I was up late last night – until 1:30 to be exact – writing responses to my faith formation students’ letters that they wrote last week. This is the first year that I have done this, but I want to send a letter of encouragement home with them this summer. It’s a lot of work, but I’m a little over half way done.
The range of responses to the questions I gave them is wide-ranging. They were told to be brutally honest, that I needed to know where they were in their faith life. They could choose to answer any or all of the following questions:
1) How do I feel about my relationship with God?
2) Do I feel connected to my parish? How and why/not?
3) Has this class changed me? How?
4) I do/don’t look forward to next year (confirmation classes)?
5) Any observations about the parish – suggestions, comments, etc.
There are a few that feel extremely connected with God, and talk to Him all the time. I actually told one girl that I was jealous of her obvious closeness with Him – that girl has it goin’ on! There are more that are looking forward to next year, some so they could just get it over with, but others because they wanted to be closer to God. Some have shared that this year’s class has changed them, but even more say that they retreat made a huge impact on them. (That tells me that we may want to schedule a second retreat next year, hmmmmm.).
What I find sad is that so many of them don’t feel connected to their parish at all. They don’t come to mass, their families don’t participate in anything but faith formation so their children can receive their sacraments. These parents just don’t get it – sacraments mean little without a faith life. Even worse are the kids who don’t care about God. I have more of these than last year. As one kid wrote, “Not lazy, just don’t care.” These families don’t pray at home, attend mass, or engage themselves in any way with a spiritual life. I warn these students that not caring is the most dangerous place to be. God can steer with a moving car, even if it’s going the wrong direction, but he can’t steer a car that doesn’t move at all.
I shall keep these students in my prayers this summer. I hope that each and everyone of them gets what they need this summer, so they can enter their faith formation next year better prepared for their sacrament, but more importantly, so that they can walk closer with God in their lives ahead.
Oh, and I found out that I am someone’s idol. It’s good to rock with the Holy Spirit!
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GOOD WISSIN MONDAY MORNING Y’ALL!
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GOOD WISSIN MONDAY MORNING Y’ALL!
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Oh and I forgot to add that I am going to play golf today, I played on Thursday of last week, the last cool day of the spring and I am going to PLAY AGAIN TODAY :>) I hope that don’t make y’all too jealous, ( well maybe a little jealous).
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Oh and I forgot to add that I am going to play golf today, I played on Thursday of last week, the last cool day of the spring and I am going to PLAY AGAIN TODAY :>) I hope that don’t make y’all too jealous, ( well maybe a little jealous).
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Is anybody else awake, I got win, place and show!
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Is anybody else awake, I got win, place and show!
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#2 Boney
Well, I at least hope that you are conducting business on the course, you slacker! Are you golfing with potential customers, or are you just bein’ lazy?
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#2 Boney
Well, I at least hope that you are conducting business on the course, you slacker! Are you golfing with potential customers, or are you just bein’ lazy? -
On Thursday, I was with one of my therapy clients who also happens to be a good friend. He’s a deacon at 2nd Baptist, but I don’t hold that against him; and no we do not see eye to eye on all scriptural matters. Today it is the Rice Golf Classic, a fundraiser for women’s athletics at Rice University, the bosses wife is a Rice Graduate. There may be a few people to speak with about the bosses business or mine. Generally speaking it is a play day for me and a real blessing.
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On Thursday, I was with one of my therapy clients who also happens to be a good friend. He’s a deacon at 2nd Baptist, but I don’t hold that against him; and no we do not see eye to eye on all scriptural matters. Today it is the Rice Golf Classic, a fundraiser for women’s athletics at Rice University, the bosses wife is a Rice Graduate. There may be a few people to speak with about the bosses business or mine. Generally speaking it is a play day for me and a real blessing.
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If you are a dog lover, you will get a real kick out of this brief video (I have no idea who this guy is)
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We have attended the same (in name only) Baptist church for 30+ years now. I personally feel less connected now than I ever have as this organization continues to grow in so many ways. We are also members of a Bible study small group that meets in homes on Tuesday evenings. We feel very much a part of the small group. I guess size does matter.
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We have attended the same (in name only) Baptist church for 30+ years now. I personally feel less connected now than I ever have as this organization continues to grow in so many ways. We are also members of a Bible study small group that meets in homes on Tuesday evenings. We feel very much a part of the small group. I guess size does matter.
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#7 Timdenchanter: Are you a “newbie” here, I don’t recall seeing your name before? If so, then let me extend to you the digital version of the “hearty hand clasp of welcome”.
We have attended the same (in name only) Baptist church for 30+ years now. I personally feel less connected now than I ever have as this organization continues to grow in so many ways. We are also members of a Bible study small group that meets in homes on Tuesday evenings. We feel very much a part of the small group. I guess size does matter.
As the size of your congregation grows, it becomes harder and harder to maintain “the family unit”. There is less personal interaction and association with each individual; cliques start to form as well as gossip. You feel closer to your “cell group” because you know them all on a much more intimate level. I think this is as it should be. Look at Gideon, he showed up with 33 thousand men to do battle, and Y_VH whittled it down to around 300 so that HE would get the glory. In the book of Ezekiel he saved a few hairs from the fire, dispersion and the sword. Y_VH chose Israel not because they were the greatest but because they were the least, that way HE gets the glory.
