Thursday Mick For A Day Open Comments

Happy St Patrick’s Day y’all.

Even though he’s the patron saint of Ireland, Patrick was a Scot.

St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world’s most popular saints.
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461.
Along with St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, the secular world shares our love of these saints. This is also a day when everyone’s Irish.
There are many legends and stories of St. Patrick, but this is his story.
Patrick was born around 385 in Scotland, probably Kilpatrick. His parents were Calpurnius and Conchessa, who were Romans living in Britian in charge of the colonies.

Even though he’s a Scot, I’ll forgo the scotch tonight in favor of some Guiness and maybe a wee dram of Bushmill’s.


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  1. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Aye top-o-tha-marnin to Ye Hamoustonians™ !!

  2. Katfish Avatar

    Aye top-o-tha-marnin to Ye Hamoustonians™ !!

  3. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    May you be in Heaven a full half hour before the Devil knows you’re dead

  4. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    May you be in Heaven a full half hour before the Devil knows you’re dead

  5. Tedtam Avatar

    I used to work with a hulk of a man straight from Ireland. I loved to listen to him talk, his accent was great! Anyway, Paul scoffed every St. Pat’s Day at we Americans. Apparently, in Ireland they don’t make such a big deal of this day as we do.

    Kinda like Cinco de Mayo in Mexico. It’s a minor even there, but here in America we’ve blown it up into a huge deal.

    I wonder how big the Fourth of July is in India?

  6. Tedtam Avatar

    I used to work with a hulk of a man straight from Ireland. I loved to listen to him talk, his accent was great! Anyway, Paul scoffed every St. Pat’s Day at we Americans. Apparently, in Ireland they don’t make such a big deal of this day as we do.
    Kinda like Cinco de Mayo in Mexico. It’s a minor even there, but here in America we’ve blown it up into a huge deal.
    I wonder how big the Fourth of July is in India?

  7. Katfish Avatar

    Libertarian driver hits a power pole.

    While he was shooting smack.

    If you’re gonna go libertarian, you might as well go all-in.

  8. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Libertarian driver hits a power pole.
    While he was shooting smack.
    If you’re gonna go libertarian, you might as well go all-in.

  9. Tedtam Avatar

    Those dang Tea Partiers! When will they learn that violence isn’t the way to solve things?!

    Story to show up in the MSM news in 5….4….3….2….1….1…..1…..1…..1…..1….

  10. Tedtam Avatar

    Those dang Tea Partiers! When will they learn that violence isn’t the way to solve things?!
    Story to show up in the MSM news in 5….4….3….2….1….1…..1…..1…..1…..1….

  11. Hamous Avatar

    May God bless the souls of all that love Ireland
    May HE turn the hearts of those who don’t
    And if their hearts won’t change
    May He turn their ankles so we can recognize them by their limping!

  12. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    May God bless the souls of all that love Ireland
    May HE turn the hearts of those who don’t
    And if their hearts won’t change
    May He turn their ankles so we can recognize them by their limping!

  13. Katfish Avatar

    #3 crazy aunt
    They’ve devolved into excuses to go out and get loaded. We’ve got springtime covered; I think we need to check and see which countries have minor holidays in the fall that we can hijack.

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #3 crazy aunt
    They’ve devolved into excuses to go out and get loaded. We’ve got springtime covered; I think we need to check and see which countries have minor holidays in the fall that we can hijack.

  15. Tedtam Avatar

    And again, the party name is “Democrat” NOT “Democratic”! I think these people have proven that point (I cannot link to the source because it’s a Righthaven scumbottomfeedingsucking client):

    It seems that two Democrat party leaders in Oakland County (near Detroit) filed illegal paperwork to put fake Tea Party candidates on the ballot. The idea was to siphon votes from the Republican candidates so the Democrat would win. One man had no idea he was on a ballot until he was told of the investigation. The charges could land these scumbags, and others still under investigation, in jail for fourteen years. I hope they serve every last minute for trying to destroy a legitimate voting system through their system of lying and cheating.

    It’s like Rush says – when you can’t win in the arena of ideas…..

  16. Tedtam Avatar

    And again, the party name is “Democrat” NOT “Democratic”! I think these people have proven that point (I cannot link to the source because it’s a Righthaven scumbottomfeedingsucking client):
    It seems that two Democrat party leaders in Oakland County (near Detroit) filed illegal paperwork to put fake Tea Party candidates on the ballot. The idea was to siphon votes from the Republican candidates so the Democrat would win. One man had no idea he was on a ballot until he was told of the investigation. The charges could land these scumbags, and others still under investigation, in jail for fourteen years. I hope they serve every last minute for trying to destroy a legitimate voting system through their system of lying and cheating.
    It’s like Rush says – when you can’t win in the arena of ideas…..

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    My sister sent me this email:

    Be sure to take a look at the full moon this Saturday night, March 19. I retrieved this article today from the Farmer’s Almanac website. I’ve seen something like this before – driving home from work the moon was on the horizon – absolutely HUGE and stunning.

    Be sure to head outside this week to observe the largest full Moon in nearly 20 years. This month’s full Moon, which takes place on March 19, will be a “SuperMoon,” and could appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a normal full Moon.

    So, what is a SuperMoon, anyway, and what causes it? SuperMoons are caused by the shape of the Moon’s orbit, which is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits the Earth once each month, and each month reaches a point furthest from the Earth, called apogee, and closest to the Earth, called perigee.

    A SuperMoon occurs when the Moon is at least 90% of the way to its perigee position at the same time it is full or new. An extreme SuperMoon is when a full or new Moon happens at the same time the Moon is close to 100% average perigee.

    The reason these two Moon phases are singled out is because each of them means that the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment. When the Moon is full, it sits exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. When the Moon is new, it sits between the Earth and the Sun. In both cases, the gravitational pull from these two bodies – the Moon and the Sun – combine to create larger than normal tides, called “spring tides,” on Earth. When the Moon is also at perigee at this time, the effect is magnified into what is called a “proxigean spring tide.”

    Of course, a new Moon at perigee isn’t very exciting to look at – because the new Moon does not reflect the Sun’s light, it is invisible – so full SuperMoons get much more attention than new SuperMoons.

    There are actually about four or five SuperMoon events each year, only about half of which are full SuperMoons. Extreme SuperMoons are more rare and occur at varying intervals ranging from as little as a year to 20 years or more.

    This week’s extreme SuperMoon will be the fourth we’ve seen since 2005. It will also be the largest and brightest since 1992. You may wonder how that’s possible. Just as the Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, it also varies slightly from month to month and year to year. Its perigee during one month may be slightly farther from the Earth than its perigee the next month. This week, the Moon will be 221,567 miles away, just a tiny bit closer than its average closest distance of about 223,500 (the Moon’s average distance from the Earth is 235,000, and its average furthest distance is 248,000 miles).

    The Internet is currently abuzz with many people speculating that extreme SuperMoons can cause natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. Some are even blaming last week’s earthquake and tsunami activity in Japan and the Pacific Ocean on the upcoming SuperMoon event. Most astronomers dismiss this line of thinking, though, arguing that the 2,000-mile difference is minimal in the grand scheme of things – less than 1% of the Moon’s total distance from the Earth – and unlikely to cause much disruption on Earth, beyond the usual proxigean spring tide. These tides are usually stronger when the Moon is new than when it’s full, so the conventional wisdom is that the upcoming event will result only in slightly higher than normal spring tides.

    Regardless of what you believe about the SuperMoon’s impact on Earth, one thing is certain: if the sky is clear, we’ll all get to see one amazing view this coming Saturday night. Don’t miss it!
    *********************

    I can hear it now….

