To our traveling companions on the highway of life

So, that’s where you are. Good thing to be doing. Nice selection for such a moment.

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Fabulous selection, Jay.

Everybody who loved the Fab Four was, and to some extent or another, still is, heartbroken at the loss of John and George.

All they did was change the world!

Speaking of which, as most of us know, another superlative English musician died much too young, earlier this week…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7-8sCLWwLk

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He’s headed home. RIP Alvin.

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Jam Vet, same page.

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He looks just like him.

“I am doing the best I can.

Now go away.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnrCyX_lR9A

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4XahBxDSHY

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmlnx2KmjFE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiE_5O9Dn0

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Matti, an ex-Marine buddy of mine and I were listening to that song earlier this week on his Pandora station. (Talk about a great job, he fixes telecom equipment while cranking the tunes!)

Great song…

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JAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPpX7msM88U

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8f7Kl36Vxo

Traffic was a great band….. Saw them on their 94 reunion tour.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqqN0_WCS28

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Take good care of yourself, and cherish the time you have with good friends and beloved family.

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matti

I was a lot better looking than THAT!

ZamVet

Ribbit…

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I had heard Jay was off interviewing for a job at Fox News.

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godless- I heard they were firing Hannity and hiring Jay to get some unbiased reporting of current events. Excellent selection.

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heathen, you’re bad, and dangerously close to turd-bowling.

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Forgot the obligatory smiley at the end of my last!

Wah-Wah…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usGObvP42GM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkGn9MO2mb8

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ0lNbHM93c

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-XeHmrNSoc

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Pandora is awesome on the iphone with good headphones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjHt2FEyuZk

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get

back at ya with the Soundgarden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn5OIo4FuPc

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Best song I think I have ever heard for the morning of someone.

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

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get

two more for ya

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7CPIXnaeeQ

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Both,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wYdUh05PJM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZRIO5PwG-E

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get

I don’t listen to as much of the “harder rock” as I used to, but these dudes are bad a$$……..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2F_hGwD26g

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmUZ6nCFNoU

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

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Peace be with you Jay.

for everyone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZbiZxA9b5k

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4CjpBg-l7Q

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

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TBS 6:31.

Absolutely!

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matti

but this is more what I looked like…

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

and well, SOME things DO change…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV9J4KI36_E

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Jam

Saw Plant a few times. The 1st time was at the Omni in the late 80s. He opened a can of whup ass when he started the show with………………

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

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“The only reason to come to America is to come to Clarksdale…”

–Thomas “Plant” Jefferson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9iOT3wpFjQ

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Jay,

Over the past couple of years I too have lost special people in by life. It sucks and I know your pain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtC7i4KMRgo

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TBS

Thanks for that Plant/Krauss…good example of what you were saying…

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Actually I feel pretty good today. I saw my sister’s art exhibit in Smyrna and then we went to a German bakery and pigged out. All this was after I dropped my RV off to be De-winterized and made ready for our first trip. But anyway…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo

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josef: Have you checked mail lately?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5DeIcYD6xE

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

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There seems to be a lot of “beating around the bush” so to speak. Here’s the real thing. At age 18 no less. One of my favorites.

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At Eddie’s Attic tonight…(In an email from the way cool UKBob.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akIoX-Nw7wI

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R C (R–apoi)

Raisin’ a bottle of PBR to you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-d5zxLJaKg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TFW1F6oY0

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Enough with the dirges. You may recognize Stevie Winwood who went on to Small Faces and then Traffic in this rare video. He sounds so much like Sam (or is it Dave) from Sam & Dave!

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My exit song…my wife’s dad flew spitfires in England but I
danced with a Cherokee…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZeuzXGFb0

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Interesting side note to Clapton’s guitars……. in a recent auction of famous guitars, Clapton had 4 of the top ten, the most expensive, a Fender stratocaster, brought close to 900K. I might ask all of you music buffs out there….. what was the guitar that brought the most money and who was the original owner?

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FROG

One of the most beautiful pieces of poetry in the English language to me. I’m telling my age here, but one of the stations in Jackson signed off (remember THAT) with High Flight…

And I”VE danced with a Cherokee, too. Still do on occasion, sometimes even standing up!

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Sooth:
One of my favorites

+1

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HEATHEN

Before I forget…thanks for turning me on to her….

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Ol’ Sooth’s had an exceedingly tough week. But I wanted to leave you with this humble Gospel song. I posted it the other night but I think everyone had already left. So, here it is again. Enjoy if you got ‘em. Goodnight and sleep well.

