Time to put on those travelin’ shoes and go a-fishin’
The first time I saw the great Elvin Bishop, we were both younger men. It was back in the early ’70s, in Raleigh, N.C., right about the time he put out his excellent and underrated album “Let It Flow.” Looking through the song list from that album — “Travelin’ Shoes,” “Stealin’ Watermelons” — is like going back in time.
That album also included Elvin’s classic celebration of fishing, the aptly titled “Fishin’.” It’s a critically important theme, so important that Mr. Bishop felt obligated to revisit it at more length in a later song, the equally aptly titled “Gone Fishin’ Again,” as in “me and my no-good friends are gone fishin’ again.”
Which of course we are. See ya’ll back here in a couple of weeks. Be good, be cool and be wishin’ you were with us, ‘cuz we plan on having us a damn good time.
– Jay Bookman
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carlosgvv
July 26th, 2012
4:15 pm
Kamachak – 4:00
You went all the way to Athens and only attended two games?
Far out.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
4:16 pm
And we’re STILL being pretty good little boys and girls while Daddy’s out of town…
Note worthy that Paul “The Thread Breaker” is absent.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:18 pm
GOOD FIGHT
Yeah, Ole Dell’s Cave Closet don’t respond real well to that question…Alley Oop’s got a problem with OPEN homosexuals…
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
4:18 pm
“Looks like the Imam left you in charge…”
In your dreams.
I ran across that in my reading (in the middle of the night — insomnia) and thought that it was the most concise representation of why we’re having so much difficulty.
godless heathen - Hoping for Change
July 26th, 2012
4:18 pm
Oh I changed my mind. I’ll go to CFA next week… Friday at 8 PM. I won’t be kissing but I’ll cheer. Natl same sex kiss day at CFA
I’d kinda like to see that too, except on a Saturday at noon when all the Soccer Moms are there with their tribes. Be a whole lot of ’splaining to do, weezy.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
4:21 pm
You went all the way to Athens and only attended two games?
Yes.
Another episode of one-word answers to a simple(ton’s) question.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:22 pm
GETALIFE
“…Soccer Moms are there with their tribes. Be a whole lot of ’splaining to do, weezy.”
But my bet is that it’ll be the tribes ’splaining it to the Moms…
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
4:23 pm
Doom — “Perhaps you’re having reading comprehension difficulties again. I never said they should be denied due to poor “taste”. I said they had every legal reason to build there but that it was simply in poor taste to do so. Pay attention.”
Yes, well, that’s why I *asked,* so you could clarify yourself. Pay attention.
“My only other point was that a Mosque is out of place in the financial district.”
IIRC, they already owned the property in question.
“But I never said they shouldn’t legally be able to build it. Furthermore if there are churches close by then I certainly have no problem with a mosque also being nearby. To my knowledge there are no other churches very close by. If I am mistaken and there are then boom- the Muslims have an even greater claim to build a mosque there.”
56,000 people live in the Financial District, more than doubling the number that lived there before 9/11. I’d say the influx of residents is a very good reason for congregations to want to establish churches, temples and mosques down there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Financial_District_(Manhattan)
Just so we’re clear, I’m *defending* the notion of people setting up religious establishments in lower Manhattan. Far from bashing religion. wouldn’t you say?
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
4:24 pm
josef
I guess when he is fighting those closeted “feelings” they get projected as anger and disdain
When he comes on FNM and dedicates REO Speedwagon “Can’t Fight this Feeling” to himself……….
watch out
godless heathen - Hoping for Change
July 26th, 2012
4:24 pm
You know what the poker players call Q-3 hole cards?
Gay waiter.
