Travelin’ music from the Land Down Under

Well,
off to take Mom out to dinner…have a great night all y’all…

If it’s music from down under, do you have to turn your guitars up-side-down?

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Wow…very nice, Jay. Very nice.

I may have to give him a listen on youtube…

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Yeap, it’s not a party until the cops come — and we always offered them a beer.

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The singing comes at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKunEn9VUrw

RIP, Peter.

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In honor of the monkey, I nominate the “If you like Pina Coladas, let’s plan our escape” song.

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In honor of those down under:

http://youtu.be/CTN5n1hBYl4

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Mr. Bookman,

I go because I get to meet and listen to some interesting people, not specifically to drink any sort of kool aid. Because of your job, you probably meet more of these people than you want to!

Nice tune! Smoove tones. Thanks for sharing.

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Yep, that’s one kickin’ Aussie.

And that axe of his one I don’t recognize; might be a custom job…

For all the Yerkes folks and their missing two year old rhesus…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z2s4xOQi-c

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Was that monkey born at Yerkes or Kenya?

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BADA BING

June 24th, 2011
4:34 pm
THAT MONKEY COULD NOT DO ANY WORSE THAN THE IDIOT NOW.

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Hi! Are there any messages for me?

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In that Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds vein, an 80’s Aussie pop band that had some nice stuff…

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

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She Monkey, you look like a real swinger, come here often?

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She Monkey, that IS a banana in my pocket, AND I am glad to see you.

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How do you catch a monkey ? Go to a swinging joint.

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She Monkey to husband……….Honey, does this dark fur make my butt look big and red?

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Bada — “She Monkey to husband……….Honey, does this dark fur make my butt look big and red?”

I saw this hilarious LOLPIC once — it was a picture of a red-butted ape from behind, and the caption said “I (HEART) U.”

But instead of the “(HEART)”, there was just the monkey’s red behind all pointed at the viewer, right where the “(HEART)” should have been.

Guess that monkey was showing the photographer what he thought of him.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h44LIiaZhHE

Oh if we only were. Australians.

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If I was that monkey, I would head straight to Little 5 Points. No one would even notice it.

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This just in: Escaped monkee seen on the way to Habersham County.

http://youtu.be/1KSHyXGy6XA

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for the illegal alien aussies amongst us…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQi4CAzmrA&playnext=1&list=PL1DB494B0D9DEF67D

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heathen

A tip of the beret…I couldn’t hook it…great job!

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Country songs for Monkeys
“You don’t sling poop no more”
“If this tire swing’s arockin, don’t come aknockin”

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Oh Jay,
you are so cruel!
I read your subject line and got my hopes up that you were moving to Australia!!
Now I find out you were only going to Decatur!
Just keep in mind: Australia needs you!!!
They have a minority problem (Abs), no guns except for the criminals, rivers full of hungry crocks and a beach situation where you can choose between killer box jellyfish or a varity of man eating sharks and deadly sea snakes with no known antivenom.
Pretty Please?!? With cream on top !! They are desperate for SuperLibs!!

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The sky is very dark to our north and west here. Looks like another good storm tonight.

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pogo, @ 5:29, LOL.

I’m glad I’m an old fart now (relatively speaking of course) and no longer hang out in gin-soaked dives!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRPwvI70cg

(And I actually wore out that Live at Leeds cassette to the point it started falling apart…)

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Down under?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNlNZ2T9EeY

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I’ll see your down under, and raise you one slow and easy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW4LQN1Bx1Q

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps

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Oldguy, you ain’t foolin’ no one. Your bark is worse than your bite. (grin)

Since we’re on kind of a heavy kick now, a great, albeit very obscure, Welsh band.

From late in their career (1981) this rock and roll doozie…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgM-sf0sF5k&feature=related

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And those fine fellers can DRINK, Josef.

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Monkey’s favorite country song………” Don’t be a cryin when you simian the arms of another man”.

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josef, mind if I call ya Bruce?

BADA, it so King Kong now, it is not *the* monkey, it’s just monkey. Primitive but beautiful.

I smell rain in the distance…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_4E5LTSsvg

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ZamVet

It’s already started here…sounds rumbly…

It’s hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum and no poufters..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA

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The cops heard Jay was there. They were looking for weed.

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reports from Cajun Country say she was seen over at getalife’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2q-78L1Ypk&feature=related

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Will it be an . . .?

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Sooth

Maybe…or this…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flOiLtZa0Q0&feature=related

but not this…but USinUK…thinking of you…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-KM25tEDA

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Hey guys, there’s this thing called MySpace. You can post a blog with links to music and videos and people can post comments. You can even play games with each other and share pictures with each other. Check it out.

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Okay ZamVet…
She’s a MOT! She’s making Aliyah as we speak…
(warning language may be offensive to some…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mGtAYG5l8

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Wife took the kids to her mom’s house. I have the place to myself. Ahhhhhh.

Then the power went out.

iPhone4 on Hotspot blue toothed to the iPad2 and i can blog by candlelight with Sam Adams.

I haven’t listened to the music posted yet but if the theme is Australia then I must post these two

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=TziyOcb96q0

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=vnSegu4A5Uc

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evenin’.

This Aussie Geoff fella, he can play a little, can’t he?

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I already linkeed the Feelies’ cover of “Everybody’s got something to hide (’cept for me and my monkey)” last week, so I guess I got nothin’ for the monkey subthread.

except this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi4MOA_1MYA

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I feel as if I’ve created some monster with this Yerkes Primate Center thing – good!

Here’s my simian contribution for the weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmTmvBzNFY4

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decibels,

Huh? Congress has already decided NN is not to be, but the Obama administration directed the FCC is disregard their legislation and move forward anyway under the guise of providing high-speed Internet to rural and low income locations. ie – Obama is trying to force ISPs to wire areas where they will lose money. The infrastructure that private companies built with their private money doesn’t belong to Uncle Sam… The ISPs are right absolutley right to tell the government to go to hell.

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Fair nuff Vet

I posted AC/DC earlier but how ’bout sumthina little more different… ?

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=Jk1nw4Uoxig

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AmVet

Back at your 8:18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdBnNzQz67A&feature=related

Bruno – I still haven’t gotten over those Rebel Sons videos you posted last week! (smile)

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Native down under music…

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

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Where do macaques go to blow off a little steam?……..Monkey bars !

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wet wiccan—Someone else put up the first Rebel Son video, can’t take credit when it’s not due.

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Oh yeah, they’re from down under 2:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=pnl3G1WndD4

Dave and Danny should’ve taken a lesson from Mike

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One for Am and stands:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vRSGgYzo4

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To my friends and foes alike out there.

