Time to hang out the “Gone fishin’ sign once again
Last week, we were talking about having a soul-themed edition of Travelin’ Music, and I still think that’s a great idea. But not tonight. When we all step aboard the Soul Train, I want to be here. And tonight, I’m not.
In fact, as I mentioned in comments earlier, I’m not going to be around for the next two weeks. And unlike my recent cross-country “vacation,” this time I’m not bringing you with me. As Rick said to Ilsa, “Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of.” I’m headed out to the high desert of Oregon again for a couple of weeks of whitewater rafting, fishing and camping, and among that region’s many charms is the fact that cell phones and computers are utterly useless out there.
So for tonight, I’ll leave you with this, a piece that serves as the official theme song for the group of guys who have made this same trip annually for almost 20 years now. In fact, somebody at work asked me the other day whether I was ever going to get too old for this trip, given that we run the trip ourselves, without guides.
“Maybe someday,” I told her. “Someday when I’m dead and buried, that is.”
Be kind to each other while I’m gone.
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@@
August 7th, 2010
4:02 pm
DF:
Did I say my government would kill me or cut off my head were we to proselytize in our own house of worship? No, I did not.
If you’re trying to make me feel bad, it won’t work. Surely you know that.
How much of your time do you plan on wasting on the effort?
@@
August 7th, 2010
4:03 pm
Oooo, Oooo, Oooo……I’m foist, Foist, FOIST!
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August 7th, 2010
4:19 pm
Saul Good- Taken directly from your own propaganda:
One of the town’s Muslim imams wounded in the attack told Human Rights Watch that a Christian pastor tried to stop the attack but was beaten by the armed mob.
The three Muslim leaders were there; the three pastors were there; the chiefs of the Berom and Hausa were there. We then went home. After 15-20 minutes we saw people dropping [entering the town] from the mountains. They were Berom – the tribe of the governor. They were armed with cutlasses, guns, sticks, and bags of stones. It was not the Christians from our community but those from outside who came.
Why do you lie?
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August 7th, 2010
4:36 pm
Critics of unconditional aid are routinely caricatured as heartless or cruel. Ask why government is favoring one class of occupations over others, and you will be called anti-teacher or anti-cop or anti-fire fighter. Government spending, you will be told, is the best form of economic stimulus—even though the trillions that already have been spent have brought nothing but doldrums. The message from Washington is that the status quo must be perpetuated. The message is that the zombies must not be allowed to die.
Our kid’s educational level ranks somewhere between Zimbabwe and Pakistan and the Teacher’s Union gets more money.
Where do you think the priorities lie, more votes for our rulers or our children’s future?
Don't Forget
August 7th, 2010
4:40 pm
@@
August 7th, 2010
4:02 pm
DF:
Did I say my government would kill me or cut off my head were we to proselytize in our own house of worship? No, I did not.
NO, you said “Come to think of it, our government’s thoughts on religion sound very much like the Taliban’s.”
So why don’t you explain exactly how “our government’s thought’s on religion sound very much like the taliban’s”
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August 7th, 2010
4:49 pm
Well, some of our kids aren’t stupid-
obama message booed at the boy scout national jamboree 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAWsy7VV8oE&feature=player_embedded
Pogo
August 7th, 2010
4:54 pm
Saul knows nothing but what his progressive masters have told him, Report. All those that love the progressive movement should read a little bit. May I suggest the “Forgotten Man” or “Lenin, Stalin and Hitler, the Age of Social Catastrophe”. Progressive/Socialist experiments have ALWAYS ended up with the “common man”, (which the progressives movement is supposed to be designed to help)living in misery and pain. And, their ideology can end with huge amounts of human blood being spilled (as it did with Lenin and Stalin). It is a movement built upon supposed ideological and intellectual superiority by those that think these things endow them to know what is best for the “common man”. The same mistakes made years ago by the socialist/progressives are being made today now that they are in power. The chilling thing is, our present circumstance is very close to that of the Great Depression and we have a government that is comprised of people that think the same way Roosevelt and the Progressives thought. Any person who has read any American history knows now that Hoover’s and Roosevelt’s progressive ideology only made the misery of the great depression worse. Only WW II and its directed and massive production by private enterprise brought the country out of what would have been pretty much our economic end. Yes we have two wars now but our production nowadays is outsourced and the effects are not the same and a large portion of the money is spent outside of our borders. Both parties are responsible for these wars and our outsourcing of American jobs. But, we do have progressive fools currently controlling the government that still believe that they know what is best for all us and that is that government control and government spending, even though we are way beyond “broke” and are now can best described as “economically pathetic”. We are at the mercy of foreign leaders and that isnt’t where we should be.
