Was there warning of Italian earthquake?
The earthquake in central Italy — centered on the ancient town of L’Aquila — has killed at least 130 and leveled towns and villages. As quakes go, it wasn’t that large, somewhere between 5.8 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, but more than 50,000 are now homeless.
But this tidbit buried in a Reuters account is certain to cause aftershocks as well:
“Weeks before the disaster, an Italian scientist had predicted a major quake around L’Aquila, based on concentrations of radon gas found around seismically active areas.
Seismologist Gioacchino Giuliani, who lives in L’Aquila, was reported to police for “spreading alarm” and was forced to remove his findings from the Internet.
Civil Protection assured locals at the end of March that tremors being felt were “absolutely normal” for a seismic area.”
In another story, Reuters reports:
“Italy’s Civil Protection agency held a meeting of the Major Risks Committee, grouping scientists charged with assessing such risks, in L’Aquila on March 31 to reassure the townspeople.
“The tremors being felt by the population are part of a typical sequence … (which is) absolutely normal in a seismic area like the one around L’Aquila,” the agency said in a statement on the eve of that meeting.
It said it saw no reason for alarm but was nonetheless carrying out “continuous monitoring and attention.”
There is no truth to the rumor that “Gioacchino Giuliani” is actually Italian for “Al Gore.”
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caz1158
April 6th, 2009
4:32 pm
Was Bush in Italy recently??? Sounds very similar to the Blame game used on GW.
Midori
April 6th, 2009
4:36 pm
silly Caz,
Bush would have tried to invade the earthquake, and brought freedumb to the aftershocks.
caz1158
April 6th, 2009
4:41 pm
Midori-Good! But I was of Katrina.
caz1158
April 6th, 2009
4:42 pm
sorry was distracted- Thinking of way Bush was blamed for Katrina.
The Eighth
April 6th, 2009
4:46 pm
I thought this might be a good story until the last line. All credibility out the window right there.
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
4:47 pm
Of course there was !
Matthew 24:4-8
“4 Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, 5 for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.”
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
4:48 pm
There is no truth to the rumor that “Gioacchino Giuliani” is actually Italian for “Al Gore.”
There is truth to the rumor that al-Gore is actually American for “hysterical hypocrite.”
Bundle up for tonight, warming fanatics, we wouldn’t want you to freeze in April.
Play bal, er, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Midori
April 6th, 2009
4:49 pm
Caz,
Bush was not “blamed” for Katrina.
he was called out for being an incompetent, out-of-touch leader and admininstrator when it came to handling natural disasters.
fed up
April 6th, 2009
4:53 pm
And what a fine job the mayor of New Orleans and governor of Louisiana did, huh?
Midori
April 6th, 2009
5:00 pm
Fed Up,
it would have been much finer if Chimpolini had done his, rather than spend the most crucial day eating cake with McCain, or “playing” that dumb guitar.
Is he auditioning to be Nero now?
AmVet
April 6th, 2009
5:15 pm
Notwithstanding all of the moronic European-haters in America’s lunatic fringe who are probably not terribly sad about this news, Italy is a wonderful country. The people are by and large very accommodating and were always kind to me. I was lucky enough to spend seven of the best weeks of my life there.
Finchè c’è vita c’è speranza. Mio condoglianze.
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
5:15 pm
By the way, using human tragedy to score cheap, mindless political points, how like a liberal.
Such compassion.
AmVet
April 6th, 2009
5:19 pm
Don’t take it personally I welch/I whine.
Unless of course you have reason to.
Hmmm….
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
5:34 pm
Take what personal, Andy the Welcher, er, I mean AmVet?
jt
April 6th, 2009
5:39 pm
The Italians manufactor fine,powerful, gas guzzling automobiles, they smoke alot and do so ANYWHERE they please, and they respect religion.
They give no credence to any goverment info. This will only be an issue to Americans who haven’t learned yet about Mussolini and other goverment “help”.
Paul
April 6th, 2009
5:39 pm
Okay, I’ll be the contrarian. Gioacchino Giuliani was the lone voice crying against the tyranny of groupthink. Al Gore is the leader of the voices of groupthink, marginalizing those who disagree.
