Friday Lutherans in Space Open Comments

The Lutherans really get around. They’ve apparently made it to a location 13.04 billion light-years away in deep space. Of course, that would imply that they were also around 13.04 billion years ago.
I may need to rethink my premises…

Kaboom!


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  1. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Mornin’ Gang I’m heading to the shower. I’ll be able to hit the road before 6 AM. 😉

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Mornin’ Gang I’m heading to the shower. I’ll be able to hit the road before 6 AM. 😉

  3. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Second!

    Be careful out there SD, have a good trip.

  4. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Second!
    Be careful out there SD, have a good trip.

  5. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    WELP, I’M OUTTA HERE!! See Y’all in Alabama.

  6. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    WELP, I’M OUTTA HERE!! See Y’all in Alabama.

  7. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Well I know Jon Huntsman Jr is from Utah, but…. 😛

    October 1st of 2008 on television in Salt Lake City, gubernatorial debate. The moderator Doug Fabrizio said, “Let’s talk about health care. I have an e-mail message from Annie, who writes: ‘Where do you stand on this argument? I think, Governor, this is a critical question for some: The argument that decent, quality, affordable health care is not a right, but a privilege. Is health care a right?’”

    HUNTSMAN: I think health care is a right, and I think we’re not doing enough in terms of providing that which our citizens need. We’ve had problems with the insurance sector. I mean, why is it that the insurance sector will not provide affordable health care policies? I’ve called them in. I have asked them. I have humiliated them publicly!

  8. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Well I know Jon Huntsman Jr is from Utah, but…. 😛

    October 1st of 2008 on television in Salt Lake City, gubernatorial debate. The moderator Doug Fabrizio said, “Let’s talk about health care. I have an e-mail message from Annie, who writes: ‘Where do you stand on this argument? I think, Governor, this is a critical question for some: The argument that decent, quality, affordable health care is not a right, but a privilege. Is health care a right?’”
    HUNTSMAN: I think health care is a right, and I think we’re not doing enough in terms of providing that which our citizens need. We’ve had problems with the insurance sector. I mean, why is it that the insurance sector will not provide affordable health care policies? I’ve called them in. I have asked them. I have humiliated them publicly!

  9. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Same link

    Jon Huntsman Jr on Cap and Trade:

    HUNTSMAN: In order to get to the heart and soul of carbon emission — which is a problem, because it leads to polluted skies and air quality problems and climate change — we must put a value on carbon. Until we put a value on carbon, we’re never gonna be able to get serious about dealing with climate change longer term. Now, putting a value on carbon either suggests that you go to a carbon tax or you get a cap-and-trade system underway. When I speak of “sustainability,” I talk about ultimately a cap-and-trade system.

  10. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Same link
    Jon Huntsman Jr on Cap and Trade:

    HUNTSMAN: In order to get to the heart and soul of carbon emission — which is a problem, because it leads to polluted skies and air quality problems and climate change — we must put a value on carbon. Until we put a value on carbon, we’re never gonna be able to get serious about dealing with climate change longer term. Now, putting a value on carbon either suggests that you go to a carbon tax or you get a cap-and-trade system underway. When I speak of “sustainability,” I talk about ultimately a cap-and-trade system.

  11. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    With Huntsman, as well as with Newt and Ronmey (among others) we’re see what pizzed us off about Estabishment Republicans as well as the leadership and their professional political advisors and pundits. They are the ones that told us the problem was with Rush Limbaugh and Talk Radio and advised that we move “closer to the middle” and work across the aisle.” Even today, Establlishment Republican Leaders like Joe Straus endeavor to reduce the influence of conservatives by using thier power to change district lines to get rid of the ones we elect, handing districts to more “moderate” Republicans and Democrats (but I repeat myself). The difference today is that those of us who remain poltically informed even during off years have also become politically active as well and are using the new tools we have at our disposal. The reaction has been——interesting. It is a time where we are finding out who our true freinds are and who was just trying to manipulate us.

    Its going to be a very interesting primary season for some Republicans.

  12. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    With Huntsman, as well as with Newt and Ronmey (among others) we’re see what pizzed us off about Estabishment Republicans as well as the leadership and their professional political advisors and pundits. They are the ones that told us the problem was with Rush Limbaugh and Talk Radio and advised that we move “closer to the middle” and work across the aisle.” Even today, Establlishment Republican Leaders like Joe Straus endeavor to reduce the influence of conservatives by using thier power to change district lines to get rid of the ones we elect, handing districts to more “moderate” Republicans and Democrats (but I repeat myself). The difference today is that those of us who remain poltically informed even during off years have also become politically active as well and are using the new tools we have at our disposal. The reaction has been——interesting. It is a time where we are finding out who our true freinds are and who was just trying to manipulate us.
    Its going to be a very interesting primary season for some Republicans.

  13. Dooood Avatar

    Anyone considering Jon Huntsman should spend a couple of minutes viewing this from the guys at Verum Serum blog.

  14. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Anyone considering Jon Huntsman should spend a couple of minutes viewing this from the guys at Verum Serum blog.

  15. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Two things need to be done to reofrm the Lege so that it is more responsive and accountable to the People. First is to get rid of the “rose bush rule”:

    While the Senate rules allow for a simple majority to debate House bills on Wednesday, House Bill 12 would require a vote of two-thirds of the Senate if it is brought up out of order on the list of bills on the Senate’s agenda.

    Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a stalwart opponent of the sanctuary city bill, has a bill ahead of House Bill 12 on the calendar. Until Watson agrees to debate his bill, House Bill 12 would require a vote of two-thirds of the Senate to take it out of order.

    Watson declined to comment on his intentions, but it appeared unlikely he would pass his bill and allow the sanctuary city debate to go forward. Lawmakers declined to predict whether an effort would be made to attach the proposal to another bill.”

    The second is to get rid of the“Pledge Card” system of electing a Speaker.

    Pledge cards are a shady holdover from a bygone era of insider dominance in Texas politics.

    In the past, Representatives backed the guy who could give them campaign money and got on the good side of the likely next speaker. Then, the speaker race was opened to the public. This past speaker race was the first in which Texans have participated in over 35 years.

    snip

    In our current politics, pledge cards are also a crafty lever designed to give campaigning legislators a moral reason for supporting the wrong speaker candidate. “Sorry constituents. I know the principles I’m asking for your vote on, and that I’m pledged to the wrong guy based on them, but I made a promise back before I realized how good the challenger was going to be. You want me to be a man of my word, don’t you?” It’s rickety, but that’s the play.

    It aint gonna happen, though, unless we do something about it.