This does not mean that we should not gather in large groups to worship, I just feel lkie the real work gets done in the smaller groups, there is much greater accountability there. -
#7 Timdenchanter: Are you a “newbie” here, I don’t recall seeing your name before? If so, then let me extend to you the digital version of the “hearty hand clasp of welcome”.
We have attended the same (in name only) Baptist church for 30+ years now. I personally feel less connected now than I ever have as this organization continues to grow in so many ways. We are also members of a Bible study small group that meets in homes on Tuesday evenings. We feel very much a part of the small group. I guess size does matter.
As the size of your congregation grows, it becomes harder and harder to maintain “the family unit”. There is less personal interaction and association with each individual; cliques start to form as well as gossip. You feel closer to your “cell group” because you know them all on a much more intimate level. I think this is as it should be. Look at Gideon, he showed up with 33 thousand men to do battle, and Y_VH whittled it down to around 300 so that HE would get the glory. In the book of Ezekiel he saved a few hairs from the fire, dispersion and the sword. Y_VH chose Israel not because they were the greatest but because they were the least, that way HE gets the glory.
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Looks to me like the Administration is working overtime trying to ratchet up the general public’s fear factor in order to prove themselves relevant again. I always think about the man in downtown Houston with an elephant gun, and when asked about the need for an elephant gun, he responded something to the effect “well, you don’t see any elephants around do you?” Same for Dear Leader I’m afraid.
BTW, just for the record, I continue to have more fear about what Dear Leader will do to me than I ever did about what OBL would do to me.
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Looks to me like the Administration is working overtime trying to ratchet up the general public’s fear factor in order to prove themselves relevant again. I always think about the man in downtown Houston with an elephant gun, and when asked about the need for an elephant gun, he responded something to the effect “well, you don’t see any elephants around do you?” Same for Dear Leader I’m afraid.
BTW, just for the record, I continue to have more fear about what Dear Leader will do to me than I ever did about what OBL would do to me.
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Timdechanter – welcome to our raucous, crazy, and sometimes belligerent family!
Body armor is dispensed at the rear of the room, tinfoil hats against the right wall, and copies of the Constitution are on the table to your left….
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Timdechanter – welcome to our raucous, crazy, and sometimes belligerent family!
Body armor is dispensed at the rear of the room, tinfoil hats against the right wall, and copies of the Constitution are on the table to your left…. -
He’s been here before.
What’s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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He’s been here before.
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WB – sorry – I didn’t recognize the name.
In that case, he probably already has the body armor, etc., so I retract my warm welcome.
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WB – sorry – I didn’t recognize the name.
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Mornin’ Hamoustonians™ ! (you too Timdechanter)
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Mornin’ Hamoustonians™ ! (you too Timdechanter)
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11 wagonburner says:
May 9, 2011 at 10:20 amHe’s been here before.
What’s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
European or African?
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11 wagonburner says:
May 9, 2011 at 10:20 am
He’s been here before.
What’s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?European or African?
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#16 Pyro
Most cats will fight valiantly to defend themselves. Especially from loons that are attacking them with a knife.
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This is neat; New High Tech Taser being used in Polk County.
It’s fired from a 12 gauge shotgun from up to a 100 feet away. It’s 14 grams, has wing like fins that spread open as it takes flight. It has painful probes and pins that stick into your body. It packs all the powerful punch and stopping power of a stun gun and is enclosed in a 12 gauge shotgun shell and when it hits you it locks up your muscles.
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This is neat; New High Tech Taser being used in Polk County.
It’s fired from a 12 gauge shotgun from up to a 100 feet away. It’s 14 grams, has wing like fins that spread open as it takes flight. It has painful probes and pins that stick into your body. It packs all the powerful punch and stopping power of a stun gun and is enclosed in a 12 gauge shotgun shell and when it hits you it locks up your muscles.
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SuperDave
Me thinks some of these folks might have met the gun. Maybe their were the study group?/Link stolen from SuperDaves link btw.
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Me thinks some of these folks might have met the gun. Maybe their were the study group?
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Oy, vey! Such a cellular telephone this is.
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Oy, vey! Such a cellular telephone this is.
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Remember all those radio commercials where the announcer said he was from Louisiana or Oklahoma and was “thanking” Texas for not having any legalized gambling because that meant Texans would go to those two states and spend money at their casinos?
The whole idea was to make it look like passing a gambling bill would result in lavish new casinos in Texas where Texans would spend their money and provide all sorts of jobs.
Well, the Gambling Bill is advancing out of Committee, and guess what’s missing from it?
Attention, gamblers. A Texas House committee surprised the casino lobby Friday night when it voted out legislation that would allow video lottery terminals — slot machines — at state racetracks and Indian reservations. The casinos were left behind.
So. What we get is slot machines in existing places. No new construction, no new jobs. You really don’t have to hire any new people to bring some slot machines to the race track and plug them in. A few chairs and some young waitresses to bring drinks to the zombies at the machines, and you’re pretty much set. After that, all you need is somebody to come by every couple of days and collect the money.
And who owns these race tracks that are being so blessed as to be given a monopoly?
Rep. Mike Hamilton (R – Mauriceville) is the chair of the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee and was appointed by Speaker Straus.
Speaker Straus (R – San Antonio) and his family have made their fortune from gambling interests.