  18. Tedtam Avatar

    My sister sent me this email:
    Be sure to take a look at the full moon this Saturday night, March 19. I retrieved this article today from the Farmer’s Almanac website. I’ve seen something like this before – driving home from work the moon was on the horizon – absolutely HUGE and stunning.
    Be sure to head outside this week to observe the largest full Moon in nearly 20 years. This month’s full Moon, which takes place on March 19, will be a “SuperMoon,” and could appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter than a normal full Moon.
    So, what is a SuperMoon, anyway, and what causes it? SuperMoons are caused by the shape of the Moon’s orbit, which is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse, or oval, shape. The Moon orbits the Earth once each month, and each month reaches a point furthest from the Earth, called apogee, and closest to the Earth, called perigee.
    A SuperMoon occurs when the Moon is at least 90% of the way to its perigee position at the same time it is full or new. An extreme SuperMoon is when a full or new Moon happens at the same time the Moon is close to 100% average perigee.
    The reason these two Moon phases are singled out is because each of them means that the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment. When the Moon is full, it sits exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. When the Moon is new, it sits between the Earth and the Sun. In both cases, the gravitational pull from these two bodies – the Moon and the Sun – combine to create larger than normal tides, called “spring tides,” on Earth. When the Moon is also at perigee at this time, the effect is magnified into what is called a “proxigean spring tide.”
    Of course, a new Moon at perigee isn’t very exciting to look at – because the new Moon does not reflect the Sun’s light, it is invisible – so full SuperMoons get much more attention than new SuperMoons.
    There are actually about four or five SuperMoon events each year, only about half of which are full SuperMoons. Extreme SuperMoons are more rare and occur at varying intervals ranging from as little as a year to 20 years or more.
    This week’s extreme SuperMoon will be the fourth we’ve seen since 2005. It will also be the largest and brightest since 1992. You may wonder how that’s possible. Just as the Moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle, it also varies slightly from month to month and year to year. Its perigee during one month may be slightly farther from the Earth than its perigee the next month. This week, the Moon will be 221,567 miles away, just a tiny bit closer than its average closest distance of about 223,500 (the Moon’s average distance from the Earth is 235,000, and its average furthest distance is 248,000 miles).
    The Internet is currently abuzz with many people speculating that extreme SuperMoons can cause natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. Some are even blaming last week’s earthquake and tsunami activity in Japan and the Pacific Ocean on the upcoming SuperMoon event. Most astronomers dismiss this line of thinking, though, arguing that the 2,000-mile difference is minimal in the grand scheme of things – less than 1% of the Moon’s total distance from the Earth – and unlikely to cause much disruption on Earth, beyond the usual proxigean spring tide. These tides are usually stronger when the Moon is new than when it’s full, so the conventional wisdom is that the upcoming event will result only in slightly higher than normal spring tides.
    Regardless of what you believe about the SuperMoon’s impact on Earth, one thing is certain: if the sky is clear, we’ll all get to see one amazing view this coming Saturday night. Don’t miss it!
    *********************
    I can hear it now….

  19. Hamous Avatar

    Pirates beware. . . . . . . . .ARRRRRRRRRRGH

    The LCS is an entirely new breed of U.S. Navy warship. A fast, agile, and networked surface combatant, LCS’s modular, focused-mission design will provide Combatant Commanders the required warfighting capabilities and operational flexibility to ensure maritime dominance and access for the joint force. LCS will operate with focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute missions including, Special Operations Forces (SOF) support, high-speed transit, Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP).

    Maritime Interdiction Operations is Navy-speak for BLASTING PIRATES OUT OF THE WATER!. . . . . . . . . . . AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGH!
    Lots of really great pics there with descriptions.

  20. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Pirates beware. . . . . . . . .ARRRRRRRRRRGH

    The LCS is an entirely new breed of U.S. Navy warship. A fast, agile, and networked surface combatant, LCS’s modular, focused-mission design will provide Combatant Commanders the required warfighting capabilities and operational flexibility to ensure maritime dominance and access for the joint force. LCS will operate with focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute missions including, Special Operations Forces (SOF) support, high-speed transit, Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP).

    Maritime Interdiction Operations is Navy-speak for BLASTING PIRATES OUT OF THE WATER!. . . . . . . . . . . AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGH!
    Lots of really great pics there with descriptions.

  21. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #11
    I saw a ship similiar to this in Norway a couple of years ago. Sleek and fast looking with no visible armaments. It just looked like it was saying, “Go ahead, try it punk.”

  22. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #11
    I saw a ship similiar to this in Norway a couple of years ago. Sleek and fast looking with no visible armaments. It just looked like it was saying, “Go ahead, try it punk.”

  23. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Iowahawk outlines the President’s plan for financing the nation during the coming year. After reading this, you will clearly understand how easy it is for anyone to be President.

    http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html

  24. El Gordo Avatar

    Iowahawk outlines the President’s plan for financing the nation during the coming year. After reading this, you will clearly understand how easy it is for anyone to be President.
    http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/feed-your-family-on-10-billion-a-day.html

  25. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    tnote to Bob.
    Why don’t you buy or get her to buy one of those little compressors that plug into the cigarette lighter in the car? They work good, are cheap and don’t take up much trunk space.
    http://www.nextag.com/portable-car-air-compressor/products-html

  26. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    tnote to Bob.
    Why don’t you buy or get her to buy one of those little compressors that plug into the cigarette lighter in the car? They work good, are cheap and don’t take up much trunk space.
    http://www.nextag.com/portable-car-air-compressor/products-html

  27. Hamous Avatar

    Ann Coulter does her standard incredible job of blasting the fear mongers right out of the Nuke Plant.

  28. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Ann Coulter does her standard incredible job of blasting the fear mongers right out of the Nuke Plant.

  29. Hamous Avatar

    #14 TEX: You can get one of those gizmo’s at any auto parts house and prolly wally world or sams. They are a great investment. Back in the 80’s when I was on a deer lease, I wore out 2, needless to say they paid for themselves many many times over. On the linkie thingie there is one for 10 bucks + shipping – that pays for itself on the first use in convenience alone.

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #14 TEX: You can get one of those gizmo’s at any auto parts house and prolly wally world or sams. They are a great investment. Back in the 80’s when I was on a deer lease, I wore out 2, needless to say they paid for themselves many many times over. On the linkie thingie there is one for 10 bucks + shipping – that pays for itself on the first use in convenience alone.

  31. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #14 I’ve had several of those small compressors. They burn themselves up pretty quickly, depending on how often they’re used and how flat the tire is. I’ve been meaning to get both girls another.

  32. bob42 Avatar

    #14 I’ve had several of those small compressors. They burn themselves up pretty quickly, depending on how often they’re used and how flat the tire is. I’ve been meaning to get both girls another.

  33. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    From the White House press briefing yesterday:

    Q And if I can ask you about the transparency award the President is receiving today. The AP has a report that indicates FOIA requests were up last year but action was taken in fewer cases and agencies took longer, in fact, to give out records. So, if I could, how has the President earned a transparency award?
    MR. CARNEY: Wendell, as you know — and I assume you’ve got your tongue stuck firmly in your cheek when you ask that question — this President has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that. And this is not an award that he is — that we are giving to him or he is giving to himself. This is an award from an outside organization that has recognized the achievements this administration has made.
    I mean, I can provide you the details. On the issue of FOIA requests, the fact is, is that we have — federal agencies in this administration, under President Obama’s leadership and directives, have disclosed more information and withheld less information in response to FOIA requests, precisely because of the directives that this President has made. And we believe, the President believes, that greater openness and transparency strengthens our democracy, promotes efficiency and effectiveness in government, and he will continue to pursue the initiatives that he believes very much are in the interests in the American people.

  34. Katfish Avatar

    We’re all doomed. Southern California will be hit by the spreading radiation plume from Japan tomorrow, delivering between 0.001 and 0.1 “arbitrary units” of radiation over an indeterminant time period.

    Panic level set to super-duper high.

  35. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    We’re all doomed. Southern California will be hit by the spreading radiation plume from Japan tomorrow, delivering between 0.001 and 0.1 “arbitrary units” of radiation over an indeterminant time period.
    Panic level set to super-duper high.

  36. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #3 Tedtam

    I wonder how big the Fourth of July is in India?

    I was over there for a while in the mid 80’s, the fourth was just for expats, however Christmas was surprisingly a BIG deal with the lights, trees, music, etc. No manger scenes, though.

  37. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #3 Tedtam

    I wonder how big the Fourth of July is in India?

    I was over there for a while in the mid 80’s, the fourth was just for expats, however Christmas was surprisingly a BIG deal with the lights, trees, music, etc. No manger scenes, though.