  16. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Two things need to be done to reofrm the Lege so that it is more responsive and accountable to the People. First is to get rid of the “rose bush rule”:

    While the Senate rules allow for a simple majority to debate House bills on Wednesday, House Bill 12 would require a vote of two-thirds of the Senate if it is brought up out of order on the list of bills on the Senate’s agenda.
    Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, a stalwart opponent of the sanctuary city bill, has a bill ahead of House Bill 12 on the calendar. Until Watson agrees to debate his bill, House Bill 12 would require a vote of two-thirds of the Senate to take it out of order.
    Watson declined to comment on his intentions, but it appeared unlikely he would pass his bill and allow the sanctuary city debate to go forward. Lawmakers declined to predict whether an effort would be made to attach the proposal to another bill.”

    The second is to get rid of the“Pledge Card” system of electing a Speaker.

    Pledge cards are a shady holdover from a bygone era of insider dominance in Texas politics.
    In the past, Representatives backed the guy who could give them campaign money and got on the good side of the likely next speaker. Then, the speaker race was opened to the public. This past speaker race was the first in which Texans have participated in over 35 years.
    snip
    In our current politics, pledge cards are also a crafty lever designed to give campaigning legislators a moral reason for supporting the wrong speaker candidate. “Sorry constituents. I know the principles I’m asking for your vote on, and that I’m pledged to the wrong guy based on them, but I made a promise back before I realized how good the challenger was going to be. You want me to be a man of my word, don’t you?” It’s rickety, but that’s the play.

    It aint gonna happen, though, unless we do something about it.

  17. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Like all holidays, Memorial Day is sometimes at risk of losing its meaning in our commercial society, as shoppers and travelers forget about the sacrifices all of our troops and their families make.

    Let us not forget.

    LINK

  18. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Like all holidays, Memorial Day is sometimes at risk of losing its meaning in our commercial society, as shoppers and travelers forget about the sacrifices all of our troops and their families make.

    Let us not forget.
    LINK

  19. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Anyone considering Jon Huntsman should spend a couple of minutes viewing this from the guys at Verum Serum blog.

    I knew Huntsman was the wrong guy as soon as Democrats said that he was the Republican they fear most.

    He is right, though, when he says he’s a “traditional Republican”. Guys like him are the whole problem with the Republican Party.

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Anyone considering Jon Huntsman should spend a couple of minutes viewing this from the guys at Verum Serum blog.

    I knew Huntsman was the wrong guy as soon as Democrats said that he was the Republican they fear most.
    He is right, though, when he says he’s a “traditional Republican”. Guys like him are the whole problem with the Republican Party.

  21. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Sarge, I think he said he was NOT a traditional Republican.

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Sarge, I think he said he was NOT a traditional Republican.

  23. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    Here’s your test for the day. I’m wondering how many democrats can get a perfect score…

  24. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Here’s your test for the day. I’m wondering how many democrats can get a perfect score…

  25. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, the shine is rubbing off, methinks.

    “It’s difficult to tell journalists what you’d like to say to the president of a superpower. This time I won’t tell him, I won’t meet him, it doesn’t suit me,” Walesa told Poland’s public broadcaster TVP.

    I’ve often wondered if I’d accept an invite from this president to visit him in the Oval Office. As much as I’d like to see the place, and as much as I respect the office of president, I think I’d decline. I simply have no need nor desire to visit this man. And I don’t think the Secret Service would appreciate my attitude, either, and I don’t really want to go to jail.

  26. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, the shine is rubbing off, methinks.

    “It’s difficult to tell journalists what you’d like to say to the president of a superpower. This time I won’t tell him, I won’t meet him, it doesn’t suit me,” Walesa told Poland’s public broadcaster TVP.

    I’ve often wondered if I’d accept an invite from this president to visit him in the Oval Office. As much as I’d like to see the place, and as much as I respect the office of president, I think I’d decline. I simply have no need nor desire to visit this man. And I don’t think the Secret Service would appreciate my attitude, either, and I don’t really want to go to jail.

  27. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    11 mharper42 says:
    May 27, 2011 at 8:01 am
    Sarge, I think he said he was NOT a traditional Republican.

    Well;

    Whether he said it or not, he is.

  28. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    11 mharper42 says:
    May 27, 2011 at 8:01 am
    Sarge, I think he said he was NOT a traditional Republican.

    Well;
    Whether he said it or not, he is.

  29. El Gordo Avatar

    Guys like him are the whole problem with the Republican Party.

    Agreed. If I wanted to vote for a guy who favors some of the types of positions Huntsman seems to have favored, why wouldn’t I just vote Democrat? The Democrat-light mentality has infiltrated Republican politics for so long now it’s hardly surprising that some people just don’t see much difference between the two parties any more.

  30. Dooood Avatar

    Guys like him are the whole problem with the Republican Party.

    Agreed. If I wanted to vote for a guy who favors some of the types of positions Huntsman seems to have favored, why wouldn’t I just vote Democrat? The Democrat-light mentality has infiltrated Republican politics for so long now it’s hardly surprising that some people just don’t see much difference between the two parties any more.

  31. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Here’s your test for the day. I’m wondering how many democrats can get a perfect score…

    Well, here’s what this Independent Conservative with Libertarian leanings got:

    Here’s Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.

    Buty I had a problem with this one, because the correct answer is really “d” once you count the marginally employed and those who have been unemployed since Barry started fixing the economy for us.

    Is the national unemployment rate as reported by the government currently closer to:
    a. 5%
    b. 9%
    c. 15%
    d. 21%

  32. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Here’s your test for the day. I’m wondering how many democrats can get a perfect score…

    Well, here’s what this Independent Conservative with Libertarian leanings got:

    Here’s Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.

    Buty I had a problem with this one, because the correct answer is really “d” once you count the marginally employed and those who have been unemployed since Barry started fixing the economy for us.

    Is the national unemployment rate as reported by the government currently closer to:
    a. 5%
    b. 9%
    c. 15%
    d. 21%

  33. meglettx Avatar

    Score one for the Polacks.

    (I can use that term because my last name ends in …wicz)

  34. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    Score one for the Polacks.
    (I can use that term because my last name ends in …wicz)

  35. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Wulp erstwhile radiot host cum state senator D_n Patrick has decided to form an exploritory commitee to see if he is running for US Senate. Kay’s seat.

    I suppose the dustup between him and Dewwurst drove him over the edge.

    I luvvvv the Houston Press’ take on the pending announcement that he is gonna run. Ya gotta know that he is.

    These are the best line but the whole story is funny.

    We assume the exploratory committee consists solely of God, who seems to get all the credit (or blame, as it were) for anything Patrick does.
    (Circumcised)
    So let’s sit back and watch as Republicans try to outdo themselves in being even more Tea Party than the others. Break out the “Don’t Tread On Me” flags and crank up the Jesus references, boys!!!

