Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind
I was 12 years old at the time. As I recall it, Dad was away on TDY (temporary duty) in the Air Force, and my younger brother and sister were tucked in bed asleep. So Mom and I sat together in our darkened living room, watching on our little black-and-white television while Neil Armstrong made history.
Afterward, we went outside and looked up at the moon and marveled that human beings at that very moment were walking around up there. In a very strange time in our nation’s history, replete with assassinations and riots and turmoil, it served as a reminder that almost unimaginable feats could still be accomplished.
It was a moment that, sadly, cannot be explained to those who were not there to experience it, in large part because we cannot replicate the genuine sense of awe and wonder felt worldwide.
Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong.
– Jay Bookman
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GT
August 26th, 2012
9:23 am
The American spirit or any human spirit to me is an act of Godliness. To get off one’s couch for no other reason than to just do something no one has ever done before and to take a nation with him is one of those defining moments of inspiration that sticks to the bones of fellow Americans and the world. This country has that spirit it was built on it, you see it in the interest of the recent Olympics, the whole country right, left and in the middle pulling for fellow Americans in a event that has no higher result than the pure joy of competition. And for you dull of memory or not there at all, John F. Kennedy started this quest and because of his charisma we followed through. For people who think a flat lined personality can lead us back to these days or save an England from the Germans in World War II need to think again. It ain’t the jobs we are losing in this country it is the human individual spirit and we need it back.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
9:26 am
“flat lined personality”
I like that.
bman
August 26th, 2012
9:43 am
“As far a politics, good luck working against Bookman`s starting defense.”
Oh, I don’t argue too much around here with anyone. And, I’m not sure who are the top defensive players here, either haha…
I can assure you that the ones who you probably believe are part of that defensive team have no card in the game.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
9:48 am
Or Bookman could BE all these people?
Wizzard of OZ thing going on?
O'Really
August 26th, 2012
9:50 am
A51 @ 11:10pm “I can honestly say — and it’s a big surprise to me — that I have never had a dream about being on the moon,” Little wonder – considering it never happened.
Of course you are right, and the earth is flat.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
9:50 am
Flat lined personality? Classic!!
Well, in his defense, he really, really tries to be like one of the “little people”. But it’s just so dang hard!! I mean its one thing to tell them to clean your houses for a pittance; but its quite another to actually have to touch them to shake their hands! Eeeeww!
TaxPayer
August 26th, 2012
9:51 am
And remember all the talk from Romney’s supporters whenever his involvement with Bain after 1999 was mentioned. “Oh No,” they proclaimed. Mitt had no active role at Bain during the time of those plant closures and outsourcings and destruction of lives for a buck. Now we find out from newly disclosed documents that some of the tax breaks he claimed in 2010 (the one tax return Mitt has released a part of) were only allowable for active investors, not passive. More lies from Mitt. Maybe Mitt should have refused to release even one return.
Release those tax returns, Mitt. Show us what you’ve MadeOff with over the years.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
9:55 am
I think Jay should go down to the Gold Dome and get us some tickets to a show before the unlimited gift things passes.
Where Chambliss been lately? Oh yeah, It`s golf season.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
9:58 am
I think the reason Mitt won`t release his taxes is that he has not given the Mormon Church their 10%.
He may not care what we think, but he cares what they would say about a mere 3% donation. They want there 10%.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:00 am
“their”
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:05 am
skydog
I have a different take on the tax returns.
I think some of his offshore accounts gained a significant amount of money off of illegal (in he US) investments (think Iran) that he doesn’t want to come to light.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:06 am
I don`t believe that God sends hurricanes to plague folks, but if a swarm of locust hits Tampa Tuesday morning, I`ll be in church for Wed. night supper.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
10:08 am
Enter your comments hereCommon Freaking Sense isn’t very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:05 am
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Sounds about right. He said some of the information in the returns would be used against him unfarily by the Obama campaign.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
10:09 am
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:00 am
______
There, there, now.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:10 am
You could be right common., Mittens will get over losing an election, but screwing The Mormon Church would be the worst information for him. He will never release this info.
He would be legal, but super screwed.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
10:14 am
skydog
August 26th, 2012
9:58 am
________________
He must have been paying 10 per cent of his adjusted gross income. which was next to nothing after all the shelters and deductions (loopholes).