  38. Hamous Avatar

    #19 Pyro: From your blockquote:

    this President has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that.

    ARE YOU WISSIN KIDDING ME???? I guess that is why he has spent $MILLIONS$ to keep his birth certificate, passport records, college transcripts, grad school transcripts, law school transcripts, student loan info, etc. opaque so that we would not know what is there?!?
    I just thought Slick Willie was a lying sack of feces; this guy really takes the cake. Suffice to say my BS-O-Meter has been pegged out for quite some time.

  39. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #19 Pyro: From your blockquote:

    this President has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that.

    ARE YOU WISSIN KIDDING ME???? I guess that is why he has spent $MILLIONS$ to keep his birth certificate, passport records, college transcripts, grad school transcripts, law school transcripts, student loan info, etc. opaque so that we would not know what is there?!?
    I just thought Slick Willie was a lying sack of feces; this guy really takes the cake. Suffice to say my BS-O-Meter has been pegged out for quite some time.

  40. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Texas to change death cocktail for condemned inmates
    By PEGGY O’HARE
    HOUSTON CHRONICLE
    March 16, 2011, 11:47PM

    The state prison system is making the most substantial change ever to the ingredients of the lethal injections used to execute condemned Texas inmates since 1982 because one of its three main drugs, a powerful sedative, is no longer being manufactured in the U.S.

    But an attorney for a Tarrant County man scheduled to be executed next month said she is “appalled” and “horrified” by the decision because she is concerned the change has not been thoroughly investigated or subject to public scrutiny.

    The attorney anticipates challenging the matter in court.

    Administrators for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice decided this week to replace sodium thiopental — the sedative given to condemned inmates before they are executed — with pentobarbital, a drug that has similar properties.

    The change was necessary because the only U.S. company that manufactured sodium thiopental stopped making the drug, said TDCJ spokeswoman Michelle Lyons.

    Oklahoma made the same change recently to its so-called “death cocktail” and while some death row inmates’ attorneys challenged the move in that state, courts upheld and supported the change there.

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7475271.html

    Hasn’t been studied enough? How about this from the AVMA (American Vetinary Medical Assc.) This study covers euthanizing everything from mice to elephants. I know it works because I have assisted in putting down several dogs and horses. BTW This study includes ALL types of euthanization, from breaking necks to shooting.

    Those lawyer type wisses chap my cheeks.

    AVMA Guidelineson
    Euthanasia
    (FormerlyReportoftheAVMAPanelonEuthanasia)

    http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

  41. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Texas to change death cocktail for condemned inmates
    By PEGGY O’HARE
    HOUSTON CHRONICLE
    March 16, 2011, 11:47PM
    The state prison system is making the most substantial change ever to the ingredients of the lethal injections used to execute condemned Texas inmates since 1982 because one of its three main drugs, a powerful sedative, is no longer being manufactured in the U.S.
    But an attorney for a Tarrant County man scheduled to be executed next month said she is “appalled” and “horrified” by the decision because she is concerned the change has not been thoroughly investigated or subject to public scrutiny.
    The attorney anticipates challenging the matter in court.
    Administrators for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice decided this week to replace sodium thiopental — the sedative given to condemned inmates before they are executed — with pentobarbital, a drug that has similar properties.
    The change was necessary because the only U.S. company that manufactured sodium thiopental stopped making the drug, said TDCJ spokeswoman Michelle Lyons.
    Oklahoma made the same change recently to its so-called “death cocktail” and while some death row inmates’ attorneys challenged the move in that state, courts upheld and supported the change there.

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7475271.html
    Hasn’t been studied enough? How about this from the AVMA (American Vetinary Medical Assc.) This study covers euthanizing everything from mice to elephants. I know it works because I have assisted in putting down several dogs and horses. BTW This study includes ALL types of euthanization, from breaking necks to shooting.
    Those lawyer type wisses chap my cheeks.

    AVMA Guidelineson
    Euthanasia
    (FormerlyReportoftheAVMAPanelonEuthanasia)

    http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf

  42. Katfish Avatar

    Gang of cats the size of dogs terrorizing Australian neighborhood.

    From the comments:

    Certainly they can’t be the size of real dogs. Maybe sissy dogs. Catch em’ and grill em up. Tastes like chicken and you get four legs.

    outdoor cats are vermin and there should be open season, no bag limit, everywhere they live. They are an invasive, non-natural species with few predators (coyotes here in the US), spread disease, wipe out beneficial songbird populations and now this. Don’t get me wrong, I love cats, really. I just can’t eat a whole one.

  43. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Gang of cats the size of dogs terrorizing Australian neighborhood.
    From the comments:

    Certainly they can’t be the size of real dogs. Maybe sissy dogs. Catch em’ and grill em up. Tastes like chicken and you get four legs.
    outdoor cats are vermin and there should be open season, no bag limit, everywhere they live. They are an invasive, non-natural species with few predators (coyotes here in the US), spread disease, wipe out beneficial songbird populations and now this. Don’t get me wrong, I love cats, really. I just can’t eat a whole one.

  44. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    BTW, SAM’s has (had?) a commercial grade compressor. I bought one and have used it for 5 years on the deer lease without a whimper. Cost about $50.00 but well worth it for the durability and dependability. This IS NOT the portable jumper battery/air compressor. It is a cast aluminum plug in heavy duty compressor with a quick connect fitting and several accessories.

  45. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    BTW, SAM’s has (had?) a commercial grade compressor. I bought one and have used it for 5 years on the deer lease without a whimper. Cost about $50.00 but well worth it for the durability and dependability. This IS NOT the portable jumper battery/air compressor. It is a cast aluminum plug in heavy duty compressor with a quick connect fitting and several accessories.

  46. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Southern California will be hit by the spreading radiation plume

    Speaking of California

    Charlie Sheen reported that his live stage show in Cleveland and Detroit sold out in only eighteen minutes online at forty dollars a ticket. He said that one dollar out of each ticket sold will go to Japan.

    The rest of the money will go to Colombia.

  47. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Southern California will be hit by the spreading radiation plume

    Speaking of California
    Charlie Sheen reported that his live stage show in Cleveland and Detroit sold out in only eighteen minutes online at forty dollars a ticket. He said that one dollar out of each ticket sold will go to Japan.
    The rest of the money will go to Colombia.

  48. Hamous Avatar

    #23 Geezer: I say forget the cocktail and go back to firing squad! As I said on this story a couple of days ago 12 people armed with 12 gauge full choke shotguns loaded with OO buckshot. I don’t give a wiss if the perps hear the shots or the pellets coming their way or feel the impact; AFTER THE FIRST VOLLEY THE PERP WILL DIE, therefore, it will be a successful execution.

  49. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #23 Geezer: I say forget the cocktail and go back to firing squad! As I said on this story a couple of days ago 12 people armed with 12 gauge full choke shotguns loaded with OO buckshot. I don’t give a wiss if the perps hear the shots or the pellets coming their way or feel the impact; AFTER THE FIRST VOLLEY THE PERP WILL DIE, therefore, it will be a successful execution.

  50. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Whooops!

    Royal Screwup: Prince Harry Appears in William’s Place on Commemorative Wedding Mug
    Wed., Mar. 16, 2011 11:17 AM PDT by Marianne Garvey

    It may be crafted from the finest bone china, but the mug features the wrong guy’s mug.

    A royal wedding commemorative cup is being hawked by a company called Guandong to celebrate the April 29 nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. On it, a smiling Kate looks beautiful as always. Only problem is, they’ve got Prince Harry’s pic next to hers.

    http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b231273_royal_screwup_prince_harry_appears_in.html

  51. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Whooops!

    Royal Screwup: Prince Harry Appears in William’s Place on Commemorative Wedding Mug
    Wed., Mar. 16, 2011 11:17 AM PDT by Marianne Garvey
    It may be crafted from the finest bone china, but the mug features the wrong guy’s mug.
    A royal wedding commemorative cup is being hawked by a company called Guandong to celebrate the April 29 nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. On it, a smiling Kate looks beautiful as always. Only problem is, they’ve got Prince Harry’s pic next to hers.

    http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b231273_royal_screwup_prince_harry_appears_in.html

  52. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #14 –

    little compressors that plug into the cigarette lighter in the car? They work good, are cheap and don’t take up much trunk space.

