A special dedication for this week’s travelin’ music

For Boose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo

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….and he will always be remembered for his sounds…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0oxkwvO4_4

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Awww… how sweet! Heh… No sale is ever final though, thank goodness!

Here ladies: You can have my husband. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg5QK5OvRT8

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Last one…maybe. To Boose!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfrLFirGWc

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Whiner, it’s music time…relax and give it a break. We can p-ss each other off again on Monday, geez…

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Are all of the jurors chosen for the terrorist trial in NYC going into the “witness protection program” for life?

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Geez, jay, nothing like putting fear into the heart of a friend. That song will probably make Ol’ Boose booze it up before the “I dos”.

Hope tonight’s choice doesn’t speak to your own marriage experience.

Come to think of it, you did say you had to……?

Nah….not goin’ there. Believe it or not, I’ve forgiven your condescending tone during our exchange.

Have a great weekend. Be the prop.

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Whiner, I didn’t tell you to “knock it off”, I just said give it a break. Join in, have some fun, that’s all.

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…and hope there is none of this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyK-hNzz-CI&feature=related

this is fun!!!

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Never been married myself, but I do have a cousin who was well into his forties before he fell. As he said, he finally found a woman who likes to fish…AND will take them off the hook and clean them herself!

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andy

Do you always have to be a pill?

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Well, I reckon in a few hours old Boose will be as dead as UGA VII. It’s kind of sad he decided to end it all. There’s many a time after a long day of lugging beer and dodging potholes I wished I could just cut loose and stay out boozing it up till 4 in the a.m. Old Boose will be working till 90 and wearing that ball and chain just to pay the shopping debts.

I mean, it seems OK at first. You think you’re marrying an @@. But sooner or later she turns into a Sister Dusty and you’re stuck. It hurts too much to stay married and costs too much to get single.

Anyhow, I’m glad Bookman is standing up for old Boose. Ever notice how people in misery ain’t satisfied till everybody else is miserable?

Have a good night everybody. And to old Boose I say, booze can help some. Not that rotgut fancy stuff josef nix drinks or the cheap table wine Sister Dusty guzzles, but real boose–I mean, booze.

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MRS. G,

Andy, I’ll out live you too. I don’t worry about things I can’t control and I control very little, so I worry little. You need to dance a little yourself.

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Josef, Haven’t been ab;e to say “howdy” for a while so…Howdy! Great choice!

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Josef Nix-

The origins of “coonass” are obscure, and Cajuns have put forth several folk etymologies in an effort to explain the word’s origin. Some amateur linguists believe that the word refers to the Cajuns’ occasional habit of eating raccoons, or from the use of coonskin caps by the Cajuns’ ancestors while fighting in the Battle of New Orleans or in the Revolutionary War under Spanish colonial Governor Bernardo de Gálvez. Yet others hold that the term derives from the shape of Cajun women after having children (like a raccoon viewed from above).[2]

The most popular folk etymology, however, stems from late Louisiana congressman and cultural activist James “Jimmy” Domengeaux, who maintained that “coonass” derived from the continental French word “connasse,” which means “stupid girl/woman” (the qualifier for a male is “connard.” According to the French Wiktionary, the French Larousse dictionnary, and the French Wikipedia, “connasse” entered the French language at the beginning of the 19th century and the term translates loosely to dirty prostitute). Domengeaux asserted that Frenchmen used the term in reference to Cajun soldiers serving in France during World War II, and that Anglo-American soldiers overheard the term, transformed it into “coonass” and brought it back to the U.S. as a disparaging term for Cajuns. Citing Domengeaux’s etymology, Louisiana legislators passed a concurrent resolution in the 1980s condemning the word. Contrary to popular belief, the lawmakers did not ban the term.[2]

Research has since disproved Domengeaux’s “connasse” etymology. Indeed, photographic evidence shows that Cajuns themselves used the term prior to the time in which “connasse” allegedly morphed into “coonass.”[3]

Other etymological explanations exist, none of them convincing. The origin of “coonass” remains obscure and uncertain. Two or more causative factors may have been mutually reinforcing in fostering the term coonass.

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For the hippie generation of free love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KYQj0-Is98

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Don’t know what the rest have posted, but this one is for my husband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0lEVMuzzw

The boy can’t dance, but all he has to do is stand there. I’ll do the rest.

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Boose better look into his tax status and his future household income before taking the big leap. “Shacking” may have saved him a lot of money.

Note; Notice how Redneck continues to promote alcohol consumption to further his “day job”. I don’t think you have to worry about Americans not consuming enough of John Barleycorn or Edward Hops or Lito Vino old bean. You are in the RIGHT field of business for this day and age (even though we all know you are probably a janitor at some high school and theres certainly nothing wrong with that!).

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Pogo, you mentioned John Barleycorn…reminded me of this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wml3V-maDeA

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In case Boose is a Trekkie…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5nG2jEVgc&feature=related

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Gotta go, but Jay tell your fried Boose, whenever in doubt, do what my wife and I do…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVjdQXNs9s

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Normal—Gotcha! You and I seem to keep missing each other here…

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Japan’s domestic economy has fallen into a deflationary phase for the first time since 2006, the Cabinet Office announced Nov. 20. Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii made grave statements about the return of deflation in Japan, saying that fiscal stimulus was not sufficient to revive consumption levels and boost prices.

Even though growth returned to the Japanese economy in the second quarter of 2009 due to government stimulus efforts, deflation will jeopardize conditions for a sustained rebound.

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“Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.

The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the arguments of skeptics, and casual comments — in some cases derisive — about specific people known for their skeptical views. Drafts of scientific papers and a photo collage that portrays climate skeptics on an ice floe were also among the hacked data, some of which dates back 13 years.

In one e-mail exchange, a scientist writes of using a statistical “trick” in a chart illustrating a recent sharp warming trend. In another, a scientist refers to climate skeptics as “idiots.””

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html?hp

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Mrs Godzilla, “I support onterspecies marriage”…..like Barack’s mom and dad…..no wonder you voted for him

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Whiner, for when you get there…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC837oh98_Y

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Whoops, gotta go.. stove alarm just went off…

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**Andy, I’ll out live you too. I don’t worry about things I can’t control and I control very little, so I worry little.**

And?

4:12 Whiner, it’s music time…relax and give it a break.

4:28 Whiner, I didn’t tell you to “knock it off”, I just said give it a break.

5:10 For Andy…

You said you had to go @ 5:32

6:10 Looks like Whiner’s got all the answers. He should run for office.

6:11 Whiner, for when you get there…

**???????Andy, I’ll out live you too. I don’t worry about things I can’t control and I control very little, so I worry little????????**

Is it Normal for your words to come in conflict with your actions?