  36. squawkbox Avatar

    Wulp erstwhile radiot host cum state senator D_n Patrick has decided to form an exploritory commitee to see if he is running for US Senate. Kay’s seat.
    I suppose the dustup between him and Dewwurst drove him over the edge.
    I luvvvv the Houston Press’ take on the pending announcement that he is gonna run. Ya gotta know that he is.
    These are the best line but the whole story is funny.

    We assume the exploratory committee consists solely of God, who seems to get all the credit (or blame, as it were) for anything Patrick does.
    (Circumcised)
    So let’s sit back and watch as Republicans try to outdo themselves in being even more Tea Party than the others. Break out the “Don’t Tread On Me” flags and crank up the Jesus references, boys!!!

  37. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #14 Sgt

    Whether he said it or not, he is.

    I don’t agree that a typical Republican is a RINO, although way too many Pubbies are these days — for sure.

  38. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #14 Sgt

    Whether he said it or not, he is.

    I don’t agree that a typical Republican is a RINO, although way too many Pubbies are these days — for sure.

  39. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17

    (I can use that term because my last name ends in …wicz)

    Hey, I thought your name ended in …666. 🙂

  40. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17

    (I can use that term because my last name ends in …wicz)

    Hey, I thought your name ended in …666. 🙂

  41. El Gordo Avatar

    I don’t agree that a typical Republican is a RINO

    The term “RINO” lost any meaning for me years ago. If it’s not even clear to me what a “Republican” is, then how can “RINO” have any meaning? The most important aspect to any politician to me is fiscal sanity. At this point, I don’t think either party has a majority membership composed of people with fiscal sanity. A “typical” Republican is therefore nothing more than a typical politician in my mind.

    So what is a “typical” Republican in your opinion, and the corollary question, what differentiates them from Democrats in the arena of fiscal sanity?

  42. Dooood Avatar

    I don’t agree that a typical Republican is a RINO

    The term “RINO” lost any meaning for me years ago. If it’s not even clear to me what a “Republican” is, then how can “RINO” have any meaning? The most important aspect to any politician to me is fiscal sanity. At this point, I don’t think either party has a majority membership composed of people with fiscal sanity. A “typical” Republican is therefore nothing more than a typical politician in my mind.
    So what is a “typical” Republican in your opinion, and the corollary question, what differentiates them from Democrats in the arena of fiscal sanity?

  43. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Dewd

    The term “RINO” lost any meaning for me years ago.

    Amen brother. Especially when I found out I was the RINO. Hell when you vote republican because that is all you got and there is no diff between them and the demorats, well that makes me the RINO. It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

  44. squawkbox Avatar

    Dewd

    The term “RINO” lost any meaning for me years ago.

    Amen brother. Especially when I found out I was the RINO. Hell when you vote republican because that is all you got and there is no diff between them and the demorats, well that makes me the RINO. It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

  45. El Gordo Avatar

    It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

    Absolutely. A decision of “none of the above” is, in itself, a decision. I consider it a vote of “no confidence”.

  46. Dooood Avatar

    It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

    Absolutely. A decision of “none of the above” is, in itself, a decision. I consider it a vote of “no confidence”.

  47. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    My favorite argument is these folks that like to tell me if I don’t vote I have no right to complain. I have asked them time and again to show me where in the Constitution it says that. Strangest thing is they cannot. Howcumzattis?

    Believe thee me your non-vote is counted. How many stories have we been treated to about the folks that are so disgruntled the say the heck with it? “They” also provide number who did not vote (just to make my point) and expound why.

  48. squawkbox Avatar

    My favorite argument is these folks that like to tell me if I don’t vote I have no right to complain. I have asked them time and again to show me where in the Constitution it says that. Strangest thing is they cannot. Howcumzattis?
    Believe thee me your non-vote is counted. How many stories have we been treated to about the folks that are so disgruntled the say the heck with it? “They” also provide number who did not vote (just to make my point) and expound why.

  49. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Well, the promised moring low in the upper 60s did not materialize; instead it was a mugly 74 with generous ground mist. Ugh. Robbed for the second day in a row–no rain and now no cooler morning. Wind swung around to the south and blows as it has for days–with significant enthusiasm. Lots of small branchlets down in the yard, doubltess weakend by the drought and easy prey to the breezes or nibbling squirrels.

    The new fountain has thus far not fallen prey to coons or possums washing their dinners. A few smaller birds have obviously bathed in it, though it is too small for the larger ones like crows and hawks. Plenty of dried up live oak blossom remains have fallen in and sunk to the bottom but are easily scooped out. The water level diminishes significantly during the day and needs replentishing every second day. Once we bury the pump cord under the patio bricks the planter placement can begin to fill in the blank spaces around it.

    Enjoy the holiday weekend everyone. For some in our age class, Monday is also still called Decoration Day. We have fond memories of accompanying our parents to the cemetery to plant spring/summer flowers around the headstones of our departed kinfolk. In some cases the flowers would go to folks we didn’t know, servicemen without family in the veterans’ section, a remembrance of their valor long ago. In the city cemetery in Madison there is a section for Confederate fallen within the veterans’ section. Graves there were carefully tended as well, and I hope they still are. Camp Randall was a destinty for many Confederate prisoners, some of whom perished before the war was over and who now rest in peace in this reserved ground.

    Never forget, forever honor.

  50. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Well, the promised moring low in the upper 60s did not materialize; instead it was a mugly 74 with generous ground mist. Ugh. Robbed for the second day in a row–no rain and now no cooler morning. Wind swung around to the south and blows as it has for days–with significant enthusiasm. Lots of small branchlets down in the yard, doubltess weakend by the drought and easy prey to the breezes or nibbling squirrels.
    The new fountain has thus far not fallen prey to coons or possums washing their dinners. A few smaller birds have obviously bathed in it, though it is too small for the larger ones like crows and hawks. Plenty of dried up live oak blossom remains have fallen in and sunk to the bottom but are easily scooped out. The water level diminishes significantly during the day and needs replentishing every second day. Once we bury the pump cord under the patio bricks the planter placement can begin to fill in the blank spaces around it.
    Enjoy the holiday weekend everyone. For some in our age class, Monday is also still called Decoration Day. We have fond memories of accompanying our parents to the cemetery to plant spring/summer flowers around the headstones of our departed kinfolk. In some cases the flowers would go to folks we didn’t know, servicemen without family in the veterans’ section, a remembrance of their valor long ago. In the city cemetery in Madison there is a section for Confederate fallen within the veterans’ section. Graves there were carefully tended as well, and I hope they still are. Camp Randall was a destinty for many Confederate prisoners, some of whom perished before the war was over and who now rest in peace in this reserved ground.
    Never forget, forever honor.