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This lovely young lady can’t sing either.

http://youtu.be/Wp8Vjz4p-j0

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Normal,

You are the god of hell fire!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qo0JXk_RE

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Dance betty, dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7fV-wB2z8

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Heathen
@ 8:25

They’re the real deal…my Pandora gospel station plays them…

FROG

Yeah, I figured that was the Cherokee you were talking about…

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josef 8:22
my mom’s chosen exit song..I’ve listened to her sing
it hundreds of times in church…another of her favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJUpl7JjOU

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moonbat

Are you saying Normal is a stranger whose car you went riding in… -)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6f593X6rv8

or was this him…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_9hfHvQSNo

Inquiring minds want to know…

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As a gift for a friend of mine, I bought this niiice classic Fender baseball cap a few years back, but I think it was a tad less than 2.7mil… Wow.

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One last one for you josef, you gospel loving MOT lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8YEgANLow

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FRED

One of my favorites…I like the idea of shaking Jesus’ hand…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6MINS2JE0U

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josef,

Thanks for the Jimi footage! Awesome! Also, thanks for the image of you in 1968-ish. Haha! We should all post something that looks like we used to look “back in the day.” You know, when we rode the highways of life with our traveling companions.

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FRED

“josef, you gospel loving MOT…”

We’ve got ours, too,…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMH9vV_45yM

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The morning after…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56k6QCjJnc

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“We should all post something that looks like we used to look “back in the day.” You know, when we rode the highways of life with our traveling companions.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c

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EC doing some old church lady hand clapping and Tim Carroll with some righteous guitar licks,

http://youtu.be/CuBmi9mjTw4

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moonbat betty,

WHOA…. powerful. I’ll spare y’all what I’m feeling after watching that one!

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moonbat

I love that video…

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josef my 9:29 was on the video you posted for Matti

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git down, Kam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NV_K4o4f_Q

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I’ve been waiting to post this for you music junkies

If you are one, you’ll probably find this fascinating

http://www.pbs.org/soundtracks/

Watch the video at the website

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I was trying to figure out where this one was recorded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxoM6trtZE

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a young barking frog

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

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barking frog

March 8th, 2013
9:29 pm

LOL. FNM is off the hook tonight.

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frog,

Oh, yeah… RP was totally hot!! That’s what young Matti went for. (Haven’t found an adequate representation of young Matti yet.)

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Too much great stuff to keep up with… and that Palmer vid was killer.

jo, the NO pics were great! As was the music.

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Very cool, Jm.

One world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQSX1Xrruk

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ZamVet

One of my folks down there sent that to me…that really is me @ :45…I remember WELL when this was taken, though I never knew the photographer! He was in the crowd, and was standing, uh, rather close at one point. Unmentionable smiled and told him he could take all the pictures he wanted, but that was ALL he was going to get…and then for this to show up in a video all these years later…strange twists and turns life takes, eh?

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FROG

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Dance betty, dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7PLcHnMNKE

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Jamvet 10:18

Yeah I thought so too

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EFg5eWWlM

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Come on, Kam, jump up on stage!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcdGteG3kc

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I’m trying to keep Kam jumping around, jo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifoy6_nARUc

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moonbat betty
and then…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OglaGA-UiLc

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Jump betty, jump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ5Z1jXms7A

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Ok, Kam, ride that pony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s05jcrJw0as

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmgh6pwYSA

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81ph3BslqQ

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moonbat,

Haha! I did “date” Mickey, (heh…) but this was more me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMxfC9N4tY

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Goodnight Bookmaniacs!

Louisiana Friday (or Sat) Night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljf4Lpj7CI

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Dang frog 11.34.

Thanks. Closing out with the master (fer real this time):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDf9UwHGF4

until next time…

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You managed to maintain your journalistic credibility throughtout this trip though the wonderland of billionaires. Good on you.

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All this gospel last night reminded me that I haven’t worshiped the Sun for awhile. Been up to watch the Sunrise…all and all, I gotta say…

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

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This week in New York, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is convening global delegates for its annual meeting. The priority this year? The prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women. Executive director of U.N. Women Michelle Bachelet has flatly declared: “Enough is enough.”

The world is watching. How are we going to address violence effectively, sustainably, and in a way that preserves freedom and returns stolen dignity to the women and girls of the world?
We need to look outside the box. Far outside. The real solutions lie on the periphery, in creative minds and unusual alliances.
Because when it comes to violence against women, there is no “typical” victim; the risk factor is simply being born female. There is no generation, race, culture, or socioeconomic group whose women and girls are immune to violence in its many forms: domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and harmful traditional practices. One of the most widespread violations of human rights, violence against women will directly impact one in three women living today, according to United Nations estimates.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/08/breaking-through-innovative-solutions-to-end-violence-against-women.html

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Jam,

Don’t fear the Reaper, right?