Jus’ sayin’

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Just opened a bottle of Knight’s Valley Beringer Cabernet. Sam’s…. $18/bottle. A little high but a superb red. Nearly as good as the Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay. Friday nights are saved for good wines….. so many really good wines and so little time.

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This song pretty much sums up my romantic life. Sing it Marty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJv6JWK00Kg

“Hearts can break, and never mend together. Love can fade away…….”

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“One of these days, I’m going to fit my car with a steel bumper on the front. ”

Better upgrade your frame too. A steel bumper is not much use if you bend your frame.

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“Better upgrade your frame too. A steel bumper is not much use if you bend your frame.”

LOL, Doggone. Do you think machine gun turrets would be overkill?

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“Do you think machine gun turrets would be overkill?”

Nope…they wouldn’t have to be real…just LOOK real!

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Back at you with some more Ian, Am:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDosgkws0-c&feature=related

“Skating away, skating away on the thin ice of a new day…..”

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“Geez, jay, nothing like putting fear into the heart of a friend. That song will probably make Ol’ Boose booze it up before the “I dos”.”

I know the critics fall all over themselves praising Nina Simone, but she just doesn’t do it for me.

“There will be dudes in here serenading each other before long and you tell me to knock it off?”

Jealousy will get you nowhere, Reporter. And speaking of “guy serenades”, I thought of this number today for josef, in honor of his Mississippi heritage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFgdz2ufic

Any chance you know how to do the Mississippi Uptown Half-Step Toodle-doo, josef?

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“Don’t know what the rest have posted, but this one is for my husband.”

@@–My first date with my (now) ex-wife was to see “Dirty Dancing”. “I Had The Time Of My Life” always reminds me of the good times….

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Something about this is just amazing

Hallelujah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ

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or we could go with a little Fog Hat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7OrmULwb8

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Damn, j$, we really do think alike.

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This is fascinating reading …………. wake up call !

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

“Very few people were true Nazis,” he said, “but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen.

Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.”

We are told again and again by “experts” and “talking heads” that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.

It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the “silent majority,” is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority was irrelevant.

China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a war mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were “peace loving”?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts: the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this and think about it, and send it on before it’s too late.

And remember, the first thing the fanatics will do to the silent majority is to disarm them.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrc8XOlJsm0

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Andy,

Have you been burning something besides white oak out there?

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Yeah, Frampton is a little mellow….

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Hmmmm……an ode to marriage musical tribute. Here’s my addition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMFMf9cN64U

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For our lady contributor this evening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWwIfUDi4ZU

(I just love this stuff…)

And another great guitarist for Christ. (now)

And you all thought I was just an ignorant heathen, didn’t ya?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiYdUe36_Q

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josef: here’s another one for you…….. (LANGUAGE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs25blRUviY&feature=related

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Wedding Bell Blues….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMhWQgkZ8c

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RW

That sounds like good advice. I never had the brash attitude, but would lash out like a junkyard dog when cornered.

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Normal

The Queen track was wrong on so many levels. Got me rolling on the floor laughing. Someone else even posted it too.

Guess I’ll post another one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jltdIXuml44

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“That sounds like good advice. I never had the brash attitude, but would lash out like a junkyard dog when cornered.”

Not sure where you grew up, ABM, but in Jersey you had to fight unless you wanted to be someone’s b!tch. I never started any fights, but was able to finish a few……

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Religion has always been a huge part of my life. As have philosophy and metaphysics.
The nature of existence, cosmology and human knowledge. This is what the hullabaloo is all about, right?

And for me Harrison was a mentor…

After the nightmare of November (and December) 2000, this song more than any other sustained me…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_N3bjqlr4

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5TS39S9CsY

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Congratulations and condolences!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22GkBTAC7QQ&feature=related

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md, thanks for that great Charlie Daniels parody earlier. Fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHDAtybqoRA&feature=related

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Still playing catchup:

AmVet–Great deep cut with the Crawler selection.

RW–I guess some folks might consider W.O.L.D to be a deep cut at this point. My favorite Chapin song is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34

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Heard a *rumor* the other day that the Feds are looking into Vernon Jones’s tenure as DeKalb Co. CEO. Just a rumor, but don’t be shocked if he does some time ala Bill Campbell.

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A little Journey reprise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KWeFMBP5nA&feature=related

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RW–I guess some folks might consider W.O.L.D to be a deep cut at this point

I doubt that Bruno. Just a jab at the folks that spend the week pretending they’re DJ’s.

Maybe it’s because I drive through Scranton nearly every year, but this is my fave from Chapin

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Bruno

I don’t know much about him either. He was Franklin’s campaign manager or something like that. He has some connections to the Campbell administration too, I think. I may be wrong about that. I really hope I’m wrong about him, but I’m cynical about most politicians anyway.

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“I doubt that Bruno. Just a jab at the folks that spend the week pretending they’re DJ’s.”

Just can’t let it go, huh, RW?

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AmVet–Nice Joe Walsh selection. His music has always spoken to me from his early days as a solo artist, to his time with the Eagles, along with his early 80s solo stuff. Saw him at Chastain once in 1991, great, great show.

“His work on Rundgren’s Zen Archer is as sweet as there is…”

Which was the song that got me into Todd in the first place.

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Strange indeed…

Something a tad more familiar, friend…

http://www.imeem.com/artists/gregg_allman/music/N0v1gR_3/gregg-allman-all-my-friends/

http://www.imeem.com/artists/rod_stewart/music/10Qo8C0x/rod-stewart-stone-cold-sober/

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Am–As much as I respect Gregg Allman as an artist, I don’t really respect him as a person. For starters, when he got busted for drugs in the mid-70s, he rolled on his friends to save his own skin. Unforgivable in my book. In addition, he has a son named Michael who lives right here in Atlanta. Very cool guy, I’ve partied with him a few times. For many, many years, Gregg wouldn’t acknowledge him, despite the fact that he is almost a dead ringer for his uncle Duane.

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Here’s Michael’s myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/michaelallmanband

If you feel like looking, I’m one of his 2300 friends (Bruno is my myspace name as well).

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Listening to Supertramp….

Welcome to the party, NIF.

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I better run also. I was just notified by my credit card company that they are raising my interest rate from 8% to 20% despite an excellent credit history. I immediately closed the account and will never do business with Chase again. A-holes.

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Yea, I’m beat.

Talk to you soon.

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Amvet

Have a good one. BTW. This guy had an old tommy Gun. That was fun, but I don’t know how anyone could hit anything with it. It climbs like crazy. But this pistol is nice. I looked up some history and it’s supposedly the better of the 70-80 series. I think this thing was made about 1977.

I’ll probably never shoot it again. But it’s nice to know I have it.