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One of our biggest concerns over Straus as Speaker was his long-standing business interests in gambling. He and/or his family own Retama Park in Selma (near San Antonio), Laredo Downs, Valle de los Tesoros Park in McAllen, and Austin Jockey Club.
Texas Observer Andrew Wheat wrote on 4.8.10, “Texas House Speaker Joe Straus III’s family could earn tens of millions of dollars if lawmakers and voters agree to let racetracks install slot machines (VLT’s).”
Retama has been losing money for several seasons, and it is not hard to imagine that Straus desperately wants to keep his family out of bankruptcy. It is also common knowledge that land has already been bought in Austin along FM 1625 at Texas Highway 45 and Old Lockhart Road to set up a racetrack called Longhorn Downs; Retama Entertainment Group (Straus’ family) is to manage it.
And now it seems that some back room deals were done to move the Bill forward.
Late last night I heard from an inside source that Rep. Hamilton’s full-blown gambling bill (HJR 147 — video slot machines, casinos, gambling, and race tracks) had been dropped for lack of support; and instead, Rep. Beverly Woolley’s HJR 111 (video slot machines/video lottery terminals at race tracks and Indian reservations) is moving forward.
Why was the bill movement of Woolley’s HJR 111 not posted on the Texas Legislature Online? In fact, it still is not posted on the website (5.9.11, 9:12 A. M.); and this is Monday morning — two full days after the end of the legislative session on Friday. Is it a coincidence that the bill that will financially benefit the Speaker of the House the most just happens not to be visible online to the public?
HJR 111 is the bill that opens the floodgates. To use a Texas expression, it is the “big enchilada” and, of course, it is the bill that Speaker Joe Straus wanted from the very beginning — video lottery terminals/VLT’s, video lottery games, games of chance played on terminals that are electronically simulated at racetracks and Indian reservations.
Straus is the same guy who promised not to be vindictive towards Tea Party supported Legel members who responded to thier constituents request and did not support his being elected Speaker, then turned around and sheparded a Redistricting Bill through the Lege that punished several lof them and will likley bring the Republican representation down to 82 members from the 101 now present.
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Remember all those radio commercials where the announcer said he was from Louisiana or Oklahoma and was “thanking” Texas for not having any legalized gambling because that meant Texans would go to those two states and spend money at their casinos?
The whole idea was to make it look like passing a gambling bill would result in lavish new casinos in Texas where Texans would spend their money and provide all sorts of jobs.
Well, the Gambling Bill is advancing out of Committee, and guess what’s missing from it?
Can you say Casinos?Attention, gamblers. A Texas House committee surprised the casino lobby Friday night when it voted out legislation that would allow video lottery terminals — slot machines — at state racetracks and Indian reservations. The casinos were left behind.
So. What we get is slot machines in existing places. No new construction, no new jobs. You really don’t have to hire any new people to bring some slot machines to the race track and plug them in. A few chairs and some young waitresses to bring drinks to the zombies at the machines, and you’re pretty much set. After that, all you need is somebody to come by every couple of days and collect the money.
And who owns these race tracks that are being so blessed as to be given a monopoly?
Here’s some background.Rep. Mike Hamilton (R – Mauriceville) is the chair of the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee and was appointed by Speaker Straus.
Speaker Straus (R – San Antonio) and his family have made their fortune from gambling interests.
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One of our biggest concerns over Straus as Speaker was his long-standing business interests in gambling. He and/or his family own Retama Park in Selma (near San Antonio), Laredo Downs, Valle de los Tesoros Park in McAllen, and Austin Jockey Club.
Texas Observer Andrew Wheat wrote on 4.8.10, “Texas House Speaker Joe Straus III’s family could earn tens of millions of dollars if lawmakers and voters agree to let racetracks install slot machines (VLT’s).”
Retama has been losing money for several seasons, and it is not hard to imagine that Straus desperately wants to keep his family out of bankruptcy. It is also common knowledge that land has already been bought in Austin along FM 1625 at Texas Highway 45 and Old Lockhart Road to set up a racetrack called Longhorn Downs; Retama Entertainment Group (Straus’ family) is to manage it.And now it seems that some back room deals were done to move the Bill forward.
Late last night I heard from an inside source that Rep. Hamilton’s full-blown gambling bill (HJR 147 — video slot machines, casinos, gambling, and race tracks) had been dropped for lack of support; and instead, Rep. Beverly Woolley’s HJR 111 (video slot machines/video lottery terminals at race tracks and Indian reservations) is moving forward.
Why was the bill movement of Woolley’s HJR 111 not posted on the Texas Legislature Online? In fact, it still is not posted on the website (5.9.11, 9:12 A. M.); and this is Monday morning — two full days after the end of the legislative session on Friday. Is it a coincidence that the bill that will financially benefit the Speaker of the House the most just happens not to be visible online to the public?
HJR 111 is the bill that opens the floodgates. To use a Texas expression, it is the “big enchilada” and, of course, it is the bill that Speaker Joe Straus wanted from the very beginning — video lottery terminals/VLT’s, video lottery games, games of chance played on terminals that are electronically simulated at racetracks and Indian reservations.Straus is the same guy who promised not to be vindictive towards Tea Party supported Legel members who responded to thier constituents request and did not support his being elected Speaker, then turned around and sheparded a Redistricting Bill through the Lege that punished several lof them and will likley bring the Republican representation down to 82 members from the 101 now present.