When I go, I just want to go naturally, and with dignity….smilin’ while I cross that dark room to the other door.

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Barking,
Navy feng-shui…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoNC52xF4RY

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In a world with children raised by women it would seem
violence against women would not exist maybe this advice
is appropriate,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKG0OIxNSw

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Normal – 8:28

That post makes you the smartest and most astute person in the room.

You are one of the few here who sees things as they really are, and not as you might wish them to be.

As for the Great Spirit, I’m afraid that’s just wishful thinking for those who just refuse to grow up.

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the piano is an orchestra in a box and you must be good
to open the box and let it all out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dM2qCCg6GE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHSR5VG0uU

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http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2013/03/08/310-luckovich-cartoon-memorial/?cxntfid=blogs_mike_luckovich

At Variety Playhouse tonight…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llz-n9MDhwM

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I think The Eagles, say it best…we’ve all eaten here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNa8jiApWo0

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OK, I’ve got all my work done, now time to play.

I’ll check in later to see what other sweet tunes that you sweet people have linked!

And did you say she was pretty
And did you say that she loves you
Baby, I don’t wanna know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PRaFoqQos4

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indigo,

Actually, for the woman getting her face pounded in, her abdomen stomped, and her shoulder twisted out of its socket, uh…. violence against women pretty much IS her biggest problem. Global warming, and over population, not so much. But thanks for sharing with us how much you care.

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Rightwing troll

March 9th, 2013
10:18 am

As my Granny used to say, “I’m too polite to agree with you, but I can’t say I disagree”.

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It’s about time one of you wingnuts spoke out against the Bush doctrine…

Little Tommy ain’t no wingnut. He’s a Paulnut. He’s on a whole different level of nuttiness…

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“Libertarians” are just Republicans too ashamed to admit it…AND they have no sense of history.

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kayaker

A friend of mine here in Athens is the brother of the Allman Brothers Band’s late road manager, Twiggs Lyndon. Gregg gave Twiggs Duane’s tobacco sunburst Les Paul after Duane died. Twiggs would be killed in a sky diving accident a few years later, so my friend decided to keep it and give it to Duane’s daughter, Galladrielle, when she turned 21.

He kept it for years in a closet in his law office which was in the same building as the Georgia Theater. It’s a good thing she turned 21 when she did, because not long after “Hotlanta” was delivered to her, the Georgia Theater burned down.

Galladriel has graciously donated it to the rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I don’t know what its value is today but any ‘58 Les Paul is very valuable no matter what its history. This particular one was found by Billy Gibbons for the man who sat at the number 2 spot on Rolling Stones list of best guitarists of all time for many years. It’s the guitar you hear on the “Live at Fillmore East” album.

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

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I say you should start with the poor since they are the drains on society and do not have the self control to only produce what they can take care of.

The Republicans WOULD nominate Hitler is given a chance. Absent that chance they are searching for someone like him.

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td

What a touching display of humanity. Did you learn this at your church?

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td is forgetting one of the fundamental requirements of the rich: Plenty of poor people to do the work that rich people don’t want to do. He’s also forgetting the economics of that dynamic: The fewer people there are to do the dirty work, the higher the demand and wages for them. D’OH! The Plutocratic Imperative requires that poor people do, in fact, continue breeding at a rate that keeps them in poverty, to achieve the desired level of working poor who are grateful (GRATEFUL they should be!!!) to have any kind of work at all, for whatever wage their record-pay-level bosses deem appropriate, without whining about benefits or rights or unions or any of that nonsense!

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“I say you should start with the poor since they are the drains on society and do not have the self control to only produce what they can take care of.”

I just love it when so-called Christian conservatives spout this kind of cr@p, exposing themselves as the total frauds they are. Jesus was an advocate for the poor, not the rich. Jesus didn’t have one good thing to say about rich people, it was the poor he was defending.

td, you are a fraud.

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Matti

March 9th, 2013
11:55 am

I think you are forgetting about the theory of diminishing return. When the cost outweighs the value then it is time to stop the product. With immigration on the rise and the quick availability of transporting the poor from around the world the uneducated and lazy citizens in this nation have become to much of a liability and have outlived their usefulness to society.

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The nazis as as far right as you can go dixie.

The nazis you are you dixie.

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Has anyone heard that Obama is going to do his part and cut his personal and family expenses by 30% or something like that…That’s a big deal. Thats leadership I didn’t think he was capable of…

A great sign for all of us…

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“I say you should start with the poor since they are the drains on society and do not have the self control to only produce what they can take care of.”

