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A lot of singers — not all, these days, but a lot — have good voices. But every once in a while you hear a gift so unique that it makes you pay attention immediately. Aretha was such a voice. Barbra Streisand was such a voice. Dinah Washington too.
And now Adele.
BTW, this one is dedicated to Miss Julie. Yesterday we marked our 32nd year as husband and wife, with many more to come, I’m sure.
– Jay Bookman
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stands for decibels
February 26th, 2011
9:38 am
I think it’s very unfair to cite his bills as evidence applicable to the GOP as a whole,
Fine. Let’s hear some prominent Goopers denounce them, then.
Jay
February 26th, 2011
9:40 am
I can’t make those numbers perform the necessary magic either, Foxy.
stands for decibels
February 26th, 2011
9:47 am
Well it’s a gorgeous day, and outdoor recreational stuff with the fambly awaits. Later, all.
Jay
February 26th, 2011
9:48 am
They don’t denounce them, sfd. But they do ignore them. Franklin’s bills — such as requiring state debts to be paid only in gold or silver — are too wacky to even deserve denuniciation.
FOXy Blues Network
February 26th, 2011
9:55 am
It does indeed look like a great day in the making for outdoor activity but it’s still in the forties here so I think I’ll stay indoors for a few hours more… sip coffee, scan Inferiornet (bottom of the line mountain DSL service but better than dial up)…
Mick
February 26th, 2011
9:57 am
All aboard dave r and others who just want to bend the facts to fit their narrative (fox).
Have a great saturday all!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbPWcLode0
Jay
February 26th, 2011
10:10 am
To be fair to Dave R., I now see that number being reported. He didn’t make it up. But I’d still like to see how it’s being derived, and by whom.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
10:16 am
Jay @ 10:10 :
You usually a little to quick on the tigger Jay.
Mick
February 26th, 2011
10:17 am
If I remember correctly, wasn’t almost half of the stimulus tax cuts of some nature?
Jay
February 26th, 2011
10:19 am
Is that you, Scout, or Elmer Fudd?
Jay
February 26th, 2011
10:20 am
and yes, Mick, somewhere around 40 percent was tax cuts…
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
10:23 am
“Is that you, Scout, or Elmer Fudd?”
Just brilliant coming from a “professionl” journalist.
Mick
February 26th, 2011
10:26 am
It’s the weekend, sometimes its good to take a break from the political and browse some non sense news. Charlie sheen is an interesting character and sure has a pair, this kinda stuff is like junk food for the brain-
http://tv.yahoo.com/two-and-a-half-men/show/35441/news/tv.tvguide.com/tv.tvguide.com-charlie-sheen-ill-go-back-men-without-chuck-lorre?nc
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
10:26 am
Washington Post:
” ………… one group who took this seriously is the Secret Service. According to Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, the situation has been looked into.
“We’re aware of the incident and the appropriate steps were taken,” Donovan told me. “At this point it’s a closed matter.”
A law enforcement source confirmed that the Secret Service interviewed the constituent and determined that he or she was an “elderly person” who now regrets making a bad joke.
“In this case this was poor taste,” the source says. “The person realized that.”
Just as I stated yesterday when everyone was all worked up. That was not a criminal offense ………….. but “poor taste” ………… .
Mick
February 26th, 2011
10:27 am
Scout – you a good soul, “lighten up”….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj5k6toS7i8
Jay
February 26th, 2011
10:34 am
reread your post out loud, scout, complete with typos, and you may get the joke.
AmVet
February 26th, 2011
10:34 am
Good morning, all.
03, as you have no respect for anybody here, what do you expect?
There is an unwritten code that Friday nights are the ONE time you don’t trot out your xenophobic drivel and cherry picked nonsense.
Almost to a man and woman, everybody adheres to the code. But not you. No.
I guess you think you’re special, right?