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Ship finally freed from Antarctic ice. A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a mass of sea ice for days has reached open water off Antarctica.-Urinal

And here I thought all the ice was melted, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!

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I was just about to ask where are the Bookman nut sacks, then I scroll down and see one is here…

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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No, I like Tea as well…

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This guy had an old tommy Gun.

Another old Tommy Gun.

You ain’t happy ‘less you got one!

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MR. PRESIDENT, BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!

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Bruno. It’s that regulation thing. The card companies are trying an end run before the regs are passed. Greedy Capitalists..jail them all…

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“The card companies are trying an end run before the regs are passed.”

Understood, Normal. Which is why legislation designed to screw Big Business always fails. You-know-what always rolls downhill.

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Mister Majic…true instrumental talent at its best!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_F5d189rx4

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Well, good morning everybody. I see the Socialists are on here trying to run down the credit card cos. Here they up and give you credit and then you show your thanks by grumbling about the intrust rate when they raise it. No wonder we’re about to get Obabocare and other Socialist programs. Well, you can’t have Free Innerprize without profit, and raising the intrust rate is one way to get more profit. This is America, not China. We like making money. It’s people like you that are turning us into the Socialist States of America.

I would write more but I’m making all kind of phone calls to Congress today to get them to defeat this health care bill. If that thing passes we won’t have enough money to fight the two wars. Besides, I don’t want to pay taxes so Those People and the other welfare bums can have health care. We got more important things to do with our money.

Have a good Saturday everybody and be sure to pray for Boose. Maybe he’ll see the light and back out before it’s too late.

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Bruno, I agree with all you say. There is no customer loyalty with those guys. Jeez, how I miss the Mom and Pop businesses. You knew you were appreciated then.

I haven’t carried a balence in years. I have money in the bank, a paid off house and cars, but if you looked at my credit score, you’d find it was just average. That is wrong in so many ways, don’t you think?

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I first heard Nina Simone while I was living in Novelda -an obscure suburb of Alicante, Spain. It was love at first (listening.)

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Well, outahere…pickin’ up the Grandson for a day of whatever he wants to do. Fun stuff..
Later…

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Bruno@8:49 … Thanks…maybe I’ll treat myself to a few for Christmas…I think that Grover was one of the best and the saxophone just so happens to be my preferred instrument for soothing sounds. I never learned to play any instrument but good sounds always gives me a positive boost!!!

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“Thanks…maybe I’ll treat myself to a few for Christmas”

The cut you just played was from a concert in Philadelphia in 1981 to support the release of the Winelight album:

http://www.amazon.com/Grover-Washington-Jr-Concert/dp/B00005OCMQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1258812977&sr=1-3

Great DVD from beginning to end. I played this cut a few weeks ago from the same DVD, but it is worth repeating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqE_yKfkhE

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Is the music thread officially closed now?

Nine more days…ElBaradei is gone. Good riddance to ElBaradei!

Iran has ‘every reason to be distrustful’ of the West: ElBaradei

I’m so embarrassed for America.

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Seriously though, what caused the recession?

Certainly there was no way the GOP, party of economic savvy and military prowess, could have double penetrated itself?

Nah….

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This site continues to ignore my paragraph closers. Don’t know why that is. Don’t care.

Why am I not surprised, AmVet, used every opportunity, on the music thread, to take a shot at Christianity?

Don’t look now, AmVet, but your big ol’ A$$ is showing, as usual.

Must be frustrating for you to have a foe that’s beyond your reach. Can’t touch it, can’t hold it, can’t defeat it. It’ll continue on long after you’re dead and buried, old man.

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Bruno…gotta run but what’s your opinion on this early Christmas start????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyR8LOv8Bg

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Luckovich cares. Nice cartoon today.

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“a foe beyond reach”

What in the world? Don’t worry Bruno, @@ doesn’t mind when people speaks for others – she’s practically the princess of that herself!!

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@@, I was paying compliments to those guys – Keaggy and Derringer.

I respect both of them immensely. I listened to an interview with RD not long ago and was impressed with his commitment to what he believes in – rocking for Jesus.

Maybe, just maybe, your brand of angry Christianity get’s in the way from seeing the obvious, as Bruno and others here who read those posts of mine last night might attest?

Or maybe you just insist on looking for the worst in everything and everyone, young lady.

Even when it’s not there…

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“Don’t worry Bruno, @@ doesn’t mind when people speaks for others – she’s practically the princess of that herself!!”

LOL, Bosch. I guess we all tend to put our noses where it’s not invited at times. I do my best to see the three pointing back at myself whenever I point a finger at someone.

“Maybe, just maybe, your brand of angry Christianity get’s in the way from seeing the obvious, as Bruno and others here who read those posts of mine last night might attest?”

In general, Am, I find that the more secure someone is in his/her beliefs, the less sensitive they are to challenges to their view. I don’t recall you saying anything last night that could be considered offensive, at least by me.

“Or maybe you just insist on looking for the worst in everything and everyone, young lady. Even when it’s not there…”

At least Am is complimenting you by referring to you as a young lady, @@. He could have said, “Now listen, you old dried up prune…..”

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Bruno@9:52…Bella Napoli!! Beautiful music and photos…I was stationed in Italy for three and a half years (Navy) and traveled around Europe…so many memories!!!

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G’morning Kamchak!

The fans certainly need their scapegoat, don’t they? I don’t know about his contract, but i wouldn’t be surprised if they give him the boot.

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Relax all ye who are worried and offended.

From one of my favorite musicals ever…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkje4FiH9Qc

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Kamchak–Nice Grover selection. He actually subtitled that selection “Take Another Five” in deference to the original by Dave Brubeck. I can listen to Grover all day and never get bored. DItto for the Dead, although I suspect that I’m the only DeadHead on this site.

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Bosch

I’m following the Blue Lions via live text on the BBC. 2-Nil for the good guys.

Of the top four in the EPL, Chelsea is the only one in the last few years to jettison managers. Our biggest mistake was hiring Jose Mourinho–very talented, but reminds me of Bobby Knight. The game should be decided on the field/court not playing mind games through the press.

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getalife, those athletes are all dunks?

(Just kidding! I know what you meant…)

Talk about not being able to let it go, WTF is up with the Klan?

For them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqzBtJ2Gco

B, as you’re the resident guru on the topic, what’s your take on the large Hadron Collider?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/21/cern.hadron.collider/index.html

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“The kkk will rally today before the LSU-Miss game to further embarrass the south.”

I didn’t hear about that one, getalife.

At this point, could their organization be any more irrelevant?

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Bruno

Here are The Ripper’s covering “I’ll Be Around” with Jeffery Osborne on vocals.

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“Talk about not being able to let it go, WTF is up with the Klan? For them:”

Total belly laugh at the Ace Ventura clip, Am.