Jackie
August 7th, 2010
5:02 pm
@I Report
It appears that you did not do your homework relative to our educational ranking in the world.
http://www.geographic.org/country_ranks/educational_score_performance_country_ranks_2009_oecd.html
@Pogo
If the Progressive thinkers in our government had control prior to the debacle brought about by the Bush Depression, we would not be in this position. You do realize the workers of the USA are the most productive in the world? Given that thought, if jobs had not been outsourced and a loss of 8 million mainly manufacturing jobs, the middle class would have pushed the economy through the Bush-era errors.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
5:03 pm
Yeah Pogo… tell me about how during WWII we had TAX CUTS while increasing spending. People were truly “patriotic” back then…not like phony FOX NEWS and RUSH patriots who led the drum line for those who simply stuck stupid “yellow ribbons” on their SUVS (most of which were made overseas)…and called themselves patriots…all while cursing those opposed to the wars from the start. Funny how you’ve all now switched gears… if you were truly a “patriot” YOU WOULD have been out in the streets with you Tea Party BS back then DEMANDING a TAX INCREASE to fund the “War on Terror”….
Tell me about how we got out of the Great Depression Pogo… because it seems to me it happened with MASSIVE SPENDING…. by WHOM? Our Government.
Going to Glenn Beck University doesn’t make you smart… it keeps you blind to the truth. History is pretty concrete in it’s evidence…well until you bring religions into the equation. That’s when history gets rewritten as needed to keep “faith” current… god knows SOMEBODY has to keep the money rolling in for your cults leaders.
@@
August 7th, 2010
5:06 pm
So why don’t you explain exactly how “our government’s thought’s on religion sound very much like the taliban’s”
Religious freedom shall not be limited except when a government can prove a “compelling interest” to do so.
What compels the Taliban to restrict an individual’s religious freedom? What compels the federal government to restrict an individual’s religious freedom? Especially when it is the church who’s saving a government program money by not requiring payment for its facilities.
It really wasn’t a big deal for our church members. Like I said, we considered it our civic duty as well as our Christian duty. I dare say that many of the girls were of the Christian faith, but still….
NO PROSELYTIZING!
It’s back out to the weed eater. Darn thing won’t start this go-round. I AM DETERMINED…
to throw it in the pool if it doesn’t.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
5:13 pm
BTW….Pogo (stick)? Feel free to tell me about Lenin, Stalin and Hitler..and how we are now resembling THEIR “former” countries? tell me about “nationalized” health care… and how we all simply get our insurance through our Federal Government now… tell me all the Insurance Companies that have gone out of business…name them.
Have you sworn to give up Medicare and Social Security when eligible? or will you give me that same BS line about: But I “paid into it”…. yeah..I paid my taxes and PAID INTO funding the murder of innocent Iraqi’s too… yet I never “voted” to want such crap to take place…
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
5:16 pm
AA: “What compels the federal government to restrict an individual’s religious freedom? Especially when it is the church who’s saving a government program money by not requiring payment for its facilities.”
O’Really? So why not have the churches and other religious institutions do what OTHER businesses do? Pay taxes? Your church is a business…it has a BUSINESS LICENSE… it takes in money and spends money…it owns real estate…it has a payroll… (unless your pastor is JESUS and does his work for free)…
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:03 pm
Saul:
O’Really? So why not have the churches and other religious institutions do what OTHER businesses do? Pay taxes?
Are you so desperate that you need to take the money we give to the less fortunate, from the less fortunate? That’s what would happen if we were taxed. Less money, less outreach.
Our minister pays taxes. He’s not ordained, works part-time, receives no benefits, owns his own home. He has a full-time job that requires he pay taxes. Because he does own his own home, we pay taxes on our parsonage as it’s a source of income at present.
I’m pretty sure we pay property taxes on a piece of undeveloped land adjacent to the church. We’re not using it for church functions so it’s not exempt.
Our music director, gone now, paid taxes on her piddlin’ little paycheck. She, too, had a full-time job outside the church. All working members of the congregation pay taxes.
We also pay taxes on goods and services. We could haul around our tax number when making purchases, but it’s not always convenient. Even when we do, not all businesses will honor our tax exempt status.
No big deal. What…..do you need a loan? We have a benevolent fund…no strings attached.
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:16 pm
Federal buildings and property are exempt from the states’ property tax?
I did not know that.
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August 7th, 2010
6:17 pm
For real, jaggie sent me a link that shows the US being the 30th smartest country on Earth, right behind the Portuguese.
It must think this is good.