    Tex Bob’s Girl can even go smaller………………..THESE little units are da BOMB!

    http://www.slime.com/product/111/Power-Sport-Tire-Inflator-%28%2340001%29.html

    And even though this plug kit is “motorcycle specific” – I’m betting it could still help get a flat automotive tire to a safe repair location

    http://www.stopngo.com/motorcycle.asp

  53. Katfish Avatar

    #14 –

    little compressors that plug into the cigarette lighter in the car? They work good, are cheap and don’t take up much trunk space.

    Tex Bob’s Girl can even go smaller………………..THESE little units are da BOMB!
    http://www.slime.com/product/111/Power-Sport-Tire-Inflator-%28%2340001%29.html
    And even though this plug kit is “motorcycle specific” – I’m betting it could still help get a flat automotive tire to a safe repair location
    http://www.stopngo.com/motorcycle.asp

  54. Katfish Avatar

    Hasn’t been studied enough? How about this from the AVMA (American Vetinary Medical Assc.) This study covers euthanizing everything from mice to elephants. I know it works because I have assisted in putting down several dogs and horses. BTW This study includes ALL types of euthanization, from breaking necks to shooting.

    Who cares if its safety is in question. The patient will be dead in a few minutes anyway.

    On that note, what would be wrong with shooting or breaking necks if they have a problem with a particular drug?

  55. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Hasn’t been studied enough? How about this from the AVMA (American Vetinary Medical Assc.) This study covers euthanizing everything from mice to elephants. I know it works because I have assisted in putting down several dogs and horses. BTW This study includes ALL types of euthanization, from breaking necks to shooting.

    Who cares if its safety is in question. The patient will be dead in a few minutes anyway.
    On that note, what would be wrong with shooting or breaking necks if they have a problem with a particular drug?

  56. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #27 Bonecrusher

    That’s covered in the study also. They tell you exactly where to place the gun and the angle to hold it for correct bullet placement.

  57. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #27 Bonecrusher
    That’s covered in the study also. They tell you exactly where to place the gun and the angle to hold it for correct bullet placement.

  58. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Speaking of chickens coming home to roost

    http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/17/a-milestone-for-the-political-blogosphere/

    To the best of my knowledge, we’ve never had a blogger indicted for election fraud before. The trailblazer in this case is Oakland County, Michigan Democratic Chair Mike McGuinness (along with Operations Director Jason Bauer); they’re charged with forging election documents to get fake “Tea Party” candidates on Michigan ballots. Up to twenty-three statewide races may have been affected by the fraud: the authorities are definitely looking into just how far the rot goes in the Michigan Democratic party. The two have been charged with nine felonies: if convicted, McGuinness and Bauer face up to 14 years in jail.

  59. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Speaking of chickens coming home to roost
    http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/17/a-milestone-for-the-political-blogosphere/

    To the best of my knowledge, we’ve never had a blogger indicted for election fraud before. The trailblazer in this case is Oakland County, Michigan Democratic Chair Mike McGuinness (along with Operations Director Jason Bauer); they’re charged with forging election documents to get fake “Tea Party” candidates on Michigan ballots. Up to twenty-three statewide races may have been affected by the fraud: the authorities are definitely looking into just how far the rot goes in the Michigan Democratic party. The two have been charged with nine felonies: if convicted, McGuinness and Bauer face up to 14 years in jail.

  60. Hamous Avatar

    #31 Geezer: Bullet placement is not so much of an issue when you use a shotgun. With 12 shotguns all aiming in the same general area, full choke and OO buckshot, you will blow a hole about the size of a cantaloupe where the heart is (used to be) and unconsciousness/death will be nearly instantaneous. You do not even need people to pull the triggers, you could set up and aim the guns on mounts and trigger them remotely.

  61. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #31 Geezer: Bullet placement is not so much of an issue when you use a shotgun. With 12 shotguns all aiming in the same general area, full choke and OO buckshot, you will blow a hole about the size of a cantaloupe where the heart is (used to be) and unconsciousness/death will be nearly instantaneous. You do not even need people to pull the triggers, you could set up and aim the guns on mounts and trigger them remotely.

  62. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #14 texanadian, Good idea and the second one on the list is a real good one, it’ll air up my 17 X 33’s in about 3 minutes. The smaller ones burn up after about a half an hour of trying.

  63. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #14 texanadian, Good idea and the second one on the list is a real good one, it’ll air up my 17 X 33’s in about 3 minutes. The smaller ones burn up after about a half an hour of trying.

  64. Hamous Avatar

    #32 Geezer: That looks like a fine piece of equipment. . . . .except that the power cord is too short at only 8′. 8′ will not reach to the back tire from the battery in the front; most modern cars have a power port in the back but this unit connects using alligator clips so some modification is in order.

  65. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #32 Geezer: That looks like a fine piece of equipment. . . . .except that the power cord is too short at only 8′. 8′ will not reach to the back tire from the battery in the front; most modern cars have a power port in the back but this unit connects using alligator clips so some modification is in order.

  66. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    An older man wearing a stovepipe hat, a waistcoat, and a phony beard sat down at a bar and ordered a drink. As the bartender set it down, he asked, “Going to a costume party?” “Yeah,” the man answered, “I’m supposed to come dressed as my love life.”

    “But you look like Abe Lincoln,” protested the bartender. “That’s right, my last four scores were seven years ago.”

  67. bob42 Avatar

    An older man wearing a stovepipe hat, a waistcoat, and a phony beard sat down at a bar and ordered a drink. As the bartender set it down, he asked, “Going to a costume party?” “Yeah,” the man answered, “I’m supposed to come dressed as my love life.”
    “But you look like Abe Lincoln,” protested the bartender. “That’s right, my last four scores were seven years ago.”

  68. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    This is from a blog dated Wednesday.

    Governor Perry said today on a Texas bloggers call that he’d veto any budgets for 2012 and 2013 that raided the Rainy Day Fund. This will force the Republicans to make the difficult decisions for the next two years

    On Tuesday he was in favor of it.

    http://www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/03/16/texas-republicans-grow-a-spine/

  69. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    This is from a blog dated Wednesday.

    Governor Perry said today on a Texas bloggers call that he’d veto any budgets for 2012 and 2013 that raided the Rainy Day Fund. This will force the Republicans to make the difficult decisions for the next two years

    On Tuesday he was in favor of it.
    http://www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/03/16/texas-republicans-grow-a-spine/

  70. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #39 texanadian

    Saw that. Apparently he found out what the TAXPAYING VOTERS thought about it.

  71. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #39 texanadian
    Saw that. Apparently he found out what the TAXPAYING VOTERS thought about it.

  72. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    bob

    I’ve had several of those small compressors. They burn themselves up pretty quickly, depending on how often they’re used and how flat the tire is. I’ve been meaning to get both girls another.

    The Portable compressor that I linked to in my #36 was tested by a RV magazine and at the time it was the best one made, small plug in ones of course. They had several ones that melted/caught fire. They ran this one for 24 hours withiout a problem.

  73. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    bob

    I’ve had several of those small compressors. They burn themselves up pretty quickly, depending on how often they’re used and how flat the tire is. I’ve been meaning to get both girls another.

    The Portable compressor that I linked to in my #36 was tested by a RV magazine and at the time it was the best one made, small plug in ones of course. They had several ones that melted/caught fire. They ran this one for 24 hours withiout a problem.

  74. Katfish Avatar

    #39 & 40
    What Perry is in favor of is using the rainy day fund to cover the shortfall in this year’s (2011) budget. When the budget was adopted in 2009, the Comptroller overestimated tax revenues by a few billion $. That gap needs to be dealt with somehow.

  75. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #39 & 40
    What Perry is in favor of is using the rainy day fund to cover the shortfall in this year’s (2011) budget. When the budget was adopted in 2009, the Comptroller overestimated tax revenues by a few billion $. That gap needs to be dealt with somehow.