“White power are scared to death of becoming the minority because they treated others badly.”

That sounds a little too simplistic to me, getalife. It’s human nature to want to be on top. Why would you want ANYONE to have power over you who doesn’t have your best interests at heart? Out of curiosity, have you followed the demise of Clayton County under black rule?

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Bruno,

I knew that post would get your true feelings.

Black rule huh?

Inform me.

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GetaLife

Amen @ 10:33. Too bad they don’t realize that most minorities aren’t that petty to want to do the same things that were done to them. Most, not all, have moved beyond that thought process and are more concerned with other things.

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“I knew that post would get your true feelings.”

Since you’ve already made up your mind that anyone who disagrees with you must be a racist, I won’t stand in the way of your fantasy.

“Black rule huh? Inform me.”

Maybe we could start with the fact that the school system was the first in the US in more than a 100 years to lose their accreditation. The level of corruption in the police force has already reached the tipping point. I’d invite you to do your own research, but your mind is already made up.

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“Too bad they don’t realize that most minorities aren’t that petty to want to do the same things that were done to them. Most, not all, have moved beyond that thought process and are more concerned with other things.”

Maybe my attention is drawn to the more egregious examples, ABM, but what is your feeling about leaders like NO mayor Ray Nagin who made the infamous “Chocolate City” remark? Or Maynard Jackson who felt entitled to reap millions upon millions of dollars through his bond company via minority “set-asides” despite the fact that he was already extremely wealthy. Or both Bill Campbell and SHirley Jackson who both made remarks about looking after “their people”?

I’m the first to admit that things were unfair for AAs in this country for a long time. Ultimately, however, two wrongs never make a right. If a white candidate today spoke of “his people”, he or she would be lambasted by the media, yet folks like Nagin, Jackson, Campbell, and Franklin seem to get a free pass for their remarks.

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“For Bruno and all the other deadheads . . .”

Thanks for the positive vibe, wet wiccan. Things are getting ugly quickly this AM due to the tiresome racial accusations by getalife.

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Bruno,

“I’m the first to admit that things were unfair for AAs in this country for a long time. Ultimately, however, two wrongs never make a right. If a white candidate today spoke of “his people”, he or she would be lambasted by the media, yet folks like Nagin, Jackson, Campbell, and Franklin seem to get a free pass for their remarks.”

That is the non violent karma of politics I was referring to.

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ABM,

Who are they playing today?

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Bruno

I’ve stated quite often my opposition to Reed based on his perceived and verified connections to Franklin, Campbell, and Jackson. 20-25 years ago, I’d have been the first one to snatch up a white person for no reason. I blame it on a lack of knowledge and youthful indescretion. I’ve since grown up and have moved on from that line of thinking. I’ve taken flak on this site from referring to “my peeps”. I’ll continue to use that term as it morphs depending on what group I’m referring to. I’m black, male, a gov’t worker, law enforcement, a Mason, a Christian, Southern, and there’s many more groups I can claim. I have no problem with people using the term “my people”. Hell, I’d go as far as to say that’s what McCain wanted to say every time he said, “my friends”. In my opinion, for anyone to get a bug up their a$$ over that phrase shows their insecurities.

NIF

I wouldn’t do anything to anyone who hasn’t done anything to me personally or my family.

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Bruno:

Prude? Oh he’s called me, not only a prude, in the past, but names far more profane.

Funny how you and others here take up his mantle. As far as I’m concerned, AmVet is shrouded in his past attacks against Christians here.

Psalms 119:23 — Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

One of the principle teachings found throughout Scripture is the guarantee that, if you are a true believer and you take up the mantle of God’s truth, you will face persecution.

Alrighty din! Bring it….I’m armored against AmVet’s little pings, or what he’d like to think are his IEDs.

Thppbbbtttt. He’s just a bitter ol’ man looking for fans.

AmVet exemplifies the liberal’s golden measure of “a man”.

I will do unto him as he does unto me.

Blog on, AmVet’s soldiers.

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getalife

If McElroy doesn’t get happy feet, we’ll pull it off. Florida will stack 8 in the box to stop Ingram. That will leave single coverage on the wide outs. As long as McElroy hits’em in the numbers, Bama will keep Florida on their heels. Hitting the receivers will force Florida to back off the line and green light our running game.

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When liberals start denouncing Astrology, chanting, women’s circles and all other types of new age garbage, I’ll start giving their anti-Christain rants a little more credibility.

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NIF

I understand your point. Personally, I don’t think the racist belong to any one party. They come in all shapes and sizes. I don’t agree with the attempt to paint the conservatives as nazi’s either. What most people don’t understand is that the black community shares more beliefs in common with the conservative movement than with the liberal. The big difference, however, is that we understand that everyone is different and most of us don’t try to force our beliefs on the community as a whole. There are exceptions to that however, and usually those exceptions are the most vocal and the most shown by media.

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NiF:

I DO enjoy your posts re: perpetual racism within the Democratic party. It’s why I’ve distanced myself from them. I get frustrated when I see how they use minorities for their political advantage.

josef’s not here, and I’ll be gone upon his return. The gay community’s demand for same-sex marriage will never be met by the dems. Why?

Because Survey by the Human Rights campaign, in the last three elections, registered the gay vote between 4 and 5 percent — a little over a half a million.

Blacks 40.2 million or 13.4 percent

Hispanics 46.9 million

Heck! gays don’t even qualify as a minority by the govt’s census definition.

It’s necessary for dems to leave a few stragglers behind. Causes left unaddressed are causes they can champion.

The only thing dem politicians are interested in is their power OVER the people.

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“In my opinion, for anyone to get a bug up their a$$ over that phrase shows their insecurities.”

If it were only empty rhetoric, ABM, I wouldn’t care in the least. Without going into any specifics, I’ve had friends of mine “hire” black figureheads for their companies solely to obtain contracts with the City of Atlanta. I’m talking dollars, not rhetoric.

“Why haven’t we moved beyond that? Because we don’t want to. Haven’t we by now reached a point that we can call out a scoundrel for being a scoundrel regardless of the ethnic origin?”

Maybe it’s simply a part of human nature, josef, we humans being the greedy, selfish creatures that we are. At some point, the racial double standard has to stop, however. Otherwise, true achievement by “minorities” will always be tainted in the minds of many.

Sorry for the detour this AM, but the ugly accusations of people like getalife without any facts to back it up don’t sit well with me. Ultimately, it is solely a reflection of his own prejudice, but I feel it needs addressing.

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NIF, you may have missed it, but someone here noted your earlier reference to “liberal” astrology and came back with a classic rejoinder about Nancy Reagan.

As for chanting, it’s not my bag, but since you are a TR fan too…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z355eR0Bw

I’m not going to wade into this topic of race this morning.