Queen with a trey.
carlosgvv
July 26th, 2012
4:25 pm
Kamachak
If I were going the London games, I would attend as many different events as possible. But, I guess a genius like you has some metaphysical reason for attending only two games that a simpleton like me just can’t understand.
moonbat betty
July 26th, 2012
4:26 pm
FOOD FIGHT!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 26th, 2012
4:27 pm
Poor Doom… he can’t comprehend that 12 district court suits (through 2007) is not “one location”
Guess lil Suzie’s unregulated lemonade was tainted and he can’t think especially when he is proven wrong about recollection of lawsuits. But of course he deflects and moves the goal posts. Now there is a biz that Doom seems to have build himself. He just can’t help himself.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:32 pm
HEATHEN
@ 4:24
GOOD FIGHT
There is that! I think one of the reasons he tickles me so much is that, for reasons I’m still not sure of, I was always l’objet de leur affection…
moonbat betty
July 26th, 2012
4:32 pm
I’m sure Kam was talking about Athens, GA (not Greece).
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:33 pm
MOONBAT
@ 4:26
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
4:35 pm
Joe mama,
The Jack Daniel’s case obviously is an exception and I’m sure there are exceptions that were put through due to backroom politics all over the country. Politics, jobs, etc. Doesn’t make it right and again this is an exception and not the rule.
We’ve discussed Walmart plenty of times and personally I’ve always been of the opinion that one group of people shouldn’t be allowed to deny other people the right to get a local walmart and have access to cheap shyte. However what you’re missing again is that in these cases its at least the whole community or a good portion of the community in opposition to the Walmart as opposed to a single politician or small group of pols arbitrarily deciding for the people based on their own political whims.
For a while, Smyrna banned liquor sales in strip clubs. Only the ones that chose not to serve liquor got their business licenses renewed. So there was discrimination of the kind that you’re saying doesn’t happen.”So there was discrimination of the kind that you’re saying doesn’t happen.”- Joe mama
Nope. Smyrna banned liquor sales in ALL strip clubs. All strip clubs were treated consistently in that regard. If you wanted to stay open you could. You just wouldn’t be selling liquor is all.
In regards to Walmart from what I understand there is usually also no Target or other super retailer in town also when people oppose a Walmart. And if there is then you won’t see me championing the cause of people who want to oppose Walmart just for the hell of it. But again I think you miss my point. At least in the case of opposing a Walmart its a good deal of the community that doesn’t want it as opposed to a single pol or a handful of pols opposing the store because of some political issue that has no bearing on that store or businesse’s effect on the community. And I still think they are wrong in doing so. I will give them one point though. In some towns Walmart has moved a store into one area of town to drive out the small businesses right around it. It will then close that store after the small businesses right there have been shuttered and reopen a store a few more miles away that’s more centralized to the town- making people drive farther away after running off those old businesses. Its an anti-competitive strategy that both cons and libs have noticed before.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
4:37 pm
If I were going the London games, I would attend as many different events as possible.
I agree, but I’m a hell of a lot farther away from London than the 50 some odd miles away from Athens Ga. at the time.
But, I guess a genius like you has some metaphysical reason for attending only two games that a simpleton like me just can’t understand.
It’s not metaphysics, it’s geography.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:41 pm
BOTH, GOOD FIGHT
Oops…that @ 4:32 was reply to Both’s comment…sorry…it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, had the day off and the G&T must be kicking in…
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
4:42 pm
keep up the sorry fight,
I’ve no problem with people suing the crap out of CFA if the restaurant openly discriminates in hiring, promotion or if it uses bully tactics such as several Christians bullying a Muslim into praying with them. I personally find that repulsive.
Keep in mind though that any large company is going to have a number of suits against them at any given point in time. That’s just reality in the parasitic, litigious nation that we live in. Even you ought to be able to figure that one out.
pogo
July 26th, 2012
4:44 pm
Can everybody agree that all movies starring Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler and Mike Myers be banned in the US (and the money whore Johnny Depp is quickly moving into that same arena)? My God, the mere fact that any studio is willing to make a movie starring either one of these losers is incredible and it is really an insult to all of us. They (Hollywood) just keep on putting out pieces of crap. Have we, the movie going audience sunk to such lows? For that matter, when was the last time you saw a really, really good film that wasn’t loaded with computer generated eye candy and an excessively loud soundtrack that actually had a good story line and that had good actors? No, instead we are given Pirates of the Caribbean Part Nano, Search for the Golden Seven Headed Dwarf (or whatever).