You’re not special, you’re just an intransigent and ill-mannered heel…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYSrbLTifk
the easter bunny
February 26th, 2011
10:42 am
I was thinking of getting married, but the thought passed and now I am thinking what a delightful experience it is to get up in the morning and plan the whole day to suit myself. Sure, I know, the evenings are a little boring and the only heat at night comes from an electric blanket. the blanket is low maintenance runs for pennies a day.
Sunday mornin comin down, that is a day for families, I just sit and watch and go my way.
Paulo977
February 26th, 2011
10:42 am
JAY …Happy Anniversary…and into the sunset years…home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1WJ7U0Xlc&feature=related
Mick
February 26th, 2011
10:47 am
amvet
As always great selections…keep on..off to find some adventure-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJS8j9YYB9w
TaxPayer
February 26th, 2011
11:04 am
You usually a little to quick on the tigger Jay.
I was leaning toward calling him Eeyore myself.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
11:07 am
Mornin’ or Afternoon, er’rbody…..
DIdn’t hang around to see what all was posted, but I know there were some choice cuts laid down. I can see the politics got to flying early this am. Personally, I don’t know what the stimulus saved or didn’t save. I have a gut feeling that we would be a lot better off had both TARP and the stimulus funds been put to where they could be most effective.
TARP could have been done as a credit to a bank from a taxpayer to be used exclusively for their mortgage. Let the homeowner apply the payment to their tax returns as income earned and split it over a course of years as to keep the taxpayer from being hammered by a huge tax bill at once. The outcome would have been that the banks would have still gotten the money, however the mortgages would no longer be toxic.
The stimulus should have been larger to have any kind of effect. You’re talking less than 1 trillion spending with a GDP the size of ours. That’s not enough to affect GDP or the economy at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65jkFKR-udY
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:16 am
Age of innocence, AmVet?
Whenever I think of the innocent age I think of this song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3_S-YaRLa8
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:22 am
BTW,
I hear that the GOP is lining up to blame Prsident Obama fore the unrest in the Middle East. They say he will use it as an excuse if the economy tanks again…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8rCy173y7Y&feature=related
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
11:23 am
LOL!!!! @ Normal
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:25 am
Hey SoCo,
Have the day off, I hope…
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
11:29 am
Normal
This is my weekend off. I get one of those every now and then.
Speaking of your GOP strategy… If they try that, they may end up listening to Obama singing this song around midnight on Mov 5, 2012……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWJFmspYog
@@
February 26th, 2011
11:33 am
There is an unwritten code that Friday nights are the ONE time you don’t trot out your xenophobic drivel and cherry picked nonsense.
Unwritten? By whom? Where can I read “this code” of which you speak?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqMmSCSKUQ&feature=related
Think, Lady Godiva and taxation.
You, AmVet, can continue to ride your azz OR donkey, as the case may be.
Unlike you, no demands will be forthcoming.
Giddyup, dude!
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:34 am
SoCo,
or maybe He’ll be singin’ this one…heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGXzlRoNtHU
larry
February 26th, 2011
11:34 am
Since the GOP is the reverse backwards party , i am going to start referring to them as POG.
The POG party. The name suits them.
/drive by
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
11:38 am
NORMAL!!!!
I didn’t even think about that one…….
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:40 am
@@,
Friday nights has always been a truce from all the “Rhetoric” of the previous week. Music is the balm that soothes any “sores” from angry words. I think it’s very civil and allows us to…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LZGQ4MkvQ
Figuratively speaking, of course…
Paulo977
February 26th, 2011
11:43 am
The refreshing voice of Jason Castro as he dwells on the glories of traveling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_lCKMFZegU&playnext=1&list=PLD4650F15C692AE57
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:45 am
SoCo,
My taste in music is myriad.
AmVet
February 26th, 2011
11:46 am
I should have posted the part of my post I left out.
Cue up my lurking humper.
I’m surprised she’s not busy running more cover for George “blackies with their hands out” W, aka HNIC.
Cons are funny as hell, and this one is positively Pavlovian. (Drool, drool, schnort)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnb3KdhkSAI
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
11:52 am
Normal
I see… I see… I’m also very impressed.