I’ve fought my own demons, you guys fight yours…

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Alright, I gotta share this….my husband’s opinion. It’s not a “poor pitiful me” message, only his acknowledged observation. When it comes to discrimination on the job, he says there’s no one more discriminated against than the white male. A heterosexual, white male can claim age discrimination, but that’s it.

A young to middle-aged white male? Forget about it — he hasn’t a chance in hell if fired unjustifiably.

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Clown Puncher

Any proof that blacks are applauding Jackson’s message?

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ABM,

My family knows Coach Gene Stallings that was carried off the field when Bama won the National Championship.

Yup, Tebow will step up his game so McElroy needs to step up his.

Who said we can’t discuss race in this country?

Yes, we can.

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I should not do this because I cannot stay around to catch the arrows, but I will try to respond to anyone tonight or on Sunday afternoon or certainly Monday morning.

Are there countries on Earth with a majority white population and a majority white government:
* Where Blacks participate in government (elected offices) that their participation in the US?
* Where Blacks have a better opportunity to succeed in business than their opportunities in the US?
* Where Blacks have better educational opportunities that the educational opportunities in the US?

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Damn. Those two “thats” should be “thans”.

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ABM:

Any proof that blacks are applauding Jackson’s message?

I have no way of knowing whether they’re black or not, but I’ll drag my post from jay’s “Jackson is reduced to a Parody” thread here for review.

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November 19th, 2009
1:40 pm

Nope! Not much difference in my view.

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“For G-d’s sake, Salt Lake City passed an gay-friendly anti-discrimination ordinance, D*ickhead Cheney has come out swinging for his little girl’s right to be treated as an equal under the law.”

And all while “liberal” states like Maine and California shoot down gay marriage legislation in a heartbeat. In the meantime, getalife calls me a racist when half my employees and all of my clients are black. I haven’t dated a “white” woman for several years now. My poker group includes every religious and ethnic group under the sun. Not that I have any obligation to establish my “credentials” today, but it’s pretty r-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-u-s for him to label people based on liberal/conservative political outlook without knowing the facts.

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“Who said we can’t discuss race in this country?”

Maybe it’s just my opinion, but I don’t think automatically labeling anyone who disagrees with you a racist constitutes actual discussion.

“I’m not going to wade into this topic of race this morning. I’ve fought my own demons, you guys fight yours…”

Probably a wise choice Am. I prefer to speak up in the tradition of “When good men remain silent…..”

Enjoyed the Dire Straits selection.

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“getalife calls me a racist”

Link please.

Methinks you have some guilt and issues.

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Anyone want to debate this ??

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A German’s View on Islam
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A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

“Very few people were true Nazis,” he said, “but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen.

Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.”

We are told again and again by “experts” and “talking heads” that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant.

It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.

The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.

The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the “silent majority,” is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority was irrelevant.

China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a war mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.

And who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were “peace loving”?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts: the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this and think about it, and send it on before it’s too late.

And remember, the first thing the fanatics will do to the silent majority is to disarm them.

Gerhard Gr�newald
Franzensbader Str.19
14193 Berlin

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bither,

No, we can’t debate paranoid and crazy.

Perhaps a mental health professional can debate your mindset.

Geez, take off your tin foil hat and join the sane becker.

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getaclue

**How many AA’s are there in Congress and which party do they belong?**

Thanks for proving my point. Please point out a single district that is represented by those leaders that can crow about the quality of the educational system that they have provided for the children of their constituents.

Here’s a hint: yet another one of your adolescent snide remarks will only make you look even more clueless ands foolish (if that is possible)

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“shut down any meaningful conversation”

I beg to differ ^^^.

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To getalife:

Well, I guess Clown Puncher sure showed you !

You guys amaze me (actually disgust is a better word).

But alas, I digress …………..

Off to watch football ………….

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Yes, we did digress to name calling but did discuss race.

Then you cut and ran.

Typical but we are making progress and we are moving forward.

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cons are hilarious.

That was fun but let’s address a new topic.

Joe The Plumber Comes Out Against Palin Running In 2012.

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“You’re just like some of those peaceful good German citizens who moved upwind of the ovens so the smoke wouldn’t bother them.”

Yeah right nif.
Too funny.

Let’s move on from that brilliant discussion.

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getaclue

**Yeah right nif.**

I didn’t write that. One of your other fans did.

Do you enjoy looking like a fool?

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“It’s rather ironic actually. Everything liberal Democrats said the Bush administration and Republicans in congress were (when in power) are the EXACT thing that Democrats ARE while in power *now*.”

A slight exaggeration but your point is valid, Clown. Very valid.

Though some of the regulars here screamed that BHO was the” most liberal” man in the known universe.

Nonsense.

And I said as much last fall.

And remember these are the same people who contended year after year after year that George Bush and the neo-cons were conservatives.

The R&D Party duopoly owns them, and they don’t even realize it…

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Sorry about the delay. PC issues today. I think the computer it trying to remind me that Bama’s playing.

Clown Puncher & NIF(in regards to the 95% vote)

I wasn’t trying to single out any one group. I think many of the “special interests” groups go way beyond necessary to get their point across. Like my earlier statement, I don’t think it’s a matter of race. I believe it’s more economic than anything. Poor whites get treated just the same as poor blacks. You don’t hear much about it, I believe, because the poor whites don’t have anyone to speak up on their behalf. I think the overwhelming reason blacks support Democrats over Republicans is that the Dems pay lip service to the economic problems that poor people face.

You can tell people all day to pull themselves up by their bootstraps until your face turns blue, but what if they’re wearing sandals? If Republicans did more to alleviate the economic disparaties in this country as opposed to just cheerleading “If I can do it, so can you”, I think there would be a massive shift to the Republican party. At the same time, if the Democrats don’t begin to actually do something about the economic problems, they stand a chance to drive more away. Mind you, there will be the sheep that will follow either party no matter what they do.

NIF

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AmVet,

Their bias does not allow them to see this obvious fact.

Libs want to boycott sending money for the dems.

Then the cons are attacking their moderates.

It’s interesting because I don’t think I have seen this before.

Then the

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ABM:

” I think the overwhelming reason blacks support Democrats over Republicans is that the Dems pay lip service to the economic problems that poor people face. You can tell people all day to pull themselves up by their bootstraps until your face turns blue, but what if they’re wearing sandals? If Republicans did more to alleviate the economic disparaties in this country as opposed to just cheerleading “If I can do it, so can you.”

Obviously giving and giving and giving and building more and more and more public and low income housing hasn’t done much to alleviate minority poverty since LBJ’s Great Society, has it?

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CP,

So the gop needs to move backwards and not forward?