If you ever opened only one thing I ever posted (this song) please let this be it:

In spite of all my failures ……….. this is from the heart:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/MBDwpLLXMTA

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Bruno, took me a few years to find the Cars tolerable. Back in the day you either had punk cred or you were… you know… major label very acceptable non-threatening “New Wave” and you can probably figure where I had the Cars pegged.

Of course they made some great pop in their day, and I hear they re-formed after many many years off and have a new CD out…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqxNzlEFM4

and it ain’t bad.

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Here’s an Aussie singer of note…heh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBzVovz5iW0&feature=related

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O.K. Smeat ………. you asked for it !

CLASSIC FROM THE PAST I HAD LONG FORGOTTEN ABOUT:

YOU HAVE TO WATCH TO THE VERY END !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wb2nZR6qbE&feature=relmfu

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Ever remember a snippet of a musical hook from many years back and think “wait, was that really a song I heard or am I imagining it?” and so you go to youtube and you find out “holy crap, I did remember it right after all?”

Here’s one of those.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3-EwMJDQek

oughta take a rope and hang me.

pleasant evening, all.

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Smeat:

Catch it later ………. it’s funny.

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Moving in Stereo popped into my head recently.

Without Orr, I thought they really did a helluva job in this new effort. Hawkes played some bass. That guy is insanely talented. As is Easton, as is the rest of them.

http://www.webcitation.org/5wcHvLpyE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2w6-xAu0lg&feature=related

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josef:

Good song !

Glad you’re on ………. check this out – ties in with the Texas Confederate flag license plate decal flap:

Headline: “NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship is upright for the first time in almost 150 years, revealing a side of its hull not seen since it sank off the South Carolina coast during the Civil War.”

A couple of points:

I suppose there are those out there who think it is terrible to be spending all of that money on that “racist” submarine that murdered that Yankee ship.

Anyway, I was thinking about the Texas Confederate flag on license plates thing awhile ago and wanted to run this by you.

So many people think that is a “racist” act and that anyone who purchased such a tag would be a racist.

Here’s the question.

Why is it that those in our history who fought in that war on the side of the Union, or whose grandfather or great-grandfather fought or who lost loved ones in that war never had a problem back in the late 1800’s early 1900’s with honoring the Confederacy and those who fought for “it” ?

They held reunions together, they san “Dixie” together, they honored the Confederate Battle Flag, they put up monuments to both sides, Congressmen from the north voted in veterans benefits for Confederate Soldiers and their wives (the last Confederate widow died about 7 years ago), etc., etc., etc.

They had no problem with these things THEN so why do people today think they have “the RIGHT” to have a problem with it? Just grandstanding if you ask me.

And again I mention ……………. there are probably a lot of Native Americans who coil at the sight of Old Glory (the last thing their fathers saw before a Buffalo Soldier put a bullet between their eyes).

Are we to do something about that or do they just have to “suck it up” ? We know the answer to that one.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4972487/ns/us_news/t/last-civil-war-widow-suffers-heart-attack/ (Last Civil War Widow)

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Recon:

Thank you sir. I thought it was.

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The reasons the monkey escaped
Couldn’t get with the swing of things
Never learned the ropes
The place was drivng her ape s**t
She was tired of the same old grind
Wanted to branch out

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It is our responsibility as believers to pray for America. The Supreme Court, Congress,and the president are not our hope. Only God Himself can sustain our nation. Amen

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Cheer up, Recon—We’ve made it this far.

Pure 80s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIQo1OHkTI

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LOL–This one has “josef” written all over it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l38CIbuOPHw

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That Hank was some of the nicest stuff I’ve heard, josef. Great choice.

Smeat, you do make me laugh. Even though I’m not real. Throw bulls eyes.

For Hillbilly…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iv2RrbWKv8

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Illegal Immigrant Charged In Deadly Crash
Posted: 5:58 pm EDT June 24, 2011
Updated: 7:01 pm EDT June 24, 2011

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County police have charged an illegal immigrant with first-degree vehicular homicide after a deadly crash in March.

According to a police report obtained by Channel 2 Action News, Jhony Valesquez-Castillo was driving recklessly and speeding 80 mph down Peachtree Industrial Boulevard when it happened.

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http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/bocelli_lord_prayer.html

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NY just passed gay marriage.

The South will be the last to pass it.

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Apparently they eat well down under.

Vegemite sandwich

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEgCkOfl4jE

or a grande dinner party with cats foraging on the table

sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us3LemNhFOA

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No debate ……….. I’ll simply quote what my minister father (now deceased) used to preach:

“If God doesn’t judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah”

I think the judgement is already here ……………………..

TAPS !

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“If God doesn’t judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah”

Good thing we don’t live in a theocracy or your “stories” might have some legal bearings.

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getalife,

“Somebody did not take the news too well.”

Did you expect anything less?

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Ruh-roh! Scout is in trouble… http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-hampshire-passes-law-forcing-old-people-to-wat,6770/

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I guess Lewis and Clark here know much about the Mid West.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVa1qVFlXvA

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But only a dunderhead would have expected the U.S.Congress to undercut NATO. The message to his excellency was loud and clear and bi-partisan.

No support for Obama-reserved support for NATO. The president lost and was rebuked, roundly!

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Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)

June 24th, 2011
9:48 pm
It is our responsibility as believers to pray for America. The Supreme Court, Congress,and the president are not our hope. Only God Himself can sustain our nation. Amen

Amen and God bless you.

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Some fine Saturday morning music…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m29F4FtVo-U

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For all the oblivious and shallow, who called her fatass, etc., why do I strongly suspect that the First Lady can do more sit ups and push ups than you bitter couch potatoes?

LOL.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2011/06/24/michelle.obama.working.it.POOL?hpt=hp_t2

And, yet another Georgia casino, I mean bank, goes under.

As with nearly every failed bank, Mountain Heritage bet heavily on real estate. The failure is estimated to cost the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund $41.1 million.

Hi Sweetie! And thanks for more Sly & the Family Stone. When I first heard that 1969 LP Stand! they became one of my all time faves. Great musicians, sweet melodies with awesome, empowering messages. What is there to not love about that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdorgC9qUkI

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Funny how cons preach about God but wanted to watch a slaughter in Libya.

Does not pas the smell test.

Anyhoo, score one for Lady Gaga and think they have found a leader with the new Governor of NY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw&playnext=1&list=PL6A4C9E8E0D1E9148

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A guy is driving around the back woods of Georgia and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: ‘Talking Dog For Sale ‘ He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

‘You talk?’ he asks.

‘Yep,’ the Lab replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says ‘So, what’s your story?’

The Lab looks up and says, ‘Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.’
‘I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.’ ‘I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I’m just retired.’

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

‘Ten dollars,’ the guy says.