@@
February 26th, 2011
11:54 am
Normal:
And when AmVet interjects music throughout the rest of the week?
It’s like RW said…AmVet invited the intrusion thru his own behavior. Now he wants to complain about others intruding on HIS time?
It’s no BIGGIE and neither is AmVet, much to his dismay.
If it’s music you’re looking for, skip over the comments that don’t pertain. It’s really quite simple with self-discipline.
AmVet doesn’t seem to have much of that.
Enjoy your weekend.
I have a stoopid bridal shower to attend.
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:56 am
Just ran across this…have a chuckle on me…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munbt8qpCiQ&feature=fvw
AmVet
February 26th, 2011
11:57 am
Normal, that is one of the many surprises about FNM. One never really knows what any given blogger is gonna contribute musically.
And of course, no mater who you are, you’re bound to hear a lot of stuff you’ve never heard before.
For those of us who “get” it, it is pretty sweet.
And for the sycophantic cad who doesn’t…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UI9MlSjiRA
Normal
February 26th, 2011
11:57 am
@@,
I have a stoopid bridal shower to attend.
Now THAT I can empathize with…wow!
Normal
February 26th, 2011
12:01 pm
Grandpa Normal says…com’on, y’all. It’s time to get on the…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7wEctHyuc0
getalife
February 26th, 2011
12:02 pm
Joe s said we are watching beck lose it right before our eyes.
I agree and we can add Scout to this fact.
And now for some music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkPag5ahtQ
md
February 26th, 2011
12:21 pm
Another day of slaughter in Libya while the “civilized” west watches from their reality tv chairs……
Pretty pathetic beacon of freedom we are……………..
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
12:28 pm
Southern Comfort you’re on today I see. I just HAVE to comment about the Auburn tree thing. When I read that a crazed, half baked, Alabama fan had done it, I was like OMG!!! SoCo has finally gone off the deep end!! It’s all Auburn’s fault for beating them in the Iron Bowl!!
PS: Glad to see that it wasn’t you!! (this time)
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
12:31 pm
AmVet:
Thank you for your “kind” words. It was very thoughtful of you.
P.S.
You don’t “have” to read my posts on Friday night or any other day. They are quite easy to scroll over so I think your complaint is merely a swipe at me as opposed to any inconvenience.
As always, I prefer polite debate over personal attacks. However, like a good Marine, if attacked I will respond ……… professionally without name calling.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
12:34 pm
Just got back from the dog park and noticed this ………………………..
Boston ……… BOSTON ! …………… not Montgomery.
BOSTON (AP) – “The owners of a Boston nightclub issued a public apology and agreed Friday to pay a $30,000 fine to settle allegations that it abruptly shut down an event after the annual Harvard-Yale football game because most of the attendees were black.
Some students said they were turned away from the November event after employees at the Cure Lounge complained that a large group of young black people in line would attract “local gangbangers.”
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley called the club staff’s behavior “the essence of racial stereotyping” and said it violated public accommodations and consumer protection laws.
“Massachusetts businesses cannot refuse to host events because of racial reasons,” Coakley said. “In this case, club staff made harmful and ill-conceived conclusions based on the simple fact that most of the guests were black.”
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
12:40 pm
Welcome once again to the “real world” Mr. President.
Headline (AP): “Obama signs temporary extension of Patriot Act”
“…RAILED AGAINST DURING CAMPAIGN”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022505562.html
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
12:43 pm
DDR
LOL!!!! I wouldn’t take anything out on the trees. They had no part in what happened on the field. I’m just waiting on somebody to get fustrated and spill the beans. That Heisman that Cam took home is the same one that Reggie Bush had. It comes with it’s own pre-addressed, postage pre-paid, return to sender box. When he’s told to send it back, those wins will be erased.
AmVet
February 26th, 2011
12:49 pm
Hillbilly, it’s here!
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/02/25/heyward-mccann-in-lineup-for-saturday-opener/
03, I do scroll past them and have never said a word to you in real time regarding your pathetic behavior on Friday nights. But plenty of others have, haven’t they? How many do you suppose it is by now? You simply don’t care about them or anybody but yourself and what you want.