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So are you saying you are for or against casinos Sarge? Or are you just ranting cause Strauss parlayed this into something that benefits him? The other side of the coin is full blown casinos.
Would you rather not have Strauss and get full blown casinos?
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So are you saying you are for or against casinos Sarge? Or are you just ranting cause Strauss parlayed this into something that benefits him? The other side of the coin is full blown casinos.
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Can we vote for neither?
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Can we vote for neither?
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I think we need a law making it compulsory for everyone to see teh moobie.
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I think we need a law making it compulsory for everyone to see teh moobie.
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I’m not into gambling myself, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. Why would there be opposition to legalizing casinos in Texas? Is it a religious issue? I’d like to hear some pro and con from the Hamster community.
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I’m not into gambling myself, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. Why would there be opposition to legalizing casinos in Texas? Is it a religious issue? I’d like to hear some pro and con from the Hamster community.
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26 mharper42 says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:09 pmI’m not into gambling myself, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. Why would there be opposition to legalizing casinos in Texas? Is it a religious issue? I’d like to hear some pro and con from the Hamster community.
I personally wouldn’t mind if we legalized gambling of all kinds everywhere.
Its using the laws to benefit powerful politicians that’s the problem. Best guess is that we might see about $500 million from this—-and that info is coming from the folks trying to sell it to us.
I think Joe Straus should go out and earn his money the old fashioned way.
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26 mharper42 says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I’m not into gambling myself, so I don’t have a dog in this hunt. Why would there be opposition to legalizing casinos in Texas? Is it a religious issue? I’d like to hear some pro and con from the Hamster community.I personally wouldn’t mind if we legalized gambling of all kinds everywhere.
Its using the laws to benefit powerful politicians that’s the problem. Best guess is that we might see about $500 million from this—-and that info is coming from the folks trying to sell it to us.
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Gambling is one of those things I’m hambivalent about. I don’t gamble but I don’t particularly care if you do. But if I lived someplace where a casino was going to be located I’d prolly go all NIMBY on the issue.
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Gambling is one of those things I’m hambivalent about. I don’t gamble but I don’t particularly care if you do. But if I lived someplace where a casino was going to be located I’d prolly go all NIMBY on the issue.
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Casinos create urban blight. I’m willing to let local communities vote on it.
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Casinos create urban blight. I’m willing to let local communities vote on it.
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I gamble a little bit, but certainly not habitually. I’m fairly hambivalent on the issue myself. I can do it here or I can do it in Louisiana or I can do it in Nevada. Just doesn’t make me much difference one way or the other frankly. There are much bigger fish to fry.
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I gamble a little bit, but certainly not habitually. I’m fairly hambivalent on the issue myself. I can do it here or I can do it in Louisiana or I can do it in Nevada. Just doesn’t make me much difference one way or the other frankly. There are much bigger fish to fry.
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30 Dooood says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:36 pmI gamble a little bit, but certainly not habitually. I’m fairly hambivalent on the issue myself. I can do it here or I can do it in Louisiana or I can do it in Nevada. Just doesn’t make me much difference one way or the other frankly. There are much bigger fish to fry.
The question isn’t gambling per se.
In fact, we’re not legalizing “gambling”.
We’re giving the Straus family a monopoly on slot machines.
Gotta be something wrong with that.
And its gotta mean it won’t stop there.
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30 Dooood says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:36 pm
I gamble a little bit, but certainly not habitually. I’m fairly hambivalent on the issue myself. I can do it here or I can do it in Louisiana or I can do it in Nevada. Just doesn’t make me much difference one way or the other frankly. There are much bigger fish to fry.The question isn’t gambling per se.
In fact, we’re not legalizing “gambling”.
We’re giving the Straus family a monopoly on slot machines.
Gotta be something wrong with that.
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Pakistan’s prime minister warned the United States Monday that his country could respond to any future U.S. raids on its soil with “full force,” in the latest escalation of rhetoric in the wake of Usama bin Laden’s death.
Yeah I got yer full force right here.
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Pakistan’s prime minister warned the United States Monday that his country could respond to any future U.S. raids on its soil with “full force,” in the latest escalation of rhetoric in the wake of Usama bin Laden’s death.
Yeah I got yer full force right here.
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There are sure to be awards and honorifics, all done in private. But the shooter is likely looking for some moments of peace, a way to completely remove himself from the pressure cooker. “These guys can one day be killing on the other side of the world and then mowing the grass 24 hours later,” Smith says.
Two former SEALs discussing who shot Bin Laden.
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There are sure to be awards and honorifics, all done in private. But the shooter is likely looking for some moments of peace, a way to completely remove himself from the pressure cooker. “These guys can one day be killing on the other side of the world and then mowing the grass 24 hours later,” Smith says.
Two former SEALs discussing who shot Bin Laden.
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I just got a friend request, which I punted. Guess who from? Like I need more stress in my life.
Off to run errands.
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I just got a friend request, which I punted. Guess who from? Like I need more stress in my life.
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Oh, and if any of you want to see me in the dunking booth at our church bazaar, bring it. By “it” I mean bring your money. You won’t get to dunk me for free! This Sunday.