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
10:17 am
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:06 am
I don`t believe that God sends hurricanes to plague folks, but if a swarm of locust hits Tampa Tuesday morning, I`ll be in church for Wed. night supper.
___________
Isaac was sent to rid Tampa of the locusts that were descentding on them. And it did, for one day at least.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:18 am
Heck I don`t blame Mittens. I ain`t gonna give anybody 10% of that yearly income either.
10% X $200,000,000 a year = $20,000,000
(the above figures are only an estimate since we don`t have any paper)
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:21 am
I was hoping this `Cane was named Con nie,
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
10:24 am
To me it represented what we can achieve when we work together. I have lost that feeling over the years because I no longer feel like we can work together toward a common goal
That was very eloquent of you. Thanks for sharing that.
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then after the ruling he flamed out, told all us “libs” to “stick it up our a$$es”, proceeded to ramble on about how he and his girlfriend were in fear for thier lives because of his posting here, what a sore loser, and an idiot….
Wait…..hold on a minute………i just can’t believe this…..you’re telling me that Bruno had a girlfriend? Unbelievable!! More liberal lies if you ask me……..
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:24 am
sky
I could have be named Newt since it blows hard
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:27 am
It could have been named Newt since it blows hard
dysfunctional fingers in the morning
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:27 am
Haww!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
10:28 am
Between this, upthread, and some incredibly stupid broad-brush swipes TD took at black men the other day (I’m not going to bother looking it up), he’s officially back on my sh-t list.
for what that’s worth to anyone else, which ain’t much I’m sure.
But…but…but…didnja see? He apologized and all is forgiven.
Again — the regulars from CT’s know the score.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:33 am
Has anyone got program for these rodeos?
I`ve been reading, but the aka`s are confusing.
I do know not to say the Dave word at either watering hole.
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:35 am
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 26th, 2012
6:24 am
1969: NASA exploring Moon.
.
2012: TSA exploring Uranus.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Awesome dude. :thumb:
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:37 am
sky
For the most part over here at Jay’s the posters keep their names the same (Jay frowns upon the name changing trolls)
Over on Kyle’s the same can’t be said
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
10:39 am
Does Pat Robertson contend that the impending hurricane is proof positive that God hates Republicans?
LOL!
Man, the Atlanta Rhythm Section show last night was awe -sum!
I got to go backstage and meet the boys in the band. What a great and gracious group of guys. I got one of the setlists and had them all sign it.
The crowd was dancing and singing and generally having one helluva great time.
My first time seeing them and what a treat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawp5NNKOi0
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:39 am
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:06 am
I don`t believe that God sends hurricanes to plague folks, but if a swarm of locust hits Tampa Tuesday morning, I`ll be in church for Wed. night supper.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Save me a seat. I’ll be there too lol.Even a BAPTIST church……….
oh and your “screwing the Mormons” thing was pretty spot on lol. I never thought of that angle. Mormons don’t play. If you don’t give 10% and don’t say you are no biggie, but if you TELL them you are giving 10% and you aren’t, they will “punish” you.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:42 am
DADT in the Morman Church
I’m shocked, shocked I tell ya
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:42 am
Again — the regulars from CT’s know the score.
If by CT’s you mean Cynthia Tuckers, I never went there. Too many far left wing nutcases, and I mean NUTCASES. Folks who make Sooth and you look like conservatives lol.
But I read her columns. I didn’t always agree, but she always supported her opinions with facts.
Thomas
August 26th, 2012
10:43 am
Let’s see- I can spew out on a blog like I am someone meaningful or I can go make something of myself……
bman
August 26th, 2012
10:44 am
Janvet .. .. ARS have a collection of some really good stuff.
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:45 am
LOL Common. Do you know any Mormons well enough to talk to them about their religion? my cousin is Mormon so I know all the in’s and out’s. their social programs are phenomenal. The only unemployed, homeless Mormon’s with no food are ones who want to be that way. Mormon’s take care of their own.
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:47 am
Thomas
August 26th, 2012
10:43 am
Let’s see- I can spew out on a blog like I am someone meaningful or I can go make something of myself……
++++++++++++++++++++
Or you could be a pretentious anus and spew out on a blog with a talk radiolike slogan like you ARE someone while the fact remains that you are STILL spewing out on a blog like those you are attempting to belitle.
Hypocrisy much?
skydog
August 26th, 2012
10:48 am
Just like casinos, these folks didn`t build this by getting screwed.