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
4:46 pm
Doom — “The Jack Daniel’s case obviously is an exception and I’m sure there are exceptions that were put through due to backroom politics all over the country. Politics, jobs, etc. Doesn’t make it right and again this is an exception and not the rule.”
I’m not saying it makes anything right. But I *am* saying that your claim — liquor and the like are banned because that’s how the majority of the local citizenry wants it — isn’t always true.
“We’ve discussed Walmart plenty of times and personally I’ve always been of the opinion that one group of people shouldn’t be allowed to deny other people the right to get a local walmart and have access to cheap shyte. However what you’re missing again is that in these cases its at least the whole community or a good portion of the community in opposition to the Walmart as opposed to a single politician or small group of pols arbitrarily deciding for the people based on their own political whims.”
Actually, I think in some cases, that’s *exactly* what it’s been. I’m going to leave shortly, but don’t let me off the hook on that. I’ll try to look up some specific instances of that.
“Nope. Smyrna banned liquor sales in ALL strip clubs. All strip clubs were treated consistently in that regard. If you wanted to stay open you could. You just wouldn’t be selling liquor is all.”
Forgot to mention this — Smyrna also refused to issue new business licenses to strip clubs at that time — even ones that agreed to abide by the no-booze rule. So all clubs were *not* treated consistently.
“In regards to Walmart from what I understand there is usually also no Target or other super retailer in town also when people oppose a Walmart. And if there is then you won’t see me championing the cause of people who want to oppose Walmart just for the hell of it. But again I think you miss my point. At least in the case of opposing a Walmart its a good deal of the community that doesn’t want it as opposed to a single pol or a handful of pols opposing the store because of some political issue that has no bearing on that store or businesse’s effect on the community.”
I hear what you’re saying, but the fact of the matter is that pols *do* have that authority, should they choose to exercise it. Again, it can lead to lawsuits, but I think you’d be naive to think that it doesn’t, can’t or hasn’t happened before. And likely with both D and R pols doing it.
“And I still think they are wrong in doing so. I will give them one point though. In some towns Walmart has moved a store into one area of town to drive out the small businesses right around it. It will then close that store after the small businesses right there have been shuttered and reopen a store a few more miles away that’s more centralized to the town- making people drive farther away after running off those old businesses. Its an anti-competitive strategy that both cons and libs have noticed before.”
Yeah, that happened to my relatives in SE Ohio and they are PIST. Wrecked one town’s economy and now they have to drive an extra 30 miles to get to Wally World.
BTW, I did find one notable church in Lower Manhattan, right on Wall Street:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_(Manhattan)
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:47 pm
pogo
Better leave Depp alone, now…you’ll have a lot of tribals coming for your scalp…
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
4:47 pm
josef
I picture him kicking something or hitting the wall based on the emotions that come out when he posts on that issue
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
Well, for anyone who is interested, Kyle has a Chick-Fil-A thread up. Certain posters (ain’t naming names) over there are wishing for Jay’s quick return so that the bloggers here will stop coming over there and gumming up the works! Hmmmm . . .
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
pogo — “Can everybody agree that all movies starring Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler and Mike Myers be banned in the US (and the money whore Johnny Depp is quickly moving into that same arena)?”
I’m okay with Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing gives him a permanent pass in my book), but you could grind the other four into Jimmy Dean sausage for all I care.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
4:48 pm
My God, the mere fact that any studio is willing to make a movie starring either one of these losers is incredible…
Either one?
You just named five.
I don’t think that “either one” means what you think it means.
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
4:50 pm
josef
And I think that isn’t even when the “spirits” are freely flowing down the hatch
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
4:50 pm
Sooth — “Certain posters (ain’t naming names) over there are wishing for Jay’s quick return so that the bloggers here will stop coming over there and gumming up the works!”