We know fiscal con is “lip service”

And tax cuts are for the wealthy in a time of wars.

So what are the roots?

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“So the gop needs to move backwards and not forward?”

Get – moving “forward” is not moving left to the GOP. Sorry to disappoint.

“And tax cuts are for the wealthy in a time of wars.”

Considering the mere 10% of top income US households provide nearly 75% of all IRS income tax revenue taken in, I’d say that any tax cuts coming would go to the majority of them. Anything less would be income redistribution, Marxist style.

What are you for?

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“Then the cons are attacking their moderates.”

getalife, it is this very immoderation that is such a turn off for me.

And apparently many millions of others. Finally.

I think in most ways we all want the same things.

In my view, it is time to replace money as a god with another model in this nation.

Unbridled greed and concentrated power has brought us to this sorry mess.
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Remember when we as a people valued Americans for who they were and not just for what they had?

Clown, I’m not sure what those values/roots were 15 years ago. Serioulsy.

Can you expound?

I am seriously interested in hearing your opinion as to who on the horizon can steer the current GOP away from the rocks.

The answer is there is too much power and too much wealth in too few hands and the few control our government and the few create the problems and the injustices for the many and have less and less interest in doing anything about it because they can get away with it. ~Ralph Nader, 1996

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““And tax cuts are for the wealthy in a time of wars.”

Had to address this again:

1) Bush’s tax cuts are set to expire.

2) Republicans have been out of power in congress for nearly three years and Democrats have controlled the entire legislative and executive branch of government for nearly a year.

So, what’s your point about wars again?

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Clown Puncher

And it never will. As NIF has stated earlier, if you continue to keep them in poverty, they continue to need someone to get them out of it. Both parties are equally culpable in maintaing the status quo. Both parties have had legislative and executive control and could have put measures in place to alleviate those issues, but neither party has done that. Rather, they continue to maintain the current situation.

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“Nice dodge clown. The root question too hard for you? Answer the question and don’t give me that free unregulated market crap that collapsed our economy.”

Get – I see government bailouts, “stimulus” bills, and other government “help” is doing wonders for our economy and unemployment.

The question was answered indirectly with a 15 year reference point. Look up Newt’s Contract With America (which the neocons ripped up).

The GOP is now working on a CWA2.

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I posted this, but it misappeared.

Listen to Wayne Perry (a black man) hosting The Michael Medved Show.

Awesome!

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clown,

The contract with America II ?

And you expect a different result?

Look up he definition of insanity.

ABM,

Obama should not be preaching “personal responsibility” when he is handing out billions of socialized corporate welfare to his donors.

The gap has never been greater.

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“The contract with America II? And you expect a different result?”

Until the Pelosicrats provide alternatives, anything is possible to believe in. The current course this nation is being steered is not what I support. It’s that simple.

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Bama 35 Sisters of the Poor 0 with five minutes left in the second quarter. You might think SotP is being embarrassed, but if I were an Alabama fan or alum I’d be embarrassed to have scheduled this game.

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There is no new direction for the gop.

Your hero w is back to fight against regulations for his friends so the economy can collapse again.

That is your agenda.

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getalife,

I see they’ve finally bribed Mary Landreiu enough to vote yes tonight. What did y’all get?

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It’s a good listen. It’s oviously a pro-Bush statement, and he speaks true statements about Bush. The big disagreement I have with his laurels of Bush is entitlement programs. I believe that entitlement programs are necessary evils in some cases, but overall they do more harm than good. On one hand, they don’t offer enougn encouragement to the person receiving the benefits to try to better themselves to the point where they can sustain themselves without help. Then, the entitlement programs also becomes an issue where people in opposition to them can hammer the “lazy mentality” message.

What most people need is a hand up and not a hand out. It’s the same as the parable of teaching a man to fish. However, with no way of supporting yourself because of jobs being outsourced and limited opportunites because of the lack of a strong education, the future is bleak for those who find themselves in the entitlement spiral.

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ABM

**Both parties have had legislative and executive control and could have put measures in place to alleviate those issues, but neither party has done that.**

I understand what you are saying, but the education of children is left to the cash distribution of the local governments. Yes, the idea that Federal Matching funds for education is based entirely on the property tax rates of that district, resulting in even more money going to rich kids’ schools than poor kids’ schools. But when I see Obama claiming to want to spread the wealth around, this is not what he is talking about. He is talking about simply taking money from the people that earn it and giving it to the people haven’t earned it.

I don’t want wealth distribution, I want opportunity distribution. It isn’t a matter of pulling one up by their bootstraps. Like you said, many people wear sandals. But those sandals are (metaphorically speaking) the lack of opportunities in depressed areas and more than anything the lack of a good education.

Republicans have tried to offer solutions to those problems, but Democrats fight them any way they can. The voucher program is the perfect example.

We were very poor, but just a matter of geographic luck made it possible for me to attend one of the top 50 academically rated high schools in the country. I hated it. I hated the fact that my cousins who attended the county schools never had homework and I ALWAYS had homework.

But I was able to move to a city like Atlanta and compete here, while they are still back home, going from one dead end job to another.

EDUCATION IS EVERYTHING!!! Democrats control all the schools in low income districts. It’s a fact. When education becomes a priority instead of handouts that guarantee votes to the Democrats, I will agree that it is the fault of both parties.

I’ll quote him again, but when the Head of the Black Chamber of Commerce was told in a TV debate that Democrats love Black people, he said: “Democrats love poor Black people who know their place.” I could not agree more.

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RW,

Well, Jindal will opt out if he can.

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Clown Puncher

**1) “fair” housing and cheap loans (Democrat pipe dreams) assisted in this collapse when Republicans wanted to increase Fannie/Freddie regulations (just ask Democrat Barney “there is no financial crisis” Frank), and 2), the false economy that boomed over the past 20 years was just that.**

Isn’t it funny that the presentation of that simple fact always ends that debate?

I have had USinUK try to claim that other causes were in motion, but any cause that she presented was always tied to that simple fact.

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ABM,

I noticed it too when w first started. The establishment get their hooks into the Presidents as soon as they get into office. Probably by threatening to do something with the economy.

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NIF

I see vouchers like this. They are like repainting the ceiling to cover the water leaking thru the roof. It makes the ceiling look good, but it doesn’t fix the problem of the leaky roof. The vouchers will help people get into better schools to get a better education, but why not just repair the schools themselves. I never thought about it until I heard someone mention it here, but the federal funding of education as opposed to local funding may be an approach worth investigating. Removing low and non performing teachers and merit pay may help. However, the most important thing that can be done has to be done at home. If the parents or guardians don’t get involved in what the child is or is not learning, they’re crippling the child for life.