‘Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?’

‘Because he’s a Democrat and a liar. He never did any of that stuff.

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Scout?
@10:37pm 24TH

Namaste

Interesting!!!

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Namaste ???

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getalife:

WOW !

If the Commander in Chiffon has lost Barney, he is in big trouble !!

“Many of the Democrats on that roster are vocal anti-war lawmakers. But some have also been prominent allies of the president on other issues. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who voted against authorization (for Lybia) ……………. “

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Scout

Namaste ? Indian greeting ..Hi

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Scout,

To quote the greatest Secretary of State this country will ever see, “Which side are you on?”

Are you like your traitor senate leader on Libya’s side because we have a Dem President?

Answer the question Scout and other cons.

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Answer the question Scout.

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getalife:

Quit being so impatient ……………. in case you haven’t noticed, I don’t work for you sport.

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……………………. and another brilliant move by the CIC:

HEADLINE: “President Obama has apologized to the family of a deceased Medal of Honor winner for conveying the impression he was still alive.”

“Speaking Thursday to troops of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., Obama said:

I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.

In fact, Obama awarded Monti the Medal of Honor posthumously in September of 2009.”

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You are a traitor scout.

Just like your senate leader.

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getalife, never knew anything about LG, but that itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini sure got my attention.

As did the line, “Don’t be a drag, just be a queen”.

Now that’s clever…

Bro, wowzers.

If I were the King of Baseball those aluminum bats would serve one purpose only. They would be used to beat over the head those who implemented them in the first place.

Once you get over the age of 12, use wooden bats, you friggin’ wimps.

RIP, Nick Charles, A good guy who lived one heckuva feel good story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFLC8XzO6Yg

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You had the last word ………….. punk.

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getalife

Scout,

” To quote the greatest Secretary of State this country will ever see, “Which side are you on?”

Are you like your traitor senate leader on Libya’s side because we have a Dem President?

Answer the question Scout and other cons. ”

Getalife, Are you taking AmVets meds today, ” The greatest Sec of State ” is that the one who gave $150,000,000.00 to TERRORISTS, if thats to many zeros for you it’s 150 Million.

This is why you will never convince anyone to change parties and why you will lose in 2012. All you libs want to do is reach into everyones pockets and spend their money.

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Scout, Getalif couldn’t make the cut for the military, the only thing that she ever made was babies.

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pen, again with the meds thing?

Grow up.

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Hey Get,
And what is the US interest in Libya??
Experience has shown that the only type of government that works in a Muslim country is a dictatorship; so what do we have invested in Libya??
Save the people? Then what about Syria??
Let the place sit there and rot!
Maybe we can try Obozo’s method….. Fly over and drop billions of Dollars in cash….. that seems to be his solution to all problems!

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pen:

he is a she ? Good grief ……… then I meant “Punkess”

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Freedom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A

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getalife

Why do you keep going down those rabbit holes?

There is nothing but rodent poop down there.

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“Why do you keep going down those rabbit holes?”

Because it is fun going to la la land in Alice in Wonderland and crushing cons.

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getalife is to Scout, as a yappy a$$ chihuahua is to a K9 service dog.

Bye-bye.

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Maybe we can try Obozo’s method….. Fly over and drop billions of Dollars in cash….. that seems to be his solution to all problems!

Just another one of his continuations from the previous administration. After all, Wall St. seems to be doing better after Bush flew over and dropped billions of dollars there. I just wish he would have done it for Main Street.

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Things for monkeys to do in ATL
Get your tail pierced in Little 5 Points
Bananatini at Manual’s Tavern
Type editorials at the AJC
Run the ATL City Schools
Check the inmates for weapons at the ATL City Jail
Explore the Urban Jungle

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BADA:

Hey ……………. I’m going to Manny’s Friday for a police retirement ceremony.

I’ll try one !!!

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The President wants innovation, manufacturing and green energy for jobs.

Almost too late for that. China’s about to corner the market on green energy raw material and jobs. While we’re having the most heated discussions and battles over the most insignificant sh*t ever, China’s moving like a bull on the streets of Pamplona, Spain. By the time those jackasses figure that out, we’ll react to that bull the same way this guy’s reacting…..

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Bro,

True but we have to start competing to create jobs.

The cons are on the wrong side of history too many times so it is time to end their failures this cycle.

Jobs vs more tax cuts for the rich.

I choose jobs.

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What? No new thread? Oh, well…it’s still early…so what’s the beef today?

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so what’s the beef today?

General Tso’s chicken delivered.

No beef.

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no beef here either…crepes stuffed with black and green olives and white cheese topped with a lemon butter mushroom sauce, hearts of palm. that blackbean-corn-tomato-onion-cilantro thingie, and homemade brownies with ice cream…

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The famous “panic” of A.D. 33 illustrates the development and complex interdependence of banks and commerce in the Empire. Augustus had coined and spent money lavishly, on the theory that its increased circulation, low interest rates, and rising prices would stimulate business. They did; but as the process could not go on forever, a reaction set in as early as 10 B.C., when this flush minting ceased. Tiberius rebounded to the opposite theory that the most economical economy is the best. He severely limited the governmental expenditures, sharply restricted new issues of currency, and hoarded 2,700,000,000 sesterces in the Treasury.

The resulting dearth of circulating medium was made worse by the drain of money eastward in exchange for luxuries. Prices fell, interest rates rose, creditors foreclosed on debtors, debtors sued usurers, and money-lending almost ceased. The Senate tried to check the export of capital by requiring a high percentage of every senator’s fortune to be invested in Italian land; senators thereupon called in loans and foreclosed mortgages to raise cash, and the crisis rose. When the senator Publius Spinther notified the bank of Balbus and Ollius that he must withdraw 30,000,000 sesterces to comply with the new law, the firm announced its bankruptcy.

At the same time the failure of an Alexandrian firm, Seuthes and Son due to their loss of three ships laden with costly spices and the collapse of the great dyeing concern of Malchus at Tyre, led to rumors that the Roman banking house of Maximus and Vibo would be broken by their extensive loans to these firms. When its depositors began a “run” on this bank it shut its doors, and later on that day a larger bank, of the Brothers Pettius, also suspended payment. Almost simultaneously came news that great banking establishments had failed in Lyons, Carthage, Corinth, and Byzantium. One after another the banks of Rome closed. Money could be borrowed only at rates far above the legal limit. Tiberius finally met the crisis by suspending the land-investment act and distributing 100,000,000 sesterces to the banks, to be lent without interest for three years on the security of realty. Private lenders were thereby constrained to lower their interest rates, money came out of hiding, and confidence slowly re-turned.

Does any of this sound familiar?

