going back someday, just not sure when. Maybe when we retire. My goal is to get at least one of my kids there and then follow. I have one who is obsessed with astronomy, space, engineering and wants to start his own aerospace company someday, another is obsessed with the Alamo, David Crockett, and the state of Texas in general. So it looks like my chances are pretty good.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 23, 2012 05:08 AM (JxMoP)
Posted by: 15 days at October 23, 2012 05:08 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 09:03 AM (YdQQY)
Ummmm.....so that would make you different than everyone else who writes here, how?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 23, 2012 05:08 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 23, 2012 05:08 AM (tOkJB)
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, but a couple of things.
1) State, not CIA, is in charge of Embassy/Consulate security. That rests with Hillary.
2) The reports requesting more security (starting as early as November 2011) were all directed specifically to the Secretary of State and "WASHDC" (which I presume means the White House, but I'm not sure on that).
I'm not sure where Gen. Petraeus enters this equation at all.
That doesn't even mention the fact that England and France had already shut down their embassies due to the danger in Libya, and the ever-escalating terror attacks there for nearly a year leading up to the Ambassador's murder.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 05:09 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Gerg at October 23, 2012 05:11 AM (kc2b9)
At this point, Romney has been seen as someone with a very good command of the issues. On the most important issue, our economy, he is seen as much better than the President. Big advantage Romney.
Mr. Obama has offered no new ideas. He has spent a great deal of his time demonizing Romney and continuing to divide our populace. That provides no hope for the future. This nonsense of "you don't want to go back" has no positive appeal either. If you asked most people if they want to go back to the economy before Obama was President they would say- yes.
That being said, I think that "undecideds" largely break for Romney and help put him over the top. People intuitively know what Mr. Obama is trying has not worked and a continuation of the same only prolong their economic agony.
What worries me is Ohio. I believe Ohio becomes the next Florida and there are plenty of shenanigans that Team Obama are pulling to make that contention happens. There has been an uptick in their lawyers on the ground and they are getting in place to prepare an assault. That should worry everyone.
Posted by: marcus at October 23, 2012 05:11 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:12 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: No One at October 23, 2012 09:07 AM (jCU3t)
And Obama, when he's moved up in the Ras tracking poll at all lately, it's always on days following weekends. Ras seems to always get more Obama voters in his weekend samples.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 23, 2012 05:14 AM (qEkGZ)
Also, tell fuckmeat that we still use bayonets.
I carried a Phrobis III M9 on my pistol belt. I trained to fight with it, either handheld or attached to my weapon.
And is three-quarters of our planet's surface no longer covered in WATER, you fuckin dimwit? Have we paved the Atlantic so we can drive over there now?
Not just an asshole, a STUPID asshole.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 23, 2012 05:14 AM (Bg/r1)
Yeah, that, too.
Also there's the part where don't use horses because we have better alternatives for ground transport, now. Do we suddenly have better options that warships for projecting naval power?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 23, 2012 05:16 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 23, 2012 05:17 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 23, 2012 07:16 AM (06lNq)
That's the main problem with your and others thinking.
Just because the Republican party claims and espouses a conservative agenda does not mean that they actually do.
They have been living on the difference between the Democrats agenda and their claimed agenda. Garnering votes and reputations along the way.
A close look AT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO reveals that they only differ in degree and tempo with the Democrats.
It's a function of the office they hold, the power and money they have to wield and the election cycle requiring them to convince one group to give them money and another group to give them votes.
To much of the time those two groups have different goals in mind and the politician must find a way between them that APPEARS to satisfy both.
This is why the TEA party is such a threat and also why Palin was seen as a threat by both sides.
I would almost guarantee she would have attempted to adhere to her spoken goals and been less beholden to the money group.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 23, 2012 05:19 AM (Vh0f5)
How long before HoneyBooBoo ends up in rehab? The kid is getting older and fatter and not so cute. Desperation will sink in to recoup the lost fame and money. Pole dancing before age 10???