DFCS will take a child out of the home if the parents starve the child by not feeding it. Why won’t they do that if the parents are starving the child’s brain?

btw, Terrell Owens played at UTC. However, the SOB won’t even acknowledge he’s a native Alabamian. The Jerk!!

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ABM,

He went back home on his reality show.

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“Isn’t it funny that the presentation of that simple fact always ends that debate? I have had USinUK try to claim that other causes were in motion, but any cause that she presented was always tied to that simple fact.”

Nothing Is Free: facts don’t mean much to emotion-driven liberals. What they *feel* is the truth, no matter what the actual truth may be. Just arm yourself with non-Faux News links when debating and use common sense and logic, and you will do fine. Gotta run for the day but it’s been fun. Maybe I’ll join back in tomorrow during the rainy day. It’s too nice today!

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I responded to the entitlement statement @ 2:17. The moderator didn’t like what I said, so I’ve got to figure out what ticked it off.

Maybe you shouldn’t have called me the “B”-word?

(ISH)

Here’s a freebie from STRATFOR for those who would like to enjoy.

Gone!

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ABM

I agree with most of your post, but no one is addressing the question of redistribution of opportunity. The voucher program is a solution to some children. When other solutions are implemented, not used as vote-getters, let’s get rid of the voucher programs. But right now, why on earth would you or anyone else want to deny these kids a (agreed) rare opportunity for a good future. “We aren’t doing anything, so everyone should suffer” is not an argument.

That’s like saying about my education” “The county schools in that area suck so let’s shut down the one shining star”. if that was the attitude, I would be a used car salesman or working at a 7-11. I received a music and an academic scholarship that enabled me to attend a good university. I made Bs and Cs and my cousins made As, but they couldn’t get in a school. And they certainly couldn’t get a scholarship.

I talked to a teacher at a party last Saturday night and she also said that the lack of parental involvement was a huge problem. I pointed out that low income families often had one parent and that one parent often worked two jobs. That problem is not going to go away and needs to be addressed instead of just saying, “The parents won’t come to the PTA meetings or help their kids with their homework. so the kids are screwed. Next problem.”

I’ll mention this one example again: The number one academic high school in America last year was Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Intercity school with a very large Black population. And yes, that was the school that the Republican president sent in the National Guard to fight against Norval Forbus, a Democratic Governor who was refusing entrance to the “Little Rock Nine.”

What are they now doing right? We make those kinds of schools models and pass that knowledge around.

But first we need to elect leaders that don’t profit from the poverty of others. And I believe that this means the demise of the Democratic Party.

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Ok, I admit it, I called you bodacious

NIF

I don’t want to deny anyone any possible opportunity. My disagreement with the vouchers is that some people portray them as a penicillin of sorts to our education problem. I think they are a step in the right direction. However, why take a step when we should be changing directions altogether?

The teacher you talked to is right on point. One parent households are at a huge disadvantage, but there has to be someone else in that child’s life. I read to my daughter on a daily basis. We work on shapes, letters, numbers, colors, or anything she picks up. She’s only 15mos old, but I hope to have her writing 5 paragraph essays by the time she hits kindergarten. That’s the attitude parents should have, and I think a child suffers if the parents feel any less than that.

You’re a good example of that. Had your parents or guardians been completely out to lunch when it came to your education, you may not have been able to take advantage of the opportunity that was presented to you. We can’t make the education system take the full blame on the problems. Parents need to be man/woman enough to admit to their failures and work to remedy them.

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nif,

Just call em like I see em but appreciable the brevity of your drivel.

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well, Getalife’s response was brilliant indeed.

beats the heck out of “Obama’s teleprompter is muslim-socialist-Kenyan”

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ABM

**However, why take a step when we should be changing directions altogether?**

Because there are kids that will benefit. And if we wait until the situation is better, those kids will miss that opportunity. Please give me a reason why those kids should miss that opportunity?

I envy you having that little girl. There is nothing that can compare to teaching your child. Wait until she is older and comes in smiling with those report cards. Your chest will not contain your heart.

My parents were divorced in 1958. My mother worked second shift and I only saw her on the weekend. We lived with my Grandmother who had no formal education. The school system filled in the gaps. I stayed at school and participated in after school programs where I could do my homework and have someone there to help me. Now after school programs let kids play basketball in an effort to keep them out of trouble. We need to raise those expectations.

Again, we agree to disagree. Didn’t know that about UTC football, but I am still going to give my Bama-fan buddy hell about the game. it’s good you guys can take a week and not play your starters the whole game. They need the rest and healing. Beating Florida is not going to be easy. This is Tebo’s last year. He will have to graduate. He can only make a career out of being a senior for so long.

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Getalife,

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getaclue

**nif is easy pickens and long winded.**

You will always be able to insult me and people like midori will always cheer those insults on.

Unfortunately for you, you will never be able to debate what I write. Others can, but they are enormously smarter than you and midori.

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seems like something is free after all: lines and lines of irrelevant, mindless drivel, packaged as “debate”.

YEAH, TEAM!!!

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Midori

You have a really nice day.

K?

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They are toying with you troll.

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I Report

*democrats don’t care what color their government dependent paupers are, they just want more of them.**

A agree and disagree. They don’t usually care, but with over 95% of Black people being on that plantation, they make a point of promising that demographic whatever they want. They actually deliver on very little, but they will promise Black folks everything to keep that vote. Once that vote goes away, they go away.

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And the head troll attacks me.

There is your team nif.

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getaclue

**And the head troll attacks me.**

Sorry. Did I hurt your little feelings?

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You are not the head troll unless you are Andy.

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Dusty:

You LIKE remodeling!!?!! There once was a time when I did too.

Now it’s just maintenance. When I’ve got it just like I want it, no need to change it. Freshen up or change a color here, replace a piece of artwork there….a new rug and voila. I’m a happy girl! Is that what you call remodeling? To me remodeling is tearing out walls, gutting a kitchen.

I’m back in a bedroom spackling, caulking, and sanding. Getting ’bout ready to paint…I turn to Semper when passing thru the LV and ask “Do you ever find yourself in the mood NOT to paint?”

His response? “Sure do, babe….every day of my life.”

I told him to get ready to roll, ’cause my trim work is just ’bout finished. He doesn’t mind the rollin’ stuff. I’m more into the detail work.

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getaclue

For once you are right. Swapping insults with an uneducated, dim witted, bitter person is beneath me.

You have a great day. I just hope that you don’t take your hate and bitterness out on the people that you associate with, but I have a feeling that you do.

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Yeah I am done owning you troll.

Did you not know?

I rule this blog.

Now ya know.

Cut and run .

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NIF- Respectfully, they have that demographic right where they want them, there is nothing else for them to squeeze out of it, and they have moved on to expanding poverty in America, which is about the only thing democrats are truly “diverse” about.