  76. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #34 Perhaps if you authoritarian types would mind your own business and allow these wonderful examples of humankind to marry their gay dogs they wouldn’t have to resort to back alley bestiality!

    /sarc

  77. Hamous Avatar

    #34 Perhaps if you authoritarian types would mind your own business and allow these wonderful examples of humankind to marry their gay dogs they wouldn’t have to resort to back alley bestiality!
    /sarc

  78. Tedtam Avatar

    #33 Tex

    I posted a “non-link” to that story earlier up the line. Make sure your story is not the same as in Detroit News – DetNews is a Righthaven client, and I don’t want them coming here.

    Hammy – do we need to delete that post?

    /watching your back

  79. Tedtam Avatar

    #33 Tex
    I posted a “non-link” to that story earlier up the line. Make sure your story is not the same as in Detroit News – DetNews is a Righthaven client, and I don’t want them coming here.
    Hammy – do we need to delete that post?
    /watching your back

  80. Hamous Avatar

    #42 Pyro: You have a very good point about closing a gap that was produced from an unexpected budget shortfall. This concept produces a very real issue, ie, how do we prevent those in power from signing off on absurdly overly optimistic budgetary forecasts? These overly optimistic forecasts allow them to claim to have balanced the budget when in actuality they have merely kicked the can down the road.

  81. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #42 Pyro: You have a very good point about closing a gap that was produced from an unexpected budget shortfall. This concept produces a very real issue, ie, how do we prevent those in power from signing off on absurdly overly optimistic budgetary forecasts? These overly optimistic forecasts allow them to claim to have balanced the budget when in actuality they have merely kicked the can down the road.

  82. Katfish Avatar

    #45 bone
    I don’t think it was an overly optimistic forecast. The economy had yet to completely tank when that budget was formulated.

  83. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #45 bone
    I don’t think it was an overly optimistic forecast. The economy had yet to completely tank when that budget was formulated.

  84. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #43 Maybe if you authoritarian control freaks could actually make a valid, factual, case for your unceasing efforts to disadvantage and treat others differently under the law, you wouldn’t sound so much like the nutjob Pat Robertson.

    /no sarc

  85. bob42 Avatar

    #43 Maybe if you authoritarian control freaks could actually make a valid, factual, case for your unceasing efforts to disadvantage and treat others differently under the law, you wouldn’t sound so much like the nutjob Pat Robertson.
    /no sarc

  86. Hamous Avatar

    #46 Point taken and accepted. Perhaps we use a little sharper of a pencil in Texas than that which is used in DC. The problem of overly optimistic budgetary forecasts “magically” balancing the budget does not go away however. I don’t think it is too much of a demand to insist that our elected ones take more pessimistic views and budget accordingly.

  87. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #46 Point taken and accepted. Perhaps we use a little sharper of a pencil in Texas than that which is used in DC. The problem of overly optimistic budgetary forecasts “magically” balancing the budget does not go away however. I don’t think it is too much of a demand to insist that our elected ones take more pessimistic views and budget accordingly.

  88. Hamous Avatar

    #47 Bob: GO POUND SAND! You are wrong and all your brainless babbling and evasion will not change the fact. How about NO PROTECTED CLASSES FOR ANYONE FOR ANY REASON.

  89. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #47 Bob: GO POUND SAND! You are wrong and all your brainless babbling and evasion will not change the fact. How about NO PROTECTED CLASSES FOR ANYONE FOR ANY REASON.

  90. Dooood Avatar

    Who here knows what a Coffman Starter is ? I suspect Super Dave would, but anybody else ?

    I didn’t know until last night.

    Allow Mr. Stewart to demonstrate:

    Check out the photos and information at this amazing collectors’ site for old military aviation parts and components. Scroll down the page to the Coffman Starter entry. No price so I guess it’s not for sale, but some of these other prices are steep. People will collect virtually anything on earth.

    SpitfireSpares.com

    UPDATE
    Here is a video of how most planes were started prior to 1943 when electric starters became prevalent. It was called the Model T Huck Starter:

    HT: Joseph Fouch @ ChicagoBoyz

  91. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Who here knows what a Coffman Starter is ? I suspect Super Dave would, but anybody else ?
    I didn’t know until last night.
    Allow Mr. Stewart to demonstrate:

    Check out the photos and information at this amazing collectors’ site for old military aviation parts and components. Scroll down the page to the Coffman Starter entry. No price so I guess it’s not for sale, but some of these other prices are steep. People will collect virtually anything on earth.
    SpitfireSpares.com
    UPDATE
    Here is a video of how most planes were started prior to 1943 when electric starters became prevalent. It was called the Model T Huck Starter:

    HT: Joseph Fouch @ ChicagoBoyz

  92. Hamous Avatar

    #50 Texpat: How does it know which cylinder has intake open and piston near tdc on the way down? A darned cool device:>)

  93. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #50 Texpat: How does it know which cylinder has intake open and piston near tdc on the way down? A darned cool device:>)

  94. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #50 texpat
    Who here knows what a Coffman Starter is ? I suspect Super Dave would, but anybody else ?
    Yup, I do and if you ever watched the flight of the Phoenix, where a C 82 cargo plane crashes in the desert and they use one of the fuselages to make a single engine airplane, they use a blank cartridge to start the aircraft. If memory serves, it took several tries and they got down to their last cartridge.

  95. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #50 texpat
    Who here knows what a Coffman Starter is ? I suspect Super Dave would, but anybody else ?
    Yup, I do and if you ever watched the flight of the Phoenix, where a C 82 cargo plane crashes in the desert and they use one of the fuselages to make a single engine airplane, they use a blank cartridge to start the aircraft. If memory serves, it took several tries and they got down to their last cartridge.

  96. Dooood Avatar

    #51 Bones

    Good question. ???

  97. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #51 Bones
    Good question. ???

  98. Dooood Avatar

    #52 SD

    See video above.

  99. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #52 SD
    See video above.

  100. Hamous Avatar

    #53 How does it seal off the intake manifold so that the charge does not backfire thru the carbs?

  101. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #53 How does it seal off the intake manifold so that the charge does not backfire thru the carbs?

  102. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #50 Texpat: How does it know which cylinder has intake open and piston near tdc on the way down? A darned cool device:>)
    It fired the blank into a separate piston that had threads on it that turned a worm gear and engaged just like an electric starter. It actually LQQked a lot like a regular starter with a pipe on the back that went to a rotary cylinder full of blanks. 😉

  103. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #50 Texpat: How does it know which cylinder has intake open and piston near tdc on the way down? A darned cool device:>)
    It fired the blank into a separate piston that had threads on it that turned a worm gear and engaged just like an electric starter. It actually LQQked a lot like a regular starter with a pipe on the back that went to a rotary cylinder full of blanks. 😉

  104. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #52 SD
    See video above.
    I can’t, I’m at work. 🙁 Lunch hour doncha know.

  105. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #52 SD
    See video above.
    I can’t, I’m at work. 🙁 Lunch hour doncha know.

  106. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 TT

    From your link:

    … passenger jet out of the sky over Detroit on Christmas Day. Obama could barely be moved to speak to the nation about the attack which came within a failed detonator of succeeding.

    Well heck, Big Sis handled that one when she told us “The system worked.”

  107. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 TT
    From your link:

    … passenger jet out of the sky over Detroit on Christmas Day. Obama could barely be moved to speak to the nation about the attack which came within a failed detonator of succeeding.

    Well heck, Big Sis handled that one when she told us “The system worked.”

  108. Katfish Avatar

    #44 crazy aunt
    Link goes to redstate.com.

    Should be ok.

  109. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #44 crazy aunt
    Link goes to redstate.com.
    Should be ok.

  110. Dooood Avatar

    Super Dave and Bones

    This page has a cool drawing of the Coffman Starter dated 1940.

    Scroll down the page.

    http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/600984/700

  111. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Super Dave and Bones
    This page has a cool drawing of the Coffman Starter dated 1940.
    Scroll down the page.
    http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/600984/700

  112. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #60 texpat , NEATO! I’ve never seen the innerds of the starter and it’s not exactly as I thought, but close.

  113. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #60 texpat , NEATO! I’ve never seen the innerds of the starter and it’s not exactly as I thought, but close.