I just love it when so-called Christian conservatives spout this kind of cr@p, exposing themselves as the total frauds they are. Jesus was an advocate for the poor, not the rich. Jesus didn’t have one good thing to say about rich people, it was the poor he was defending.

td, you are a fraud.

It is you that is full of it for not having a true understanding of what the bible really states. Jesus said for the CHURCH (not the government) to take care of the widowed, the orphaned and the disabled. He said nothing about taking care of the able bodied that refuse to take advantage of the education opportunities that are given to them FREE or the unwilling to take the work that is available to them because they feel it is beneath them and would prefer to collect government benefits.

2 Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

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JamVet

March 9th, 2013
12:15 pm

You are absolutely right. The individual and the church has a calling to minister to the poor and take care of the disabled. There is nowhere in the passages you quoted saying it is the governments responsibility or duty.

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“of all of the seven deadly sins, Greed is the worst”

Bahumbug

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There is nowhere in the passages you quoted saying it is the governments responsibility or duty.

Neither does he say it is not.

And given that our government is of the people, by the people and for the people, I suggest that your interpretation is invalid.

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Jesus said for the CHURCH (not the government) to take care of the widowed, the orphaned and the disabled.”

Again, Jesus was an advocate for the poor, not the rich. Again, and this is the one you continually ignore, Jesus had nothing good to say about rich people. Republicans/Christian conservatives worship the rich.

‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

“When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

“The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

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Here’s another one Kam, Angel Food Ministries here in Georgia. (These Christian charities sure seem to love their private jets!)

ATHENS, Ga. —The founders and leaders of a Georgia-based ministry that sent discounted groceries to needy families across the country have pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Court records state that Pastor Wesley Joseph Wingo and Andrew Wingo both pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Linda Wingo also pleaded guilty to a charge that she concealed criminal activity by failing to tell law officers of the scheme to defraud the Monroe-based charity.

A former employee, Harry Michaels, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

A November 2011 indictment said ministry officials took millions of dollars from the organization to buy jewelry, athletic equipment, clothes and to make a down payment on a jet.

http://www.ajc.com/news/ap/crime/angel-food-ministry-defendants-enter-guilty-pleas/nWdgd/

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(These Christian charities sure seem to love their private jets!)

God doesn’t want them standing in lines at the airport with the hoi polloi as evidenced by all the money they receive in donations.

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“greed is good” – Jesus

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“The day you progressive/Democrats stop denying God and stop trying to strip his word out of everything public is the day I will consider what you have to say about what Christians should do.”

Now THAT’S moving the goalposts…

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getalife

March 9th, 2013
3:07 pm

jm is part of the problem,

Greed collapsed the economy stupid.

Yes the greed of people wanting more then they could afford crashed the economy. A good segment of our nation did not have the common sense to know that if you are only bringing in $30,000 a year then you could not afford a $200,000 home long term or if you were bringing in a combined income of $80,000 per year, the economy takes a downturn and one person looses their job then $40,000 per year is not enough to pay for a $400,000 home.

The government was greedy by wanting more tax money from property taxes so they changed the regulations on banks to support no money down payments on homes and by backing bad loans by the Federal government.

The banks were greedy by selling risky loans as derivatives (well that was not really greed but being smart).

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(well that was not really greed but being smart).

There’s your sign.

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Cherokee

March 9th, 2013
3:26 pm

“Jesus said for the CHURCH (not the government) to take care of the widowed, the orphaned and the disabled”

And as I’ve pointed out to you td, that is simply not true.

And where exactly did he say it was the governments responsibility and not the individual or the Church?

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“governments responsibility and not the individual or the Church?”

Not what I said of course. I’ll quote Brocephus here – I’m not going to try to defend words that you say.

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Cherokee

March 9th, 2013
3:37 pm

“governments responsibility and not the individual or the Church?”

Not what I said of course. I’ll quote Brocephus here – I’m not going to try to defend words that you say.

Then you are taking me out of context because that is exactly what I have been writing about.

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” (well that was not really greed but being smart).”

Yeah, it was ignorant enough to collapse the global economy and they want the new rules to stop it to end.

Another ignorant move.

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“The day you self proclaimed ‘Christian conservatives’ stop denying the totality of God’s word, and stop trying to twist Jesus’ teachings to match your own preconceived notions of reality, is the day that many of us will consider your suggestions for how things in this country should be managed.”

Very well said Cherokee.

I’m still waiting on td to give some examples of Jesus supporting the rich. Come on td, you’ve had all day, whats taking you so long? Why aren’t Christian conservatives speaking out against the rich?

