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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josef
August 26th, 2012
7:15 pm
STEVE
Oh, he doesn’t NEED them. They just might feel obliged…the Noble Savage is loyal to their friends…
getalife
August 26th, 2012
7:16 pm
Fred,
You very emotional.
Steve,
After this election, I go back to being a big ole lovable teddy bear so if you bring something silly on this blog like Fred, I will call you out.
Fair enough?
G Mare
August 26th, 2012
7:17 pm
Fred, “I feel your pain.” Am facing one of those ordeals in the next few weeks. I do not recall being restricted from white wine the last time I had to do this. My response is, “yeah, like that’s gonna’ happen.”. Good luck! I hope you will get the same diagnosis I did then: It’s a virus. My response, “Seriously? You put me thru this FOR A VIRUS?” I hope your’s is just a virus, too.
Normal Lite, Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
August 26th, 2012
7:18 pm
Hey everybody…just a reminder…it’s only a few hours left until Monday! Happy, happy, joy, joy!
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
7:22 pm
Normal
It’s also 5 o’clock somewhere.
paulo977
August 26th, 2012
7:24 pm
JamVet 26th Aug @ 3:49pm ….enjoyed it
Now as we approach the new season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUwZ_PZC9I&feature=fvwrel
Soothsayer
August 26th, 2012
7:24 pm
Well, it looks like we just spent 2+ pages discussing whether or not the New York Times is liberal/left leaning and whether or not Focked News is conservative/right leaning.
Umm hmmmmm . . . REALLY?
Well, of course Focked News is conservative/right leaning. And, the New York Times is in the bluest city in the bluest state. Did you really expect them to be anything but liberal/left leaning?
There’s just some things I’ll never understand in life.
josef
August 26th, 2012
7:26 pm
NORMAL
Look on the bright side…it’s a countdown to a long weekend…
Who’s got Labor Day plans…?
Jay
August 26th, 2012
7:26 pm
“The reporter, to her credit, didn’t use the quote!”
The reporter should have been FIRED! :>)
G Mare
August 26th, 2012
7:28 pm
I well remember facing Mondays, Normal. Despite the vagaries of old age, being retired ROCKS! Not to mention Social Security checks & Medicare! Hey, I paid for ‘em! I hope all y’all will benefit from them, too.
Obama/Biden 2012!
Normal Lite, Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
August 26th, 2012
7:30 pm
Bro’
Yes it is, but I declared myself an alcoholic a year ago this coming month. Been sober ever since.
I was a friendly, happy drunk, but I was still a drunk. Never wanted to talk about it before, but what the hell, Life in still good…boring, but good and I still have reasons to continue being sober.
The thing is…that sometimes…no, all the time it sucks giving things up because you are getting old. First cigarettes, then fried foods, then sugar, then alcohol…if I have to give up sex, just shoot me! But I told my doctor I would do everything he says up until I reached my 70th birthday…then EFF him and my last years are going to be happy ones!
josef
August 26th, 2012
7:31 pm
JAY
Well, given who Granny was in relation to the hand that fed the reporter, it was probably a wise choice! It’s probably a good thing said reporter didn’t ask “may I quote you on that?” Granny would have smiled that charming smile and have said ever so sweetly, “Dah-lin, Ah in-si-ust you do.”
Normal Lite, Human Rights Thug...and liking it!
August 26th, 2012
7:32 pm
Josef,
Labor Day plans…cookin’ for the Grands and Great Grands…we will Par-Tay at the lake!
Recon 0311 2533
August 26th, 2012
7:44 pm
I’ll try it again this way…Good news a few of the pussay’s have escaped from Russia and will be organizing anti spittoon or excuse me anti Putin protests from outside the country.
josef
August 26th, 2012
7:46 pm
NORM
Barbecue with all the kids and grandkids and then probably the Running Water Pow Wow in Rome on Monday weather and effects of the fire water permitting…
Recon 0311 2533
August 26th, 2012
7:53 pm
Ted Turner is a smacked ass.
josef
August 26th, 2012
7:54 pm
Funny, considering your confreres among the Putinites are suing Madonna for “publicly promoting the gay lifestyle…”
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
7:54 pm
josef: Will there be gambling? But seriously, what is it and what is there for a pale face and a pale face girl child to do. The Website isn’t very helpful…….
http://www.runningwaterpowwow.com/
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:00 pm
FRED
It’s at the park by the Ridge Mansion downtown. It’s not that big, but it makes up for that with the diversity of what they bring in. While it’s a Cherokee event, they bring performers and artisans from all over including South and Central America. It’s worth checking out if for no other reason than to get a little of that “we’re still here” feeling. For us, though, the fun is gawking at the Indians gawking at the Indians!