Look at health care and it’s already codified twisted sister SChip. That’s great. You scammed a couple hunnard bucks out of Government.duh. So where did that money come from? From the successful, which is a concept way, way over the head of your average dingbat liberal. So now the successful have less money, the economy shrinks, more people become unemployed. And now we have more people to entice into our burgeoning underclass of permanent poverty. Typical life long loser democrat was never employed and is already a charter member of the team, so offering up health care to someone who already has Medicaid is pointless. Let them suffer, we got focus our efforts on this whole new class that is on the verge of becoming total failures. Health care is perfect. Plus, more money is extracted from the successful to pay for it, and they can start the whole vicious cycle over again. What will be next, free routine maintenance for your automobile? Lifetime movie passes?

See what I mean?

And the elite democrats, Hairy Reed, Nasty Pelosi, Obozo/ Idi Amin, al-Gore, The Kennedy’s, they just keep getting richer, while you scrounge.

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“What will be next, free routine maintenance for your automobile? Lifetime movie passes?”

According to Matilda a week or so ago, parents just can’t be trusted to attend to the health care needs of their children. In her mind, beer money always comes first. That’s why the government needs to step in and take over the entire industry.

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Bruno

So people who bet on Bama lost.

We need to leave. This blog belongs to getaclue. It’s only a matter of time before child porn starts appearing here.

Have a good one. We are heading out to dinner and then a movie.

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I report

Thanks for the response, but I need to run. We will talk later.

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Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin’s memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book. In 2004, Bill Clinton’s “My Life” debuted with sales of 400,000 copies. The year before, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “Living History” started at 200,000.

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Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin’s memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day,

…and toilet paper sales fell by 60%.

Sorry, couldn’t resist

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“Sorry, couldn’t resist”

I take it you didn’t purchase a copy??

BTW, Normal, I place you among the liberal posters who is coming from a good place. Glad to have you on the blog.

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Bruno- Vote for the democrat the, like you did the last time.

Yes.

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NIF

We’re not in disagreement. I don’t disagree with the voucher program, I just don’t think it goes far enough. Sorry it took so long to respond. Watching football with the lil one. She got a chance to see a HBCU halftime show for the first time. She was completely mesmerized by the tv. I don’t think she even blinked.

Like you, I was raised by grandparents. I worked 40 hours a week my senior year while going to school full time just to be able to pay for my senior activities. I was also section leader of the percussion section in the band and captain of or scholar’s bowl team. Financially, school was a struggle for me, but I had a great work ethic instilled early in my life. That’s what I see as missing from this generation of children. I’ve volunteered as a mentor and tutor just to help instill that kind of drive in children. My current job doesn’t give me the free time to do that, but I still help tutor my neices.

Whiner

Newsmax is also selling the book for $4.95, so what’s the point?

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Midori,

Hot Air was a blast .

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Newsmax is also selling the book for $4.95, so what’s the point?

ABM,

The book hasn’t been out a week and the publisher has upped the initial printing to 2.5 million. You’re giving Newsmax a whole lot of undeserved credit.

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It only took Obozo 8 years to sell 2.5 million copies of his two books if that helps.

And yeah, I’ll bet he did overcharge for it, greedy liberal, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!

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RW

True. But I’m curious if they’re counting sales in the same manner that the music industry does. It doesn’t matter to me one way or another. A CD can be called platinum if they ship 1 million copies. I hope her book does well. I wish her well. I’m just tickled by all the chest thumping going on as if every conservative in the country had a hand in writing, editing, or publishing the book.

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RW

btw, that 45-45 had me rolling on the floor.

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@@,

I’m sorry. I thought you and Semper were renovating some houses you bought. You mentioned what sounded like a great plan one time. Sounded good to me. I have renovated two little homes, one sold to a relative and one rented to a relative. The first house was a real mess but turned out pretty cute. Removed sagging additions on two sides, a theater ticket window in the living room, a tacked-up wall furnace in a closet, and all such as that. The second house which was next door just needed old carpet off the hardwood floors and a kitchen redo and a few other things. Now they are among the cutest homes on the street and the whole place is a nice international neighborhood with a lot of charm.

Anyway, I had fun with those two and thought you were launching on such a project. But I and others still work on my own home. (I tiled both bathrooms here..) Just got a new oven this week after the old one burned out. That was after the icemaker stopped working and the phone and computer were out for four days. It was not a good ten days there. I still have my fingers crossed, Like …what’s next???

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Andy,

Cashing in on a cheap book.

There ya go.

I remember when nobody likes a quitter was an American saying.

Just sayin.

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OK, so there is no consensus to which paranoid delusion the moonbats will unite behind.

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I’ll have you know, Mr. Narcotic, that I don’t do Vodka.

That stuff tastes like an industrial strength cleaning agent.

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Vodka has no taste or smell. If you’re tasting it, you’re drinking cheaply filtered vodka.

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Dusty:

It was duplexes. Ain’t no way I’m, goin’ into that area to renovate nuthin’. We’ve got some handymen taking care of that.

There are a few good people living in there. They’re hoping we can get the bad element O-U-T…..OUT!!!! That’s the goal, anyway.

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Bruno, just got back in. Was doing G-d work, as Josef would say. And thank you for the compliment. I hold you in equal regard. And, no, sadly, I did not buy her book…I had just stocked up …

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OK, so I’m wayyyy off the ongoing subject here.

I haven’t read Palin’s book. Now I think I will go buy it.

Getalife is eating hard shelled armadillos again graced with green leafy beggies from his basement farm.

ABM’s grandmother raised him right..

Bruno is new here. Very new.

Normal is getting MEAN.

Time to hit the kitchen . See you guys in church tomorrow.

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It only took Obozo 8 years to sell 2.5 million copies of his two books if that helps.

Yeah, but I had lots of TP then, too…
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ABM, you are raising ABD right. Make her a football fan and she will have a happy life. When Kentuck beats Georgia tonight, my grand Son will wear blue, too. GO, BIG BLUE!!!

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Oh, how the international community loves Barack Obama – loves to stiff him, play him along, and manipulate him. He’s the world’s celebrity ingenue, the slender naïf perpetually undone by the recalcitrance of foreign leaders.- Byron York

I’m kinda curious, when a Chinaman is yelling at you, is that good or bad?

Germany warns US on market bubbles; Echoes China’s fears…

Can’t ya just feel the love, mmm, mmmm, mmmmm?

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New thread…

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Why can’t you Democrats just get along?”

Strains in Party Threaten Democrats’ Plans
Lawmakers Feel Pressure to Respond to Voters’ Economic Pain as White House, Allies Focus Efforts on Passing Health Overhaul

I’m talking WH democrats. The leftists here get along so well, it’s…..well…..nauseating at times.

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