That Tiberius d-bag is probably among them.
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
4:55 pm
What amazes me most is that there are any gays in the World. I would have thought that they would have all been stoned to death during Old Testament times.
I guess a few got away.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:57 pm
BOTH
Laying the jokes aside for a minute (which is no easy task in this matter!), as you know, my male relatives “saw what was coming” in my formative years and found it incumbent on themselves to make sure I had the knowledge and skills to avoid that “ilk.” They made it very clear to me that keeping them at a distance was in my best interest because it wasn’t what they would do if I went along with their advances, but what they would do after I did. As Granddaddy put it, “get rid of the evidence.” He was right. A long story and won’t go into it here, but let’s just say it involves a Marine, coach-principal, and a rejection of what should have been just a pass being made by someone, given a different situation than I was in at the time, would have been tempting…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 26th, 2012
4:58 pm
Well Doom, thanks for your apology for taking my post: While I hate to bring up more CFA… for those who claim that because they have not “heard” of a lawsuit does not mean that their “deafness” is fact.
And turning it into: While I hate to bring up more CFA… No you don’t. Seems to me several of the libs on here are openly ok with big govt wanting to arbitrarily decide which businesses can open in their city (Boston, Chicago) based on nothing more than their political whims
And now you wimpishly cry: I’ve no problem with people suing the crap out of CFA
You just can’t help yourself for the hatred to try to distort and dishonestly attack.
Oscar
July 26th, 2012
4:59 pm
moonbat betty
July 26th, 2012
4:32 pm
+++++++++++++++++++
Left off Ga as a trap for the unwary.
josef
July 26th, 2012
4:59 pm
SOOTH
“I guess a few got away”
And we breed like rabbits!
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
4:59 pm
“That Tiberius d-bag is probably among them.”
Well, I guess that by now, most of you know that I have either been banned outright or placed in “permanent moderation” over at Wingnut’s blog. Whichever, I don’t even bother anymore — my posts are “eaten.”
And, yes, a certain “t*tty baby” cried and cried to Kyle and had me banned or whatever.
I am amazed by certain of those on Wingnut’s blog who think that it is “their” personal blog and that those with differing opinions should not post over there.
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
5:00 pm
“And we breed like rabbits!”
Well, then! That explains it!
pogo
July 26th, 2012
5:00 pm
OK josef, as far as I’m concerned Depp is in “actor purgatory” right now. He could go either way (money whore or a serious actor). As Tonto, he looks just like Alice Cooper in the good old days only Alice could pull it off and Depp can’t! He needs to stay away from Tim Burton (and Disney) for a while. Their relationship isn’t good for any of them.
Erwin's cat
July 26th, 2012
5:01 pm
carlos – Kamachak – 4:00
You went all the way to Athens and only attended two games?
Far out.
Athens GA
pogo
July 26th, 2012
5:02 pm
Joe, Jimmy Dean would reject the batch as unfit for human consumption.
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
5:03 pm
Sooth
That faux alpha wannbe Tiberius will just huff and puff like he is the big dog.
If he is even close to that in real life, he is a joke.
G Mare
July 26th, 2012
5:04 pm
Josef, re Depp, I would be right there with the “tribals.” I love him.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:04 pm
Sooth — “Well, I guess that by now, most of you know that I have either been banned outright or placed in “permanent moderation” over at Wingnut’s blog. Whichever, I don’t even bother anymore — my posts are “eaten.”
I rarely post over there any more. I tried a couple times to engage Tiberius politely and to get him to explain his stances; in one case he dodged and immediately ran upstairs and in the other, he got his tender feefees hurt within an hour or so and announced that he wouldn’t respond to me any more.
He’s a dimwitted bully who apparently only needs a quick pop in the nose to run crying to Mommy. Not surprising that he cries for the moderator when someone says something he doesn’t like.