Yeesh.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:20 pm
@@… so you feel it’s okay for YOUR church to not pay taxes…but for other businesses to pay taxes? That outreach YOUR church does…I’m glad it helps people. Hopefully it helps those who truly need it. MOST of the mega churches I see…well all I see is “waste”… because does it truly matter how BIG and GRAND one’s house of worship is? Are there no better uses for that money? While YOUR church may be one that runs a tight budget and does what it can to help those in need… I can say that MANY do not. The pastor of one of the biggest Baptist Churches in this area lives in my neighborhood in a Million dollar+ home…he’s got a big new shiny SUV, his wife drives a shiny new Cadillac… they have a nice boat on Lanier too… this is a time when many in his congregation are hurting…so what’s he done to help? He’s going with some of the other “riches” in his “posse” to Alaska soon. They make that trip every year… oh…it’s a “MISSION” to help those silly Native’s who live there find jeezbus (whom they already know)… yet the REAL mission (as per the newsletter that comes to my mailbox from them every year)…is the great HUNTING and FISHING they get to do while there. Should that person’s mega church pay taxes? Yes…it should.
Loan? ME? No…thanks for the offer…my wife and I have no outstanding debt. Never have and never will. Not on our home, not on our cars, not on anything we purchase…We live within our means. Yet I wasn’t asking for one…I was simply saying that the religious institutions in this nation take in Billions upon Billions of dollars each and every year…most of it tax free…they pay no property taxes, no income taxes to many on their payroll don’t have to be paid, and they even get a pass on paying sales tax when they buy that 100″ flat screen for the pastor’s office. No strings attached….
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:26 pm
Saul:
All things being equal, wouldn’t it be necessary to tax ALL churches as opposed to select groups?
Take your argument up with the member of a MEGA CHURCH, why don’tcha? Mine has a big heart with limited funds. Volunteerism costs ZERO. We’ve got a lot of willing volunteers.
DAMN WEED EATER!!!!!!!!!!
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:31 pm
@@,
Here’s a perfect example where a religious institution had it tax exempt status taken away:
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_3/
”
Facts of the Case:
Bob Jones University was dedicated to “fundamentalist Christian beliefs” which included prohibitions against interracial dating and marriage. Such behavior would lead to expulsion. In 1970, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) changed its formal policy to adopt a district court decision that prohibited the IRS from giving tax-exempt status to private schools engaging in racial discrimination. The IRS believed that the University’s policies amounted to racism and revoked its tax-exempt status. The University claimed that the IRS had abridged its religious liberty. This case was decided together with Goldsboro Christian Schools Inc. v. United States, in which Goldsboro maintained a racially discriminatory admissions policy based upon its interpretation of the Bible, accepting for the most part only Caucasian students. The IRS determined that Goldsboro was not an exempt organization and hence was required to pay federal social security and unemployment taxes. After paying a portion of such taxes for certain years, Goldsboro filed a refund suit claiming that the denial of its tax-exempt status violated the U.S. Constitution.
Question:
Can the government prohibit race discrimination at the expense of the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clauses?
Conclusion:
The Court found that the IRS was correct in its decision to revoke the tax-exempt status of Bob Jones University and the Goldsboro Christian School. These institutions did not meet the requirement by providing “beneficial and stabilizing influences in community life” to be supported by taxpayers with a special tax status. The schools could not meet this requirement due to their discriminatory policies. The Court declared that racial discrimination in education violated a “fundamental national public policy.” The government may justify a limitation on religious liberties by showing it is necessary to accomplish an “overriding governmental interest.” Prohibiting racial discrimination was such a governmental interest. Hence, the Court found that “not all burdens on religion are unconstitutional.”
Bob Jones U tried to use their institution as a RELIGIOUS one in order to avoid paying taxes…
A bit more on churches and taxes:
“America’s tax laws are designed to favor non-profit and charitable institutions which presumably benefit the community. The buildings of private schools and universities, for example, are exempt from property taxes. Donations to charities like the Red Cross are tax deductible. Organizations which engage in medical or scientific research can take advantage of favorable tax laws. Environmental groups can raise tax-free funds by selling books.
Churches, however, tend to benefit the most from the various tax exemptions available, in particular because they qualify for many of them automatically, whereas non-religious groups have to go through a more complicated application and approval process. Non-religious groups also have to be more accountable for where their money goes, while churches, in order to avoid possibly excessive entanglements between church and state, do not have to submit financial disclosure statements. ”
The non profit Animal Rescue my wife and I sit on the Board of Directors for has more stringent regulations compared to a religious institution. Our group takes in a bout $50K a year in donations (and spends considerably more on vet care, etc…)… Yet a church or temple can take in millions per year and never have to disclose just HOW and for WHAT they used those funds. Fair? Depends upon who’s running the show and how much GOOD they do with those funds… I can tell you that the pastor down my street does little in the name of “helping”…well unless that includes he and his family.