  114. Hamous Avatar

    #60 That makes a whole lot more sense, an air starter. When I worked offshore, everything was started with air pressure. The Coffman starter just uses a charge instead of a big central tank.

  115. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #60 That makes a whole lot more sense, an air starter. When I worked offshore, everything was started with air pressure. The Coffman starter just uses a charge instead of a big central tank.

  116. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #40 OTL

    Apparently he found out what the TAXPAYING VOTERS thought about it.

    Then give Gov Goodhair credit for responding correctly.

  117. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #40 OTL

    Apparently he found out what the TAXPAYING VOTERS thought about it.

    Then give Gov Goodhair credit for responding correctly.

  118. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    To repeat wagon’s correct point…..yesterday the Texas legislature raided the rainy day fund of a couple of billion dollars with Perry’s blessing to fill a short fall in the current budget biennium which gets them through THIS OCTOBER.

    They are now working on the next biennial budget which is what they are supposed to be doing. Perry supposedly refuses to raid the rainy fund again for 2012-2013.

    He went back on his word to not touch the rainy fund to balance either of the budgets.0

  119. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    To repeat wagon’s correct point…..yesterday the Texas legislature raided the rainy day fund of a couple of billion dollars with Perry’s blessing to fill a short fall in the current budget biennium which gets them through THIS OCTOBER.
    They are now working on the next biennial budget which is what they are supposed to be doing. Perry supposedly refuses to raid the rainy fund again for 2012-2013.
    He went back on his word to not touch the rainy fund to balance either of the budgets.0

  120. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And I ain’t no Mick for a day.
    A Scot? Sure!!!

  121. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And I ain’t no Mick for a day.
    A Scot? Sure!!!

  122. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, Lovely and I are off with some of her gal friends to look over options for fluffy white dresses. Ya’ll behave yourselves while I’m gone? /yeah, right

  123. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, Lovely and I are off with some of her gal friends to look over options for fluffy white dresses. Ya’ll behave yourselves while I’m gone? /yeah, right

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 Every mom’s dream errand 😀

  125. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 Every mom’s dream errand 😀

  126. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #64 Shannon
    Thanks for the clarification. I’ve been out of touch with Texas news this week.

  127. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #64 Shannon
    Thanks for the clarification. I’ve been out of touch with Texas news this week.

  128. Dooood Avatar

    When Secretary of Defense Gates appeared before Congress the other day, he pleaded with members to raise the fees paid by retired military veterans for their health care under the Tricare program.

    John Lilyea is a writer and editor, retired career US Army Ranger and Iraq combat veteran who blogs at This Ain’t Hell. His reaction to Gates & Co. was this:

    I think it was 1979 or 1980 when a rigger at Fort Bragg went nuts and cut some static lines (the thin strap that pulls your parachute out when you jump) and three paratroopers one captain was killed on a training jump on Sicily Drop Zone. The Army quit jumping for a week or two while every chute in the inventory was repacked. The they loaded us all up and jumped us again…something about falling off a horse or something. No one refused to jump.

    I remember a time at the National Training Center in California, a squad leader was shot in the back during a live fire training exercise. The medics hauled him off to the hospital and the exercise continued.

    There was a jump into Fort McClellan, AL when a newbie got tangled up in a 5-tour Vietnam veteran 1st Sergeant. The newbie released his WICI bag (about 150 pounds of squad equipment) so that the 1st sergeant hit the ground at whatever velocity a 200-pound man hits the ground in a hundred-plus foot free fall, the 160 pound private landed on top of him and the WICI bag landed on top of both of them. Both men broke their backs and were hauled off the drop zone into their civilian lives as cripples. Five days later we all jumped back into Taylor Creek DZ on Fort Stewart, GA with no one refusing to jump.

    I’ve watched 26 ton Bradleys sink into Texas lakes and rivers with a 10-man crew aboard and they all surfaced, ready to go test the next POS equipment the Army handed them. I watched a Bradley roll over a thirty-foot cliff and the crew emerge a little dizzy but thoroughly entertained.

    The Army wanted to see what jumping with an M60 machine gun fully assembled would do to a man. So they had my buddy jump with one – he went into the civilian world a cripple.

    And, oh, eight Marines and two sailors were injured in an explosion at Fort Bragg yesterday.

    That was just training – it was just us doing what we did everyday because the Army told us to do it.

    And now the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is bending over backwards to raise our Tricare premiums – ya know, the premiums that we pay for our free health care.

    Yeah, well, f*** you very much.

    Lilyea updated his post with this report on the military casualties compilation during war and relative peacetime for the history of the United States of America.

    I think it is outrageous these people pay anything for their health care. If this nation is going to ask men and women to risk and sometimes sacrifice their lives, at barely above poverty wages, or their long term health in combat and the very dangerous aspects of training, then the least we can do is provide for their medical expenses during their lives.

    If they want to find the $65 billion they say is required, let Congress shut down the Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Energy. We would easily have the $65 billion and much more left over.

  129. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    When Secretary of Defense Gates appeared before Congress the other day, he pleaded with members to raise the fees paid by retired military veterans for their health care under the Tricare program.
    John Lilyea is a writer and editor, retired career US Army Ranger and Iraq combat veteran who blogs at This Ain’t Hell. His reaction to Gates & Co. was this:

    I think it was 1979 or 1980 when a rigger at Fort Bragg went nuts and cut some static lines (the thin strap that pulls your parachute out when you jump) and three paratroopers one captain was killed on a training jump on Sicily Drop Zone. The Army quit jumping for a week or two while every chute in the inventory was repacked. The they loaded us all up and jumped us again…something about falling off a horse or something. No one refused to jump.
    I remember a time at the National Training Center in California, a squad leader was shot in the back during a live fire training exercise. The medics hauled him off to the hospital and the exercise continued.
    There was a jump into Fort McClellan, AL when a newbie got tangled up in a 5-tour Vietnam veteran 1st Sergeant. The newbie released his WICI bag (about 150 pounds of squad equipment) so that the 1st sergeant hit the ground at whatever velocity a 200-pound man hits the ground in a hundred-plus foot free fall, the 160 pound private landed on top of him and the WICI bag landed on top of both of them. Both men broke their backs and were hauled off the drop zone into their civilian lives as cripples. Five days later we all jumped back into Taylor Creek DZ on Fort Stewart, GA with no one refusing to jump.
    I’ve watched 26 ton Bradleys sink into Texas lakes and rivers with a 10-man crew aboard and they all surfaced, ready to go test the next POS equipment the Army handed them. I watched a Bradley roll over a thirty-foot cliff and the crew emerge a little dizzy but thoroughly entertained.
    The Army wanted to see what jumping with an M60 machine gun fully assembled would do to a man. So they had my buddy jump with one – he went into the civilian world a cripple.
    And, oh, eight Marines and two sailors were injured in an explosion at Fort Bragg yesterday.
    That was just training – it was just us doing what we did everyday because the Army told us to do it.
    And now the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is bending over backwards to raise our Tricare premiums – ya know, the premiums that we pay for our free health care.
    Yeah, well, f*** you very much.

    Lilyea updated his post with this report on the military casualties compilation during war and relative peacetime for the history of the United States of America.
    I think it is outrageous these people pay anything for their health care. If this nation is going to ask men and women to risk and sometimes sacrifice their lives, at barely above poverty wages, or their long term health in combat and the very dangerous aspects of training, then the least we can do is provide for their medical expenses during their lives.
    If they want to find the $65 billion they say is required, let Congress shut down the Dept. of Education and the Dept. of Energy. We would easily have the $65 billion and much more left over.

  130. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I’m being asked to present a factual, valid case against bestiality and Pat Robertson’s the nutjob??? Okalie dokalie! We’re waaaaaay past the realm of the incredibly moronic and are now transiting the land of the lobotomized.

  131. Hamous Avatar

    I’m being asked to present a factual, valid case against bestiality and Pat Robertson’s the nutjob??? Okalie dokalie! We’re waaaaaay past the realm of the incredibly moronic and are now transiting the land of the lobotomized.