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It is kinda funny how Dick Cheney had to divest all his interest in Halliburton when he was elected VP. Judges recuse themselves if they see a potential conflict of interest. Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
I personally have never gambled and I probably never will. If others choose to blow their money, I do not care. I know this topic came up several weeks ago and several people posted about increased crime, etc in the vicinity of gambling establishments. I have never witnessed this myself, but I also do not make it a habit of traveling to casinos. In other words, I have no first hand knowledge of the conditions around these establishments nor have I really paid any attention to other ill effects.
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It is kinda funny how Dick Cheney had to divest all his interest in Halliburton when he was elected VP. Judges recuse themselves if they see a potential conflict of interest. Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
I personally have never gambled and I probably never will. If others choose to blow their money, I do not care. I know this topic came up several weeks ago and several people posted about increased crime, etc in the vicinity of gambling establishments. I have never witnessed this myself, but I also do not make it a habit of traveling to casinos. In other words, I have no first hand knowledge of the conditions around these establishments nor have I really paid any attention to other ill effects. -
Yeah I got yer full force right here.
Oh, now ya done went and got the Pakis all riled up. Clearly it’s your fault.
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Yeah I got yer full force right here.
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Tedtam, the only thing better than dunking your teacher is dunking your boss. Fortunately mine volunteers every year at the United Way main event.
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Tedtam, the only thing better than dunking your teacher is dunking your boss. Fortunately mine volunteers every year at the United Way main event.
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So some folks think it is a good idea to roll out a bike sharing program. That’s a good thing, right? Save some gas… save the environment… better personal health. These are all noble causes. And of course the company is a private company with a business plan and a means to turn a profit to expand into new markets… right?!?
The start-up cost for the publicly owned but privately operated program was $6.4 million, 80% of it federal, says Chris Holben, who works on the city’s bike programs. He says it aims to fund itself within a couple of years.
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Nope this looks like another feel good measure where the onus of the cost falls squarely on the shoulders of the taxpayer.
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So some folks think it is a good idea to roll out a bike sharing program. That’s a good thing, right? Save some gas… save the environment… better personal health. These are all noble causes. And of course the company is a private company with a business plan and a means to turn a profit to expand into new markets… right?!?
The start-up cost for the publicly owned but privately operated program was $6.4 million, 80% of it federal, says Chris Holben, who works on the city’s bike programs. He says it aims to fund itself within a couple of years.
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25 Hamous says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:08 pmI think we need a law making it compulsory for everyone to see teh moobie.
Heh.
I post something about a politician using the law to limit competition and make him and his freinds rich, and you think of teh moobie.
That means its working——-
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25 Hamous says:
May 9, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I think we need a law making it compulsory for everyone to see teh moobie.Heh.
I post something about a politician using the law to limit competition and make him and his freinds rich, and you think of teh moobie.
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If you outlaw not seeing teh moobie only outlaws will not see teh moobie.
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If you outlaw not seeing teh moobie only outlaws will not see teh moobie.
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I’d pay good money to see Dagny’s moobie.
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42 Dooood says:
May 9, 2011 at 4:08 pmI’d pay good money to see Dagny’s moobie.
Didn’t look like she had just one—-
Oh wait—-
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42 Dooood says:
May 9, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I’d pay good money to see Dagny’s moobie.Didn’t look like she had just one—-
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That means its working——-
And I haven’t even seen it yet!
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That means its working——-
And I haven’t even seen it yet!
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44 Hamous says:
May 9, 2011 at 4:47 pmThat means its working——-
And I haven’t even seen it yet!
That means just talking about it is working.
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44 Hamous says:
May 9, 2011 at 4:47 pmThat means its working——-
And I haven’t even seen it yet!
That means just talking about it is working.
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Heh. Texmo, look up the bike sharing program in Amsterdam a while back. Within a short time all the bikes disappeared. They’re still finding them in the canals.
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Heh. Texmo, look up the bike sharing program in Amsterdam a while back. Within a short time all the bikes disappeared. They’re still finding them in the canals.
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That means just talking about it is working.
I know, huh! I’m already feeling more like an objectivist.
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That means just talking about it is working.
I know, huh! I’m already feeling more like an objectivist.
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More sky-is-falling from the left.
If only it would fall on them and shut them the wiss up.
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More sky-is-falling from the left.
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#34 TT
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#34 TT
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#36 TexMo
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
Thanks for framing the relevant question! How is this considered legit? Are we supposed to pretend we don’t see any conflict of interest?
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#36 TexMo
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
Thanks for framing the relevant question! How is this considered legit? Are we supposed to pretend we don’t see any conflict of interest?
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#47 Hammy
I’m already feeling more like an objectivist.
Now that’s scary. 🙂
(I don’t quite follow the other postings but from what little I looked up, that is good.)
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#47 Hammy
I’m already feeling more like an objectivist.
Now that’s scary. 🙂
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May 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm#36 TexMo
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
Thanks for framing the relevant question! How is this considered legit? Are we supposed to pretend we don’t see any conflict of interest?
Its because we were told that the Proven Conservative Leader promised he wouldn’t take a direct role in the legislation.
He just appointed the Committee Chairs who owe their jobs and power to him.
Of course, they’re just working in the best interests of the citizens of the State of Texas to make sure we’re all treated as equals. Its just that some Animals are more equal than others———
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50 mharper42 says:
May 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm#36 TexMo
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
Thanks for framing the relevant question! How is this considered legit? Are we supposed to pretend we don’t see any conflict of interest?