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
8:00 pm
Well, I just got done watching a 60 minutes repeat segment on Norquist. The problem with that guy is not that people shouldn’t pledge to do things but that he think one should always say never. I bet he thinks his marriage vows are for life. But I wonder if that would change were his wife to commit adultery one, two, or a dozen times. Even God Almighty is not bound by His promises under any and all circumstances.
Liberals are right about him – he has done a lot of harm to the GOP. Not because he opposes tax increases but because he apparently thinks the taxpayer pledge is the one pledge that should never be broken for any reason for all time. And I have already shown how he likely would not have the same attitude toward his marriage vows.
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
8:02 pm
I bet he thinks his marriage vows are for life.
I think that. what’s your point?
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
8:05 pm
Well it’s confirmed josef. We are going unless it rains.
godless heathen
August 26th, 2012
8:09 pm
Who’s got Labor Day plans…?
Not so much on Labor Day, but Saturday is the opening day of Dove Season, when I’ll be blasting small lead pellets into the sky in hopes that Zenaida macroura will somehow run into some of them.
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:11 pm
FRED
Unmentionable says he’ll do a no rain dance!
Recon 0311 2533
August 26th, 2012
8:14 pm
godless heathen,
Good hunting or I think it’s more appropriate to wish you good shooting when it comes to Doves.
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:17 pm
Heathen
Get them damn librul passifists! :-
St Simons - he-ne-ha
August 26th, 2012
8:19 pm
ah, the costumes, the jewelry, the really good drummers
aren’t the best dancers in the world, but yall do throw a good powow
“tohidu” – i believe, in your uppity language
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:19 pm
Towncrier
Liberals are right about him – he has done a lot of harm to the GOP. Not because he opposes tax increases but because he apparently thinks the taxpayer pledge is the one pledge that should never be broken for any reason for all time.
——————————————————————————————
That statement is one of the reasons I read your post,
There are no absolutes in politics.
godless heathen
August 26th, 2012
8:21 pm
Recon, we don’t hunt them. It’s more of an ambush.
We have been shooting on our farm every fall since I was old enough to hold a shotgun. I’d be afraid to have a soil sample of the field analyzed for lead. EPA would probably swoop in seize the property.
Recon 0311 2533
August 26th, 2012
8:22 pm
“Recon, we don’t hunt them. It’s more of an ambush”
LOL…good one.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:25 pm
Anyone who dove hunts is looking at frustration. Those are tough critters to take down.
Anyone that can take enough to have a meal has my admiration.
getalife
August 26th, 2012
8:27 pm
The only way we can tell the drunk Indians from the drunk Cajuns is the Indians have long hair.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:29 pm
Godless
what was that address again of the farm so I can let The ???? know?
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:29 pm
He ne ha…
Wa-do! U-wo-tlv-di o-s-da…and it ain’t the dance, but the drag, sez Unmentionable…
TaxPayer
August 26th, 2012
8:30 pm
Forty-three years since Neil set foot on the moon and the anti-science cons of the day birthed the mooner movement–a conspiracy that the moon landing never happened and that it was actually staged on a Hollywood set. Cons have been faithfully birthing loony conspiracies ever since.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:30 pm
getalife –
How is the weather there?
Be safe.
godless heathen
August 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
I hate I’m late to thread about Armstrong. Commander Armstrong took control of the Eagle at the critical time and FLEW that SOB to a safe landing, saving the mission. Here are a couple of videos showing those critical moments. The second one is rather tedious and the sound sucks, but the real geeks will like it. RIP Commander.
http://youtu.be/k_OD2V6fMLQ
http://youtu.be/lCXHcff0lFw
getalife
August 26th, 2012
8:33 pm
Common,
Just got back from New Orleans and now a trip to Dallas to seek higher ground.
I was hoping Isaac was a con radical and took a hard right turn but Isaac leaned left .
Liiiibeeeeraal.
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
getalife….
G Mare
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
Some several topics back, a poster gave me a hard time about something I wrote – can not recall the topic – & several of you came to my defense. Thank you; I so appreciated your good words.
godless heathen
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Taxpayer,
I actually met a moon landing denier the other day. I thought the fellow must have been kidding at first but turned out he was serious. I made one comment about the number of people that would have to keep the secret and then went on about my business. You can’t argue with a conspiracy theorist any more than you can argue with someone that accepts things on “faith”.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
godless
My mom thought it was staged.
Me, I thought it the greatest achievement of my life.
Other than a few things that have happened since then.
Towncrier
August 26th, 2012
8:37 pm
“I think that. what’s your point?”