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/saltlake/gallery/
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
10:48 am
Fred
The only “left wing nutcases” there was me, Keep and Granny Godzilla. Everyone else was there to crap on the place.
Some of the very same people here and the ones over at Kyle’s that were banned from here.
Of course they constantly changed their nom-de-blogs to protect whatever reputation they established here.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:49 am
Fred
I know some people who are Morman, nice people for the most part and very family oriented.
They do take care of their own in a way we could ALL learn something from.
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:49 am
Jamvet: I’m a little leary of seeing a band with a dead lead singer. How did that affect the sound? I’ve heard that both Styx and Journey have found folks that sound eerily like their banished lead singers, but I’ve still shied away from them………..
David Granger
August 26th, 2012
10:52 am
Hope Mr. Gorsky appreciate it. (I know that’s just an urban myth, but even though it isn’t true I’m going to believe it anyway…)
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
10:52 am
Kam: Maybe I read far in the past lol because I remember some really far left stuff. Of course there was the folks who spent all their time hating, but I mostly ignored them like I do here.
It’s amazing how easily this blogs reads when you scroll past the proven radio programmed talkbots who never have a logical or original thing, (or funny), thing to say.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
10:56 am
i change my “name” quite often on blogs; i find it intereting how some people react to a name with precoceived ideas of whom is posting. For instance — sometimes I call myself Bluto The Blue Boy — it’s just a shout out to all those Popeye cartoons or I may call myself J. Wellington Wimpy (my favorite — another shout out to Popeye); it’s amazing how everyone assumes that I’m male.
If I call myself “I Like Ike” – people assume I’m a republican, not because of anything i do or don’t post, but because I put “Ike’ in the name.
The blogs/cyberspace/blogging/posting – is really the greatest social experiment of all time. People feel free to assume things just by a name, without actually going any deeper than that.
Its like when Cynthia Tucker had a blog — no matter what she wrote, no matter if she even AGREED with the right; there were cons on the blog who screeched at her for being a lib, who called her every filthy name they could get away with; and who never ONCE read a word she had to say. Just because it came from her, it was automatically denounced. Very interesting.
Also, I’d like to add, i can’t change my URL nor do i change my email address; so Jay or Colin, or whomever know who I am and I guess as long as I don’t have arguments and/or agreements with myself, (like that poor unfortunate mentally unhinged woman in North Georgia), nor do i try to “out” any other blogger, all is well.
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
11:00 am
Fred, Ronnie Justo was the original lead singer for the band in 1972 and got his chops singing with Roy Orbison.
A killer vocalist in his own right.
Dean Daughtrey and Paul Goddard were the other two original members that performed last night.
And I didn’t see anyone who was b*tching about anything they were doing!
Champagne Jam
Back up Against the Wall (It took exactly two songs to get a whole bunch of people up dancing!)
Spooky (Who doesn’t love that song?)
Doraville (My home town!!)
Alien (Got the girls all swinging!)
Conversation
Large Time
I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight (Tore the place down!)
Do It or Die (Super sweeet)
So Into You (See Spooky)
Homesick (Monster!)
Georgia Rhythm (See Bother)
Imaginary Lover (What needs to be said?)
I saw Rusgh a couple of years ago for the first time and like that show, I feel like I’m getting a final chance to see these bands that I have ALWAYS loved…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvTXJzNpTk
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
11:03 am
Madge, your “shape-shifting” (LOL) is cool by me.
Why?
Because you are interesting, informative and funny as hell.
The man-spirited and malicious little dicks who change personae are none of the above!
Much more than just a southern rock band, but this one really captures that aspect of their stuff…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoPljLdKC1c
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
11:10 am
Why thank you JamVet — i like you too!
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
11:13 am
Jamvet: Rush is awesome. I first saw them on the 2112 tour. i saw them every album up until……… Different Stages, (I think). Some tour here in around ‘92. John Rutney was the original drummer, but I wouldn’t want to see them without Neil Peart.
I also wouldn’t exactly pay money to see Pete Best even though he also was “original.”
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
11:17 am
This is a comment from TaxPayer’s link at 9:51 am regarding Mitt’s ties to Bain and his tax reporting:
Anti-Obama voters will bend themselves into pretzels to justify this. When it is no different from what the financial system has done – to them, to the country. Elective cognitive dissonance. That fact is extremely disturbing to me. Blind allegiance to a rich, indifferent man just to get the black man out.