  51. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I don’t agree that a typical Republican is a RINO, although way too many Pubbies are these days — for sure.

    I dislike the term RINO. It gives Republicans too much cover. I prefer Establishment Republicans as it denotes the true problme with the party: Those who remain in Leadership and elected positions after screwing things up for the last 10 years. A few of them have seen the light, or were fighting an uphill battle against the Establishment, but for the most part the ones who have been around more than 8 years need to be put out to pasture—especially the powerful ones.
    A hit piece on a Conservative in a Liberal rag has a quote in it that illustrates the problem more than I could:

    Things might have gone differently. The Senate Finance Committee, led by Steve Ogden, Republican of Bryan, voted in late April to spend more than $3 billion of the Rainy Day Fund to make the 2012-13 budget a little less draconian. Mr. Sullivan called the measure an “exercise in irresponsibility.”
    It did not end there. Mr. Ogden, who had promised to fight hard to use the reserve account, complained that “outside groups” had wormed their way into Capitol corridors where only insiders once roamed.
    “There’s so many outside groups who I think are basically hostile to the Senate, trying to influence senators’ votes,” Mr. Ogden told reporters. “One of the strengths of the Senate has always been that it was pretty hard to penetrate the club, but these outside groups have done it. And it’s making it harder to pass a bill.”

    News to Mr. Ogden: the Texas Senate belongs to the People of the State. Its not your private frikkin club, and treating it like one is anything but a “strength.” This clown is one of the most powerful politicians in the state. His attitude permeates the Republican Party. Its a “club”—–a heavily top down run organization. Those who have been in it a while look down their noses at those who have become more active in politics lately. They take our votes and help, then pat us on the head and rely on us not paying attention between elections. When we do, they say many unpleasant things about us.
    The days of them getting away with that are over.

  52. Katfish Avatar

    It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

    Absolutely. A decision of “none of the above” is, in itself, a decision. I consider it a vote of “no confidence”.

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

  53. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    It was at that point I decided that skipping the box really was not that bad of an idea.

    Absolutely. A decision of “none of the above” is, in itself, a decision. I consider it a vote of “no confidence”.

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    13 tedtam
    Lech Walesa is a giant among men.
    He’d have to pick up Barry and put him in a high chair to have a conversation with him.

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    13 tedtam
    Lech Walesa is a giant among men.
    He’d have to pick up Barry and put him in a high chair to have a conversation with him.

  56. El Gordo Avatar

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

    Fantastic idea!

  57. Dooood Avatar

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

    Fantastic idea!

  58. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #22 Dood

    So what is a “typical” Republican in your opinion, and the corollary question, what differentiates them from Democrats in the arena of fiscal sanity?

    To be a Republican, one should be fiscally conservative, and in the “social arena”, at least hold to “traditional values”. I realize the social as I stated is pretty vague, but it covers a lot of ground.

    Demoncrats are liberal on both fiscal and social policy, i.e. anything goes, as long as its O.P. $.

    RINOs are Demoncrats that switched parties in order to be electable in conservative precincts.

    Best I can do in a minute while ostensibly workin’ for a livin’… 🙂

  59. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #22 Dood

    So what is a “typical” Republican in your opinion, and the corollary question, what differentiates them from Democrats in the arena of fiscal sanity?

    To be a Republican, one should be fiscally conservative, and in the “social arena”, at least hold to “traditional values”. I realize the social as I stated is pretty vague, but it covers a lot of ground.
    Demoncrats are liberal on both fiscal and social policy, i.e. anything goes, as long as its O.P. $.
    RINOs are Demoncrats that switched parties in order to be electable in conservative precincts.
    Best I can do in a minute while ostensibly workin’ for a livin’… 🙂

  60. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

    Right now, its pretty easy.

    Vote in any Republican primary, but vote for the challenger. Chances are, you’ll be voting against one of the problems. The new guy might be just as much of a problem, even more, but all that does is get you right where you were before, so you’re not any worse off. In a cycle or two, the smarter ones get the picture. Right now, the ones in there are the ones that learned we weren’t watching and didn’t notice that we had started to.

  61. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I think we ought to have a “none of the above” box on the ballot. If NOTA wins, then we have a brand-new election and none of the people who were on the ballot would be eligible for the re-run. This would continue until an actual person got a majority.

    Right now, its pretty easy.
    Vote in any Republican primary, but vote for the challenger. Chances are, you’ll be voting against one of the problems. The new guy might be just as much of a problem, even more, but all that does is get you right where you were before, so you’re not any worse off. In a cycle or two, the smarter ones get the picture. Right now, the ones in there are the ones that learned we weren’t watching and didn’t notice that we had started to.

  62. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hey bunsonburner
    Is this kid related to you?

    TAHUYA, Wash. (AP) – Authorities in Washington state say they’re arrested a teenage girl for allegedly shooting her dad with an arrow after he took her cell phone away.
    Mason County detective William Adam says the man told officers that his 15-year-old daughter used a hunting bow to shoot him Wednesday evening after he grounded her and took the phone.

  63. squawkbox Avatar

    Hey bunsonburner
    Is this kid related to you?

    TAHUYA, Wash. (AP) – Authorities in Washington state say they’re arrested a teenage girl for allegedly shooting her dad with an arrow after he took her cell phone away.
    Mason County detective William Adam says the man told officers that his 15-year-old daughter used a hunting bow to shoot him Wednesday evening after he grounded her and took the phone.

  64. El Gordo Avatar

    To be a Republican, one should be fiscally conservative…

    IMHO the typical Republican IS NOT fiscally conservative. I can’t help but think about Dennis Hastert wanting to investigate “price gouging” by oil companies a few years back – last time gas prices were high. So was he one of those typical, fiscally conservative Republicans? I hope you’ll forgive my chortling. And Newt on the couch w/ Nancy? That one goes beyond a chortle. That’s a full-blown guffaw.

  65. Dooood Avatar

    To be a Republican, one should be fiscally conservative…

    IMHO the typical Republican IS NOT fiscally conservative. I can’t help but think about Dennis Hastert wanting to investigate “price gouging” by oil companies a few years back – last time gas prices were high. So was he one of those typical, fiscally conservative Republicans? I hope you’ll forgive my chortling. And Newt on the couch w/ Nancy? That one goes beyond a chortle. That’s a full-blown guffaw.

  66. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hey Bunsonburner

    I know this kid is not related to you. He has got to be a white guy. 😉
    (I can say that cause I am a white guy)

    MARLBORO — A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot an arrow through his hand on Thursday night, police said.