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:32 pm
Saul:
By your own admission, you’re an atheist. So therefore, you have no way of knowing what goes on inside a church or its finances.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:33 pm
@@…. wanna get rid of weeds? salt. What did they do in biblical/roman times in war? They “salted” the fields and crops of their enemy. No roundup used here. I simply mix salt and water in a sprayer and goodbye weeds. Works like a charm and does not put chemicals on my land (which is full of wildlife)…. try it.
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:33 pm
Saul:
I’m not interested in discussing churches with you. Envy is one of the seven deadly sins.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:35 pm
@@…you can also use white vinegar and spray that on your weeds… it too will kill them…that way you’ll have MORE time to spend in your pool and LESS time with that pesky weed eater!
@@
August 7th, 2010
6:36 pm
Thanks for your advice, Saul. I’m was hoping to use the weed eater to trim grass along the fence, the retaining wall, the steps, and tight spots where a lawnmower dare not go.
Disgusted
August 7th, 2010
6:40 pm
DAMN WEED EATER!!!!!!!!!!
Pour out the gas you have in the thing and replace it with fresh gas, @@. Works 90% of the time.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:40 pm
@@…. I guess when my parents belonged to a religious institution I never heard about the “goings on” inside the temple… Also…what makes you think that all of my friends are atheists as well? They’re not…we certainly DO discuss just how their churches and temples use their money.
Using your reasoning…it would be like saying that “hey”…you’re a Republican and you no longer have control of the Senate… therefore please refrain from discussing just HOW they use our tax dollars. They’re not “your” people in office…
Just how a church uses it’s tax exempt status DOES affect me…it effects ALL of us… because if they’re not paying taxes on something they SHOULD be paying taxes on (because of huge profits within their institution or not following the rule of law with their money)…we all suffer due to them not paying their fair share. So it IS my bizness….
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:41 pm
Disgusted is also right….most likely there’s too much oil mixed in with the gas… learned that a LOOOONG time ago…use very little oil in the mix…
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
6:51 pm
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/barbs-dominate-gop-gubernatorial-587258.html
So basically the ONLY thing the two GOP contestants for Govna’ agree upon is their hate for Central Americans. I wonder if either of them have even checking the “legal status” of the crew members cutting their lawns….
Disgusted
August 7th, 2010
6:55 pm
most likely there’s too much oil mixed in with the gas… learned that a LOOOONG time ago…use very little oil in the mix…
And even if you correctly pre-mix the oil and gasoline in a gallon can, over time the oil will tend to settle, so that toward the bottom of a can there’s far too much oil in the mixture. It’s best to shake the can vigorously each time before pouring the gas mixture in the trimmer.
popeye
August 7th, 2010
7:05 pm
saul “Works like a charm and does not put chemicals on my land (which is full of wildlife)…. try it.
I envy you for the wildlife….Oops just commited one of those deadly sins!
@@
August 7th, 2010
7:10 pm
Thanks again, everybody. I decided to blow off the driveway and porch instead. I have no problem starting up the backpack. It’s not the weed eater, it’s ME.
My husband has returned from “the estates” so now he can crank the sucker up. It never fails for him. He’s got leverage.
@@
August 7th, 2010
7:15 pm
One more thing before I jump back on the lawnmower. The only action taken to hold mega churches accountable was initiated by a Republican.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
7:23 pm
popeye….see ya when we get there! (you know…THAT place)…
@@ “The only action taken to hold mega churches accountable was initiated by a Republican.”
Shocking! They weren’t kicked out of the party??? I guess when we get to the NEXT world popeye and I will being going shopping for brews on a Sunday at a FIRE SALE Discount beverage distributor… and we’ll have to hook up with that person. Sounds to me like he/she will be joining us.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 7th, 2010
7:33 pm
Well, looks like @@ could use a good redneck to do the yard work. It just so happens that my buddy Joe Bill is out of work right now. He cusses a little because his unemployment run out, but he’s got a good heart. Give him a six-pack and he’ll do everything right up to trimming the bushes. For a case, he’ll weed your garden and tune up your trimmer and mower. He’s liable to give you a discount because you’re a good Republican. Don’t worry about it. He’ll make up for it by charging librul Democrats a little more. Maybe this Saul Good will hire him and get
royally screwedhis yard work done.Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
7:57 pm
Redneck…I have a few local domestic terrorists whom I put to work cleaning up the grounds and tending my garden here at Uni-Bomber Acres when the temperature gets over 77 degrees (we Yanks don’t like dirty work OR the heat)… but I was in fact wondering if your buddy Joe Bill could install me my own personal oil well here. Not sure if there’s oil down below…but I figure if we go down really really deep…we’ll find SOMETHING down there. Either way…lots of pristine water up in the hills that just looks too clean for my personal taste. We yanks like our creeks to look like the East River… that’s where we get our water when we make bagels and pizza… I mean if Joe Bill is REALLY good…he’ll get that creek our back looking more like the Harlem River. He can even thrown a few broken down barges and tug boats in there so it will look “authentic” out back.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
8:03 pm
http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Marlin-attacks-fishing-boat-off-Kailua-Kona/szAUFoKWOk2mGP_7OG0OXA.cspx
Marlin’s 1
Humans 0
barking frog
August 7th, 2010
8:18 pm
Saul, anyone, or any group can apply to the IRS for
Tax exempt status. Your animal shelter should look
into it. If granted the people donating can also claim
the donations on their income tax returns.