Wow! Thats some good stuff — accurate too.
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
11:18 am
Fred, agreed on Peart!
I saw the Who post Keith Moon and the second time post John Entwhistle as well.
But I went friggin’ berserk both times! Talk about being able to instantly transform myself right back into being a young dog! That is what those first strains of Baba O’Reilly did to me! And when Pete Townshend says to the crowd that that song now belongs to the fans, my god, how much better than that can it get?
Even if some of the band members move on (even to the Great Gig in the Sky, LOL!) rock and roll will never die!
Fantastic harmonies…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfseX-a4-KE
skydog
August 26th, 2012
11:20 am
I saw ARS them a bunch back in the day. I saw them a couple of years ago and they still sounded great.
Those songs were well crafted.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
11:28 am
More good stuff from Huffington:
“The New York Times has reported that after Bain bought the toy company in 2000, KB Toys filed for bankruptcy, laying off more than 3,000 workers. Bain’s aggressive financial maneuvering, however, scored a 370 percent return on its investment.”
This is something that should be highlighted as well. Romney did not build his business without government assistance. Last time I checked, bankruptcy was going to the government and asking them to forgive some, or all, of one’s debt owed to another person or corporation.
Romney knows that these issues are complex and over the head of the average voter.
Most of the claims involving Romney’s tax shenanigans cannot be distilled into a 25-word Hollywood pitch with a copy of a return with a big red circle around it.
This one could stick but unless there’s a headline “Romney paid 2% in taxes in 2009!”, it is very hard to explain what is often arcane or technical language.
“Romney’s foreign income was high based on his foreign tax credit carry-forwards”
Not really going to fly.
And if you over-simplify it, Romney replies that it’s handled by his accountants and he doesn’t understand it either.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
11:36 am
Ya`ll need to come on out to night. The masters a falling like flies.
It might be your last chance for BB.
This clip has Jeff Beck and Albert Collins with BB.
When I moved to Chicago in 1986 my work buddy would come in and say, We HAVE to go out tonight.
I would say, why?
He would say, to see Albert Collins.
Who is Albert Collins, says I?
His answer was always, “You won`t ask me THAT in the morning”.
We lived at Buddys club.
Soothsayer
August 26th, 2012
11:37 am
Here’s a wonderful video I think you will really enjoy!
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
11:40 am
skydog, where is the gig tonight? (Again, for us slow learners!)
skydog
August 26th, 2012
11:41 am
Good one Sooth.
skydog
August 26th, 2012
11:42 am
Chastain Park
skydog
August 26th, 2012
11:43 am
Oh, I pulled a Jay and forgot the clip.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11joi_bb-king-sweet-little-angel_music
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
11:46 am
Unfortunately I have such a sick, twisted sense of humor:
Every outbreak has a patient zero.
Porn actor Mr. Marcus has come out and identified himself as the performer responsible for the current syphilis outbreak that has shut down production in the San Fernando Valley.
“I tried to cover it up… Because I said it was like the scarlet letter. It’s the word. Syphilis, whoa,” Marcus said to XBiz. “Mr. Marcus, syphilis? Mr. Marcus, the one I worked with? The one that everybody works with? The one that’s been in this industry forever?”
As many as nine syphilis cases have been identified among porn performers, and more are expected, according to the Associated Press. Marcus said that the three women he performed with after his diagnosis have all tested negative for syphilis.
The porn moratorium comes days after the California Department of Public Health released a report finding that syphilis cases in the Golden State have jumped by 18 percent from 2010 to 2011.
Whats so funny about this you may ask? Well, THIS for one….:
Los Angeles County officials have approved a ballot initiative that will ask voters to decide whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms in sex scenes
OMG!! I’d LOVE to hear the debates about this ^^ in the local townhalls! Imagine, mom and pop debating on whether porn actors should wear condons right alongside deciding on whether to fund the yearly City wide picnic!!
In honor of the “Great Porn Moratorium of 2012″ — I’ll be adding Mr. Marcus to my various aliases!
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 26th, 2012
11:51 am
Well, the Rev. Postlewaite done his best this a.m., but one thing’s for sure: he ain’t no Rev. Jim Bob Buice. But at least I got a good nap and a clean soul out of the services. I just wish the Rev. Jim Bob had stayed clear of that nekkid kid. Now he can’t preach anyplace where there’s kids, and people that go to church won’t leave their kids at home, so there’s not much hope of seeing him back in the saddle.