I do as well. My point is that even the most serious of vows can be legitimately broken under some circumstances (in this case, adultery).
G Mare
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
Just dropped in to Jim’s & Kyle’s. I expected the vitriol at Kyle’s but was amazed at same on Jim’s. I thought Jim was pretty much neutral. Wrong?
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
GMARE
Who gave you a hard time? Just gimme a name. We’ll have the Gay Indian Jewish Romany Southern mafia on ‘em in a heartbeat…
godless heathen
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
Isaac going back to NOLA to finish them off. 7 years and billions of dollars spent resetting the trap.
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
getlife
Hopefully you do not sustain and property damage and good call on going to the Big D.
Have a safe trip. And keep us posted
Soothsayer
August 26th, 2012
8:42 pm
Isaac expected to be Cat 2 100 mph when it reaches Gulf Coast Tuesday. Holy Cow!
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:43 pm
any
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
8:43 pm
Who gave you a hard time?
All the lib women here can hold their own against any and all comers.
It’s when they gang up together that I find entertaining.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:43 pm
Grover Norquist holds waht office?
It’s strange that he holds so much power over the elected members.
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:46 pm
SOOTH
Cat 2, 100 mph…could be worse…
Getalife
Hope all goes well…
getalife
August 26th, 2012
8:46 pm
godless,
Business is booming in New Orleans and if you go to a Saint’s game it is a blast.
All the fine women love to dance to the songs played.
Thanks Both,
Will do.
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
gatalife
Been to a couple of Falcon & Saint games down in NO, as well as the Final Four and two Sugar Bowls
It gets to rockn and rolln down there for sure
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
“It’s when they gang up together that I find entertaining.”
‘Cept when it’s me they’re ganging up on…
TaxPayer
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
Eventually the people of New Orleans are just gonna have to face the music and pull the plug on those big water pumps and let the Gulf reclaim that which is rightfully hers.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
josef
Us breeder males know to get out of the way, or get run over.
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:54 pm
getalife
And to Mardi Gras several times, which of course makes those other events appear to be tame in comparison
josef
August 26th, 2012
8:56 pm
TAXI
Nope. Been there since 1721 and will be there long after we’re gone.
K’CHAK
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
8:59 pm
G Mare
On the weekends it’s kind of hands off. Be wary and be ready to do a smackdown as needed
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:59 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ0JgqoF2W4&feature=related
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
8:59 pm
josef
Yes it will
Soothsayer
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
As I understand it, Nawlins was at or slightly above sea level when originally built. However, over time, the city has actually sunk because of the loose sediment beneath the city. In fact, it’s still sinking at the present time. Not only that, there’s no practical way to stop it from sinking further.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
josef
‘Cept when it’s me they’re ganging up on…
————————————————————-
that’s because you say you own the boa…..
You stole it from DDR. I know because she told me. I believe everything women tell me
getalife
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
Thanks josef.
Both,
You got that right.
Bourbon Street gets wilder every time go.
TaxPayer
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
Been there since 1721 and will be there long after we’re gone.
Atlantis is still around too but no one lives there any more.
fair and balanced
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Thulsa Doom- It is probably hard for you to believe but a liberal Democrat -JFK was responsible for Armstrong going to the moon. And the cons want to question the patriotism of the Democrats when they are about to nominate a man who avided Vietnam by hiding in a Chateau in France??. Not one person in four or five generations of his family served. Even Obama can beat that.
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
Normal
Congrats bro. About the only vice I currently enjoy is my pair of vice grips. I’ve never smoked, never did drugs, don’t have the time to drink, so all I have left is my trusty vice grips. As of lately, I haven’t had the time to tinker with the classic either.
—————
Towncrier
The problem I have with Norquist and his pledge is that there seems to be vapor lock in the brain of anybody who signs it. I can understand the idea of not raising taxes on people. At the same time, the very people signing to never raise taxes both want to increase military spending and complain about the amount of debt we’re adding. I can’t grasp how most every citizen doesn’t automatically see the disconnect between those two positions.
You can’t possibly cut enough from the fed budget to lower the debt while still wanting to increase defense spending. Anybody who thinks that is possible is seriously brain cell deficient. The fact that we have over $15 trillion in deficit that’s gaining interest means that we will have to address revenues if there is any attempt, serious or not, at lowering that debt.
They BOTH suck
August 26th, 2012
9:11 pm
getalife
I actually like it better when I have been down there when it wasn’t Mardi Gras.
It can get too crazy.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:14 pm
Bro
Be careful with the vise grip and the KV jelly, you may smack you hand on the sink
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
9:16 pm
“It’s when they gang up together that I find entertaining.”