Wait wait wait. I think I got that wrong. Gioacchino Giuliani looked at scientific data not comprehended by the established scientific community and tried to get them to reconsider their views. The establishment told him he was nuts and was inciting fear. All the stuff that looked bad was normal. Don’t worry, be happy.
Hmmm, which way to spin this…. (Tina Turner singing “What’s Truth Got To Do With It” playing in the background – )
david wayne osedach
April 6th, 2009
5:41 pm
Hey we live in San Diego. Hopefully we will get some kind of warning before the “Big One.”
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
5:51 pm
Here’s THE earthquake to watch for:
“3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. ”
Zecaharia 14
RW-(the original)
April 6th, 2009
5:53 pm
Paul,
You beat me to the punch, but now you’ve got to live with us being on the same page again.
I can’t believe that anybody would equate the lone voice of dissent with Al Gore.
Jay B,
Why don’t you take a mulligan on that last line?
Paul
April 6th, 2009
6:02 pm
RW-(the original)
No problem there. Keeps life interesting.
Ever thought that Al Gore is to climate change advocates as Ted Haggard is to the evangelical movement? The messenger casts doubt on the message, even tho the messenger is irrelevant to the message?
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
6:06 pm
JT… 5:39 pm JT you say
“The Italians manufactor fine,powerful, gas guzzling automobiles, they smoke alot and do so ANYWHERE they please, and they respect religion.”
Get out much Jt? I can tell by the above sentence that you have never been to Italy! True they produce a few gas guzzlers, but the majority of the motoring is done on Vespa scooters, and in little tiny cars such as Fiats. Smoke anywhere they please…Smoking is BANNED in all public places including bars. I’ll give you the religion bit .. There does seem to be a lot of Catholics!
rightofcenter
April 6th, 2009
6:06 pm
I am sure if we look hard enough, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Josh Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld, Rush Limbaugh, and Newt Gingrich have their fingerprints all over this. I know this because Jay and the neo-libs have convinced me that they are responsible for everything that goes wrong in the world.
rightofcenter
April 6th, 2009
6:08 pm
And also Josh’s brother John.
danjonglee
April 6th, 2009
6:10 pm
Gore is all about Gore and not clean environment
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
6:17 pm
Last week it was a joke, this week your puppet master pulls the strings-
SOROS SEES END OF DOLLAR AS WORLD CURRENCY…
ew
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
6:25 pm
WHINER…Did Rush tell you that?
Here is what Soros actually said. Taken from CNBC….
The US dollar will remain the world’s reserve currency for a while and it is probable that the world economy will start growing next year, with China, Brazil and India among the first to bounce back, billionaire investor and currencies expert George Soros told CNBC.
“I think the dollar is the dominant currency for a while to come. But in the long run I think it would be important that the US should be subject to the same discipline as the rest of the world,” Soros said in an interview after the G20 summit in London.
He also said his recent comments about Britain and the need for funds from the International Monetary Fund had been misreported. UK newspapers reported that Soros had said it was likely that the UK would go to the IMF to fund its budget deficit.
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
6:35 pm
It took just two months for NY Gov Paterson’s favorability rating to plunge from 54% to 29% – a rate Siena poll spokesman Steve Greenberg called “staggering.”
Critics have panned the budget for spending too much and being negotiated almost entirely in secret.
Hmmmm, I wonder who else can be accused of that, hmmmmm.
Oh yeah, Obozo.
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
6:40 pm
WHINER…Did Rush tell you that?
Rush wasn’t on today, Einstein, Mark Steyn sat in for him and it was hilarious.
And if you would use your brain for something other than parroting DNC talking points, you would realize that Soros needs to divest his democrat party of all it’s dollars before he pulls the trigger, duh.
You libs will be trading dinars before you know it.
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
6:51 pm
“We send our heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in the earthquake. Our embassy in Rome will provide 50,000 (dollars) in emergency relief funding,” State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.
ew, the big 50 G’s, wow.
You liberals are a joke.