Teacher
August 7th, 2010
8:21 pm
Interesting educational information.
What would a better “system” be?
Suscribing to your blog
Lloyd Blankfein
August 7th, 2010
8:22 pm
All the work that I do is tax free. After all, it is all God’s work. That is all that I do.
barking frog
August 7th, 2010
8:25 pm
@@ the federal gov pays “in lieu of taxes” to states and counties
on property owned by the US. It is the same amount as property
tax.
Lloyd Blankfein
August 7th, 2010
8:26 pm
I have brought you heat to offset the much discussed global cooling that my chosen ones were so concerned about. Thank me.
Saul Good
August 7th, 2010
8:28 pm
barking… thanks… the groups does have 501c3 status. I was just trying to say that we’re far from coming close to taking in what an average religious institution does (as far as contributions)…yet we file so much more paperwork compared to them. Most religious organizations don’t have to prepare and present the type of paperwork needed to keep our 501c3 status current. In fact…there’s very little regulation when it comes to the tax exempt “non-profit”" status of religious institutions. Pretty much why some pastors (like my neighbor) can afford to live a lavish lifestyle… and 100% of his income comes from his church.
Lloyd Blankfein
August 7th, 2010
8:36 pm
If you do God’s work, then everything you do is tax exempt. Everything that I do is tax exempt. Even my sleeping time. I dream of doing God’s work. You can too.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 7th, 2010
9:41 pm
AS THE US economy endures high unemployment and a jittery stock market, President Barack Obama has preached sacrifice and fiscal discipline. But the pictures coming out of a sun-splashed Spanish resort may be sending a different message.
Mrs Idi Amin flew in on a type of aircraft used by Vice-President Joe Biden. It costs the government $US11,555 an hour to operate the plane, according to the air force. Assuming a nearly eight-hour flight to nearby Malaga, the total round-trip cost of the flight is about $US178,000.
Aahhh, what is this, about the one hundredth vacation taken in 18 months?
Movin on up, to thee sky, with a deeeeeeeeluxe apartment, in the skyyyyyyy, well movin on up, movin on up, to thee skyyyy, we finally got a piece of your children’s piiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaayyyyyyyeeeeeeee.
Did someone say pie?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 7th, 2010
9:42 pm
Hey-
AS THE US economy endures high unemployment and a jittery stock market, President Barack Obama has preached sacrifice and fiscal discipline. But the pictures coming out of a sun-splashed Spanish resort may be sending a different message.
Mrs Idi Amin flew in on a type of aircraft used by Vice-President Joe Biden. It costs the government $US11,555 an hour to operate the plane, according to the air force. Assuming a nearly eight-hour flight to nearby Malaga, the total round-trip cost of the flight is about $US178,000.
Aahhh, what is this, about the one hundredth vacation taken in 18 months?
Movin on up, to thee sky, with a deeeeeeeeluxe apartment, in the skyyyyyyy, well movin on up, movin on up, to thee skyyyy, we finally got a piece of your children’s piiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaayyyyyyyeeeeeeee.
Did someone say pie?
The State
August 7th, 2010
9:44 pm
Saul Good worships ME.
Your other petty religions are ridicoul0us.
Southern Comfort
August 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
I can’t wait until the next Republican gets elected president. I’m interested to see if conservatives will be just as quick to complain about things then.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 7th, 2010
10:00 pm
Bomb Sniffer- I can almost guarantee the next Repug Chief Executive won’t have a fugly spouse like this dude obozo does, just sayin…
moonbat betty
August 7th, 2010
10:16 pm
Soco, there will be the usual moaning from both sides as usual.
the dems need to let go of bush.
rock on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJkywYHVQg
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
10:25 pm
SoCo,
Did you somehow miss the Bush years?
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
10:29 pm
Soco, 9:56
No offense, dear heart, but were you asleep during the Bush years? I do not believe that there is any past president who has been subject to such lies, misrepresentations, family insults and a disengenious and slanted press.
It started right from the beginning. Democrats were the worst sore losers in history. The mixture used by Democrats was far beyond complaints. It was downright manufactured vitriol. Saul would look like a Christian compared to what the liberal element concocted during the Bush administration.