‘Cept when it’s me they’re ganging up on…
Ha ha hell!!! THAT’S when I pop my popcorn.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
9:17 pm
Norquist’s top priority is a government small enough to drown in the bathtub. So what if the country goes to hell.
The ends justifies the means.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:17 pm
Normal
Life is where it takes us. My A1C is borderline so I have to be careful. Older brothers and other family members also.
It is what it is my friend.
getalife
August 26th, 2012
9:18 pm
Both,
Me too.
It is easier to walk .
Josef
August 26th, 2012
9:18 pm
Then there’s the Dutch…it can be done
Common Sense
DDR lies. Wimmen do that, you know!
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
9:20 pm
NoCom
Josef
August 26th, 2012
9:22 pm
Brosephus
I bet you do! Choke on it…
Fred ™
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
Here’s a dedication from Diana Krall to Neil Armstrong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCgf6_M7i4
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
9:24 pm
DDR lies. Wimmen do that, you know!
I said, “Get out of the way”, not “Paint a target on your back”.
Geez….
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:25 pm
josef
wimmen lie?
Chit no wonder I been married 3 times……
I may have to turn reptilian………
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 26th, 2012
9:26 pm
“It’s when they gang up together that I find entertaining.”
‘Cept when it’s me they’re ganging up on…
that’s almost as entertaining….
The conned have no ability to even come close to rational responses. 
St Simons - he-ne-ha
August 26th, 2012
9:28 pm
haha, yep, yall definitely have the best costumes, josef
i hear story-telling is coming back too (my fav for the kids)
getalife
August 26th, 2012
9:30 pm
Normal,
I just tell the doctors that I quit so they will not nag me
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
9:30 pm
heathen nice call with those vids.
Thanks, paulo.
That wonderful Moody Blues piece is proof that you too love the creme de la creme of English music.
Back at ya, buddy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgOtLKttDU4&feature=related
TaxPayer
August 26th, 2012
9:31 pm
Here’s to sitting in a tin can. If you think about it, it truly does take a lot of guts to put your faith in Made in the USA. I mean, those tin cans could’ve been union made back then! The horrors.
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
9:33 pm
All the lib women here can hold their own against any and all comers.
Brother Kam, no kidding!
Call me crazy, but I LOVE strong, smart, interesting, funny, empowered ladies!
Especially those that are not sexually repressed like the con women! (grin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bucx2M-tYsY
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:33 pm
Keep
I TRY to stay on the correct side of the wimmin folks as they seem to have control of the important things in life
Motocross Survivor
August 26th, 2012
9:36 pm
@King of Everything, do you really not mind looking like an uneducated buffoon? I can remember when only a few uneducated blacks didn’t believe men walked on the Moon. So much for progress. The stupidity is spreading and the human race is in trouble.
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
9:37 pm
josef
I will not choke on that popcorn, but I will laugh my uppity urban ass off!!!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 26th, 2012
9:38 pm
Personally, I never know which is the “correct side”. If I knew that, I would have to start conversations by saying “I am a man, I must be wrong. I’m sorry”
Josef
August 26th, 2012
9:42 pm
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:43 pm
Jam
Call me crazy, but I LOVE strong, smart, interesting, funny, empowered ladies!
———–
That is my failing also. Difficult to find while traveling. But I will persevere
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:47 pm
Keep
You know you are wrong if you are a man.
After that everything becomes easier.
Brosephus™
August 26th, 2012
9:48 pm
Y’all have fun. It’s lights out time here.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 26th, 2012
9:48 pm
Especially those that are not sexually repressed like the con women! (grin)
Brother AmVet
Where to even begin….
Both of us have the same obsessor, even to the point of accusing (not a bad thing) us of being brothers.
My big question: WHERE THE HELL IS MIDORI?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEWiF2FxF5w
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
9:53 pm
Bro
when your wife gets married next month let me know how the ‘time split’ works.
I may try to convince the next mrs’ to try that option.
At least the alimony will be less
getalife
August 26th, 2012
9:56 pm
Just tell the ladies what they want to hear and give them lots of lovin.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:02 pm
get
I try that and they say that YOU are as old as getalife.
I take that as a compliment.
Old and still active
JamVet
August 26th, 2012
10:02 pm
Yea, Kam, but she does fit in well with the dbags over there like LIL BB, Andy and Tibby Dave.
I only spent about 10 days in Scotland but I still think about those special times…(Even the blinding hangover after Glasgow!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Y6xFOPPW0
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
August 26th, 2012
10:08 pm
What happened to Harry Callahan, that POS said he was so impotent to his company etc.
I don’t see him on Kyle’s or any place. Seems he wasn’t that impotent,