    The juvenile was pulling back on the arrow when it misfired into his left hand, at the Vista Drive home of his parents, police said.

  67. squawkbox Avatar

    Hey Bunsonburner
    I know this kid is not related to you. He has got to be a white guy. 😉
    (I can say that cause I am a white guy)

    MARLBORO — A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot an arrow through his hand on Thursday night, police said.
    The juvenile was pulling back on the arrow when it misfired into his left hand, at the Vista Drive home of his parents, police said.

  68. Katfish Avatar

    He’d have to pick up Barry and put him in a high chair to have a conversation with him.

    Who’s that big president? That’s right! You’re the big president!

    Cootchy-coo….

  69. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    He’d have to pick up Barry and put him in a high chair to have a conversation with him.

    Who’s that big president? That’s right! You’re the big president!

    Cootchy-coo….

  70. Katfish Avatar

    #33 squack-cracker
    Nope, butI do have a couple of cousins that bow hunt in the Army Weapons Plant near McAlester (34°50’14.58″N 95°54’27.62″W). Seems the place is lousy with deer, but they don’t like a buncha rednecks with rifles running around.

    Go figure.

  71. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #33 squack-cracker
    Nope, butI do have a couple of cousins that bow hunt in the Army Weapons Plant near McAlester (34°50’14.58″N 95°54’27.62″W). Seems the place is lousy with deer, but they don’t like a buncha rednecks with rifles running around.
    Go figure.

  72. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Bunsonburner

    Seems the place is lousy with deer,

    Maybe they can go help this guy out
    Residents applaud `Bunny Slayer’s’ bow and arrow solution

    Course they will run up against idiots that think meat is grown in the supermarket in plastic and cellophane.

    It is cruel and contravenes the law. He should be prosecuted under the Act. It is also futile as it will not control numbers.
    Julian Dresser

    The act????

    Oh and then there is this genius

    True – some people get a kick out of killing. It just goes to prove they have not developed very much and are still in their neanderthal stage. All creatures great and small feel pain. Compassion is an advancement that obviously this gentleman does not yet possess. I plead for the rabbits case that shooting with bow and arrow is most likely inhumane. Causing much pain.

    And then there is this guy that has some sense. (Gives me hope for the humane racial)

    “What he’s doing is humane . . I’ve seen rabbits dying from Pindone poison and it’s an extremely cruel death,” he said.

  73. squawkbox Avatar

    Bunsonburner

    Seems the place is lousy with deer,

    Maybe they can go help this guy out
    Residents applaud `Bunny Slayer’s’ bow and arrow solution
    Course they will run up against idiots that think meat is grown in the supermarket in plastic and cellophane.

    It is cruel and contravenes the law. He should be prosecuted under the Act. It is also futile as it will not control numbers.
    Julian Dresser

    The act????
    Oh and then there is this genius

    True – some people get a kick out of killing. It just goes to prove they have not developed very much and are still in their neanderthal stage. All creatures great and small feel pain. Compassion is an advancement that obviously this gentleman does not yet possess. I plead for the rabbits case that shooting with bow and arrow is most likely inhumane. Causing much pain.

    And then there is this guy that has some sense. (Gives me hope for the humane racial)

    “What he’s doing is humane . . I’ve seen rabbits dying from Pindone poison and it’s an extremely cruel death,” he said.

  74. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Yet another view of Joplin after the storm……………..

  75. Katfish Avatar

    Yet another view of Joplin after the storm……………..

  76. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    I caught this story on ABC13 last pm about Joplin. Damn patriotic and feel good amidst the trajedy. As jaded as I am I actually got a little hope for this country from it. IT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT.

    Good on ABC13 and Art Rascon

  77. squawkbox Avatar

    I caught this story on ABC13 last pm about Joplin. Damn patriotic and feel good amidst the trajedy. As jaded as I am I actually got a little hope for this country from it. IT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT.
    Good on ABC13 and Art Rascon

  78. meglettx Avatar

    “…anything goes as long as it’s OPS.”

    You got that right! Wow, I didn’t know she knew Old Pipe Smoker.

  79. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    “…anything goes as long as it’s OPS.”
    You got that right! Wow, I didn’t know she knew Old Pipe Smoker.

  80. Dooood Avatar

    Watch this camera mounted on the back of locomotive of a freight train as it enters the path of a tornado. Keep your eyes on the trees at the top of the screen.

  81. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Watch this camera mounted on the back of locomotive of a freight train as it enters the path of a tornado. Keep your eyes on the trees at the top of the screen.

  82. El Gordo Avatar

    Proud of the company I work for today. Even being a relatively small company, they’re matching our donations to Red Cross, etc. for tornado relief efforts.

  83. Dooood Avatar

    Proud of the company I work for today. Even being a relatively small company, they’re matching our donations to Red Cross, etc. for tornado relief efforts.

  84. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #43 – Well DONE Dooodster!

    I’m also proud as your colleague and his lovely bride have joined up and are our newest chapter Prospects. (I just sent out their fingerprints for NCIC background check this morning)

  85. Katfish Avatar

    #43 – Well DONE Dooodster!
    I’m also proud as your colleague and his lovely bride have joined up and are our newest chapter Prospects. (I just sent out their fingerprints for NCIC background check this morning)

  86. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #34 Dood
    Hey, I didn’t say most of what we’ve got on the R side are ideal! Wish it were otherwise.

  87. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #34 Dood
    Hey, I didn’t say most of what we’ve got on the R side are ideal! Wish it were otherwise.

  88. El Gordo Avatar

    mh42,

    I don’t expect ideal. Expecting minimum standards of fiscal conservatism from Republicans should not be unrealistic, yet it now is.

    Katfish,

    Glad to hear it! I still get a chuckle whenever I see his “biker chick” in the parking lot. 🙂

  89. Dooood Avatar

    mh42,
    I don’t expect ideal. Expecting minimum standards of fiscal conservatism from Republicans should not be unrealistic, yet it now is.
    Katfish,
    Glad to hear it! I still get a chuckle whenever I see his “biker chick” in the parking lot. 🙂

  90. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    LUAP NOR has energized Luapnorians out there salting the polls again. He ain’t goin no where simply because the other candidates will not give him the time of day.

  91. squawkbox Avatar

    LUAP NOR has energized Luapnorians out there salting the polls again. He ain’t goin no where simply because the other candidates will not give him the time of day.

  92. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    100/2!!!!!!!!

  93. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #4&5;

    I’m sure you remember my considering John Huntsman Jr. for prez mainly because I like his father. But that quickly dissipated learning about him and what he believed in.