Fortunately, Bush is a strong man. He went right on doing what he thought best for America. When liberals get old enough and smart enough to study the Bush years, they will see how wrong and disgraceful they were. A few are already noticing.
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
10:32 pm
RW 10:25
Sorry! We were posting at the same time. Great minds and all that, huh??
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
10:32 pm
And I would have typed all that stuff Dusty did too, but then my comment would’ve showed up in the wee hours.
Thanks Dusty!
(ISH)
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
10:33 pm
And we did it again! We must have the greatest of great minds.
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
10:45 pm
RW 10:33
Yes, indeed!!! And we did not go to Harvard! Wow!! How did we manage?????
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
10:47 pm
Dusty,
We both spent lots of time in South Carolina so maybe that’s the secret.
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
10:55 pm
And she was over coached by some non South Carolinians
/Pre-emptive strike…
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
10:59 pm
Yes, Yes, RW, THE SECRET OF SOUTH CAROLINA, that lovely place. OH, I’d like to run over to Myrtle Beach right now and wiggle my toes in the sand and jump in that lovely blue sea. I’m comin’! I’m comin’!!
But to show the great SC clairvoyance I KNEW THE BRAVES WOULD WIN TODAY!!! Yes I did. No doubt about it. A lead pipe cinch!! I bet you knew too. Woohoo…Go Braves!! Go go go …..
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
11:04 pm
Dusty,
I also knew the Phillies would lose because I was thinking about dangling my toes around Lady’s Island.
WooHoo Indeed!!!
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
11:05 pm
Aw Come on, RW
That fair flower of the Southland was only trying not to “outshine” the other contestants. Just good manners on her part, playing the dumb blond. She was quite effective. Maybe a role in Hollywood???
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
11:09 pm
Hmm RW
The Phillies lost? Now aint that a shame. Myrtle Beach is the key!! You gotta think right!! R U blond?
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
11:10 pm
Dusty,
Or on The Amazing Race, but she already had that gig. I’m with you that she only wanted to make things fair.
Jay not jay
August 7th, 2010
11:12 pm
shout out to RW and Mrs. Dusty.
RW blond?
Now that would be funny.
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
11:14 pm
Dusty,
We want the Phillies to lose, every game, every day and I’m much more a fan of the islands between Beaufort and Charleston than I am of Myrtle Beach. I love the Outer Banks though once you cross into North Carolina so maybe I’m a Myrtle Beach snob.
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
11:18 pm
Jay not jay,
Where the hell have you been? And it’s great to see you. I’m still not blond but I might need the touch up artist Obama uses weekly if I want to keep the creeping gray down.
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
11:19 pm
Jay not Jay
R U trying to tell me that RW is not blond? I think he is a red headed Viking as he introduced me to those charming Viking kitties. That was such a great day.
Dusty
August 7th, 2010
11:32 pm
Well, RW , I hate to slip off into the night but it has been fun. Now I better say G’nite. Pleasant dreams!!
RW-(the original)
August 7th, 2010
11:34 pm
Goodnight Dusty!
Jay not jay
August 7th, 2010
11:34 pm
RW, having fun and working.
I know what you mean, time creeps up/down on us. ha ha
Mrs. Dusty,
Maybe RW is the tabby:
http://www.echelonrana.com/viking.html
Honu
August 7th, 2010
11:49 pm
Hi RW
Hi Shady J$
I never did get the draw of the Viking kitties! Just watched again and still SMDH up here. . .
Jay not jay
August 7th, 2010
11:57 pm
Hi Honu!
Always a pleasure to see you.n
Viking kitties rule, man.
Mick
August 8th, 2010
12:09 am
Dusty
Just to jog your memory, gore beat bush in the popular vote by more than a half a million votes in 2000. The supremes put the wrong man at the wrong time in..
Scout
August 8th, 2010
1:29 am
Sales Tax
School Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Excise Taxes
Property Tax
Cigarette Tax
Medicare Tax
Inventory Tax
Real Estate Tax
Well Permit Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Inheritance Tax
Road Usage Tax
CDL license Tax
Dog License Tax
State Income Tax
Food License Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Social Security Tax
Service Charge Tax
Fishing License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Building Permit Tax
IRS Interest Charges
Hunting License Tax
Marriage License Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Personal Property Tax
Accounts Receivable Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Scout
August 8th, 2010
1:41 am
J-Bot:
Fair enough sir. A deal is a deal. We ignore each others posts effective immeidately.
God bless ………………..