Its because we were told that the Proven Conservative Leader promised he wouldn’t take a direct role in the legislation.
He just appointed the Committee Chairs who owe their jobs and power to him.
Of course, they’re just working in the best interests of the citizens of the State of Texas to make sure we’re all treated as equals. Its just that some Animals are more equal than others——— -
Mastermind of terror… or a doddery old fool?
He is not watching a shopping channel on daytime TV, but old footage of his younger self – waving an AK-47 assault rifle in the Afghani hills, or acting with faux presidential grandeur in one of his jihadist broadcasts.
That the Pakistanis subsequently found ‘herbal Viagra’ in Bin Laden’s medicine cabinet sheds further light on the super terrorist’s vanity. The new footage reveals that before taping his broadcasts, he used dye on his beard and hair to achieve the impression of virility.
The unkempt figure hunched before the TV seems much older than his 54 years. Occasionally, he can be seen forgetting his lines in otherwise well-crafted propaganda broadcasts. -
Mastermind of terror… or a doddery old fool?
He is not watching a shopping channel on daytime TV, but old footage of his younger self – waving an AK-47 assault rifle in the Afghani hills, or acting with faux presidential grandeur in one of his jihadist broadcasts.
That the Pakistanis subsequently found ‘herbal Viagra’ in Bin Laden’s medicine cabinet sheds further light on the super terrorist’s vanity. The new footage reveals that before taping his broadcasts, he used dye on his beard and hair to achieve the impression of virility.
The unkempt figure hunched before the TV seems much older than his 54 years. Occasionally, he can be seen forgetting his lines in otherwise well-crafted propaganda broadcasts. -
#49 Mharper
DING! DING! DING!
We have a winner!
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#49 Mharper
DING! DING! DING!
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Well, this is a headline Bob42 would have loved:
Pot lobby grows in Washington
Story here.
For those of you with dyslexia, it does NOT read “Lobby pot grows in Washington”.
Which reminds me – on our way back from San Antonio and watching Lovely graduate, we stopped at Buc-ees on I-10. As a woman, I was pleased to see that they added a whole new wing of toilets – about a dozen of ’em. I love that I don’t have to wait and that the restrooms are immaculately clean and always stocked. As busy as that place is, that’s sayin’ something.
I just hope the government doesn’t take it over. No way they could run it as well as the capitalist, evil pigs that own Buc-ees are doing.
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Well, this is a headline Bob42 would have loved:
Pot lobby grows in Washington
Story here.
For those of you with dyslexia, it does NOT read “Lobby pot grows in Washington”.
Which reminds me – on our way back from San Antonio and watching Lovely graduate, we stopped at Buc-ees on I-10. As a woman, I was pleased to see that they added a whole new wing of toilets – about a dozen of ’em. I love that I don’t have to wait and that the restrooms are immaculately clean and always stocked. As busy as that place is, that’s sayin’ something.
I just hope the government doesn’t take it over. No way they could run it as well as the capitalist, evil pigs that own Buc-ees are doing. -
I din’t know that Chevy made a hybrid version of the Malibu. Looks like a lot of other folks didn’t either.
Sales of the plugin Chevy Volt actually dropped. GM’s hybrid Chevy Malibu sedan sold — wait for it — five cars. Meanwhile, Chevy sold 24,000 — that’s thousand — gas-fueled Malibu sedans. And it was the Chevy Cruze — the $40,000 Volt’s platform-mate that sells for half the price — that was the General’s star seller at a healthy 25,000 units. More than the vaunted Toyota Corolla. Nearly even with the legendary Honda Civic.
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I din’t know that Chevy made a hybrid version of the Malibu. Looks like a lot of other folks didn’t either.
Sales of the plugin Chevy Volt actually dropped. GM’s hybrid Chevy Malibu sedan sold — wait for it — five cars. Meanwhile, Chevy sold 24,000 — that’s thousand — gas-fueled Malibu sedans. And it was the Chevy Cruze — the $40,000 Volt’s platform-mate that sells for half the price — that was the General’s star seller at a healthy 25,000 units. More than the vaunted Toyota Corolla. Nearly even with the legendary Honda Civic.
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Given the kind of shenanigans we’re seeing with the Make Joe Straus Even Richer Than He Already Is Bill, and the way that Tea Partiers in general have been treated because of thier efforts to get rid of Establishment Republicans of that stripe, this should come as no surprise.
A majority of Republicans said for the first time that a third party was needed in American politics, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.
Fifty-two percent of Republicans, and an even stronger number of Tea Party supporters, support the creation of a major, third political party, underscoring the occasional tensions between grassroots conservatives and the GOP establishment.
An overall majority of Americans, 52 percent, said that a third political party was needed; the most profound shift has come among Republicans. -
#54 TT
So I guess Bobo is missing the abuse he both gave & took on Hammy’s Couch…Maybe he’s been booted out of whatever blog he attached himself to next?
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#54 TT
So I guess Bobo is missing the abuse he both gave & took on Hammy’s Couch…
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I’ll never buy another GM or Chrysler product for as long as I live. In the last two years, I’ve bought two new Honda Civic sedans for family members. Both of them were purchased within $100 of $18,000 drive out price. They’re a great economical small car, occasionally I even get the chance to drive one of them and they’re a neat car to drive.
GM couldn’t give me one of those worthless Volts.