    He’s freaky.

  94. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #4&5;
    I’m sure you remember my considering John Huntsman Jr. for prez mainly because I like his father. But that quickly dissipated learning about him and what he believed in.
    He’s freaky.

  95. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #7;

    Not just freaky but terrifying. I wonder if Jon will campaign to the right to get the votes?

  96. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #7;
    Not just freaky but terrifying. I wonder if Jon will campaign to the right to get the votes?

  97. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    squawk #18;

    We assume the exploratory committee consists solely of God, who seems to get all the credit (or blame, as it were) for anything Patrick does.
    (Circumcised)
    So let’s sit back and watch as Republicans try to outdo themselves in being even more Tea Party than the others. Break out the “Don’t Tread On Me” flags and crank up the Jesus references, boys!!!

    For Dan? Sheesh.

  98. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    squawk #18;

    We assume the exploratory committee consists solely of God, who seems to get all the credit (or blame, as it were) for anything Patrick does.
    (Circumcised)
    So let’s sit back and watch as Republicans try to outdo themselves in being even more Tea Party than the others. Break out the “Don’t Tread On Me” flags and crank up the Jesus references, boys!!!

    For Dan? Sheesh.

  99. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    This kinda connects, Huntsman, Utah, and healthcare. 🙂

    Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

    “We asked a stud if he knew anything about the herpes outbreak but he only answeres, ‘neigh’”.

    /OK, bad joke

  100. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    This kinda connects, Huntsman, Utah, and healthcare. 🙂
    Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies
    “We asked a stud if he knew anything about the herpes outbreak but he only answeres, ‘neigh’”.
    /OK, bad joke

  101. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I assure you all I’m not searching these topics intentionally. They’re on Drudge right now.

    So, speaking of Utah, perhaps they’ll get it right.

    Utah To Follow Texas Lead In TSA Grope-down Revolt

    I ‘ve said before that when the walls come crumbling down, Texas and Utah will be among the last states, if not the very last two states, to retain a semblance of our Republic.

  102. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I assure you all I’m not searching these topics intentionally. They’re on Drudge right now.
    So, speaking of Utah, perhaps they’ll get it right.
    Utah To Follow Texas Lead In TSA Grope-down Revolt
    I ‘ve said before that when the walls come crumbling down, Texas and Utah will be among the last states, if not the very last two states, to retain a semblance of our Republic.

  103. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    DES MOINES — It was an odd setting for a policy pronouncement, but on the sidewalk outside the Historical Building here, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney embraced ethanol subsidies. It came just days after and blocks from where his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Tim Pawlenty, said the subsidies should be phased out.

    Well that sucks.

    Shall we pull together a list of question to ask an asnwer for from the Romney campaign after he officially announces his run for prez?

    LINK

  104. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    DES MOINES — It was an odd setting for a policy pronouncement, but on the sidewalk outside the Historical Building here, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney embraced ethanol subsidies. It came just days after and blocks from where his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Tim Pawlenty, said the subsidies should be phased out.

    Well that sucks.
    Shall we pull together a list of question to ask an asnwer for from the Romney campaign after he officially announces his run for prez?
    LINK

  105. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Darren
    If you have ever listened to D_n everything is “God told me to do it”. Okay, I have no problem with persons of faith, I am one too. If D_n says he is led by God to do something who am I to argue about that?

    I said that to say this, Houston Press is anti-Christian big time and i have heard D_n go on some religious tangents that are, well, just weird. D_n is very strong in his faith and bold too. I commend him for that. BUT as the last paragraph points out is that many politicians have this propensity to try to be more “Chrisitian” than the next guy. D_n Patrick is one of them guys.

    Furthermore when the Tea Party first came on the scene I was listening as D_n Patrick expressed his reservations about the movement. Somewhere in the process he decided to “join ranks” with them. It is my opinion listening to him he has tried to coop them instead. I have seen him create what I would consider competing organizations and I have heard him say time and again “we the folks need to understand how Ausitn works” when he has spoken to Tea Party groups. It is my opinion that he has stopped listening to the folks and the Tea Partyers and has just become another populist politician. More often than not his legislation has been emotion based, focused on select groups while ignoring the whole. He has also strayed from what he said he was going to Austin for.

    Again i want to stress I believe he is a good person and is sincere in his caring and Faith in God, but I would be much more comfortable with his policies if he was in full time evangelism rather than a politician.

  106. squawkbox Avatar

    Darren
    If you have ever listened to D_n everything is “God told me to do it”. Okay, I have no problem with persons of faith, I am one too. If D_n says he is led by God to do something who am I to argue about that?
    I said that to say this, Houston Press is anti-Christian big time and i have heard D_n go on some religious tangents that are, well, just weird. D_n is very strong in his faith and bold too. I commend him for that. BUT as the last paragraph points out is that many politicians have this propensity to try to be more “Chrisitian” than the next guy. D_n Patrick is one of them guys.
    Furthermore when the Tea Party first came on the scene I was listening as D_n Patrick expressed his reservations about the movement. Somewhere in the process he decided to “join ranks” with them. It is my opinion listening to him he has tried to coop them instead. I have seen him create what I would consider competing organizations and I have heard him say time and again “we the folks need to understand how Ausitn works” when he has spoken to Tea Party groups. It is my opinion that he has stopped listening to the folks and the Tea Partyers and has just become another populist politician. More often than not his legislation has been emotion based, focused on select groups while ignoring the whole. He has also strayed from what he said he was going to Austin for.
    Again i want to stress I believe he is a good person and is sincere in his caring and Faith in God, but I would be much more comfortable with his policies if he was in full time evangelism rather than a politician.

  107. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk;

    BUT as the last paragraph points out is that many politicians have this propensity to try to be more “Chrisitian” than the next guy. D_n Patrick is one of them guys.

    I have heard Dan openly question people’s Christianity if they, for example, support abortion in one way or another. That never settled well with me. I have also heard him talk about God directing him in his personal endeavors regarding where to live and if to run for politics. Like you, I do not argue one’s faith but when Dan talked about it I gave him the bennefit of the doubt but also took a wait and see approach regarding how “genuine” his faith in God is or how political it came across. Little by little it seemed obvious to me that Dan would use God for politcal gain. I guess the main reason that didn’t settle well is because I do not think it is God’s will to use Him for politics. To stand for what is right on moral ground, yes. But not for prestige or climbing a career latter.

    I realized that the criticism you cited against Dan had some legitimacy to it and most likely from an anti-Christian crowd; my response was based on my own conclusions regarding Dan.