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td I’ve talked with you enough to know I’m wasting my time, but go read what I said. I didn’t say it was either/or, as you imply in your 3:30 post. Ideally in a society set up based on Jesus’ teachings, the welfare of everyone would be the responsiblitiy of all three – the church, better off individuals, AND the government. They’re not mutually exclusive, as you try to make themin your question.

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U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)who is now tweeting about his favorite instances of government waste at #SequesterThis. He has pointed out that on the first day after sequestration the government had posted 606 new federal jobs, including one at the Food and Drug Administration for “social media management,” 23 openings related to recreation, four public affairs specialists and a “director of history and museum policies and programs” for the Air Force (salary $143,600 to $165,300).

Yet, the jackass failed to mention the number of job postings from the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH for positions with connections to Congress. When you point one finger out, there are 3 pointing right back.

All one has to do is look on usajobs.gov for Legislative Branch positions within the last 7 days. Effin’ hypocrite and complete dumbass. You would think one would do cursory research before making an ass of himself.

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Those individuals had their credit rating destroyed for seven years, td. They didn’t escape unharmed. Should be bring back debtors prisons? Would that sate your thirst for retribution?

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The evangelical zealots no longer even consider the fact that they have antithetical views with Jesus, concerning the wealthy and the poor, as written in Mark 10:17-25.

I find this important and something not discussed AT ALL as to why the evangelicals have been so widely rejected in this country for the past fifty years and why they have become the albatross of the GOP.

Vilify the weak and glorify the wicked; I just don’t see a lot of Jesus in that…

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Cherokee

March 9th, 2013
3:46 pm

td I’ve talked with you enough to know I’m wasting my time, but go read what I said. I didn’t say it was either/or, as you imply in your 3:30 post. Ideally in a society set up based on Jesus’ teachings, the welfare of everyone would be the responsiblitiy of all three – the church, better off individuals, AND the government. They’re not mutually exclusive, as you try to make themin your question.

And I will submit that government intervention has done nothing to resolve poverty and has really propagated an entitlement mentality that has hurt the poor. We have spend more then $16 trillion on the “great society” and today have just as high a % of poor in this nation as we did in 1964. On top of that we have created at least 20% of our population of entitled to government largess and no longer want to take care of themselves. .

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“it’s weird.”

It sure is. The Bible is the “literal truth” when they want to use it as a weapon, when it conflicts with their own lives the parts that conflict are ignored. The list of those conflicts is very long.

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td – 2:26 “the day you progressive/Democrats stop denying God”

If you can furnish us with hard evidence that God exists, maybe we will stop denying Him.

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And on another topic:

“HIGHLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A New York town that began assigning an armed police officer to guard a high school in the wake of the Connecticut massacre has suspended the program after an officer accidentally discharged his pistol in a hallway while classes were in session.”

Gosh who would have seen that coming???

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sean-mccutcheon-officer-gun-suspended.php?ref=fpa

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Wall Street and the private sector, not Fannie/Freddie triggered the crisis

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/10/12/53802/private-sector-loans-not-fannie.html

http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insights/blog/archives/2008/09/fannie_mae_and.html

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Goldman knew their sh*t stank, so they secretly placed bet against their products they sold to clients.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/11/01/77791/how-goldman-secretly-bet-on-the.html

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get, they took down Paterno’s statue, why not take down the Pope’s?

Talk about a cover up! Holy Cow, the Nixon administration would have been proud! (Even the mafia!)

But the evangelicals have created a situation almost as bad for themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M

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Little Kammy confusing CronyCapitalism with Capitalism……………and a Crony Market with a Freed market……again.

Little tommie-poo with the No True Scotsman logical fallacy.

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Jam,

If they arrested all the cardinals involved in the cover up, there would not be enough to elect the Pope.

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What a great story!

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Well, I’m doing my part to sacrifice for the sequester. I decided I would cut myself off at 18 PBRs for any night, just to recognize there’s some people that can’t hardly afford a 12-pack.

Have a good Saturday night everybody and don’t forget to get up for church tomorrow morning. Set your clock forward now and don’t you dare oversleep. You can always catch up on your sleep during the sermon.

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Jay, enjoy your weekend remembering a lost friend. I remember your article about him and glad you are celebrating his life. I always enjoy your Friday music highlights and when Clapton is involved, that is just a bonus. Maybe we can all learn something by the fact that George and Eric could remain good friends despite all the stuff that happened on the journey.

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southpaw

If you check back through, here’s what I was referring to earlier in reference to Sen. Coburn’s tirade.

http://www.senate.gov/employment/po/positions.htm

Revised: March 07, 2013 at 4:43 PM

221981 SUMMER INTERNS –
Senator Tom Carper is accepting applications for Summer Interns. This paid internship provides an inside look at the legislative process as interns perform research on a wide variety of legislative issues, compose memos and attend hearings and events throughout the Capitol….