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
5:04 pm
Sooth
My bad. I meant to type Criberius
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:05 pm
Pogo — “Joe, Jimmy Dean would reject the batch as unfit for human consumption.”
Well, there’s always animal feed. You might be surprised at some of the things that go into that.
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
5:05 pm
I’ve seen his photo. Believe me, he ain’t no “alpha dog.”
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:06 pm
TBS — “My bad. I meant to type Criberius”
+1
You win one Internet.
They BOTH suck
July 26th, 2012
5:08 pm
JHM
I would have preferred one “internets”, however I appreciate the gift.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:08 pm
“Actually, I think in some cases, that’s *exactly* what it’s been. I’m going to leave shortly, but don’t let me off the hook on that.”
You’re off the hook. Its not a big deal and not worthy of lots of research- especially seeing as how we’re winding down.
“Forgot to mention this — Smyrna also refused to issue new business licenses to strip clubs at that time — even ones that agreed to abide by the no-booze rule. So all clubs were *not* treated consistently.”
That’s still different than what I’m talking about. All new clubs are affected by the law. In the CFA example though what we’re talking about is CFA being singled out instead of for example the city declaring no new restaurants can be admitted.
On Walmark we may actually end up agreeing more than disagreeing. But don’t fret. We’ll find something new to argue about I’m sure.
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
5:08 pm
Criberius comes from the same mold as WoW, Harry Callahan and others. They have very little of real substance to say. They just copy your post and add a snipe quip. And, that’s what they post all day. Hundreds of them.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:10 pm
Doom — “On Walmark we may actually end up agreeing more than disagreeing. But don’t fret. We’ll find something new to argue about I’m sure.”
As sure as the sun will rise in the west. 8*
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:11 pm
pogo
Gotta admit, Depp and Burton haven’t been exactly my cup of tea (big fight there between me an Unmentionable!) Like Cruise, it depends on his vehicle. “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” is one of my favorites. Like I was saying earlier, “The Brave” is one of the most disturbing films I’ve ever seen and watching it with the Indian half of the household had its effect (thus our interest in seeing what he’s up to with Tonto). “Edward Scissorhands” just lost me and I wasn’t taken too much with “Alice.”
Pirates? Well being a descendant of a bona fide one, I kinda like to think Great whatever grandpappy was a Jack Sparrow type…
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:12 pm
Doom, in re your christian-bashing assertion about me, from earlier in this thread:
Tell me, if there was a ballot initiative that prohibited christians from owning homes or businesses –and it passed — would that be okay with you? You’d abide by it because it was ‘the will of the people?’ Well, I certainly wouldn’t. Wrong is wrong, whether I have a dog in the fight or not.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/07/20/time-to-put-on-those-travelin-shoes-and-go-a-fishin/?cp=56#comment-1022874
You may, however, find something to object to in the rest of that selfsame post.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:14 pm
Well Doom, thanks for your apology for taking my post And turning it into….
So sue me sport.
My post to you had nothing to do with your post and nor was there any intentional effort to mislead on that. It was irrelevant to your point. I just decided I liked your ridiculous initial comment and decided to incorporate it into my post. You’re allowed to do that on blogs sport. Or if you decide you’re a mindreader and you really knew my intentions then like I said- Sue me sport.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
Sooth — “I’ve seen his photo. Believe me, he ain’t no “alpha dog.”
I’m a big guy, but I’ve been in fights with little dudes and appearances can be deceiving. That said, what’s he look like? Bedraggled weasel? Duck that’s been dropped on its head? Forlorn basset hound?
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:18 pm
“I wasn’t taken too much with “Alice.”
I wasn’t much taken with it myself, the first time I saw it. But I’ve seen it several times since (lack of anything better to watch) and it’s grown on me. Plus, I could watch it a hundred times to hear the voice of the Cheshire Cat and the Caterpiller. Plus, there’s a cameo voice during the beheading scene that is the same man who plays the bulter on Downton Abbey
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:19 pm
Joe Mama,
Not sure I follow what you’re saying. That’s recon’s post.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:21 pm
Doom — “Not sure I follow what you’re saying. That’s recon’s post.”