Anyhow, it’s a bummer we won’t have no Republican National Convention to watch tomorrow night. That means a whole bunch of speeches by a whole bunch of
blowhardsup and coming politicans will be scrubbed. But at least we’ll get to hear that NJ guvner Tuesday night. I want to see that platform dip and the cameras kinda shake when he steps up to the podium. I wonder if they charge him extra to fly on a airplane, like they charge you extra if your baggage weighs too much.It’s Ryans and the missus for dinner. I thought I’d throw that in here just as a kind of warning to the rest of you to stay clear if you value your hands.
Have a good Sabbath everybody.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
12:26 pm
Minnesota State coach arrested on child porn charges
I can honestly say that I didn’t know there was a real Minnesota State football team
BADAss BING
August 26th, 2012
12:31 pm
I was married on 7/20/69. They landed on the moon during my wedding ceremony. Later that night my new bride and I watched as he walked on the moon. Whenever people asked me about getting married, I kidded that I always told her” I’ll get married when someone goes to the moon”. Well, I had no excuse anymore. Best thing I ever did.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
12:37 pm
Seen on a blog……:
Q: What do (South Carolina) Gamecock fans do after winning an SEC football Championship?
A: They turn off they Play Station and go to bed.
=====================
I can take that and use it in so many ways…..for instance:
Q: What do republicans do after successfully getting Obama to abdicate because his “real birth certificate” was found in Kenya?
A: They turn over and go back to sleep — it was all a dream.
or
Q: What can the Romney’s do the better their chances of winning over a general populace in order to secure the Presidency?
A: They give each eligible voter 1/10th of what’s in their Cayman Island accounts.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
“Los Angeles County officials have approved a ballot initiative that will ask voters to decide whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms in sex scenes.”
Liberalism at its vilest. This is what our Founding Fathers and many thereafter risked and gave their lives for – an obviously twisted construction of the phrase “free speech” so that it includes disrobing in public. Thanks, ACLU and SCOTUS. Gotta love that “living” document, the Constitution – where “free speech” can mean “free exhibitionism”.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
12:53 pm
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
___
Don’t think they have condoms im 1776.
Mick
August 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
Well now, bruno is over at kyle’s? Another refugee landing on the island of misfit bloggers? What a crew…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mXSacbl9E
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
12:58 pm
In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political and cultural progressivism” that “virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.” Brisbane even argued that Times reporters approached some liberal issues, like gay marriage and the Occupy movement, “more like causes than news subjects.”
“Keywords: final column. Don’t suppose he’s a mite upset they didn’t want his services for an optional 3rd year…..? tip: Not the best source of info, someone who’s just been let go from a job.”
You have to love it when people cling to a belief and rationalize it any way they can, even when clear evidence emerges that invalidates the belief. It’s called “saving the theory”. Very predictable.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
12:58 pm
As seen on a blog [Paraphrased for politics]:
At the repuglican die-hards still supporting “Party of No” Congress who campaigned on jobs,Jobs,JOBS! and yet haven’t enacted one “Jobs” legislation.
Denial support progression:
- 1. “No way they do that.“
- 2. “Prove it.”
- 3. “It’s a misunderstanding. They couldn’t have.”
- 4. “Yeah, but other people were at fault too. So let’s not just focus on the repug congress.”
- 5. “This national news report is clearly a conspiracy against the republican party.”
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:00 pm
“Don’t think they have condoms in 1776.”
I think you’re right, but I meant (as well you knew) pornographic exhibitions. You see, they still were under the illusion that “speech” mean speech.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
1:04 pm
You see, they still were under the illusion that “speech” mean speech.
The Robert’s court — $ = free speech.
Too funny!
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:05 pm
Crier: Liberalism at its vilest. This is what our Founding Fathers and many thereafter risked and gave their lives for – an obviously twisted construction of the phrase “free speech” so that it includes disrobing in public. ………– where “free speech” can mean “free exhibitionism
Crier – pardon me for being ummmmmmmmm……..blunt…….but do you have a reading comprehension problem?
Please don’t be angry, but the part of the article i quoted had nothing at all to do with people disrobing in public. Unless you were reading the article with your super, duper, extra loopier, reading glasses on – i just can’t see where you’ve gotten that interpretation from.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
1:06 pm
Madge -
They campaigned on the NO jobs platform – they mouthed the NO part so they can claim that they said it WE just didn’t hear that part.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:00 pm
______
I agree with you there. In 1979, freedom of speech meant the free discussion of ideas. Nothing else.