Which is to p*ss on the parade.
Bully for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkNa5xzOe5U
getalife
February 26th, 2011
12:50 pm
Hushh, shhhhh.
We are hunting wabbits
getalife
February 26th, 2011
12:52 pm
Auburn needs to find another pro quarterback.
At LSU, we play college football.
Geaux Tigers!
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
1:19 pm
SoCo had to show Dudley your comments, he just laughed and said to show you this and this.
Right now he’s singing the Auburn fight song (again). If I have to listen to that dang song ONE MORE TIME……….
Please pray for me, as your family will tell you, it’s not easy living with a crazed, half-baked, lunatic fan!
Mick
February 26th, 2011
1:39 pm
md
Let’s face it, I don’t want to be the world police anymore. What do we get with our interference? We had a civil war, it wasn’t very pretty. Each country will be better off with their own manifest destiny. Our greatest general, “A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.” Damn straight!!!! Wise words from a constitutional man himself….
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
1:47 pm
DDR
LOL!!!! Tell him to make sure he has those on DVD. He’s not likely to see that happen again for a while. My wife could probably empathize with you somewhat. However, we’re both die-hard Bama St. Hornets (me c/o ‘96; she c/o ‘00), so we get a little wild with football here ourselves. Not to mention, she’s a complete Redskins fan. Our garage is a small memorial to the Washington Redskins, complete with the Indian head logo.
Adam
February 26th, 2011
1:47 pm
md: You’re right. Let’s go fix it. It’s not like we need to budget for that or anything.
Adam
February 26th, 2011
1:48 pm
Libya is in trouble. We can go ahead and allocate money to go in there and fix the problem. Should only take a few days and maybe we’ll find some WMDs. And we can pay for it all with another tax cut. Sound good?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
1:51 pm
Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in what he said is his final address to the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, warned Friday against the United States getting involved in another major land battle.
He told the cadets that wars like Afghanistan are not likely, and in fact he would advise against it.
“In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as Gen. MacArthur so delicately put it,” Gates said.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
2:15 pm
Jay @ 10:34
Maybe if I had said, “You usually a wittle” ………….. but I’ll take your word for it.
I’m just a little gunshy of unnecessary “shots” on here.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
2:17 pm
Cynthia has a good thread going today (she’s usually not out on the weekends) if you want to join in.
Mick
February 26th, 2011
2:30 pm
Eighty nine degrees today in miami, global warming? Gas is $3.49 but I felt real lucky when I found a station for the low, low price of $3.35. The supply is not in serious jeopardy, the greed merchants can yank us like a yo-yo, they were hiding out during their catastrophic oil spill but instability is the green light. Obama, bush, all presidents are paper tigers when it comes to these vipers…”But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.”
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
3:02 pm
SoCo: DDR, LOL!!!! Tell him to make sure he has those on DVD. He’s not likely to see that happen again for a while
HA! He has it on DVD, player cards, board game, flash drive, a dedicated website to Iron Bowl 2010; and one of those digital picture frames. He even has a T-SHIRT of Iron Bowl 2010 with the score on it and a picture of the game winning touchdown by Lutzenkirchen.
My wife could probably empathize with you somewhat.
Hey i LOVE sports!! I’m really into it! I like to watch sports and also play sports, (tennis, soccer and basketball). I play on a women’s league (basketball and soccer) for team sports and once a week my sister-n-law and I get together for a game of tennis. But MY GOD MAN, what is this inhuman OBSESSION with football? What makes grown men, who are normally nice sane guys, go completely out of their minds in the fall? What makes a grown azz man fly a thousand miles to see a FOOTBALL GAME? (without first seeing his wife I might add). What is it about the South and Football? My husband wants to put a big azz Auburn Flag on our bedroom wall! For what?!? To give him incentive? Well, I guess it’s better than a picture of Cam on our wall, but still……!!!