I know. And I’m *taking up for christians* in that passage of it.
Respectfully, when it comes to my views on religion and religious people, you really don’t know me well at all.
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
“[W]hat’s he look like?”
Joe, for reasons I’m sure you can understand, I don’t want to say anything else.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
Doggone
Unmentionable, huge fan of “Alice,” tells me to give it a second chance, too. So, if you and he both say so, then I guess I should…
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
5:24 pm
Always loved this one! Turn it up!
pogo
July 26th, 2012
5:24 pm
Remember mad cow disease Joe? That is exactly what it is caused by! Feeding parts of unfit animals to other animals! No wonder we have so many “mad cows” now.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:25 pm
I’m no little feller myself, but I learned a long time ago not to go messin’ with the little ones, they’ll be all over you and have your ass whupped before you can even get started…worst b*tt kickings I’ve ever gotten have been from them…
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:26 pm
Sooth — “Joe, for reasons I’m sure you can understand, I don’t want to say anything else.”
Fair enough. I was hoping for a jokey response like “Pillsbury Doughboy” or “depilated werewolf,” but I’ll respect your request.
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:26 pm
“Unmentionable, huge fan of “Alice,” tells me to give it a second chance, too. So, if you and he both say so, then I guess I should…”
Like a lot of Burton’s movies, you have to watch for the subtle stuff. It’s easy to get caught up in the broad scenes and miss the small stuff.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:29 pm
pogo — “Remember mad cow disease Joe? That is exactly what it is caused by! Feeding parts of unfit animals to other animals! No wonder we have so many “mad cows” now.”
If you want an education on CJD/BSE, I can help you out.
It’s not just “parts” but specifically neural tissue. Stay away from the brain and the spinal column and you’ll be fine.
My pop’s been an agricultural scientist and a faculty member at a major university for over 40 years. When the mad cow scare broke, the cattlemen’s association of the state where he lives and works called *him* to help them understand the problem, how to improve their meat processing techniques and how to communicate their message to the public.
So yeah, I’m pretty up to speed on it.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:30 pm
I stay out of the fracases over at Kyle’s front porch myself. I go over ever so often to say hello to old friends from here or if somebody invites me over…I’ve been treated well by all there except one, but then he and I have a long standing antipathy toward one another since it was him being mean to me that got him banned from here, even though I objected, the Imam didn’t see it my way…
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
OKAY
(Apologies in advance to the wimmin folks…)
Why do they call it PMS? Because mad cow disease was already taken….
G Mare
July 26th, 2012
5:33 pm
Two of my favorite Depp movies are FINDING NEVERLAND (about J M Barrie) & BENNIE and JOON. Also loved the first pirate movie. Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, oh my!
pogo
July 26th, 2012
5:34 pm
The Ninth Gate was excellent but it made no money. Sweeney Todd was OK. To me, Alice stank (especially that goofy dance at the end which was obviously there to appeal to, um, whomever). Depp did a good job as Dillenger. He is a very good actor but it seems that the studios use him and his name to make big bucks on way too many mediocre films. And he is willing to oblige them.
And josef, Gilbert Grape is a classic for many, many reasons and not just because Depp was in it. He did a great job in that movie but the most endearing actors were the ones that were not big names at the time (such as the mother and the sisters) and of course, Decappio. The mother did a great job.
G Mare
July 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
Oh, Josef, you disappoint me with that one.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
“Respectfully, when it comes to my views on religion and religious people, you really don’t know me well at all.”
And I’m sure I probably don’t. And most folk on here don’t know mine which is rather off the wall critical and protective at the same time. I reserve my own special criticisms for organized religion- megachurches in particular, the Catholic church’s destructive historical record in Lat. America amongst other places, televangelist phonies, and everyday church going hypocrites. And my biggest complaint with organized religion, politics, or with any mass gathering is that many people lose their individuality and critical thinking skills when in a mass gathering. They become sheep.