That’s just the first seven listings. Notice the time that was updated. The last one that I put in bold is actually for paid SUMMER jobs, nevermind the fact that cuts are starting in the spring.

To give an idea of how assinine his argument is, here’s a link discussing his letter he wrote questioning the Executive Branch job postings. Note the difference in time from this article vs when the Senate job postings were updated.

Posted by Eric Yoder on March 7, 2013 at 10:45 am

In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said that on Monday, “the first business day after sequestration, there were 606 new federal jobs posted on usajobs.com,” the government’s central recruiting site.

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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators

By MATT GOURAS
Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before.

Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun rights, or buck his party. He chose the ban, and nearly lost his Senate seat.

Now, as he begins his campaign for a seventh term, Baucus faces the question again. For weeks, gun foes have sought assurances he would oppose the assault weapons ban. But it was only this past week he said he would oppose it.

That decision alone doesn’t settle the issue for his re-election campaign. His opponents are watching closely, eager to pounce as he navigates a series of other gun control proposals, including an expected call for universal background checks.

Baucus’ predicament is one that a group of Democrats like him in the West and South are facing. They hail from predominantly rural regions of the country where the Second Amendment is cherished and where Republicans routinely win in presidential elections.

From Montana to Louisiana, these anxious voters have made at least six Democratic senators a little uneasy heading into next year’s election season. Both sides are aware that gun-owners’ rights are taking shape as a campaign issue that could shift the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

“Make no mistake – it is a very delicate dance for rural state Democrats,” said Barrett Kaiser, a Democratic political consultant.

“I would be stunned if the Montana congressional delegation said anything but `hell no’ to gun control measures,” he added.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRO_GUN_DEMOCRATS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-09-19-27-44

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How bout yours?

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Does the FDA wake up in the morning?

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Damn, there he was all ready to troll last night with a new alt and everything. But alas, there was no one to troll………

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Now that we’re on Daylight Savings Time, once again lawmakers can proudly tell Americans they’re doing something about our energy problem.

Unfortunately, there’s not a shred of hard evidence this actually saves any energy at all.

Only in America.

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Heard on Fox “I am proud to be a bush”

Anyway- feel free to run with it.

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Thomas
Heard on Fox “I am proud to be a bush”
………………………………………………
I don’t know why, bushes have little wood…..

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Jam,

Everybody knows the “Godly” sows wild oats on Saturday night and goes to church Sunday morning to pray for a crop failure…

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a bush bass player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y59uSr6whHQ

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Ya know, the so called webmaster for Cox is a bush league ROOKIE. They have so many F-ups it’s unreal. Changing to Daylight saving time is EASY. There is an option to do it AUTOMATICALLY!!!!!!!!!

You would think they could hire someone decent but NO…………

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For Positive Jobs Report, Fox Cuts Coverage In Half

Furthermore, the majority of Fox’s coverage discussing the drop in unemployment used the news as a foil to bring up unrelated indicators or downplay its significance.

With Obama in office, good news is no news.

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The F-35 has features that make pilots drool. It is shaped to avoid detection by enemy radar. It can accelerate to supersonic speeds. One model can take off and land vertically. Onboard electronic sensors and computers provide a 360-degree view of the battlefield on flat-panel screens, allowing pilots to quickly identify targets and threats.

Although it is the costliest weapons system in U.S. history and the single most expensive item in the 2013 Pentagon budget, it will face only a glancing blow from the sequester this year. And as the White House and Congress contemplate future budgets, those pushing for additional cuts may find it difficult to trim more than a fraction of the Pentagon’s proposed fleet, even though the program is years behind schedule and 70 percent over its initial price tag.

But, yep, let’s sequester the pay of federal workers, cut national park service, cut Medicare, and probably threaten to shut down the government to cut entitlements instead of cutting the real “entitlement” programs such as the F-35. Defense contractors have created monopolies that make Standard Oil look like a board game.

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Brocephus? Are you still going to be on your girly mqan leave when the NCAA tourny starts? Maybe we can get together and watch the games on the first day. See if a couple of the other meatheads can joi us as well. Maybe get a bracket thing going.

I don’t care that much about B-ball anymore EXCEPT for that tourny. To me it’s one of the most exciting events around, especially when they get a good Cinderella story going. Someone like Valpo teeing up in the big boys’ butts.

Kam: Wanna come help me plow up my back yard, fill it full of cow crap, and plant a garden lol?

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Fred ™

tm will probably give you a wholesale price on bull crap.