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
3:05 pm
Mick: The supply is not in serious jeopardy, the greed merchants can yank us like a yo-yo, they were hiding out during their catastrophic oil spill but instability is the green light.
My sister-in-law and I were just talking about that yesterday!! The instability in Libya and Egypt shouldn’t have had such an immediate effect on oil prices. We shouldn’t really be seeing the ripple effects for at least 3 more months, however, it seems what happens in the oil world on Tuesday can be immediately justified as an oil price hike on Wednesday. Priceless!
Fudd
February 26th, 2011
3:20 pm
We are hunting wabbits
Weedicuwous. I only hunt skwewey wabbits.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
3:22 pm
DDR
In the South, football is close to being a religion. The only reason it’s not is because someone would get hurt if you tried to place a pulpit on the 50 yard line.
We shouldn’t really be seeing the ripple effects for at least 3 more months, however, it seems what happens in the oil world on Tuesday can be immediately justified as an oil price hike on Wednesday.
And as long as we continue to let them play that game, we’ll get the same results. That’s one of the reasons I think the US should be seriously researching alternative fuels.
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
3:32 pm
B. Cosby – when you make out your check to your college, please tell them to add “google” to one of their reference resources. Perhaps then future generations from Bugtussle University won’t make the same mistake you just did and misspell Spelman while trying to admonish me.
Thanks!
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
3:33 pm
oops wrong site!! Sorry!
DebbieDoRight
February 26th, 2011
3:46 pm
SoCo: And as long as we continue to let them play that game, we’ll get the same results. That’s one of the reasons I think the US should be seriously researching alternative fuels.
HA! The repugs would rather DIE than actually find a viable resource for oil!! Heck, without oil, what would we really need such a huge military for?
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
4:10 pm
Jay, et al:
Some great music !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc4hyi4ufG4
stands for decibels
February 26th, 2011
5:22 pm
Heck, without oil, what would we really need such a huge military for?
Hereby nominated for Comment of the Century. Any seconds?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
5:26 pm
Heck, without oil, what would we really need such a huge military for?
Fighting the space aliens that are coming on 3/11/11….. To Los Angeles
Adam
February 26th, 2011
5:26 pm
dB: I’ll second the nomination. Let me know when the time to vote on the nominations happens.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
5:46 pm
Just When You Think You Have Seen It All
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiFqt6J0zZs&feature=related
@@
February 26th, 2011
6:31 pm
03, I do scroll past them and have never said a word to you in real time regarding your pathetic behavior on Friday nights
Oh puhleeeeze and thpbbppbt!
No real time, just lag time? As if….
Howz’bout this, AmVet….NO TIME!
Who made you King of Anything?
md
February 26th, 2011
7:25 pm
“Let’s face it, I don’t want to be the world police anymore. What do we get with our interference? We had a civil war, it wasn’t very pretty. Each country will be better off with their own manifest destiny.”
Mick, you do realize that we had help in “our” civil war….right?
I’m guessing had you and Adam been around in the 40’s, France would have been on it’s own too.
You guys are soooo confusing………you want to help every “poor thing” regardless of how they got there yet have no trouble taking a pass on the unborn and ‘foreigners” fighting for their freedom……
Sure hope neither of you are my neighbors if thugs ever break into my house and assault my family………I can see that we would be on our own……….
Normal
February 26th, 2011
7:26 pm
Scout,
I’ll se your Telly and raise you a Greene…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyuq-ofnPc
md
February 26th, 2011
7:33 pm
“We shouldn’t really be seeing the ripple effects for at least 3 more months, however, it seems what happens in the oil world on Tuesday can be immediately justified as an oil price hike on Wednesday. ”
Not exactly how it works………….the stations jack up their rates due to the rest of the speculators…..they have to have enough money on hand to pay the truck when it brings in the next load, and have no idea what the cost is going to be……it is their way of hedging fuel prices……..
Now, on the going back down side, they just want the bucks…………
If one did their research, they may find that the US has enough oil on it’s own shores to last for the next 100+ years……….but the misfits won’t tell that to the public. We are the pawns………..