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
6:51 pm
I have lived on the San Andreaus and the New Madrid….if this guy has some new science, let’s look at it.
No flatearther I.
Paul
April 6th, 2009
6:57 pm
fearless fosdick
I always find it interesting to go to a source and see the paragraphs preceeding and succeeding the ones quoted. In the case of your post, the paragraph directly before was:
“Soros also said the U.S. dollar is under selling pressure and may eventually be replaced as a world reserve currency, possibly by the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights, a synthetic currency basket comprised of dollars, euros, yen and sterling.”
Rather gets back to the quote that started it all, “Soros sees end of dollar as world currency” (assuming one accepts a ‘world reserve currency’ is as close as we get).
Personally, I’m a bit dubious of a guy who runs hedge funds, makes money by betting against currencies and shelters his money from taxes with accounts in the Caribbean as an unbiased, analytical source.
He may have a good record in making $$$$, but unbiased he ain’t.
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
6:57 pm
O.K. One more and I’ll quit:
Zecharia 14:
“12 This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.”
Now what does that prophetic verse sound like? Tactical Nukes?
DB, Gwinnettian
April 6th, 2009
7:01 pm
Rush wasn’t on today, Einstein, Mark Steyn sat in for him
So THERE! ha!
DB, Gwinnettian
April 6th, 2009
7:02 pm
Now what does that prophetic verse sound like?
I’d say bad acid, but since we’re talking about your Bronze Age tribesman, I’d think it might be some kind of mushroom?
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
7:03 pm
Oh…Sorry Whiner. Somehow, knowing Rush wasn’t on today escaped me. I imagine he was out looking for his dealer.
That was not a DNC talking point. It was CNBC interviewing Soros, which completely discredited your assertion.
Also, whiner the dollar is not the worlds currency!
So I guess in re-capping…You don’t know what you are talking about!
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
7:03 pm
You know who is terribly sexy when he quotes the Torah….
DB, Gwinnettian
April 6th, 2009
7:05 pm
I’ll give you the religion bit .. There does seem to be a lot of Catholics!
Not especially observant, though… although I see from this CSM piece that Mass attendance seems to be up of late (it had been down to around 35%, apparently).
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
7:07 pm
Paul…That’s not the source I got my information from. I took my source right from the top! http://www.cnbc.com/id/30024970 I don’t know how to link but that’s the address I got my source from.
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
7:13 pm
DB .. Too Funny, thanks I needed a laugh!
Rush wasn’t on today, Einstein, Mark Steyn sat in for him
So THERE! ha!
@@
April 6th, 2009
7:19 pm
jay, I know this is hard for someone who’s always looking to place blame, but Good Grief!!!! get a grip on reality, will ‘ya? Not every catastrophe is man-made.
A couple of earthquakes came about three and five hours before today’s Italian temblor — such foreshocks are not particularly unusual.
“We certainly see foreshocks,” Sipkin told LiveScience. “It’s not real common, but it’s not uncommon either.”
But while they’ve been observed before, they’re “not a good indicator that a big earthquake is coming,” Sipkin said. There has been only one documented instance where they were used to successfully predict a major earthquake — in China in the 1970s — and that was a circumstance where foreshocks were steadily increasing in severity and frequency.
Paul
April 6th, 2009
7:19 pm
fearless fosdick
LOL!
I went to CNBC and looked at an article titled “US Recovery Is Far Off, Banks Are ‘Basically Insolvent’: Soros” – same topic! Dated Apr 6, 2009. LOL!
well if we can now put in addresses without linking here it is “http://www.cnbc.com/id/30069223′
Again, Soros strikes me as one of those capitalists more interested in making money than interested in selfless, national service. Doesn’t have anything to do with the truth content of what he says, just means I look at it with more of a jaundiced eye, thinking ‘what’s in it for him?’
Paul
April 6th, 2009
7:22 pm
@@
A Reuters report said “Giuliani, who based his forecast on concentrations of radon gas around seismically active areas, was reported to police for “spreading alarm” and was forced to remove his findings from the Internet.”