  132. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    No, I’m only asking for a factual and valid case in favor of NOT recognizing Cindy and Tracie’s civil union (aka: contract; free association) and why government should treat them differently than it does you and me.

    Can you do that?

  133. bob42 Avatar

    No, I’m only asking for a factual and valid case in favor of NOT recognizing Cindy and Tracie’s civil union (aka: contract; free association) and why government should treat them differently than it does you and me.
    Can you do that?

  134. Katfish Avatar

    That wasn’t the topic that started the conversation.

  135. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    That wasn’t the topic that started the conversation.

  136. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bob: The government wouldn’t recognize the union of you and Hamous any more than it would recognize Cindy and Tracie’s. 🙂

  137. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bob: The government wouldn’t recognize the union of you and Hamous any more than it would recognize Cindy and Tracie’s. 🙂

  138. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #72 Was it two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes cutting their teeth on Wangs?

  139. bob42 Avatar

    #72 Was it two gay bears wearing clown suits singing show tunes cutting their teeth on Wangs?

  140. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Just since yesterday, bluebonnets started popping in Independence, TX.

  141. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Just since yesterday, bluebonnets started popping in Independence, TX.

  142. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bob supports a civil union between Cindy, Tracy and their dog???

  143. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Bob supports a civil union between Cindy, Tracy and their dog???

  144. Dooood Avatar

    Quote of the Day:

    Weakness, incoherence, drift, indecision–these are the hallmarks of the Obama administration. We are beginning to get a sense of what a world without American leadership looks like.

    – John Hinderaker at Powerline

  145. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Quote of the Day:

    Weakness, incoherence, drift, indecision–these are the hallmarks of the Obama administration. We are beginning to get a sense of what a world without American leadership looks like.

    – John Hinderaker at Powerline

  146. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    76 Shannon says:
    March 17, 2011 at 1:52 pm
    Bob supports a civil union between Cindy, Tracy and their dog???

    Dunno.

    But it looks like he’s afor bestiality because Joe Arpaio is agin it.

    I mean after all, its just a different way to express love.

  147. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    76 Shannon says:
    March 17, 2011 at 1:52 pm
    Bob supports a civil union between Cindy, Tracy and their dog???


    Dunno.
    But it looks like he’s afor bestiality because Joe Arpaio is agin it.
    I mean after all, its just a different way to express love.

  148. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I did a quick search on states where bestiality is NOT illegal and I discovered that the Supreme Court’s ruling against anti-sodomy laws subsequentially invalidated many anti-bestiality laws.

    Is that good or bad? That is the bob question.

  149. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I did a quick search on states where bestiality is NOT illegal and I discovered that the Supreme Court’s ruling against anti-sodomy laws subsequentially invalidated many anti-bestiality laws.
    Is that good or bad? That is the bob question.

  150. Dooood Avatar

    Well, if you have nothing to be angry about today, this ought to get your tail in a knot.

    And there are green tax goodies for manufacturing high-efficiency models—the kind that already give so many tax credits to Whirlpool, for example, that the company will avoid paying taxes on its $619 million profit in 2010.

    Amazingly, the consensus also includes so-called consumer groups such as the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union. At last week’s hearing, the federation touted a survey supposedly showing overwhelming public support for higher efficiency standards. But not a single question in that survey suggested that these standards might compromise performance. Consumers Union, meanwhile, which publishes Consumer Reports, claims that new washers can’t be compared to old ones—but that’s belied by the very language in its articles.

    We know that politics can be dirty. Who’d have guessed how literal a truth this is?

    These “consumer groups” are nothing but shills for the Left anymore and Consumers’ Union (Consumer Reports) is the worst.

    How federal regulators ruined the American washing machine.

  151. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Well, if you have nothing to be angry about today, this ought to get your tail in a knot.

    And there are green tax goodies for manufacturing high-efficiency models—the kind that already give so many tax credits to Whirlpool, for example, that the company will avoid paying taxes on its $619 million profit in 2010.
    Amazingly, the consensus also includes so-called consumer groups such as the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union. At last week’s hearing, the federation touted a survey supposedly showing overwhelming public support for higher efficiency standards. But not a single question in that survey suggested that these standards might compromise performance. Consumers Union, meanwhile, which publishes Consumer Reports, claims that new washers can’t be compared to old ones—but that’s belied by the very language in its articles.
    We know that politics can be dirty. Who’d have guessed how literal a truth this is?

    These “consumer groups” are nothing but shills for the Left anymore and Consumers’ Union (Consumer Reports) is the worst.
    How federal regulators ruined the American washing machine.

  152. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Dem Congressman: Prohibit Giving Federal Funds To … FOX News

    It’s about dang time. FOXNews takes is zeros and zeros of millions of tax payer dollars every year.

  153. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Dem Congressman: Prohibit Giving Federal Funds To … FOX News
    It’s about dang time. FOXNews takes is zeros and zeros of millions of tax payer dollars every year.

  154. Hamous Avatar

    #80 Texpat: I have never used a front loader but one of my clients has and he loves it. He is definitely NOT a greenie. He says that there is less damage to the clothes because gravity pulls the water through the clothes instead of the agitator pushing the clothes through the water. He states emphatically, he would never go back to a top loader even if the front loader was 3 times more expensive. He claims that the clothes get cleaner to boot.

  155. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #80 Texpat: I have never used a front loader but one of my clients has and he loves it. He is definitely NOT a greenie. He says that there is less damage to the clothes because gravity pulls the water through the clothes instead of the agitator pushing the clothes through the water. He states emphatically, he would never go back to a top loader even if the front loader was 3 times more expensive. He claims that the clothes get cleaner to boot.

  156. SC Avatar
    SC

    83 I hear there is a special new product you have to run through a cycle every once in a while to remove the mold that forms because of the configuration.

  157. SC Avatar
    SC

    83 I hear there is a special new product you have to run through a cycle every once in a while to remove the mold that forms because of the configuration.

  158. Hamous Avatar

    Re my 82, he has never mentioned a mold issue whatsoever. He is a custom home builder and had a mold issue in his master suite a/c system, it was over sized for the space and therefore did not exchange enough heat to remove all the moisture form the coils. His no late father-in-law mechanical engineer way over-spec ‘d it

  159. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Re my 82, he has never mentioned a mold issue whatsoever. He is a custom home builder and had a mold issue in his master suite a/c system, it was over sized for the space and therefore did not exchange enough heat to remove all the moisture form the coils. His no late father-in-law mechanical engineer way over-spec ‘d it

  160. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ruger is introducing a new gun.

    Its called the Union Gun.

    It doesn’t work and you can’t fire it.

  161. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ruger is introducing a new gun.
    Its called the Union Gun.
    It doesn’t work and you can’t fire it.

  162. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The Bobo Song of the Day:

    Poodle bites!

  163. Hamous Avatar

    The Bobo Song of the Day:
    Poodle bites!

  164. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #73 texanadian

    the union of you and Hamous

    Good shot! 🙂

  165. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #73 texanadian

    the union of you and Hamous

    Good shot! 🙂

  166. El Gordo Avatar

    #83,

    It’s Afresh. I use it in my top loader Maytag as well (and HE detergent).

  167. Dooood Avatar

    #83,
    It’s Afresh. I use it in my top loader Maytag as well (and HE detergent).

  168. Dooood Avatar

    The Black Informant is a black, conservative blog based in Atlanta and run by John Brayboy since 2003.

    This was his reaction to the Surgeon General and the iodine fiasco.

    That’s funny. So does this mean do not listen to Federal authorities? (lol)

    Japan was BOMBED twice (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) with nuclear weapons and I do not recall any stories of radiation floating over 5,000 miles over the ocean in one potent cloud.

    Another interesting observation. Pat Robertson got SLAMMED for suggesting that the earthquake in Haiti was tied to a pact made with the devil many moons ago.

    These nuts tie the earthquake in Japan to global warming and we are supposed to collectively kick ourselves for not driving a skateboard to work.

    Just one more observation: How does the nuclear situation in Japan create an opening for environmentalists? This was a non-man generated event that pushed a technology beyond its limits. That is like me suggesting that we should yank the entire auto hybrid technology just because someone in a Prius was involved in a car accident.