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An interesting read for the economically challenged. It’s plain-worded so that most anybody can understand it. Maybe somebody should write it in crayon for the jackasses in DC. I think #1, #4, and #5 would be of interest for anybody with brain activity and a pulse in DC, but somehow I think that criteria would limit the crowd that really needs to read this.

Five economic lessons from Sweden, the rock star of the recovery

This Scandinavian nation of 9 million people has accomplished what the United States, Britain and Japan can only dream of: Growing rapidly, creating jobs and gaining a competitive edge. The banks are lending, the housing market booming. The budget is balanced.

Sweden was far from immune to the global downturn of 2008-09. But unlike other countries, it is bouncing back. Its 5.5 percent growth rate last year trounces the 2.8 percent expansion in the United States and was stronger than any other developed nation in Europe. And compared with the United States, unemployment peaked lower (around 9 percent, compared with 10 percent) and has come down faster (it now stands near 7 percent, compared with 9 percent in the U.S.).

I guess there really is something there other than a fondness for tiny furniture…

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“how in the hell are we supposed to get the private sector to create jobs?”

Good question.

Well, they gave away cars to come to work so I know we can do it.

Listen to the Clinton folks.

They have credibility on this issue.

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Brosephus

“guess there really is something there other than a fondness for tiny furniture”

YUP …like National Health Care !!!!

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BROSEPHUS, PAULO

Ain’t Sweden one of them coddling cradle to grave Socialist Scandahoovian countries…”

BROSEPHUS

What is it Ron White says? “I didn’t climb to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian.”

SOOTH
“According to an analysis by the Obama administration, the cuts would mean that 1.1 million recipients of emergency food aid will go hungry. The bill will also export hunger by reducing funds for the international Food for Peace program”

And again, I ask, “are there no workhouses?”

Cue DUSTY…
“There are no starving people in America…the Churches and charities will take care of them, they just have to go begging…”

Okay, okay, Lady Hyperbole sticks her head through the door. They’re NOT starving.. Just hungry…

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What is it Ron White says? “I didn’t climb to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian.”

And they all said…. RAMEN!!!!!

Sooth

There’s a lot of truth in that 2nd paragraph!! If you’re already sitting on huge capital, giving you more money will not make you hire. Demand will make you hire.

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josef:

Just in case you missed this yesterday:

0311/0317 – 1811/1801

June 24th, 2011
9:40 pm

Headline: “NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship is upright for the first time in almost 150 years, revealing a side of its hull not seen since it sank off the South Carolina coast during the Civil War.”

A couple of points:

I suppose there are those out there who think it is terrible to be spending all of that money on that “racist” submarine that murdered that Yankee ship.

Anyway, I was thinking about the Texas Confederate flag on license plates thing awhile ago and wanted to run this by you.

So many people think that is a “racist” act and that anyone who purchased such a tag would be a racist.
Here’s the question.
Why is it that those in our history who fought in that war on the side of the Union, or whose grandfather or great-grandfather fought or who lost loved ones in that war never had a problem back in the late 1800’s early 1900’s with honoring the Confederacy and those who fought for “it” ?

They held reunions together, they san “Dixie” together, they honored the Confederate Battle Flag, they put up monuments to both sides, Congressmen from the north voted in veterans benefits for Confederate Soldiers and their wives (the last Confederate widow died about 7 years ago), etc., etc., etc.

They had no problem with these things THEN so why do people today think they have “the RIGHT” to have a problem with it? Just grandstanding if you ask me.

And again I mention ……………. there are probably a lot of Native Americans who coil at the sight of Old Glory (the last thing their fathers saw before a Buffalo Soldier put a bullet between their eyes).

Are we to do something about that or do they just have to “suck it up” ? We know the answer to that one.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4972487/ns/us_news/t/last-civil-war-widow-suffers-heart-attack/ (Last Civil War Widow)

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josef:

Jesus sought out the multitudes in order to offer them spiritual food.

The multitudes came to Him looking for physical food.

That’s a pretty good example to follow if you ask me.

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Just noticed dark skies to the north and west. Will hold together long enough for another good rain tonight? Updates to follow.

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Rain didn’t hold up. Thank goodness too since I got to finish tidying up my yard. Storms interrupted me yesterday. I thought that rhesus monkey might have been hiding out in my back yard as high as that grass was…..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZWO5ROq_aA&playnext=1&list=PL51B91E2CC17E23CF

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BROSEPHUS

Same here. But that breeze sure is sweet. I’ve got some shrub trimming to do. But that, too, can wait! I’m just going to pretend that our gardner was deported!

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AmVet

“pen, again with the meds thing?

Grow up.
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If not meds, then why the hateful rants 75% of the time. You remind me of WOW.

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“Bro, that was Getalife just looking for a car, sorry, couldn’t help it.”

Sad.

I was thinking the cons position on Libya is the same as the dirty freaking hippies on Vietnam.

La la land.

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pp,

Actually, I am pretty informed.

Are you saying the dfh’s are right?

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pp,

Good for you hippie.

cons disagree.

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…nobody and I mean nobody knew what in the hell we were doing over there.

Not intended to be a factual statement.

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Josef & Geta?, After Lybia then where next. There are bloodbaths going on all over the World and many much worse than Lybia, so please tell me why we must be there.

I would like to know at what point do we stop letting our young men & women get killed for someone else’s problems.

Getalife, Did you see how fast your idol Clinton pulled out of the few conflicts that he got into.

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josef

“I don’t quite understand why we cannot give the credit due in the Libya venture that our actions there stooped a certain bloodbath.”

…..Gops have in some befuddled way convinced their rank and file and partiers that we attacked a country that didn’t attack us !!!!! Of course it was quite okay by them when we really did that !!

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No, pen, lots of people rant on this forum.

You’re obsessed with me.

Get over it.

And again, grow up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4SzEb5tog

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according to the Obama administration…….

fade any sentence beginning with the above and go watch soccer

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pp

josef

I got in touch with my ancestors and did some shrub scalping!! I haven’t trimmed them all spring, so they kinda had the Buckwheat look going.

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josef

You know my opinion on Libya and the bloodbath versus the one due South. Why one and not the other when one is obviously more of a national security issue?

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Brosephus,

The southern border is a problem we are not addressing and “sending them back where they came from” is only going to make matters worse. I don’t see the problems there as being taken seriously and I’m not talking about the illegal immigration. The internal chaos bordering on anarchy is going to produce conditions which will make 1910 look like a day. In the park.

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Gotta run…

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josef:

They will come for you first …………………………

WHY THE PEACEFUL MAJORITY IS IRRELEVANT

by Paul E. Marek

“HISTORY LESSONS ARE OFTEN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE.