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Fred

It time for me to call my guy to come disc up the ground. Then he’s gotta come back a month later to rotovate.

I’m kinda ambivalent about gardening this year. I think I’ll let the bigger of the two plots go to grass. I’ll plant tomatoes, but I haven’t decided what else.

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Kam: I’m not sure what all I’m going to do. I’m going to do the backyard and see how that gores this year and maybe next year see if my neighbor will let me use a lot he bought that has nothing on it. I’ll do peas, beans, corn (maybe) yeller squish, maters, okra, greens, asparagus (I think it takes two years for that) and herbs and spices out front. I’ll see what the wimmins want me to grow as well. Oh and peppers (sweet not hot). Pumpkins? Butternut? I’ll see how much room I have. I’m wanting to see how much I can freeze or can. It would be cool to grow enough to last the year.

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Fred

You’re gonna need a lot of sunlight, so if you got trees — they gotta go.

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Kam @ 11:17

You could have namejacked more than a few with that one, and it would have been very believable.

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Fred

Gotta head back into the salt mines this week. I’ll look into that though. Like you, I don’t watch too much basketball until tourney time.

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Hey Fred, wasn’t it td that was worried about the Chinese military the other day??? Guess he doesn’t know the extent of their environmental problems. They’re gonna kill themselves off before they can wipe anybody else out.

A choking smog in Beijing in January, far above hazardous levels, has been one of the most dramatic signs of China’s environmental problems, but Dong is convinced that soil pollution is the country’s “silent killer.”

About 40 percent of China’s agricultural land is irrigated with underground water, of which 90 percent is polluted, according to Liu Xin, a food and health expert and a member of an advisory body to parliament, who was quoted in the Southern Metropolitan Daily.

http://news.yahoo.com/china-public-anger-over-secrecy-environment-033012400–business.html

Give them a few more years, and they’ll be able to use their water for a gas substitute and we’ll see a serious drop in the price of oil. Just goes to show that history repeats itself when people don’t pay attention. The US has already gone through the environmental issues with expansive growth. They could have looked at our past and avoided doing the same things. Instead, they’re gonna set one of their rivers on fire just like we did in Ohio long ago.

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Brocephus; It’s hard to tell who it REALLY was as it was an alt doing the talking. LOL I made a typo and that dumb ass doomy has been going on about it ever since. The alt very well could have been Doomy. He has to use alts because so many of us just scroll on past anything with his name on it and won’t reply to him.

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All the cons have cut and run on this blog so politics is over.

It is now a sports, cooking and growing blog.

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Hey Jerome

2-2 tie at Old Trafford.

We get to do it again.

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Well Getalife, if they had something interesting, or even sane to say we would talk to them………..

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It is a beautiful day in my home town for the race today.

I have to go with my homeboy and predict Kyle Busch wins today.

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Fred,

Born in Vegas but never posted at RacingOne.

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Fred,

Harvick is my Brother’s favorite driver and most fans hate the Busch’s attitude problem.

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Slow day, I see. Question number one: is the posting time correct.

Second thing

GOOD FIGHT
In all of this hoop-lah with President Obama, I’ve noticed that virtually nobody seems to have a mixed opinion about him or the capacity for “judging” him based on specific actions/policies. One is either “he does no wrong” or “he does no right.”

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I’ve noticed that virtually nobody seems to have a mixed opinion about him…

Hey, I’m somebody and I do! (Though some doubt whether I’m a real this, that or the other!)

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

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GOOD FIGHT

Time? Imam? There is that…

ZamVET

But, do you eat quiche?

BROSEPHUS

No. You’re a virtual nobody!

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Ooops…

Sorry, K’chak…that was your comment on the Imam knowing what we’re typing. He should’ve corrected that before it was posted.

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getalife

Spring ball starts Thursday in B.R. I think the Cameron hire was CLM’S best lick yet. ZM’s 8th coach in nine years but he’s pretty psyched. Look for much more offensive production this year, but can they fill all those holes on defense?

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K’CHAK

Yeah. I forgot that…

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getalife

It’s not too late to get on the Joe Gibbs wagon.

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“I’ve noticed that virtually nobody seems to have a mixed opinion about him or the capacity for “judging” him based on specific actions/policies”

But not ACTUALLY nobody. I’ve had a very mixed opinion of him.

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Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) on Monday called for the creation of a new federal grant program that would spend half a billion dollars to educate teenagers about why they should not have sex before marriage.

I thought we were supposed to be sequesterin’.

$550 million.

I can do it for half of that.

Kids — just say no.

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Bro,

Um, no Gibbs racing for me.

It was a good race.