    Pretty good rant.

  169. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Black Informant is a black, conservative blog based in Atlanta and run by John Brayboy since 2003.
    This was his reaction to the Surgeon General and the iodine fiasco.

    That’s funny. So does this mean do not listen to Federal authorities? (lol)
    Japan was BOMBED twice (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) with nuclear weapons and I do not recall any stories of radiation floating over 5,000 miles over the ocean in one potent cloud.
    Another interesting observation. Pat Robertson got SLAMMED for suggesting that the earthquake in Haiti was tied to a pact made with the devil many moons ago.
    These nuts tie the earthquake in Japan to global warming and we are supposed to collectively kick ourselves for not driving a skateboard to work.
    Just one more observation: How does the nuclear situation in Japan create an opening for environmentalists? This was a non-man generated event that pushed a technology beyond its limits. That is like me suggesting that we should yank the entire auto hybrid technology just because someone in a Prius was involved in a car accident.

    Pretty good rant.

  170. Katfish Avatar

    Can I impose on you people to offer up a prayer or two for Grumpy Geezer (my pop), who has semi-emergency surgery scheduled for tomorrow am?

  171. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Can I impose on you people to offer up a prayer or two for Grumpy Geezer (my pop), who has semi-emergency surgery scheduled for tomorrow am?

  172. Tedtam Avatar

    Another sign of the times?

    I know it’s petty, but it makes me smile a little.

  173. Tedtam Avatar

    Another sign of the times?
    I know it’s petty, but it makes me smile a little.

  174. Dooood Avatar

    Madison, Wisconsin blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, Meade, have received an unbelievable, threatening letter from a union punk in Madison.

    I can’t print it here, but you do have to read it to believe it.

    Oh, and the guy posted it to ScribD without hiding or removing his name.

  175. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Madison, Wisconsin blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, Meade, have received an unbelievable, threatening letter from a union punk in Madison.

    I can’t print it here, but you do have to read it to believe it.

    Oh, and the guy posted it to ScribD without hiding or removing his name.

  176. Hamous Avatar

    It looks like Hitlery has had enough of the foul “O”.

    Clinton revealed her desire to leave yesterday in an interview with CNN’s
    Wolf Blitzer, responding four times to his questions about whether she would
    accept a post during a potential second Obama administration with a single word: “No.”

    While the stakes in Libya could not be higher, the insider said that something far more domestic was on Clinton’s mind after she leaves the State Department: “She wants to be a grandmother more than anything.”

    Does anybody want to take bets that being a grandmother (especially now that Chelsea and her new hubby are separated) is really code for POTUS?

  177. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    It looks like Hitlery has had enough of the foul “O”.

    Clinton revealed her desire to leave yesterday in an interview with CNN’s
    Wolf Blitzer, responding four times to his questions about whether she would
    accept a post during a potential second Obama administration with a single word: “No.”

    While the stakes in Libya could not be higher, the insider said that something far more domestic was on Clinton’s mind after she leaves the State Department: “She wants to be a grandmother more than anything.”

    Does anybody want to take bets that being a grandmother (especially now that Chelsea and her new hubby are separated) is really code for POTUS?

  178. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Texpat, your #50, I just got home and watched the video of the Flight of Pheonix, I mentioned it in my #52, but I had no idea what was in the video. I guess it made me look pretty stupid. 😉

  179. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Texpat, your #50, I just got home and watched the video of the Flight of Pheonix, I mentioned it in my #52, but I had no idea what was in the video. I guess it made me look pretty stupid. 😉

  180. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    91 WB
    Youbetcha

  181. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    91 WB
    Youbetcha

  182. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    91 WB
    Texpat no doubt thought you were talking about me (grumpy geezer)

  183. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    91 WB
    Texpat no doubt thought you were talking about me (grumpy geezer)

  184. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #91 wagonburner, Prayers on the way for the “Grumpy Geezer” FWIW; I’m bettin’ he’s a fine gentleman.

  185. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #91 wagonburner, Prayers on the way for the “Grumpy Geezer” FWIW; I’m bettin’ he’s a fine gentleman.

  186. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I’m bettin’ he’s a fine gentleman

    Aw c’mon, we can do without the stereotyping here, not every Injun has a casino. 😛

    Prayers up WB.

  187. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I’m bettin’ he’s a fine gentleman

    Aw c’mon, we can do without the stereotyping here, not every Injun has a casino. 😛
    Prayers up WB.

  188. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    hunnerd

  189. Dooood Avatar

    #95 Super Dave

    No, actually, it made you look pretty sharp.

  190. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #95 Super Dave
    No, actually, it made you look pretty sharp.

  191. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    making 102

    #87, 93 excellent posts
    91: Wishing you well

    Random act of kindness report:
    A friend on mine who works in Africa is in town so we met for an adult beverage. Chat gets to family and I mentioned that my parents are celebrating their 70th wedding anniverserary next weekend. Because of new job and other things, I would not be able to attend because I didn’t know what was happening with me and work – overseas travell involved. He asked and I said the schedule would permit me to go but the cost of airfare is way out of budget. He gets on his phone, books me a flight next Friday to attend the celebration with my folks, dad 94, mom 91, and family.

    That’s a friend. Just thought I would share my good fortune.

    Tex

  192. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    making 102
    #87, 93 excellent posts
    91: Wishing you well
    Random act of kindness report:
    A friend on mine who works in Africa is in town so we met for an adult beverage. Chat gets to family and I mentioned that my parents are celebrating their 70th wedding anniverserary next weekend. Because of new job and other things, I would not be able to attend because I didn’t know what was happening with me and work – overseas travell involved. He asked and I said the schedule would permit me to go but the cost of airfare is way out of budget. He gets on his phone, books me a flight next Friday to attend the celebration with my folks, dad 94, mom 91, and family.
    That’s a friend. Just thought I would share my good fortune.
    Tex

  193. Dooood Avatar

    #102 Texanadian

    Great story and, as Mike Richards would say, “make a deposit in your memory bank.”

  194. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #102 Texanadian
    Great story and, as Mike Richards would say, “make a deposit in your memory bank.”

  195. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    texanadian #102;

    I’m very happy you got some help to attend your own parent’s 70th anniversary. Lots of congradulations to them!

  196. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    texanadian #102;
    I’m very happy you got some help to attend your own parent’s 70th anniversary. Lots of congradulations to them!

  197. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I try to live everyday and deal with everyone I meet like it might be my last.

    T

  198. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I try to live everyday and deal with everyone I meet like it might be my last.
    T

  199. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #102 texanadian

    Have a great trip & let us know all about it afterwards. 70 years is an incredible long marriage, you’ve been blessed to have both parents in your life that long.

  200. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #102 texanadian
    Have a great trip & let us know all about it afterwards. 70 years is an incredible long marriage, you’ve been blessed to have both parents in your life that long.

  201. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    mharper 42: I could not begin to describe my parents and the life they gave me. Think of the Cleavers times 10. I was not the beaver and have had shall we say an interesting life that has for some time been on track. What they did instill in me very young was the sense of what’s right, wrong and how to tell the difference. I also had older siblings that enforced the code whenever you left the house, “remember you’re a Texanadian, do not bring dishonor on the family.”
    See ya’ll tomorrow.
    Out

  202. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    mharper 42: I could not begin to describe my parents and the life they gave me. Think of the Cleavers times 10. I was not the beaver and have had shall we say an interesting life that has for some time been on track. What they did instill in me very young was the sense of what’s right, wrong and how to tell the difference. I also had older siblings that enforced the code whenever you left the house, “remember you’re a Texanadian, do not bring dishonor on the family.”
    See ya’ll tomorrow.
    Out

  203. Hamous Avatar

    Happy Don’t Speak Loudly to a Hungover Mic Day!

  204. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Happy Don’t Speak Loudly to a Hungover Mic Day!

  205. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    It’s 8:07 do you know where your moderator is?

    😉

  206. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    It’s 8:07 do you know where your moderator is?
    😉

  207. Hamous Avatar

    Texakanukian: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Its don’t hassle a hungover mic day.

  208. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Texakanukian: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Its don’t hassle a hungover mic day.

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