Didn't hurt Drew Barrymore.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 05:19 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 23, 2012 05:24 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 08:55 AM (YdQQY)
The tolls for the Hudson River crossings will soon be going up to about $15, so I welcome the ice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 05:24 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Jean at October 23, 2012 05:25 AM (ilc7b)
I love the Bing headline: "Obama wins debate, but Romney still in it."
Still in it.
It is to laugh.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 23, 2012 05:25 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 09:19 AM (zF6Iw)
I had a girlfriend in Los Angeles, and one evening we were having dinner at some nondescript place, when who should appear but Drew Barrymore and whatever guy she was dating at the time (mid-90s). She and her date were so hammered, or stoned, or both that they could barely remain upright at their table.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 05:27 AM (2b4yb)
Camped outside of Orviston, north of Lock Haven. Very wild and woolly country.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 23, 2012 05:28 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at October 23, 2012 05:29 AM (IPG9V)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 23, 2012 05:31 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: Jenny Tries Too Hard at October 23, 2012 05:32 AM (IPG9V)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 23, 2012 09:14 AM (Bg/r1)
Did you forget the intercontinental railroad?
Posted by: Hrothgar (Hostler & Bayonet Repairman) at October 23, 2012 05:32 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 23, 2012 09:24 AM (2b4yb)
Good Lord! The last time I crossed over I think it was less than a dollar but that was on the Tappan Zee. It was also 1971.
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:33 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 23, 2012 05:35 AM (L7hol)
"We came. We saw. We killed. BWAHAHAHAHAHA."
Likewise, "right back at you" al-Qaeda sends their regards to Obama, the POTUS who sponsored their revolution in Libya while telling Americans that al-Qaeda is on its heels.
Cognitive dissonance, as Hillary said, requires a willing suspension of disbelief to allow that Obama has killed (projecting himself into the fray) all the leaders of al-Qaeda as claimed last night.
Obviously, that's not the case given the Benghazi incident out-maneuvering our CIA, our entire Embassy personnel, not to mention our bought-and-paid-for mercenary Libyan "security" forces (owned by Brits) who performed in league with the terrorists.
Where's our outrage? NATO affiliated corporations profit from sponsoring and "managing" these so-called democratic Arab Spring revolutions that are spawning barbarism where there had been coexistence, imperfect but better than now.
CRUCIFIXION. How can any civilized Westerner endorse the ruling revolutionary Egyptians crucifying their opponents who had actually maintained peace within the factions of Egyptians, whether Coptic or Muslim? In the world's face, the crucifixions occurred in front of the Egyptian Presidential Palace. Particularly, a logical person is OFFENDED that our taxes enhance the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda. A logical person rejects propaganda, political promises for re-election votes. Objectivity exposes the fraud from fabrications of profitable whole cloth sold to the masses by our nation's bipartisan leadership.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 23, 2012 05:35 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 23, 2012 05:35 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 05:37 AM (YdQQY)
If that was his informed discourse on the Fleet, can you imagine what his deeper thoughts on air power would sound like?
So. From my Air Force family -- the very same.
There. We agreed on something. Now let's get back to brawling.
Posted by: comatus at October 23, 2012 05:37 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Lokki at October 23, 2012 05:58 AM (a5F9g)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at October 23, 2012 06:50 AM (QupBk)
I had a girlfriend in Los Angeles, and one evening we were having dinner at some nondescript place, when who should appear but Drew Barrymore and whatever guy she was dating at the time (mid-90s). She and her date were so hammered, or stoned, or both that they could barely remain upright at their table.
Hmm. I'm glad she cleaned up her act (somebody must have sat her down and told her what a wreck Uncle John turned out to be), but I would have liked to have met her back in those days; I suspect she'd have been hammered enough that even I could have hit it.
And hit it I would. Like Capone at a dinner table.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 23, 2012 07:20 AM (zF6Iw)
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Posted by: Vic at October 23, 2012 03:01 AM (YdQQY)