@@
February 26th, 2011
8:16 pm
9 great places to be a recluse
1. Rongbuk Monastery Guesthouse, Mt. Everest
Location: Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Too cold.
2. Great White Lake, Mongolia
Location: Central Mongolia, between Tariat town and Terkhiin Tsaagan Nuur’s eastern shore
Horseback riding? Yeah! Yaks? Nay!
3. Kettuvallam houseboat, India
Location: State of Kerala, southern India
They look like giant wicker baskets.
A modern day Moses? Naha!
4. Wilson Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Location: Off the coast of Gladstone, Australia
Now we’re talkin’. $680 per night!!??!! Now we’re not talkin’.
5. Takaro Peace Resort, New Zealand
Location: South Island, New Zealand
BINGO!
6. International Dhamma Hermitage, Thailand
Location: Chaiya, Thailand
Too many perverts lurking about.
7. Alert, Canada
Location: Nunavut, Canada
Alert is the last stop for civilization in the northern hemisphere. Permanent population? 5.
Must be cold there too.
8. Kulala Wilderness Camp, Namibia
Location: Namib Desert, Namibia
If by becoming a recluse your intention is to feel small and insignificant, you need look no further than the Sossusvlei in the southern part of the Namib Desert. Sossusvlei roughly translates as “marsh of no return.”
I may wanna come back, so Sossusylei is a no go.
9. Loisaba Wilderness, Kenya
Location: Laikipia, Kenya
For $740 I can sleep on a star bed which juts out over the Ewaso Ng’iro River. I’ll need a mosquito net.
No thanks.
New Zealand for $190 per night, per person. Sorry, babe! You’re not a recluse. You’ll have to stay home….all by yourself.
Disgusted
February 26th, 2011
8:30 pm
If one did their research, they may find that the US has enough oil on it’s own shores to last for the next 100+ years……….but the misfits won’t tell that to the public. We are the pawns………
Recoveraable US oil, including Alaska, the continental shelf, etc.—134 billion barrels. US daily oil usage: 21 million barrels per day, or 7,665,000,000 barrels per year. By my reckoning, that’s enough to last for 17.63 years, if all were recovered. Want to give me a clue about this new oil find that only you know about?
Adam
February 26th, 2011
8:47 pm
md: I’m guessing had you and Adam been around in the 40’s, France would have been on it’s own too.
Uh no. There is no comparison here. Given what was happening I would have said to go in sooner. However, the world of today is not the world of violent actions solving every problem. The people in these countries are doing the job for themselves.
And if I was your neighbor md, and I saw a way to help prevent an invasion of your home I would definitely be there to help. Can you see the difference between an outside invasion force and a revolt from within? I wouldn’t be holding your kids down if they decided to revolt against you and throw you out of your own home. It would be weird and wrong, but it isn’t my place to go solve your family problems. If the police need to be called for domestic disturbance, I would. But beyond that only an invasion of your home would prompt me getting involved in the way you’re suggesting.
Mick
February 26th, 2011
8:57 pm
md
Yes, I know, I know but there was a period of time when we were isolationist….we need some time to rebuild this country, look inward….we need to be selective about who gets help and how much….If you were my neighbor, I would look after you as I know you would me….
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 26th, 2011
9:34 pm
@@:
Dong Ha mountain (formerly South Vietnam) ………………….
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 26th, 2011
10:11 pm
Facts overshadowed in debate over union bill
The central part of Walker’s argument is that government workers have long escaped painful cuts that those in the private sector have had to bear. That ignores the fact that under Walker’s predecessor, Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, state workers were forced to take furlough days that amounted to a 3 percent pay cut. State employees have also not had a raise for more than two years.
Even so, Walker has portrayed public employees as the “haves” and private workers as the “have nots,” saying government workers can afford trims to their salaries and benefits because on average they earn more than private-sector workers.
This is true as a straight average, but several national reports of public versus private pay say it’s also misleading.