But at the same time I feel many of the liberal posters on here are way too quick to criticize religion and Christians in particular and we see it everyday on this blog.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:36 pm
(David Bowie + Keith Richards + Captain Morgan + keg of rum) / 4 = Captain Jack Sparrow
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
5:37 pm
… since it was him being mean to me that got him banned from here, even though I objected, the Imam didn’t see it my way…
If you’re speaking of Andy, I too argued against his ban and asked several times for his return. Maybe you were the proverbial straw, but Jay implied that it was a cumulative thingie.
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:39 pm
Doom — “But at the same time I feel many of the liberal posters on here are way too quick to criticize religion and Christians in particular and we see it everyday on this blog.”
Well, as I said earlier, point it out to me when you think I’m doing it. I’m not saying I’m going to agree with you, because you often misread my thoughts and motives. But if you point it out, we can at least discuss it and perhaps you’ll see that while I’m an atheist, I’m not in knee-jerk opposition to religion and the practice thereof.
That said, I think you’re going to find that I personally do it a lot less than you think.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:39 pm
josef hitting G & Ts. I didn’t know josef drank? Blogging with us all day will drive you to it I reckon.
Brosephus™
July 26th, 2012
5:40 pm
If you’re speaking of Andy, I too argued against his ban and asked several times for his return. Maybe you were the proverbial straw, but Jay implied that it was a cumulative thingie.
I didn’t argue pro or against that, but I see it as a case of free will. He could have abided by Jay’s rules and had no problem. He chose to do what he did, and so did Jay.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:42 pm
GMARE
Hey, what can I say? I couldn’t resist!
I liked “Bennie and June”, too…
POGO
Much agreed with you on “Gilbert Grape…”
THULSA
“But at the same time I feel many of the liberal posters on here are way too quick to criticize religion and Christians in particular and we see it everyday on this blog.”
It’s not just liberals…some of the tackiest are conservatives…
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:46 pm
“But at the same time I feel many of the liberal posters on here are way too quick to criticize religion and Christians in particular and we see it everyday on this blog.”
I don’t see that. What I see is criticism of HOW too many “Christians” choose to exhibit what they think is religion, but is really social attitudes.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:46 pm
K’CHAK
That’s what I understand…Andy was pretty low on my list of those who had “offended” me with personal attacks on my sexuality… (G-d! I hate the way THAT sounds!)
THULSA
I don’t drink. At least not since they invented the funnel. (with apologies to WC Fields!)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
5:47 pm
SoCo/Bro
A few weeks ago, Jay posted something that I did not know about the situation. It seems that Andy bragged that he would run Jay off like he did Luckovich (Luckovich used to run this blog before Jay took over). I had the opportunity to ask Andy about that and he readily admitted it.
I’m not sure that I could have had the restraint that Jay had.
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
” I had the opportunity to ask Andy about that and he readily admitted it.”
He did indeed. I saw it.
JamVet
July 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
I really don’t give a damn about who’s been banned.
Most of us here have read every iteration of every dumbass to come down the pike.
That the percentage of seniorile delinquents with anger/self-control issues are predominantly Republican, is interesting, but in and of itself, useless.
But arguably the most humorous banishment of all times belongs to the double @ miscreant. She gets the heave ho and lo and behold! Dusty and RW go the self-immolation route on her behalf.
A three for one. Hysterical.
Good riddance to bad trash…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-muLUZanc
Joe Hussein Mama
July 26th, 2012
5:51 pm
K’Chak — “I had the opportunity to ask Andy about that and he readily admitted it.”
Man, that almost sounds like Dave R’s blogocide right in front of everyone last summer.
I’m out; all be well and drive safely.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 26th, 2012
5:53 pm
He did indeed. I saw it.
I had no idea you were there at that time. I certainly don’t remember you posting anything. That was the night of the dust up, if I recall.
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:54 pm
“I had no idea you were there at that time. I certainly don’t remember you posting anything.”