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Kamchak

Sequester is for libruls and their stuff only.

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getalife

Missed most of it and caught it after he took the checkered.

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Has the rapture happened ?

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GOOD FIGHT

Jokes aside, my main (not Maine!) objection to his presidency has been his centricism. I am not myself a centrist. However, what I subscribe to for myself is not of necessity what I think is in the best interest of the country. The funny thing, to me at least, is that it’s generally where the left attacks him, he gets the most points from me, and where they sing his praises, where he gets the fewest. But, in the long run, it’s all political…

And his health care? Don’t get me started…nationalize it and be done with it…

BTW
THAT was an interesting video…

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Dang it….I was sure that video would stir josef up more than Sherman whupping Lee in mud wrassling or monster trucks.

josef, my own feeling is that a lot of that “centrist” is the result of political play but I haven’t golfed with him to know for sure.

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In all of this hoop-lah with President Obama, I’ve noticed that virtually nobody seems to have a mixed opinion about him or the capacity for “judging” him based on specific actions/policies. One is either “he does no wrong” or “he does no right.”

Really? You never read my stuff lol? I think he’s “ok.” He’s not in my opinion great or even especially good. Given the circumstances when he was elected, he was/is, while the better of the candidates, the wrong man. We needed a leader and he’s a manager. Of course no LEADERS have run for the office in a while.

Colin Powell would have been a LEADER. He didn’t run. I think Zell Miller would have been a leader, he didn’t run either. Warren Buffet is a leader. Steve Jobs, Arthur Blank, Bill Gates. Leaders.

Nick Saban, (stay with me lol) leader, Mark Richt, manager. The list of leaders is short because in our current culture, leaders are disdained. Folks act like we don’t need them, but we do. Civilization never moved forward because of a consensus, it moved forward when a LEADER led.

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I don’t think “I will duel you” is leadership or the lies Powell told about Iraq.

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Speaking of leadership, most pols think weed should be legal but few in Washington have the guts to say it.

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Zell Miller a leader? Well, maybe in his younger years, before the dementia caught up with him. And maybe Colin Powell, before he was duped by Cheney, et al. As for the business men, quite possibly.

BTW, Frog, thanks for the birthday greeting the other night – much appreciated.

And yes, pot should, indeed, be legalized! No, I was too chicken to ever try it; what with wine & regular cigs, I think I don’t need another vice, tho I do buy a lottery ticket once in a while.

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td,

The majority of voters are informed around election time.

The child like bickering makes them lose interest.

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Kam – Great second half by the Blues. Really had us on our heels and we were lucky to get out of there tied.

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Mornin’. Such as it is.

I’m ready to start a Leave My F….. Clock Alone movement.

Count me in. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our clocks, whatever the cost may be.

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

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Everyone should just make up their own time. I would
prefer a Darkness Saving Time as the Sun has been
declared a Hazard to Health.

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GH, time inspired a pretty decent Bowie tune from his glam-rock days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPFzj3UnNw

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Actually, that post @ 7.44 should’ve been directed at BF

(not to be confused with my BFF).

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godless, stands

Lengthy periods of Daylight Savings Time is our lawmakers way of addressing America’s energy problems. Even though theres little evidence it actually saves any energy, our politicians will stick like super glue to this time change. So, if questioned by the public as to what they’re doing about our energy problems, they have a ready answer and will swear it really does save energy.

Only in America.

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stands 7:44(ajc time)
you have again confirmed my belief that time is useless
except for lunch dates….

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It is completely ridiculous to change the time every year……. no good purpose comes from it. The gub’ment just can’t leave the private sector (nature) alone.

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“All things must pass” – Four minus years and counting for the “passing” of the Obama reign.

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Morality, the very song I played frequently to sustain me during your “Decider’s” reign.

And I have no way of knowing, of course, but I suspect that Harrison would have been infinitely less impressed with George than Barack.

But play on to whatever tune moves you…

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BF 8:08 Best I know Sam is still working – his last album was in 2009. He and Dave were inducted in to the Music Hall of Fame and are known as the best duo in music history. worked together, off and on, from the early 60’s until 1981 when Dave died on “dead man curve”. Of course “Soul Man” was their most successful song and was used in the Blues Brothers movies where Sam had a “cameo” role. An amusing note – Obama was using Sam & Dave’s music in his campaign rallies without asking Sam’s permission and Sam sued Obama and won the lawsuit. He also sued Bob Dole when Dole changed the lyrics in his campaign to “Dole Man”. Sam liked suing people/

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Dole changed the lyrics in his campaign to “Dole Man”.

That’s funny for so many reasons.

heading upstairs for entitlement SHEETZ.

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