I used to know a man whose family were German aristocracy prior to World War II. They owned a number of large industries and estates. I asked him how many German people were true Nazis, and the answer he gave has stuck with me and guided my attitude toward fanaticism ever since.

“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 unquantified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter 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 world wide. 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, murder, or execute honor killings. 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. The hard, quantifiable fact is that the “peaceful majority” is the “silent majority,” and it 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 were 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 Southeast 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 the fanatics. 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, Bosnians, Afghanis, 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, watching it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts: the fanatics who threaten our way of life.”

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It is indeed funny to watch the loony left promoting war against every little dinky country that can’t defend itself. The anti-war left have become war mongers.

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“Hummmmm ……………. a Romney/Bachmann ticket would be big trouble for El Jeffe.”

Kinda like McCain/Palin?

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Keep Jesus Out of Your Socialism (Part 3)

by the Rev. Michael Youssef (Church of Apostles – Atlanta, Ga.)

Posted on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 09:19AM

“TO USE THE NAME OF CHRIST TO ADVANCE A SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY IS TO ABUSE HIS NAME. JESUS IS LORD AND SAVIOUR. HIS KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. HE LEFT THE GLOIRES OF HEAVEN TO BE CRUCIFIED, TO RISE AGAIN, TO CONQUER HELL AND THE GRAVE — NOT TO BECOME A MASCOT FOR A WORLDY POLITICAL MOVEMENT”

“Previously, I talked about the Sojourners-sponsored ad headlined “What Would Jesus Cut?” The ad, signed by Jim Wallis and more than two dozen leaders of the Religious Left, urged our leaders to ask themselves what Jesus would cut from the federal budget.

Called “the leader of the Religious Left by The New York Times, Rev. Jim Wallis has a long history of denouncing his own country. In Agenda for Biblical People (1976), Jim Wallis refers to America as a “fallen nation.” In an article in Mission Trends, Wallis approvingly predicted that “more Christians will come to view the world through Marxist eyes” and that “so-called ‘young evangelicals’ . . . [will] see the impossibility of making capitalism work for justice and peace.”

During the 1980s, Wallis defended the U.S.S.R. and blamed the U.S. for Cold War tensions, claiming, “At every turn, U.S. policy-makers have chosen to assume the very worst about their Soviet counterparts.” He denounced the U.S. government which was trying to halt the spread of communism in Latin America in the 1980s, and supported Communist factions in Nicaragua and El Salvador.

In a 2006 radio broadcast, an interviewer asked, “Are you then calling for the redistribution of wealth in society?” Wallis replied, “Absolutely, without any hesitation. That’s what the gospel is all about.” Actually, no, that’s what The Communist Manifesto is all about.

The organization Wallis heads, Sojourners, has received grants from the Open Society Institute totaling nearly a third of a million dollars. OSI is the foundation created by far-left atheist billionaire George Soros to fund his socialist, globalist agenda. Wallis first denied, then admitted, that Sojourners took the Soros money, claiming the amounts were “so small that I hadn’t remembered them.”

Another signer of the “What Would Jesus Cut?” ad is sociologist Tony Campolo, quoted by John Oliver Mason in The Progressive (August 2005) as saying, “To be a Christian in today’s world is to be opposed to America. Why? . . . America says, ‘Blessed are the rich.’ Jesus said, ‘Woe unto you who are rich, blessed are the poor.’”

As an African-born American, I worked my way to this country. I paid for my education and was glad to do so. Unlike many people who were born in America and take its blessings for granted, I know how rare those blessings are in this world.

I don’t see America as a “fallen nation.” To me, America is a lighthouse of liberty, a shining city on a hill. May God bless my adopted homeland and may He open the eyes of those who deplore and oppose what God has blessed.

What’s the best way to lift people out of poverty? America has spent trillions on anti-poverty programs—yet, as Jesus said, we still have the poor among us. These programs don’t end poverty. They just incentivize it.

The best way—in fact, the only way—to lift people out of poverty is by creating jobs. How do you do that? With stimulus spending? When Congress passed the $787 billion Stimulus Bill in February 2009, unemployment stood at 8.2 percent. Before the end of the year, unemployment topped 10 percent; today it’s at 9.1 percent. Clearly, “stimulus” spending doesn’t work.

The only way to create jobs is to set the private sector free by cutting taxes and cutting government red tape. (I don’t say that’s what Jesus would cut; it’s common sense.) The most effective anti-poverty program ever devised is a job, and most jobs in America are created by small businesses. When a businessman puts his capital at risk and hires employees, he’s fighting poverty.

Writing in The Huffington Post, Wallis said, “I don’t believe, as the Republicans keep saying, that the best way to help everybody is to keep helping the super-rich.” Who are these so-called “super-rich”? Many are small business owners, the ones who create jobs, pay taxes, and support charities that fight poverty. Wallis’s Marx-inspired policies would stifle opportunity, kill jobs, discourage donations, and increase poverty.

Shallow Marxist thinking supposes that the way to end poverty is through coercive income redistribution—confiscating wealth from the “haves” and handing it to the “have-nots.” But true compassion seeks to expand liberty and opportunity—not government.

I don’t claim that those on the Religious Left aren’t true Christians. But we must be discerning about their message. The “social gospel” is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. The supporters of the “What would Jesus cut?” message are on the wrong side of the biblical mandate. Jesus did not say, “Go and tax your neighbor and transfer his wealth to the poor.” He said, “Go and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19).

One reason Christians should not mix the gospel and the government is that true compassion for the poor should always be motivated by the love of Jesus Christ. When the poor receive help, Jesus should get the credit. How is the Great Commission fulfilled, and how is the Gospel proclaimed, by a government check from a Washington bureaucrat?

To use the name of Christ to advance a socialist ideology is to abuse His name. Jesus is Lord and Savior. His Kingdom is not of this world. He left the glories of heaven to be crucified, to rise again, to conquer hell and the grave—not to become a mascot for a worldly political movement.”

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“Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government
that requires every citizen to prove
they are insured…but not everyone
must prove they are a citizen.”

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MR

A healthy Mexico would be a good market for our goods.

That would also would be beneficial for our national security which is my primary concern.

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a Romney/Bachmann ticket…

…would confirm my suspicion that Gopers really don’t want to occupy the White House this presidential election cycle. Much like they really didn’t want to occupy the White House the previous election cycle.

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getalife

June 26th, 2011
10:30 am

So now you are in favor of the war Bush started! You are marching in lock step with the exact same Bush policies which are now being implemented by Obama. Now, you are in favor of nation building not only in Iraq and Afghanistan but in Libya as well. You are now in favor of assasination of national leaders in violation of international and U.S. law! You no longer believe that a U.S. President needs to have congressional approval to start a war! That is an amazing turn around.