I probably didn’t post anything. He was on my “scroll on by” list, but sometimes things just catch my eye and that was one that did.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
5:55 pm
Joe mama,
Fair enough on the Christian bashing. And don’t get me wrong. Poking a little fun at religion here and there is ok. And I’ve no problem with deserved criticism of religion such as criticism of the Catholic church’s handling of the molestation cases.
josef
July 26th, 2012
5:57 pm
ZamVet
“Seniorile Delinquents”
I’m sooooo stealing that one!
Doggone/GA
July 26th, 2012
5:57 pm
“And I’ve no problem with deserved criticism of religion such as criticism of the Catholic church’s handling of the molestation cases.”
but you see, that is NOT a criticism of the religion. It is a criticism of the people involved.
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
6:03 pm
” What I see is criticism of HOW too many “Christians” choose to exhibit what they think is religion, but is really social attitudes.”
Doggone that sounds kinda subjective like you or me or scout or whoever is the authority of what constitutes religion and in this case Christianity. And religion kinda is, does, and makes a lot of our social attitutdes.
I’ve no problem with folks like yourself disagreeing with someone like Scout’s stricter interpretation of the Bible but I think ya’ll go overboard and it often turns into ridicule of what someone believes vs your definitions of interpretations of what you think religion- Christianity in particular should be. And hell for that matter I disagree vehemently with some of Scout’s interpretations but I don’t deride his views just cause I disagree with him on some of what the bible says.
carlosgvv
July 26th, 2012
6:06 pm
Just out of curiosity, why would any blogger here think they could “run off” a professional editor?
Thulsa Doom
July 26th, 2012
6:07 pm
“I don’t drink.”- josef
You t’aint no fun. Don’t drink??? You shoulda been a con.
josef
July 26th, 2012
6:09 pm
THULSA
Don’t put Doggone in that category….she and I have tangled royally on a number of occasions, but when it comes to the topic of religion/faith, she is without a doubt one of the most respectful and informed posters on board. On that subject you can have a real discussion with her. She’s tops in my book there…
josef
July 26th, 2012
6:10 pm
THULSA
I slurp!
Fred ™
July 26th, 2012
6:11 pm
But arguably the most humorous banishment of all times belongs to the double @ miscreant. She gets the heave ho and lo and behold! Dusty and RW go the self-immolation route on her behalf.
Well wasn’t two boobs either shacked up with or married to RW? And Dusty was just a ditzy broad without enough sense to pour urine out of a boot if the directions were on the heel. But I didn’t know they went as a hat trick lol. I was banished at the time for making fun of them………
Fred ™
July 26th, 2012
6:12 pm
josef
July 26th, 2012
6:10 pm
THULSA
I slurp!
++++++++++++++++++
But do you swallow?
Just damn, That was bad, but you teed it up……………
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
6:14 pm
“[W]hy would any blogger here think they could “run off” a professional editor?”
I did it! Oh, no! Wait! Jay’s on vacation. Well, just damn!
Tundra Dude
July 26th, 2012
6:17 pm
No wonder we have so many “mad cows” now.
Not to worry….they’re fairly easy to spot:
http://www.niebank.com/madcow.html
barking frog
July 26th, 2012
6:17 pm
carlosgvv
just out of curosity,
how do you pronounce
carlosgvv ?
Soothsayer
July 26th, 2012
6:17 pm
SHOOT! A stud like ol’ Doomy’s probably got a big wheel with women’s names on it! Every night he just gives that wheel a big spin and that’s the “lucky” woman he goes out with that night!
Brosephus™
July 26th, 2012
6:17 pm
Kam
I didn’t realize that Andy said that until Jay posted. His abrasiveness kinda wore off on me after about my 4th month here. I kinda tuned his posts out afterwards. That said, I think Jay showed severe restraint in letting him stay around that long. I don’t usually agree with banning people, but when they are purposefully being disruptive, there’s not many other options available to restore order.