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 8th, 2010
5:13 am
Screeching headline-
‘We are one-third of this court’ -Urinal
Trust me on this one, they ain’t talking about “We” the People, just sayin…
I’ll bet this wretched, foul minded woman couldn’t even tell us what the Supreme Court is supposed to do.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 8th, 2010
5:18 am
Oh yeah, this is comforting-
A two-year study by a group of academics on American Muslims and terrorism concluded that contemporary mosques are actually a deterrent to the spread of militant Islam and terrorism. The study was conducted by professors with Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the University of North Carolina.-Urinal
Aahhh, yes, the common US professor, ate up with total hatred of the United States and filled with a gushing love for Cuba, he don’t see no problemo with the hordes.
qualifications.com
August 8th, 2010
5:22 am
……….. *NOW HIRING* ………..
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Position: Governor of the State of Georgia
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Educational Qualifications: High School Degree
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Georgia can do better than this !
Rightwing Troll
August 8th, 2010
6:59 am
irony thy names are @@ and Andy…
@@ is whining about the governments interference in religious worship while she undoubtedly supports the banning of mosques…
And Andy is decrying the ranking of our education system amongst the world, while at the same time being one of the biggest anti science, knowledge hating conservitards who lives here…
Rightwing Troll
August 8th, 2010
7:00 am
And… Andy’s speaking spanish…
Lloyd Blankfein
August 8th, 2010
7:20 am
I have brought warmth to you during this global non-manmade cooling cycle. Thank me.
Saul Good
August 8th, 2010
7:27 am
Dusty: No offense, dear heart, but were you asleep during the CLINTON years? I do not believe that there is any past president who has been subject to such lies, misrepresentations, family insults and a disengenious and slanted press.”
There Dusty… I FIXED it for you. You can thank me later.
J-Bot
August 8th, 2010
7:31 am
Scout,
I cannot ignore your monotony. Pay your fees like a faithful Republican and quit being monotonous.
BP
August 8th, 2010
7:50 am
I giveth you free oil and I taketh away your free oil just as quickly. Now, apologize, America, while I take a tax write off to cover the cost of putting up with you.
Bud Wiser
August 8th, 2010
8:22 am
stands for decibels
August 7th, 2010
8:03 am
With a spiritual leader like Reichsmarshall Limbaugh, it’s hardly a wonder so many righties have become such obnoxious, racist jerks….
Other than the obvious racism and stupidity from that statement, let us take std apart farther than he has done for himself:
1. the obvious racists are blacks, with their overwhelming continued support for Obozo, despite him having delivered NOTHING of value, unless you count taxes as ‘value’;
2. black support continues to remain high for Obozo, as polls nationwide show his general levels of support for his policies and actions so far plummeting, below even that of their hated psycho-target, GWB;
3. and why is this you ask, are they more ignorant or blind than most of the rest of America….not really, they are simply locked into skin color, victimization, social justice, blah, blah, blah, and not using their brains as opposed to their hearts, or just simple out and out pure racism, take your pick – neither one is very pretty, is it?
4. take a look at Congress, Rangel and Waters….think std or his crowd will renounce them and trample on them as quickly as Obozo and his stooges did that poor black woman from Georgia?
Racism as displayed by the likes of std show the lack of awareness and ignorance of its perpetrator, but thankfully he is too stupid to realize it and continues to show his racist streaks to us all.
Maybe that is why you are still such an “obnoxious, racist jerks..”
Ha ha ha
dimwit
Rightwing Troll
August 8th, 2010
8:27 am
I guess Andy considers Laura or Barbara Bush to be “hot”, either that or he’s scared of confident black women, come to think of it he’s scared of anybody with darker skin than his.
@@
August 8th, 2010
8:43 am
Rightwing Troll:
@@ is whining about the governments interference in religious worship while she undoubtedly supports the banning of mosques…
Please find any one of my posts where I support banning mosques.
Don’t return until you find it.
(IHGTWTBCSAMCJ)
Tools, Inc.
August 8th, 2010
9:02 am
Maybe that is why you are still such an “obnoxious, racist jerks..”
We could use a good self-flagellater such as yourself, Bud.
Conservalogic, Inc., A Limited Logic Conservatorship
August 8th, 2010
9:10 am
Right wing conservative tea partying Republican types support banning mosques in the vicinity of the WTC memorial therefore they support banning all mosques therefore @@ supports banning all mosques.
Dave R.
August 8th, 2010
9:10 am
“Fortunately, Bush is a strong man. He went right on doing what he thought best for America.”
Like racking up budget deficits larger than any President before him, only to be dwarfed by his successor in less than 18 months?
@@
August 8th, 2010
9:24 am
Conservalogic, Inc.:
Right wing conservative tea partying Republican types support banning mosques in the vicinity of the WTC memorial therefore they support banning all mosques therefore @@ supports banning all mosques.
Please find the post where I called for the NYC mosque to be banned.