  108. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk;

    BUT as the last paragraph points out is that many politicians have this propensity to try to be more “Chrisitian” than the next guy. D_n Patrick is one of them guys.

    I have heard Dan openly question people’s Christianity if they, for example, support abortion in one way or another. That never settled well with me. I have also heard him talk about God directing him in his personal endeavors regarding where to live and if to run for politics. Like you, I do not argue one’s faith but when Dan talked about it I gave him the bennefit of the doubt but also took a wait and see approach regarding how “genuine” his faith in God is or how political it came across. Little by little it seemed obvious to me that Dan would use God for politcal gain. I guess the main reason that didn’t settle well is because I do not think it is God’s will to use Him for politics. To stand for what is right on moral ground, yes. But not for prestige or climbing a career latter.
    I realized that the criticism you cited against Dan had some legitimacy to it and most likely from an anti-Christian crowd; my response was based on my own conclusions regarding Dan.

  109. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ditto on Dan’s Tea Party enthusiasm and former lack thereof.

    He has also strayed from what he said he was going to Austin for.

    A big political amen to that.

  110. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ditto on Dan’s Tea Party enthusiasm and former lack thereof.

    He has also strayed from what he said he was going to Austin for.

    A big political amen to that.

  111. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well I rolled up to the Old Farm House @ 4 PM, 10 hours and 15 minutes, it took a little longer than normal because I ran into a pile-up @ the Bayou La Batre, exit just west of Mobile, so I pealed off and headed south to the Old Spanish Trail, (US 90) and took it until it crossed I 10 @ Tillmans Corner. It was fine after that. I fired up the AC units and reset the “Cold Water Heater” and went out and picked up a few Pecan limbs that were in the yard. Rain gauge said 1.5″, I’m not sure when Sister emptied it last, but we did get a little rain here this past week.
    59 Comments?! ya slackers! 😉

  112. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well I rolled up to the Old Farm House @ 4 PM, 10 hours and 15 minutes, it took a little longer than normal because I ran into a pile-up @ the Bayou La Batre, exit just west of Mobile, so I pealed off and headed south to the Old Spanish Trail, (US 90) and took it until it crossed I 10 @ Tillmans Corner. It was fine after that. I fired up the AC units and reset the “Cold Water Heater” and went out and picked up a few Pecan limbs that were in the yard. Rain gauge said 1.5″, I’m not sure when Sister emptied it last, but we did get a little rain here this past week.
    59 Comments?! ya slackers! 😉

  113. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Man there were several million acre feet of water coming through the Atchafalaya Swamp Basin. You could see a pretty steady current behind the bridge pillars in some places. Of course the Mississippi was the highest that I’ve ever seen it.

  114. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Man there were several million acre feet of water coming through the Atchafalaya Swamp Basin. You could see a pretty steady current behind the bridge pillars in some places. Of course the Mississippi was the highest that I’ve ever seen it.

  115. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #12 ST “Test”

    You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.

    ——————————————————————————–

  116. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #12 ST “Test”

    You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.
    ——————————————————————————–

  117. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Man the internet is Smokin’! Download 2,38 Mbs Upload 468 Kbs! Not bad for a Verizon stick in south Alabama! In Houston it is about 30 Mbs and 5 Mbs. The last time I used the stick here it was about 80 Kbs 🙁 but that was several years ago.

  118. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Man the internet is Smokin’! Download 2,38 Mbs Upload 468 Kbs! Not bad for a Verizon stick in south Alabama! In Houston it is about 30 Mbs and 5 Mbs. The last time I used the stick here it was about 80 Kbs 🙁 but that was several years ago.

  119. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Darren
    Just to drive home a point about D_n. I have a pretty good idea about his heart. I have heard his testimony and I am convinced (not that that matters much) he is a follower of Christ and tries hard to follow the precepts laid down in the New Testament. D-n tries to be a good example of his faith. I could take a lesson from him.

    It is very dangerous to judge what is in a man’s heart and determine what they are or are not. I will gladly leave that job to the Father. We are all deceived in various ways at different times.

  120. squawkbox Avatar

    Darren
    Just to drive home a point about D_n. I have a pretty good idea about his heart. I have heard his testimony and I am convinced (not that that matters much) he is a follower of Christ and tries hard to follow the precepts laid down in the New Testament. D-n tries to be a good example of his faith. I could take a lesson from him.
    It is very dangerous to judge what is in a man’s heart and determine what they are or are not. I will gladly leave that job to the Father. We are all deceived in various ways at different times.

  121. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Super Dave
    Dang it I missed one question. i think I missed the obese question.

  122. squawkbox Avatar

    Super Dave
    Dang it I missed one question. i think I missed the obese question.

  123. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #12 ST

    Finally had time to take your test that you posted early this morning.

    Here’s Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.

    Like Sarge, #16, I got ’em all, but I wasn’t happy with all the questions, including the % unemployed. There were others I was uncertain about because they were not worded well. “What percent are obese” is imprecise — there’s a gradation from overweight to obese to morbidly obese.

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #12 ST
    Finally had time to take your test that you posted early this morning.

    Here’s Your Score: You correctly answered 11 out of the 11 possible questions, which means you did better on the quiz than 98% of the general public.

    Like Sarge, #16, I got ’em all, but I wasn’t happy with all the questions, including the % unemployed. There were others I was uncertain about because they were not worded well. “What percent are obese” is imprecise — there’s a gradation from overweight to obese to morbidly obese.

  125. Katfish Avatar

    #65 squack
    I believe Dan tries very hard to live his faith as he understands it. We could all learn something from watching him. At the very least, I have a deep respect for him and how he tries to live his faith.

    That said, he’s imperfect just like you are and I am. I don’t know exactly how we’ll all be judged – God is the only one who really knows. He created us all; he made the rules; he gets to make the big decisions. I guess that’s just a long-winded way of saying we could all do much worse than to put forth the effort Dan does.

  126. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #65 squack
    I believe Dan tries very hard to live his faith as he understands it. We could all learn something from watching him. At the very least, I have a deep respect for him and how he tries to live his faith.
    That said, he’s imperfect just like you are and I am. I don’t know exactly how we’ll all be judged – God is the only one who really knows. He created us all; he made the rules; he gets to make the big decisions. I guess that’s just a long-winded way of saying we could all do much worse than to put forth the effort Dan does.

  127. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Dave

    59 Comments?! ya slackers!

    Everybody has 3-day-weekend on their minds. Me, not so much. Sat – yard work; Sun – volunteer to wrangle 50 high school students on a forestry community service project in my area; Mon – Memorial Day event for the HOA. Doesn’t even sound like a weekend, does it? Much less a holiday.

    Well, I see Blue Bell is on sale at Kroger so I’ll try to find that Happy Tracks flavor (to cheer me up).