Oscar
August 26th, 2012
1:10 pm
In meant 1789.
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:11 pm
Oh o.k. got it Common! It was just MY FAULT that i didn’t see where they were mouthing the “No”.
Dangit!!
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:17 pm
Here’s another for the road – As seen on the web [paraphrased for politics]:
Republican Party, USA:
No Bid Contracts, No viable way to pay for 2 wars, No “exist strategy” from said wars = No one says a word;
Obama wants to save the Auto Industry = all Hell breaks loose.
Jeb Bush: It's Time For Obama 'To Move On' From Blaming George W. Bush
August 26th, 2012
1:19 pm
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said Sunday that it’s time for President Barack Obama to stop blaming his brother, former President George W. Bush, for the country’s economic troubles and accept responsibility.
“I think it is time for him to move on,” he told host David Gregory on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I mean — look, the guy was dealt a difficult hand, no question about it. But he’s had three years. His policies have failed, and rather than blame others — which I know we were taught that that was kind of unbecoming over time — you just can’t keep doing that. Maybe offer some fresh new solutions to the problems that we face.”
Bush added he doesn’t expect that to “happen between now and election day.”
He later talked about his family’s legacy in the Republican Party, including both his father George H.W. Bush and brother’s presidencies and his own time as governor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/26/jeb-bush-obama-george-bush_n_1831419.html?1345998366
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:20 pm
“Please don’t be angry, but the part of the article i quoted had nothing at all to do with people disrobing in public. Unless you were reading the article with your super, duper, extra loopier, reading glasses on – i just can’t see where you’ve gotten that interpretation from.”
It was a simple extrapolation. Porn stars are, in fact, disrobing in public – albeit for a limited (adult) public. Please provide all of us with a compelling argument from historical documents that such behavior was envisioned by those who drafted and ratified the Constitution when they incorporated the phrase “free speech”. I’ll be waiting…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 26th, 2012
1:20 pm
Nothing new here folks …………. keep moving along:
“The executive editor of the New York Times is disputing an accusation of liberal bias made by her very own public editor, Arthur Brisbane”. (Of course she would)
In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political and cultural progressivism” that “virtually bleeds through the fabric of The Times.” Brisbane even argued that Times reporters approached some liberal issues, like gay marriage and the Occupy movement, “more like causes than news subjects.”
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:21 pm
that should be “exit” however “exist” does have a ring to it…
also honorable mention goes out to “Not caring wher Bin Laden is or how to stop him” — Not one republican outcry.
Obama orders BinLaden assasination – Republicans claim he’s spiking the ball and taking the credit away from the Navy Seals.
Repuglicanism — Is it a political theory, or a dreaded mutating disease that creates zombies?
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
Madge
Yep, I am glad you are taking personal responsibility for missing it
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 26th, 2012
1:24 pm
Good move !!
“Crime-ridden Camden, New Jersey – often referred to as the most dangerous city in the United States—is getting rid of its police department.
In the latest example of a cash-strapped municipality taking drastic measures to deal with swollen public sector liabilities and shrinking budgets, the city plans to disband its 460-member police department and replace it with a non-union “Metro Division” of the Camden County Police. Backers of the plan say it will save millions of dollars for taxpayers while ensuring public safety, but police unions say it is simply a way to get out of collective bargaining with the men and women in blue.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/24/camden-nj-to-reboot-police-department-by-new-year/#ixzz24fqpYlU4
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
1:25 pm
At the repuglican die-hards still supporting “Party of No” Congress who campaigned on jobs,Jobs,JOBS! and yet haven’t enacted one “Jobs” legislation.
Mitch McConnell was very clear when he said, “the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term President.”
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:28 pm
It was a simple extrapolation.
From where? Left field?
Porn stars are, in fact, disrobing in public – albeit for a limited (adult) public.
WTF? They’re on a MOVIE set!! Did you have this same stance when John Wayne took off his shirt in Rio Lobo? Did you go batty then too?
Please provide all of us with a compelling argument from historical documents that such behavior was envisioned by those who drafted and ratified the Constitution when they incorporated the phrase “free speech”.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? Are you insane? What have you been drinking today?