In a report released in December 2010, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the average state/local government worker earns $40.10 an hour in salary and benefits. The same report found the average private worker earns $27.68 an hour in salary and benefits.
But the report was quick to note that this is not a direct comparison. Government workers tend to be better-educated than their private-sector counterparts, and government jobs are more likely to be professional or managerial as opposed to the many more manufacturing and sales jobs in the private work force.
In fact, studies that compare salaries and benefits for similar jobs between the public and private sectors show that government workers lag.
Tin Ear
February 26th, 2011
10:51 pm
“But every once in a while you hear a gift so unique that it makes you pay attention immediately.”
Late to the party again. Didn’t care for Adele’s music until about 30 seconds into the song, then it kinda got the hook into me. Another winner, thank you Jay.
md
February 26th, 2011
11:05 pm
Adam and Mick….they are our neighbors, and they are asking for our help………….and dieing to prove their sincerity in asking…………..
Mick
February 26th, 2011
11:52 pm
md
Not buying….
@@
February 27th, 2011
8:47 am
Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan
Banks have resisted reducing loan balances in part because of concerns that it could encourage more borrowers to stop making payments in order to receive a smaller loan.
‘YA THINK!!!??!!!
Human nature being what it is TODAY, I have no doubts.
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When I first read your 9:34, I saw Dung Ha Mountain. Then Dong Ha Mountain.
Neither sounds intriguing but thanks anyway.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 27th, 2011
10:27 am
Normal:
I remember that one.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 27th, 2011
10:29 am
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No ………. it’s “Dong” Ha …………
Jungle ……….. near where a tiger followed me once and later a Marine was killed by a tiger near there.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 27th, 2011
10:34 am
md, et al:
As I have so often heard, “someone” is going to be the world’s superpower.
At one time it was going to be Germany. We said no.
At one time it was going to be Russia. We said no.
Now the possibility exists for it to be China. Is that what we want?
A superpower is either benevolent or malevolent.
If it’s malevolent it desires power and works for evil in the world.
It it’s benevolent it desires freedom for others and works for good.
Which do we want ?
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 27th, 2011
10:55 am
As I have so often heard, “someone” is going to be the world’s superpower.
Of course, nobody wants to see China as a superpower. However, if/while we are going to be the world’s superpower, we should not overreach in our desire to see democracy spread. We should only act when asked, and then only to protect the defenseless. We don’t have to put boots on the ground anytime there’s commotion inside someone’s borders. We do not want outside interference in our dispute between the GOP and organized labor, so I think we should not always stick our head into the disputes in other countries.
N-GA
February 27th, 2011
11:28 am
Jay…We all have songs that remind us of the women we love. This one is mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF0WSLEKFnc
Adam
February 27th, 2011
11:54 am
md: Had not heard they were asking for help. If they are, then I say sure let’s provide it if we can. So the question really is: Can we? And can we do it without some party blaming the other party for the expenses in order to get more votes later?
Adam
February 27th, 2011
11:58 am
Facebook status recently said let’s just buy American to send a message that we want our jobs back. Take it one step further and only buy American made by Americans.
I say this is a good idea, but I had a naysayer. The argument: The world is built on trade. While I agree, I wanted her to show me American made products being made in America that are being exported, versus the stuff that doesn’t fit that description being bought by our citizens. I suspect we import more “American products” than we export. I would like to know who’s right on this but have no data either way. Any takers on a fact finding mission?
DebbieDoRight
February 27th, 2011
12:18 pm
Take it one step further and only buy American made by Americans.
Whoa! That’ll be almost impossible to find!! It’s hard to even find cloth that’s manufactured in the US ( I think @@ once told me that her father-in-law once worked at a very profitable textile mill here in Georgia but that mill has since now transferred to someplace overseas).
About 2 years ago there was this documentary done, (don’t ask me by who – I watch so many!), but it was of this family who was searching for American made/owned/produced sneakers for their kids. It took them two years to find them.
I suspect we import more “American products” than we export. I would like to know who’s right on this but have no data either way. Any takers on a fact finding mission?