  128. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Dave

    59 Comments?! ya slackers!

    Everybody has 3-day-weekend on their minds. Me, not so much. Sat – yard work; Sun – volunteer to wrangle 50 high school students on a forestry community service project in my area; Mon – Memorial Day event for the HOA. Doesn’t even sound like a weekend, does it? Much less a holiday.
    Well, I see Blue Bell is on sale at Kroger so I’ll try to find that Happy Tracks flavor (to cheer me up).

  129. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hah 70

  130. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk #65;

    I agree. I hope I didn’t leave the impression that i was trying to judge Dan’s heart. I was only skeptical as to how he used his faith politically. I do not doubt Dan’s goodness, sincerity (for the most part), nor his personal testimony of our Savior, Jesus the Christ. And God bless him for it.

  131. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Squawk #65;
    I agree. I hope I didn’t leave the impression that i was trying to judge Dan’s heart. I was only skeptical as to how he used his faith politically. I do not doubt Dan’s goodness, sincerity (for the most part), nor his personal testimony of our Savior, Jesus the Christ. And God bless him for it.

  132. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    wagon;

    That said, he’s imperfect just like you are and I am.

    Dang it, wagonburner. Give some warning before you drop down such unforseen news that you’re imperfect. 😯

  133. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    wagon;

    That said, he’s imperfect just like you are and I am.

    Dang it, wagonburner. Give some warning before you drop down such unforseen news that you’re imperfect. 😯

  134. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    I have been given flack because of my distrust of D_n Patrick (aka) politicians. This is from Texas Monthly 4 years ago. (Ya gotta register,FREE, to read the entire story) Compare the love fest between Perry and D_n now compared to why he was so popular “In the Beginning”.

    Patrick routinely criticizes the usual Democratic targets: Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi (since the election), even Mayor Bill White (“as liberal as they come—he just does a better job of hiding it”). But he is just as vocal—if not more so—about the failings of his own party, many members of which, from Washington to Austin, he labels RINOs, as in “Republicans in name only.” “There’s a reason Perry is at thirty-six percent,” Patrick said of the governor a few weeks before the election. “The base does not feel he has led in a conservative manner.” About Bush, he has this to say: “While most Republicans support the president, they don’t understand him turning his back on the border. And why is he spending as much as the Democrats did?”

    DOOOHHHHH
    Can you say sell out.

    Look I realize to get anything accomplished in politics ya gotta make friends but em well you know. What makes me angry, while I could not vote for Mr. P_trick I worked dang hard to get him elected. I owe Joe an apology.

  135. squawkbox Avatar

    I have been given flack because of my distrust of D_n Patrick (aka) politicians. This is from Texas Monthly 4 years ago. (Ya gotta register,FREE, to read the entire story) Compare the love fest between Perry and D_n now compared to why he was so popular “In the Beginning”.

    Patrick routinely criticizes the usual Democratic targets: Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi (since the election), even Mayor Bill White (“as liberal as they come—he just does a better job of hiding it”). But he is just as vocal—if not more so—about the failings of his own party, many members of which, from Washington to Austin, he labels RINOs, as in “Republicans in name only.” “There’s a reason Perry is at thirty-six percent,” Patrick said of the governor a few weeks before the election. “The base does not feel he has led in a conservative manner.” About Bush, he has this to say: “While most Republicans support the president, they don’t understand him turning his back on the border. And why is he spending as much as the Democrats did?”

    DOOOHHHHH
    Can you say sell out.
    Look I realize to get anything accomplished in politics ya gotta make friends but em well you know. What makes me angry, while I could not vote for Mr. P_trick I worked dang hard to get him elected. I owe Joe an apology.

  136. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    mharper42,…Ahh yes, very good, folks are putting deposits in the ole “Memory Bank”.

    Well, I see Blue Bell is on sale at Kroger so I’ll try to find that Happy Tracks Vanilla Bean flavor (to cheer me up).

    FIFY 😀

  137. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    mharper42,…Ahh yes, very good, folks are putting deposits in the ole “Memory Bank”.

    Well, I see Blue Bell is on sale at Kroger so I’ll try to find that Happy Tracks Vanilla Bean flavor (to cheer me up).

    FIFY 😀

  138. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Considering how tall Dan Patrick is, you all know I will always look up to him. 😉

  139. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Considering how tall Dan Patrick is, you all know I will always look up to him. 😉

  140. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Watch **any** video HERE on Mike Lee and show me where he fails to make an amazingly clear conservative argument.

  141. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Watch **any** video HERE on Mike Lee and show me where he fails to make an amazingly clear conservative argument.

  142. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ted Poe’s way up there as well in making a conservative argument.

  143. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ted Poe’s way up there as well in making a conservative argument.

  144. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dave, there are no bad flavors in the Blue Bell lineup! I like Vanilla Bean too.

    I haven’t had Happy Tracks yet, it is fairly hard to find. I want to try all BB flavors before I die. Not to say that is my main goal in life, but it is on the list. 🙂

    We don’t eat much ice cream or I would have tried them all already.

  145. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Dave, there are no bad flavors in the Blue Bell lineup! I like Vanilla Bean too.
    I haven’t had Happy Tracks yet, it is fairly hard to find. I want to try all BB flavors before I die. Not to say that is my main goal in life, but it is on the list. 🙂
    We don’t eat much ice cream or I would have tried them all already.

  146. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    I want to try all BB flavors before I die. Not to say that is my main goal in life, but it is on the list.

    It is one of my main goals. 😉 i have already done the most important stuff. Now it time for the really important stuff. 🙂

  147. squawkbox Avatar

    I want to try all BB flavors before I die. Not to say that is my main goal in life, but it is on the list.

    It is one of my main goals. 😉 i have already done the most important stuff. Now it time for the really important stuff. 🙂

  148. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    mharper42 What is Happy Tracks? FWIW; I love “Cookies & Cream” and “Pecans & Pralines” But I like to get the Vanilla and add my own freash bananas or strawberries or home grown chocolate syrup!!! YUM YUM!!! 😀
    Oh I forgot “BANANA SPLIT”!!!!

  149. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    mharper42 What is Happy Tracks? FWIW; I love “Cookies & Cream” and “Pecans & Pralines” But I like to get the Vanilla and add my own freash bananas or strawberries or home grown chocolate syrup!!! YUM YUM!!! 😀
    Oh I forgot “BANANA SPLIT”!!!!

  150. phil Avatar
    phil

    Guvner Pedernales tRick contemplates his presidential bid.

  151. phil Avatar
    phil

    Guvner Pedernales tRick contemplates his presidential bid.

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