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And then there was Iran.

Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Remember?

Of course you do.

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Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Since this is still technically a music thread we really must get the cadence right.

Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.

You’re welcome

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RW,

Are you anti war now too?

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getalife

June 26th, 2011
11:02 am
Just to respond to a few of your uninformd rants: Why would anyone want to bomb that peaceful Iran when sanctions work so well? I Wonder why Obama and Hillary didn’t use sanctions against Libya? Had to look tough. Gee, Iran is going green with nucleur power. Between nucleur power and camels and maybe a few windmills from GE they will have clean energy for the forseeable future. But back to the wars. The Iraq war has been over for more than two years so I don’t know why we are still there. In Afghanistan we have captured three or four tribal areas and have lost more men in the two plus years Obama has been president than in the preceding eight years of W. There is nothing in Afghanistan literally worth more money than one of our laser guided bombs and for sure not worth one of our people. So you keep promoting war, and I’ll keep opposing it. If you like war the way it is, in the middle east, you will love it when Iran gets involved with their green nucleur weapons.

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Lift the prohibition on weed to help Mexico.

That will not help Mexico. That will only legalize a potent financial stream for the people that we actually need to run out of power there. If we’re gonna do anything to help Mexico, it has to start with removing corruption from their government first, and then aid them in removing the cartels. After that, I think they have to work ethic and know how to right the ship themselves. Many of their citizens have been educated here in the US, so it’s not like they’re lacking in knowledge of many things. I think it’s more because of corruption within the government’s structure that aids the cartels.

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Bro,

We do not have the political will or the unity to end corruption here.

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getalife

You sometimes have to be aware of unintended consequences when you make a decision like that.

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062411_modified_pot/genetically-modified-pot-license-print-money-colombia/

The head of one farm told AFP that a genetically modified variety known in Europe as “La Cominera,” from a seed modified in The Netherlands, is sold for about 10 times the rate for “normal” marijuana.

One owner of a greenhouse an hour’s drive from the city of Cali, said she can sell the modified marijuana for 100,000 pesos ($54) a kilo (2.2 pounds), which is nearly 10 times more than the price she can get for ordinary marijuana.

All they’ll do is grow more potent varieties that will make more money. It still won’t solve the corruption issue.

As far as corruption here, that’s only because the creep of corruption has implanted itself here so discreetly that most wouldn’t know corruption if it bit them on the ass. We almost see corruption as the status quo nowadays. It’s not about the will to fight it, we first have to take the blinders off to see it.

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Bro,

Cross breeding creates some very potent weed sold at medical weed stores. This is not new.

We are in the mid range position on corruption compared to the rest of the world and it is the status quo that will not change anytime soon.

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The next Enron?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43539470/ns/business-us_business/

“Looks like crap,” the Schlumberger official wrote about the well’s performance, according to the regulator, “but operator will flip it based on ‘potential’ and make some money on it.”

“Always a greater sucker,” the e-mail concluded.

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Josef,

I know weed and we are inching closer to legalization.

Another change is treating addicts as a disease instead of incarceration.

If we are going to cut and need revenue, we should cut the war on drugs and legalize weed.

It will help both State and Federal budgets with billions saved.

Funny how when States need revenue, they look at gambling and weed.

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Bro,

“The US also fell, from the 19th spot to the 22nd.”

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/26/130827981/most-and-least-corrupt-countries

We are getting worse but in the mid range compared to other countries.

They are trying different ways to combat corruption like paying pols really well.

China made it a death penalty but that did stop it.

We have to regulate it.

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Bro,

The conflict of interests with our pols and sc are bad too. Most Americans do not know or do not care. I thought Americans would unite after the collapse but cons chose corporate after a talking head on CNBC deflected blame and they bought it.

It took one man in Tunisia to change the Arab world’s corruption so there is hope.

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ATTENTION RETIREES !!!

DO NOT move to these states (or do so at your own risk): Very retireee unfriendly !

Vermont
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Maine
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Connecticutt

Do you noitce a pattern here?

Most of it reads like an inscription on a Yankee War Memorial on Missionary Ridge.

http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retirement/article/112987/tax-unfriendly-states-retirees?mod=fidelity-livingretirement&cat=fidelity_2010_living_in_retirement

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josef:

No comment on 11:04pm last night ?

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Headline (AJC): “Home Depot accused of violating Buy American Act”

” ………… the country’s largest home improvement retailer is the latest company accused of running afoul of the Buy American Act, a 1933 law aimed at protecting U.S. jobs. The law requires that all materials used in construction of public projects originate in the United States or “designated countries.”

Hummmmm ………….. a 1933 law passed before anyone even understood what “Global Economy” meant. This should be interesting.

But wait ………….. if Obamacare is upheld by the SCOTUS ……… this could be next. U.S. Citizens ALSO have to buy only American.

You get what you pay for libs. !

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/home-depot-accused-of-988620.html

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Headline: “Obama criticized by both parties over Afghanistan”

“I had hoped that they could take more troops out sooner,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking on CNN’s State of the Union.

getalife says you’re a traitor Nancy for citicizing the CIC.

Whose side are you on?

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Libya Scout.

You took the same position on Libya as the hippies on Vietnam.

Because Obama is a Dem

Shame on you hypocrite.

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Pelosi is a traitor ………… getalife said so.

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Headline: “Rogers questions withdrawal timing”

“Are presidential politics factoring into the Afghanistan withdrawal plan? Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan Sunday said the timing is suspect.

“It’s too soon,” Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I supported the president on the surge, which was not necessarily all that politically comfortable.”

But the plan President Barack Obama announced last week to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before Sept. 2012 makes Rogers even less comfortable, he said.

“If we leave Afghanistan with a safe haven, we have done nothing,” Rogers said. “The time line is just too darn close. I am a former FBI guy and coincidences are one thing. But the fact that it lines up to have those troops out before the first debate of 2012 is concerning to me. Mainly because conditions on ground have not changed.”

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Pelosi is a traitor – getalife said so.

Never said that liar.

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Getalife:

It is 2011 not 1811.

With this failing economy, we could be back in 1811 before you know it.

Just think…I’ll be able to give you a lift wherever you wanna go.

Giddyup!

From earlier…”addiction is a disease”?

Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step.

schnirt

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What is this, the getalife and Scout show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc7XJRDD74

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Ah, I messed up my html and failed to mention that I was talking about Afghanistan above. But I think that you get it.

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Pelosi questioned the President’s decision on Afghanistan therefore she doesn’t know which side she is on. Even worse, she wants “more” troops out.

All of the above fits getalife’s defintion of a traitor.

Therefore by deduction ………. getalife says Pelosi is a traitor.

Move along folks ……………. nothing more to see here.