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
7:23 pm
Wait…if Soros funds Media Matters and all causes commie pinko – ain’t he a socialist? You mean THE LEFT WING SUPPORTS A DIRTY CAPITALIST!
Holy Poopballs Batman….the world is at an end!
fearless fosdick
April 6th, 2009
7:24 pm
Paul … Where I got my information from is LINKED try it!
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
7:28 pm
I guess they knew ………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkvegrriBc
Paul
April 6th, 2009
7:31 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
Socialist: theory of what everyone should do to achieve justice.
Dirty capitalist: actions of what the self should do (make gobs of money and park it in offshore shelters).
Welcome to life.
fearless – thanks.
Paul
April 6th, 2009
7:32 pm
Mrs. G
I always knew youse guys were closet capitalists….
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
7:34 pm
Paul
Life? Been there doing that. I always have the welcome mat out.
My point remains….those “socialist” dems love their “capitalist” George.
I think Soros could take Scaife, don’t you?
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
7:35 pm
Paul,
Never met a closet I didn’t organize.
radiowxman
April 6th, 2009
7:37 pm
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Gioacchino Giuliani probably didn’t predict the time, nor probably the day the quake would strike.
If officials didn’t have that info, what were they supposed to do? Evacuate the nearby cities for a week? A month? Shut down the whole area until the quake struck? In any economy, imagine the consequences of this.
No matter what people want to tell you, it’s impossible to predict the time and the scale of natural disasters. Which is why people in earthquake prone areas need to prepare for the worst when building.
Paul
April 6th, 2009
7:52 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
Yeah – self made immigrant vs inheritance.
Wonder what they do, though, when someone with next to nuthin’ tells’em to share and not exploit others? What was that guy’s name? I had it just a minute ago… Not much of a businessman, though – lots of people make money off him and he doesn’t even get any royalties…
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
7:59 pm
Paul….
Can you imagine what it was like for Scaife….growing up with the Mellon fortune?
Rich and poor are supposed to share and not exploit others right?
@@
April 6th, 2009
8:05 pm
Well Paul, if it was a “raid on gas”, then I can conclude that Gioacchino was, in fact, Gored.
A word of warning…..never sign off on a post to me with AN EMOTICON!!!!
Paul
April 6th, 2009
8:09 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
Right –
@@
Sorry ’bout that. I’ll just assume from now on you know when I’m funnin –
which is most of the time…
And after that ‘raid on gas’ and ‘Gored’ …
Pleasant evening, all -
Sam
April 6th, 2009
8:31 pm
Oh my, earthquake in Italy(land of Vesuvius)! Snow in Atl in April! Flooding in the Midwest! Drought in Australia! Coldest and Snowiest winter in decades in Europe! You mean the earth can’t be a calm, serene, predictable, manageable sanctuary for secular liberal atheistswhere man controls all of the universe?—-oh what are we Warmers, Coolers, and Changers to do? (weep, weep)
And what pray tell did our great man-God Obama not foretell and warn of this calamity in Italy. He is filled with anger for his lack of foresight in the Final Four Brackets and we are feeling his wrath!!!! Al Gore where are you????
Sam
April 6th, 2009
8:33 pm
BTW “Mrs” Godzilla, you might want to get “out” of the closet……
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
8:40 pm
I’m ahamed I didn’t post this link earlier.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/2009/04/textphoto-courtesy-of-the-us.php?img=2
God Bless.
AmVet
April 6th, 2009
8:43 pm
Sam, your driveling lunacy aside, the Uppity One has UNC in the finals. And winning it all.
Not that being devoid of facts ever stopped one of your rants…
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
8:46 pm
Sam
Certainly! Closet’s are once a quarter for a Saturday afternoon, but they must be tended.
Me, I like men. And you?
Sam
April 6th, 2009
8:52 pm
“Mrs” Godzilla, I BET you do like men don’t ya…..hehehehe
AmVet: ya think the Uppity One is watching the game tonight? Probably, instead of taking care of “minor” issues like economy, N Korea, G20. Ah well, what the heck, he is a government worker with a government worker mindset, can always do it tomorrow or whenever it suits him…..