I’m a researcher by trade (more or less) – I’ll look for you, it might take me a couple of days but I’ll get back with you on my findings.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 27th, 2011
12:41 pm
Facebook status recently said let’s just buy American to send a message that we want our jobs back.
Impossible task you’re seeking. The jobs that have left are not coming back. The only way that happens is if you lower labor costs here to less what it costs to make and ship back now. Unless you’re seeking $2 a day wages, those jobs are not going to see US soil again.
On the other hand, if you persuade Congress to do away with all the free trade agreements and re-institute tarriffs on imports, there’s a slight chance that jobs could return here. That would only happen if it becomes cheaper to manufacture here as opposed to importing things.
jt
February 27th, 2011
1:07 pm
0311/0317 – 1811/1801-
“A superpower is either benevolent or malevolent.
If it’s malevolent it desires power and works for evil in the world.
It it’s benevolent it desires freedom for others and works for good.
Which do we want ?”
jt replies—————
Is this a trick question? Which one is the U.S? Do you put her in the benevolent column or evil column?
I would personally like a superpower that didn’t lock up the highest proportion of its population in the world. Ask a young kid getting gang-raped in prison for smoking a weed how benevolent the U.S. is.
I would personally like a superpower that did not abort the highest proportion of its population in the world. Ask the millions of unborn each year……………oops ,ya can’t…. musloooom countries can ask MORE children about their respective opinions on their country’s benevolence. Who is evil?
I would like a superpower that didn’t prefer to cut Women with Infant Children(WIC) but STILL affords 500 million dollars for Military BANDS……..
I would prefer a superpower that chose NOT to steal ANY money for the above purposes.
Possibly ,…1 million Iraqians would disagree about your idea of benevolence(if that feeling is possible in the afterlife).
Ditto Vietnemese,Cambodians, Phillopinos, etc……………………………
I would really like an answer to your 10:34.
I know which it is that I want. Freedom.
jt
February 27th, 2011
1:13 pm
From Lew Rockwell——————-Your Daily Hypocrisy Alert——————–Let us lecture Gaddafi on violence………..wait until Americans revolt—————-Goldman Sachs WILL show a profit——-
“The US is sanctions-happy. but that does not explain the freezing of Gaddafi’s and his family’s wealth, nor forbidding their traveling. His funds are stolen from the people? Of course, just like all US and other government funds. He’s a monster? Of course, just like the head of virtually every government in human history. He has yet to kill a million Iraqis like G.W. Bush. But why the sanctions now? To try to make sure that Gaddafi does not leave before the US and NATO can arrange a UN-approved invasion, protectorate, and take-over of the oil. It reminds me of the reason the US always demands unconditional surrender: to keep its wars–which are so good for the government, the Pentagon, and the arms industries–going as long as possible.”
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February 27th, 2011
1:39 pm
Debbie:
( I think @@ once told me that her father-in-law once worked at a very profitable textile mill here in Georgia but that mill has since now transferred to someplace overseas).
I never said THAT. What I said was the mill went bankrupt. As I recall, the workers blamed it on NAFTA. The mill didn’t relocate, they just closed. Couldn’t keep up with foreign competitors.
Wasn’t profitable enough to keep my father-in-law there. He left before they closed. Opened up a pool hall and made bookcoo buckos working for himself. Hard work and long hours, six days a week. Sold pool room hamburgers…all the rage in that small town. I found them to be rather tasteless and greasy, but people still talk about his pool room hamburgers. Had some kinda secret seasoning. Like I said…never had an impact on my tongue but they’re still legendary.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 27th, 2011
2:06 pm
jt:
If you can’t tell the difference among a Nazi Germany, the old Soviet Union or modern Communist China vs the United States then there is nothing I can do to help you.
Thanks for your input …………. you would not have been able to do that with impunity in any of the other three countries.
Adam
February 27th, 2011
2:26 pm
DebbieDoRight: I appreciate it. I don’t suppose you could teach this man how to fish (for information) too?