You have to be a dolt, to buy a GM Volt!
And for the record, I don’t necessarily believe in “Buy American”. This free market capitalist believes in buying the best product for our family’s money, period. That’s all I can control.
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I’ll never buy another GM or Chrysler product for as long as I live. In the last two years, I’ve bought two new Honda Civic sedans for family members. Both of them were purchased within $100 of $18,000 drive out price. They’re a great economical small car, occasionally I even get the chance to drive one of them and they’re a neat car to drive.
GM couldn’t give me one of those worthless Volts.
You have to be a dolt, to buy a GM Volt!
And for the record, I don’t necessarily believe in “Buy American”. This free market capitalist believes in buying the best product for our family’s money, period. That’s all I can control. -
#54 mharper42
Not to worry, he defriended me a couple of weeks ago even though I had never swapped any posts with him. Must not of liked the tone of the cartoon’s I was sharing.Yeah and you can tell how much sleep I’ve lost over it.
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#54 mharper42
Not to worry, he defriended me a couple of weeks ago even though I had never swapped any posts with him. Must not of liked the tone of the cartoon’s I was sharing.
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#60 Lorents
HATER !!!
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#60 Lorents
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Cbr, I’ve really been missing my old HS.com handle. I may swich back to it over here if the Hamnster will let me.
I’m kinda like the Doc Holliday character in Kevin Costner’s “Wyatt Earp”. The role was well played by Dennis Quaid and at one point shortly after Doc meets Wyatt he tells him:
“I’m dying of tuberculosis, I sleep with the nastiest whore in Kansas and “EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME, HATES ME.”
In that great deep, gravelly accent.
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Cbr, I’ve really been missing my old HS.com handle. I may swich back to it over here if the Hamnster will let me.
I’m kinda like the Doc Holliday character in Kevin Costner’s “Wyatt Earp”. The role was well played by Dennis Quaid and at one point shortly after Doc meets Wyatt he tells him:
“I’m dying of tuberculosis, I sleep with the nastiest whore in Kansas and “EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME, HATES ME.”
In that great deep, gravelly accent. -
Today was the last day for 3 of the illegal immigration bills to get out of committee. I know e-verify was one of them. Have any of you head the status?
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Today was the last day for 3 of the illegal immigration bills to get out of committee. I know e-verify was one of them. Have any of you head the status?
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AW, I was SO happy to see your posts the other day. I hope you are well.
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AW, I was SO happy to see your posts the other day. I hope you are well.
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At another point in the movie, Doc tells Wyatt:
“When you need me, I’ll be there for you.”
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At another point in the movie, Doc tells Wyatt:
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wagonburner #16;
A Cleveland man was attacked by a housecat Friday afternoon and the man’s injuries are so severe that he had to be taken by air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.
From a Tabby cat?
At some point during the attack, the man and the cat reportedly were injured by a knife the man was holding. The man was taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center before being transported to Houston.
I’m no expert but I reckon it isn’t too difficult to firmly grab the cat and ram its body into items around the house. Why would a knife even be necessary?
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wagonburner #16;
A Cleveland man was attacked by a housecat Friday afternoon and the man’s injuries are so severe that he had to be taken by air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.
From a Tabby cat?
At some point during the attack, the man and the cat reportedly were injured by a knife the man was holding. The man was taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center before being transported to Houston.
I’m no expert but I reckon it isn’t too difficult to firmly grab the cat and ram its body into items around the house. Why would a knife even be necessary?
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mharper #26;
I’m against gambling primarily for religious reasons. And it is those religious reasons that drive me not to agree to legalize gambling in Texas. I find gambling an idustry that benefits few and destroys many. Having lived in Illinois most my life I cannot tell you anything bewneficial that legalized gambling has brought to that state.
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mharper #26;
I’m against gambling primarily for religious reasons. And it is those religious reasons that drive me not to agree to legalize gambling in Texas. I find gambling an idustry that benefits few and destroys many. Having lived in Illinois most my life I cannot tell you anything bewneficial that legalized gambling has brought to that state. -
TexMo #36;
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
That’ what I wondered. I guess it’s legal on Strauss’ part but not very ethical it seems.
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TexMo #36;
Why then does the Texas Speaker of the House get to shepherd a bill through that will benefit him personally?
That’ what I wondered. I guess it’s legal on Strauss’ part but not very ethical it seems.
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#59;
Maybe he’s been booted out of whatever blog he attached himself to next?
I doubt if Huffintgton Post would boot him.
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#59;
Maybe he’s been booted out of whatever blog he attached himself to next?
I doubt if Huffintgton Post would boot him.
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Lawrence! Hi hun, I’m fine. Old and sassy ha. I wondered what happened to y’all! I wish we could all get together some time.
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Lawrence! Hi hun, I’m fine. Old and sassy ha. I wondered what happened to y’all! I wish we could all get together some time.
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I’m not a gambler, so all I can say is from looking outside in. Atlantic City and Las Vegas do not give me a warm fuzzy feeling about a great place to raise a family. I mean I’ve never head anyone say ” Oh, I want to get married, have kids and live in Vegas ! 😉
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I’m not a gambler, so all I can say is from looking outside in. Atlantic City and Las Vegas do not give me a warm fuzzy feeling about a great place to raise a family. I mean I’ve never head anyone say ” Oh, I want to get married, have kids and live in Vegas ! 😉
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Out of all the tattoos that have passed through the NBA, Kelly Dwyer expresses discontent with THIS one?