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
8:53 pm
Hey AmVet
Are ya’ coming to the O of O Spring Fling?
Planning re-education camps, submitting to Muslims, eating Arugala and funky argyle sweaters will be the discussion topics.
Afer that – the clogging bloggers semifinals!
Midori
April 6th, 2009
9:01 pm
Sam just smoked some green eggs and ham.
and it shows…..
Sam
April 6th, 2009
9:06 pm
Midori, you should try wearing the jock strap UNDERNEATH the lingerie, it might be more comfortable big fella
Midori
April 6th, 2009
9:08 pm
speaking of which, Sam, when do you plan on returning the one I lent you?
I realize it was too big for you.
But get it fumigated first, ok?
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
9:11 pm
Sam: I don’t know if you noticed or not but when you unmercifully body slam the liberals on this blog they go to high fiving with each other.
Bizarre, isn’t it?
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
9:11 pm
Sam
What a fabulously brave and manly poker player you must be! Betting on something I told you. Wow we wow wow wow!
And you?
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
9:14 pm
Midori
Hello my friend, hope all is well with you.
I was thinking tonight how much the President and First Lady must want to get home nad how there are two little girls missing their mom and dad.
AmVet
April 6th, 2009
9:15 pm
Sam, being the even handed kind of guy you are, I’m sure you laid into Less than Curious George aka the “War Time” President for taking off a record number of days during in his administration. A jaw dropping 879 of them.
Eclipsing even that other slouch notorious for f’ing off during his term – Ronnie Raygun…
Come to think of it, it’s too bad for the nation that The Hero of the Texas ANG wasn’t really MIA.
Mrs. G, thanks for the invite. If I attend it would be to enjoy the company of folks like you!
Sam
April 6th, 2009
9:15 pm
Geez Midori and Godzilla, you’re assuming I’m male….or perhaps fantasizing???? I’ll keep you guessing. Don’t forget to shave your beards dudes….
I Report/ You Whine
April 6th, 2009
9:16 pm
Bosch/ Paul- I’m halfway through 4.0 and I don’t know how much more I can take.
This is better than the Sopranos and that is saying a lot.
Mrs. Godzilla
April 6th, 2009
9:19 pm
Sam
No assumptions. Just a questin. And you?
Sam
April 6th, 2009
9:19 pm
OMG!!!! AmVet said “Curious George”!!! Call the “politically secrect correct service”. What blasphemy!! Racist!! Bigot!! 50 lashes!!….oh wait, you were referring to Bush and not Obama…..oh well, never mind
Sam
April 6th, 2009
9:23 pm
Godzilla, Midori: it’s been fun, but gotta get my “beauty sleep”. Good night “ladies”(wink, wink)…..hehehehehe
jon
April 6th, 2009
9:30 pm
———-
“We certainly see foreshocks,” Sipkin told LiveScience. “It’s not real common, but it’s not uncommon either.”
———-
Seems to me it would be tricky trying to forecast based on foreshocks. You don’t know it’s a foreshock until you have a shock – then you look back and see foreshocks.
There is some credible work going on in earthquake forecasting. I wouldn’t want to be in it. Could you imagine forecasting a 7.5 earthquake for LA Cal and every one evacuates, major inconvenience, several killed on the highway in the panic and turns out to be a dish rattling
4.6 instead a disastrous 7.5. Next time every stays home and POW!!
Midori
April 6th, 2009
9:31 pm
Mrs. G,
I’ll bet the homecoming will be exciting and moving.
Sam,
I didn’t start the fire.
You’re the one who threw out jock straps, etc.
I just threw it back in your face.
I could care less of your gender.
It appears to be on par with your maturity — questionable.
Can I get a high five, anyone?
Sam
April 6th, 2009
9:38 pm
Jeez Midori, I was just funnin with ya. Awfully sensitive liberal aren’t you? Maybe you really are a girl??——-Naaaaaaaaaah
Good night
Midori
April 6th, 2009
9:43 pm
good night, Sam.
and remember — put the green eggs and ham out BEFORE you doze off.
have a good evening.