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Again Scout,

We are talking about Libya.

Focus.

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About Palin…Frankly, I’d love to see her make a run for the presidency. The group of repubs we have now are about as exciting as a Dennis Miller monologue.

A song for the current brain trust in the Republican Party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZzXg0qYoAo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLQJ4toj-JY&feature=autoplay&list=PLBF7309CEE5A67ABD&index=3&playnext=3

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getalife:

……… but, but, but ……….. you mentioned Viet Nam earlier !

The principle is the same.

getalife says Pelosi is a traitor !

FOCUS !

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getalife

“@@,

He did not quit.

He was elected for a higher office and is there everyday”

Did a good bit of educating there!

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Bro,

A billion to run for President shows we need short clean elections with election reform.

Perhaps a no confidence choice for congress too.

Again, there is no political will or movement from the people.

I think both of us will jump aboard a movement for this change.

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

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AmVet,

I have rediscovered the Cars recently. Awesome group.

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eyes,

Good point.

The nuclear disaster took him down.

Probably a bad idea here because there is zero trust in congress.

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eyes, truly one of the most (insert your adjective here) bands in all of rock and roll.

I would have loved to see their new tour; it must have been fantastic fun.

My buddy GH slaying that sax solo reminded me of the one in this classic…

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

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Glad you got to ride a buckboard, @@. I grew up on a farm at a time when big draft horses and buckboards were common and not too many people had tractors, nor did they have hay bailers. As a boy, I shocked hay and used a draft horse to drag it to the stacking area. I imagine there aren’t too many people who ever used a shock pole or rode a draft horse. Treasure your memory.

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Don’t know if we have the perfect storm brewing or not but I don’t see any daylight. Obama and the Democrats can’t cave to the Republicans without doing more serious damage to their base and the Republicans can’t cave to the Democrats without doing serious damage to theirs. It seem to me that the Dem’s have more to lose. They’ve lost considerable support among Independents, the youth vote has lost a lot of steam and moderate Democrats might cross over or stay home as the Christian right did in 08.

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Recon

I think you’re spot on about both parties not wanting to lose to their bases. I think the Democratic Party has more to lose simply for being the majority party. The sad thing is that I think they both need to lose for the country to start to recover. Both bases need to realize that they only represent only parts of the electorate and their opinions might not always be the best course of action for the country as a whole.

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can’t remember who it was in here, day or so back, who claimed that we spend 20 billion per year just for AC in our Excellent Iraq and Afghanistan Adventure, but I see it wasn’t just intertubes folklore after all.

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-war-20b-in-air-conditioning?sc=tw&cc=share

As Atrios points out, obviously we need to cut food stamps to pay for this.

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josef:

Good grief ……. I didn’t mean for you to work on your doctorate !

A couple of “suscinct” points is all that is needed ……. it’s not that complicated:

!) Radical Islamists ……….. wipe them from the face of the earth (i.e., Nazism)

2) Peaceful Muslims ………. make great neighbors and friends (i.e., my next door Syrian playmates as a kid).

3) Islam …………….. …………This is the ONE and ONLY “BRIDGE”: “I am the way the truth and the life ………. therefore, go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone”.

4) “All of whom acknowledge a belief in the same G-d”: Nothing could be farther from the truth: “Except you believe in Me you are dead in your sins.”

5) My kind of Muslim:

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/26/AR2011022600330.html?hpid=topnews

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P.S. to josef:

“Quit throwing negative stones and do something positive to build bridges and not walls.”

Sometimes the Bible is offensive:

II Corinthians 6

“What harmony is there between Christ and Belial”

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Recon

No doubt. It’s basically a slow speed train wreck, and it’s too late to jump off.

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Never happen with a lib. interview.

What a double standard.

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Scout
@ 5:31

And according to your religious tradition, the Christ “died for your sins.” I would interpret that for there as “because of” not in atonement for…I know you do not. As for the “doctorate” thingie, ya gotta remember, I come from a long line of rabbis and wasn’t trained to go looking for simple solutions to complex problems…wish I could. If I have any envy in me, that’s where it would be.:-)

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Peoria is hit with a mob comprised of black youth yelling “kill all the white people”. Chicago is hit with repeated “flash mobs” who do nothing more than loot stores to get what they want. The media in its blinded liberal bliss chooses to ignore it. Rahm Emanuel deserves everything he gets now he is the mayor of one of the most screwed cities in one of the most screwed up states in this nation, the political birthplace of Obama. Sadly, as the old addage goes, this all will be “Coming to a city near you” soon.

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Hmmmm, Maureen Dowd has declared Obama to be “bi”….by nary committing to one thing or another.

As a community organizer, Obama developed impressive empathetic gifts. But now he is misusing them. It’s not enough to understand how everybody in the room thinks. You have to decide which ones in the room are right, and stand with them. A leader is not a mediator or an umpire or a convener or a facilitator.

Obama’s not a leader.

Sometimes, as Chris Christie put it, “the president has got to show up.”

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eyes:

LOL !

……………….. but, eternity “is” serious.

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“but, eternity “is” serious”

Only if you’re afraid of it

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“I for one doubt that any “god” would be that blind unless that “god” were created in the image and likeness of man and, therefore, had inherited all of man’s imperfections and intolerance”

“You know you’ve created God in your own image when he hates the same people you do” unk

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Two little boys were always cussin. The parents couldn’t stop them. So, they went to the rabbi and the rabbi says, “invite me over for dinner. I’ll get ‘em straightened out,”

Well, the rabbi came, dinner was being served and he turned to the first little boy and says, “son, what would you like.” Little feller says, “gimme some of them g-d*mned peas.” The rabbi backhands him out of the chair. He turns to the other little boy, “and you, son what would you like”" L’il feller says, “you can bet your sweet a33 I don’t want none of them g-d*mned peas!”

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@@

Maureen calling Obama bi, eh?

That would explain his flip-flopping on gay marriage…

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“You either believe in the Bible as God’s word or you don’t”

Which Bible?

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You’re either fer us, or agin’ us.

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cons are agin’ us.

The kids are watching you cons and want no part of your religion.

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First to go, last to know. Not this time…Good Night y’all.

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Well, I logged on here expecting the know-it-alls on this blog had figured everything out. Wrong again. It’s the same old catfight after the music dies out. I’ll check again tomorrow to see if I can get some Divine Wisdom from you. Y’all sure hate a whole bunch on the Sabbath.

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Redneck never has anything to say as far as I’m concerned. ISh

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“Thank you for making my 7:35 point.”

I know he’s gone. Typical, make what is supposed to be a zinger and then leave without giving an opportunity to discuss it.

No such point was made. All he’s done is make it perfectly clear that he doesn’t KNOW which Bible version is actually God’s Word.