O.k. i think i see the problem now. Are you feeling a little light headed? Are your eyes watering and your breath is coming out short? I think I know what’s happening. Please open all of your windows and immediately go outside into the fresh air. You have a gas leak.
I’ll be waiting…
Not to worry — I’ll have the men in those nice white suits there for you when you make it outside.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
Yep
It’s always a good idea to reduce the police presence in a crime ridden area.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
“Obama orders Bin Laden assasination…”
Well, I give him credit for that. First, because it was very surprising to me given his position regarding those being held in Guantamano Bay – that they deserved due process. He basically decided to execute Bin Laden without a trial. Secondly, it was not small matter to invade the space of a sovereign nation to accomplish the mission – especially one as big as Pakistan. Thirdly, thanks for acknowledging that he ordered the hit, not actually carried it out.
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
Crier,
I think that you are just the man to bring back Ronnie and Eddie Meese’s puritanical War on Pornography.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
1:31 pm
Madge
Not to worry — I’ll have the men in those nice white suits there for you when you make it outside.
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AND they are bringing a jacket with extra LONG sleeves to keep ‘em warm
Madge From Accounting
August 26th, 2012
1:32 pm
OK after dealing with Towncrier – I’ve got to leave for a minute — I think my I.Q. just went down 10 points.
Later fellows.
getalife
August 26th, 2012
1:34 pm
“Mitch McConnell was very clear when he said, “the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term President.””
Yes, this priority after a collapse proves the deserve to lose.
getalife
August 26th, 2012
1:35 pm
they oops.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
1:40 pm
getalife
The latest computer models have Isaac heading your way.
Batten down them hatches.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 26th, 2012
1:46 pm
When are we going to have a hurricane “Ishmael” ?
getalife
August 26th, 2012
1:47 pm
Thanks Kam,
Take a right turn Isaac.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:49 pm
“From where? Left field?”
Madge, has it ever occurred to you that you should probably stick to accounting?
“WTF? They’re on a MOVIE set!! Did you have this same stance when John Wayne took off his shirt in Rio Lobo? Did you go batty then too?”
Because you are an accountant, you probably have never heard a phrase like “the reading PUBLIC” (that pertains a book or article written written in private but read at large). Nor do you understand that doing something publicly does not necessarily mean you are in the same place or time as your audience. That’s why you probably imagine that if I, all alone in my office, posted something like “the president must be killed” on my Facebook page, I should and would encounter no restrictions on that exercise of “free speech.”
My point (which I suspect everyone but you gets) is this: pornography should NOT be protected from laws that prohibit it because it is NOT speech and therefore NOT protected by the Constitution.
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? Are you insane? What have you been drinking today? ”
Wow. So this is an example of a liberal being so off kilter in her thinking that she is unable to comprehend the gist of a conservative’s post (where everyone else can – you know, put two and two together). It is SO far from such a one’s comprehension that maybe, just maybe, pornography is NOT a good thing and is NOT really “speech” that she utterly cannot fathom an argument against it.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
1:50 pm
Mick
Stay safe my friend. Issac seems to be building.
Jay
August 26th, 2012
1:51 pm
A fascinating, troubling story of high-level diplomatic and military intrigue, backstabbing, military adventurism, romance, etc., at http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/sunk/2012/08/21/96209788-cebd-11e1-aa14-708bac2c7ee9_story.html?hpid=z2
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
Jay:
Is that about Prince Harry ?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
1:53 pm
I think that talk-radio is obscene, but I’m not being a towncrybaby about it.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
1:59 pm
“I think that you are just the man to bring back Ronnie and Eddie Meese’s puritanical War on Pornography.”
Well, I understand why you theoretically shouldn’t have any absolute morals, JamVet – you’re an atheist. What I don’t understand is why you actually seem to. You are so full of judgement of others that it’s amusing given the fact that, in the end, everything is inconsequential in a godless world. You will return to dust in just a relatively short time and in 100 years nothing you have said or done will be remembered by anyone else. Indeed, the world may not last another 100 years and all of mankind may be annihilated. Then (if you are right), we will have been like idiots strutting about on a stage, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing. But, hey, go ahead and watch Debbie Does Dallas for the thousandth time.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
“I think that talk-radio is obscene, but I’m not being a towncrybaby about it.”
Ouch! Man, you are witty, Thug.
Mick
August 26th, 2012
2:03 pm
common
So far pretty much still a rain event, winds have not been excessive…