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Out of all the tattoos that have passed through the NBA, Kelly Dwyer expresses discontent with THIS one?
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When kiddo was still in college, I went up for a mother/daughter weekend. She took me to the casino, on the OK border. It was more of an observation exercise than anything for me. I saw a lot of older folks, sitting on chairs, feeding machines. None looked happy ha. I didn’t like the atmosphere. I’m not going to get in to Straus, because I flat out don’t like him.
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When kiddo was still in college, I went up for a mother/daughter weekend. She took me to the casino, on the OK border. It was more of an observation exercise than anything for me. I saw a lot of older folks, sitting on chairs, feeding machines. None looked happy ha. I didn’t like the atmosphere. I’m not going to get in to Straus, because I flat out don’t like him.
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“I would like to see a scenario in which Republicans in both houses draw a line in the sand,” Lee says as we talk in his Capitol Hill office. “If Democrats do not give us the supermajorities we need in both houses to pass the balanced-budget amendment, we are not going to even come to the table. It is a condition precedent.”
Mike Lee’s da’ Man.
Lee’s Limit: The Utah Republican plays hardball on the debt ceiling.
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“I would like to see a scenario in which Republicans in both houses draw a line in the sand,” Lee says as we talk in his Capitol Hill office. “If Democrats do not give us the supermajorities we need in both houses to pass the balanced-budget amendment, we are not going to even come to the table. It is a condition precedent.”
Mike Lee’s da’ Man.
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#56 Jeez! The review is as long as the freaking book!
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#56 Jeez! The review is as long as the freaking book!
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Wyatt: Whats’ wrong with you?
Doc: Whats’ wrong with me? What have you got?
Quaid’s grody little stubble beard matches you as well.
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Wyatt: Whats’ wrong with you?
Doc: Whats’ wrong with me? What have you got?
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Joe Straus for President !
A chicken in every pot !
A slot machine in every kitchen !
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Joe Straus for President !
A chicken in every pot !
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I sure am glad the border area is secure and safe.
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I sure am glad the border area is secure and safe.
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My My Ol Sarge cannot handle an honest question from me. Avoid avoid. Shame really it was JUST an honest question Sarge.
Well y’all have a nice evening.
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My My Ol Sarge cannot handle an honest question from me. Avoid avoid. Shame really it was JUST an honest question Sarge.
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#78
See your momma showed you how to stir the pot betta n betta.
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#78
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Joe Straus for Governor !
Lox & cream cheese on bagels for everyone !
A blackjack table in every dining room !
A roulette wheel for every hot tub !
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Joe Straus for Governor !
Lox & cream cheese on bagels for everyone !
A blackjack table in every dining room !
A roulette wheel for every hot tub ! -
#81 CbR
Heh.
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#81 CbR
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‘Splain the dangers of the debt and deficits to our future where even the VMG’rs understand it and win yourself 100 grand.
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‘Splain the dangers of the debt and deficits to our future where even the VMG’rs understand it and win yourself 100 grand.
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Lox & cream cheese on bagels for everyone !
If someone could bring back Alfred’s Delicatessen on Stella Link I’d vote for them regardless of party affiliation, odd sexual proclivities, or even past axe murders.
/ I want Alfred’s and Katz’s is not a suitable substitute!
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Lox & cream cheese on bagels for everyone !
If someone could bring back Alfred’s Delicatessen on Stella Link I’d vote for them regardless of party affiliation, odd sexual proclivities, or even past axe murders.
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wagon #79;
Good for the US Navy!
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wagon #79;
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#85 Dooood
I’ve been fed matzoh ball soup up here in restaurants and homes and not one place compares to Alfred Khan’s matzoh ball soup. My mother took me there first when I was about 7 and it is still the best I ever had.
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#85 Dooood
I’ve been fed matzoh ball soup up here in restaurants and homes and not one place compares to Alfred Khan’s matzoh ball soup. My mother took me there first when I was about 7 and it is still the best I ever had. -
Here’s a nutty story:
http://jezebel.com/5799724/hillary-clinton-photoshopped-out-of-situation-room-photoThere was also a woman’s face at the back of the crowd in that famous photo. Read somewhere that she is the Counterterrorism Czar or some such. She’s gone too from the edited photo.
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Here’s a nutty story:
http://jezebel.com/5799724/hillary-clinton-photoshopped-out-of-situation-room-photo
There was also a woman’s face at the back of the crowd in that famous photo. Read somewhere that she is the Counterterrorism Czar or some such. She’s gone too from the edited photo. -
#86 darren
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#86 darren
It was the Mexican Navy. -
#88 mharper42
Here’s the skinny on the woman from Weasel Zippers – Audrey Tomason
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#88 mharper42
Here’s the skinny on the woman from Weasel Zippers – Audrey Tomason -
wagon #89;
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wagon #89;
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According to the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), Joey Chestnut holds the world record for eating matzah balls; he ate 78 matzah balls in 8 minutes.[2]
That ain’t nothin’. I bet Texpat could beat that record.
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According to the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), Joey Chestnut holds the world record for eating matzah balls; he ate 78 matzah balls in 8 minutes.[2]
LINK
That ain’t nothin’. I bet Texpat could beat that record.
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