Don’t return until you find it.
I’ll, at least, keep you busy looking for different names under which you can post.
Mitch McCon nell
August 8th, 2010
9:27 am
For the fourteenth time, those founding fathers did not have a clue! The idiots.
Tale Chaser
August 8th, 2010
9:40 am
Darn! There are just so few names to use while blogging. How will I ever find the time to think up another one and another one and another one. And on top of that, I have to go and find a post where @@ used a specific sequence of characters or else I cannot return. What shall I do.
**
August 8th, 2010
9:44 am
There are just so few names to use while blogging.
Tale Chaser, might I suggest using my screen name?
Like @@’s, it has the advantage of being invisible to Google searches.
larry
August 8th, 2010
9:46 am
To everyone wondering where the jobs are:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606249_4.html?wpisrc=nl_headline&sid=ST2010080702953
Our countries corportate tax policy encourages companies to rack up debt, then when recessions hit the companies file for bankruptcy. There is a bill in the Senate to change the policy and of course its stalled.
Gee, i wonder why .
Rightwing Troll
August 8th, 2010
9:54 am
I’ll do no such thing. I’ve become a “conservative” as of late, that means I don’t have to pay attention to facts, and I can throw bombs with little or no regard to the truth and not have to be responsible or accountable.
(LMFAOSMFH)
Tale Chaser
August 8th, 2010
9:56 am
**,
Thank you ever so much for the suggestion. However, @@ does appear in Tale Chaser’s textual output and so she will also be accessible to others in a roundabout way. Perhaps I shall even compile a few summary posts of @@’s posts simply to improve upon her general accessability.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 8th, 2010
9:57 am
Andy, Andy, Andy, Andy, @@.
My, aren’t we obsessed?
SIUYAS
Don't Forget
August 8th, 2010
9:58 am
@@
August 7th, 2010
5:06 pm
So why don’t you explain exactly how “our government’s thought’s on religion sound very much like the taliban’s”
Religious freedom shall not be limited except when a government can prove a “compelling interest” to do so.
What compels the Taliban to restrict an individual’s religious freedom? What compels the federal government to restrict an individual’s religious freedom? Especially when it is the church who’s saving a government program money by not requiring payment for its facilities.
NO PROSELYTIZING!
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@@,
You’re being elusive enough to qualify for political office. Again, you said “our government’s thought’s on religion sound very much like the taliban’s”
You couldn’t be more wrong! Our government’s rules on “proselytizing” apply only to to groups while they are involved in functions/activities that are associated with the government. The thought process behind that is the separation of church and state. It applies to all religions. Whether you agree with separation or not, that is the thought process behind the rules. With the taliban the “church”/ mosque IS the state. The rules on proselytizing apply to every religion other than islam to protect the state religion, islam. The thought processes of the US government and the taliban are diametrically opposed.
@@
August 8th, 2010
9:59 am
What shall I do.
Continue to look silly?
I would have stuck with my original screen name, but left-wingers didn’t like it, so I changed after informing everyone that I was changing it. Had no idea that my new name was difficult to track. They would have been able to track the original.
The “inconvenient” truth? Left-wingers asked for it.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
August 8th, 2010
10:05 am
But she said that simply because some of the spilled oil has become “invisible makes it no less a danger to the Gulf ’s fragile ecosystems. Quite the contrary, the danger is real and the danger is much more difficult to quantify, track and assess.” -Urinal
Poor little moonbats, their big bad triumphant disaster floated out to sea and left them mumbling and babbling, to themselves.
Maybe you could paint the beaches black and shriek about it, whackjobs?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 8th, 2010
10:07 am
Well, I do beleive the Rev. Postlewaite cut loose with the most boringest sermon I ever heard this a.m. There was elbows flying everywhere while the women tried to keep their men awake. To tell the truth, I don’t recall alot of it—something about treating your brother the way you would want him to treat you. Only I don’t have a brother, so I kind of tuned out right there. It all made me wish the Rev. Jim Bob Buice hadn’t of been caught buck-nekkid in the bushes with that young boy. The Rev. Jim Bob, he knew how to rile people up. Even to the point that old Connie Singletree would get up and start shouting and speaking in tongues.
Anyhow, I was reading this a.m. about how the people that use to work for this Handel woman down at the capital are speaking up about how nasty she was to work for. They’re saying she was nastier than a boar hog in a mud puddle. I don’t know which would be a better sight down at the guvner’s mansion, a woman with constant PMS or a crook that will steal us blind while we’re looking. I reckon old King Roy is setting back grinning and getting ready to settle scores down there, knowing about half the Republican voters will vote for him no matter who wins the primary.
Have a good Sabbath everybody. And don’t worry, you’ll be able to buy booze tomorrow.