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
9:49 pm
HEADLINE:(Reuters) – “Iran criticized on Monday U.S. President Barack Obama for saying Tehran posed a threat with its nuclear program and urged Washington and other countries possessing atom weapons to dismantle their arsenals.”
Well, there you go. Sounds reasonable to me. What say ye libs.?
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
9:53 pm
HEADLINE/AP: “From the economy to North Korea, the ‘unprecedented’ onslaught of issues facing Obama could be too much for any White House to handle. | 1ST 100 DAYS …”
Nope! He’s not off the hook. He had ALL the answers during the campaign. No excuses please.
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
10:01 pm
OUR REVOLUTION BETRAYED …..
“On April 2, 2009, the work of July 4, 1776 was nullified at the meeting of the G-20 in London. The joint communiqué essentially announces a global economic union with uniform regulations and bylaws for all nations, including the United States. Henceforth, our SEC, Commodities Trading Commission, Federal Reserve Board and other regulators will have to march to the beat of drums pounded by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a body of central bankers from each of the G-20 states and the European Union.”
Paul
April 6th, 2009
10:05 pm
Just halfway through and it’s getting painful. AmVet – I was betting on UNC but I didn’t think it would be this bad. I like a final to be closer.
Report/Whine
There’s a lot there, isn’t there?
(and I wasn’t just talking Caprica Six, Bosch)
the metaphors are pretty incredible, aren’t they?
Sam
[[Geez Midori and Godzilla, you’re assuming I’m male...]]
Why would they assume that?!!?
Mrs. Godzilla 8:53
[[eating Arugala and funky argyle sweaters will be the discussion topics. ]]
Why would anyone talk about eating argyle sweaters, let alone do it?
(You could see that one coming… admit it…)
Well, back to the developing blowout on CBS…
(some straight lines just shouldn’t go to waste)
Paul
April 6th, 2009
10:08 pm
We need a larger preview pane.
the ’straight lines’ reference was for you, Sam. So was the smiley face.
@@ (get it? “Straight” lines? Just tryin’ to keep up with the PQ (Punster Queen).
Corporal
April 6th, 2009
11:18 pm
This Global Warming is just awful ….
HEADLINE/AJC: “Snow possible, but blustery cold certain
What happened to spring? And who heard of pollen-covered snow, anyway?”
DB, Gwinnettian
April 7th, 2009
7:27 am
This thing on?
catlady
April 7th, 2009
7:27 am
Corporal–C’mmon, we have had yellow snow before!
Andy the welcher
April 7th, 2009
7:32 am
Ahhhh I see the wingbutternuts are all worked up into a tizzy… again… Andy is confusing me with AmVet, perhaps it’s one of his many personalities that got confused since he’s changed his name here so much to try and run away from his hateful little (and I do mean LITTLE) rants.
And of course the venerable Corporal, a man so full conservatism and hubris that he’ll have to do some serious splaining to get through the pearly gates, but he’s good for some bible verses. unfortunately, just like ALL men who quote the bible so often snd so freely, he’s a hypocrite and a man full of hate, Can’t decide if it’s “those people” he hates or if it’s Liburals, or both. We should all pray for him because god knows what’s in his heart and Klan members don’t make the final cut.
DB, Gwinnettian
April 7th, 2009
7:43 am
We need a larger preview pane.
What “preview pane?” That’d be nice if there were a proper preview feature, so that one could check to make sure the post was goign to pass muster prior to hitting “submit.”
As it is, all we get are five lines viewable at a time. It’d take about twenty seconds to fix, but do they?
(and yeah, I’ve already emailed them about it. First thing I griped about actually, with this latest redesign.)
DB, Gwinnettian
April 7th, 2009
8:02 am
Sam’s @ 9.19, since nobody was ever kind enough to patiently explain to you the difference between
a) A redneck bar owner selling monkey shirts bearing the likeness of Curious George with the caption “Obama for President” in order to ridicule an African-American running for the nation’s highest office
and
b) noticing that the previous President posessed a near-legendary lack of curiousness, and that his first name happens to be “George”
…I probably can’t help you either. But I’d be willing to try if you asked nicely.