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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K’chak

Did I not say “as far as I’m concerned?” Think maybe you might pull another from your bag of quips, sport? I’m sure you’ve got one that fits better than that one…

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Here’s what I think. I think Ol’ Jay oughta make everbody put a M or a F by their blog handle so’s we all know who we’re dealin’ with. That way, I won’t waste no more time trying’ to make no sense to a woman!

The way it is now, there just ain’t no telling who you’re a’dealin’ with!

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Here’s one of those “swimming pool” songs I remember so well from when I was young. Of course, my parents wouldn’t have allowed us to listen to anything like this at home. But, that didn’t keep the kids at the (municipal) pool from playing it!

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josef:

Redneck never has anything to say as far as I’m concerned.

But they love him up North in hockey country.

Redneck Convert weighs in…

They think he’s legit.

Yankees are none too bright, are they?

(IW&SH)

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You mean our very own Redneck Convert is famous? Even in hockey country?

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“The fifth large mob action in about a month.” Wow. This is really outrageous. Why is this neighborhood having to put up with this? “Residents were advised to simply keep inside and to lock their doors”? Seriously? That’s the best we can do for our fellow citizens’ safety?

This needs to be addressed, and quickly.

Funny what people will do when they’re hungry! Heck, they might ever come to your lily-white neighborhood.

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Gangs have been practicing on each other and now they are ready to hit Main Street.

Boo!

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Wait a minute.

Detroit.

Hockey.

Yankee.

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“I’ll feed anybody that is not able to make it and needs a meal.”

That’s admirable. I think these youth may be part of the 34.5% of black youth who are unemployed.

parasite + opportunity = productive citizen

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I ran across this article the other day. I think it should be required reading for smug, self-assured people with jobs who look down on the faceless people suffering without. I challenge all to read it. It may change your mind about how you think of others.

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Josef,

Yeah, they take my money every time I go to their casino up the road.

Good steakhouse and cigar bar in that place.

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Getalife

A childhood friend is married to a Chittamcha. I don’t know if they are still living on the Rez. They went there when their son was little..haven’t. Heard from them in years….

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Cue the scene from the Godfather.

It was Kamsini all along.

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Dang….typos galore! That ought to be doesn’t SURPRISE me…still not real comfortable with my new toy….

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Doggone: Le’ts talk again (if we can) about .0002 seconds after you take your last breath. If it’s all oblivion as you say ……. no harm done but if not ……………………..

theeyeshavit: There is one problem with your thinking on this. Everyone who “calls” themself a Christian does not mean they are. “For many will say to Me on the last day, did not we preach ………….. in you name. And I will say unto them, “Depart from Me ………. I NEVER (emphasis added) knew you”.

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OH NOES! NOT THE .0002 seconds CARD!

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Kammie:

I’ll give you .0003 ! LOL !

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Kammie

I can give you anything I want.

You just don’t have to take it.

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I see the consistently most humorless poster on this blog hasn’t improved one bit.

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Dave…
Got the new iPad as a present. It’s neat!!! But getting used to “the touch” is even more frustrating than being a total idiot in the modern techno world…

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The hatred is truly amazing.

Truly, you aren’t worth that kind of passion.

Just sayin’.

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Getalife

Ssshhh..folks who haven’t been there won’t understand what you’re saying! Much less that two people who have had the experience will, just as in life, interpret it diierently.

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O.K. ……….. O.K.

I’ll lighten up a bit ………… this is for my friends ……….. even you poor, forsaken liberal ones !

Stay with it ……….. I promise you’ll be rolling in the floor !

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

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Scout,

I have walked through the valley of death and……………………………………………………….

Josef is right.

I will let you find out what happens…………….

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This is why I will fight to my last breath:

“STOCKHOLM – At the “Egalia” preschool, staff avoid using words like “him” or “her” and address the 33 kids as “friends” rather than girls and boys.

From the color and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned to make sure the children don’t fall into gender stereotypes.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110626/ap_on_re_eu/eu_fea_sweden_gender_neutral_tots

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LOL !

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“In the race for the White House, Michele Bachmann is surging.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-michele-bachmanns-surge-comes-fresh-scrutiny/2011/06/26/AG75u2lH_story.html?hpid=z2

oh pleez – oh pleez – oh pleez – oh pleez – oh pleez!!!

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Happy Monday all y’all…

Newt’s kitties?

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/06/24/funny-pictures-we-havent-decided/

…this weekend…

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/06/25/funny-pictures-da-itteh-bitteh-passed-owt-committeh/

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Hi Normal!!

omg – Newt’s kitties – too damn cute!

how’s tricks?

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Normal – I know what you mean – “you want pizza and ice cream? coming right up!” – I’ve so been there.

how are the grandkids – you spending loads of time together now that they’re out of school?

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Hi dB! sorry I missed the interview – but, hey, given some of the flat-out nutty things the woman has said, it’s a valid question. unfortunately, flakiness – like insanity – isn’t one of those things that mose people are aware of in themselves.

(or, as I said to someone the other day – every family has someone who should be locked up in the attic – if you think your family doesn’t, then it’s probably you)

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USinUK,
Did you meet Paul?

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Normal – indeed, I did – was going to give the report when the rest of the Bookman Irregulars arrive

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UnU, for the record, she isn’t a “flake” as I understand the term in public/political discourse. Meaning she is very businesslike and determined, and is fully capable of mounting a conventional campaign and winning. Unlike, say, that other GOP pin-up to whom she is oftimes compared. and yes, I think it was a softball question, purposefully delivered to enable her to set herself apart from BibleSpice.

Obviously I think her ideology is flakey, but when you have tens of millions of Americans who stand with you in Batcrap Crazyland, and you appear to have the ability to lead them you’re worthy of being taken seriously you, yourself, are not a flake.

(that said, no, I don’t think she’ll win the nomination.)

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Looking forward to the UnU / Paul meetup report.

(I don’t suppose you could find an excuse to make it an entry for your Kitchen Diary, couldja?)

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dB – ah. to me, a flake is one who says batspit crazy things, like:

“I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.”

“Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.”

and then there’s the “don’t participate in the census because the gummint will round you up and put you in an internment camp” nuttiness.

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UnU, I’d argue that those statements were pretty carefully calibrated.

I mean, the damn goalposts have moved. That WOULD’VE been batcrap crazy twenty years ago. Nowadays that’s merely right-of-Republican-center.

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I’m with Doggone -

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one other quote from that RS piece:

Bachmann seems so unduly obsessed with Shariah law that, after listening to her frequent pronouncements on the subject, one begins to wonder if her crazed antipathy isn’t born of professional jealousy.

remind you of anyone in particular, who posts here?

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