Tuesday “Dashing In” Opening Comments

Well, I was out taking care of personal stuff last night. I guess everyone else was, too.
I have a limited time this morning, as I must get in some exercise (as per my desire and doctor’s orders), then I must traverse the distance ‘twixt my office and the brand-spanking new permits building that was mentioned in yesterday’s comments (which I scanned this morning).
The old permit building at 3300 Main had parking for customers. Sometimes it was tight, but if the lot was full there was usually parking on a nearby street that didn’t involve the city choking more money out my wallet. I hear the parking at the new space s—, well, isn’t as generous.
I noticed that parking for employees was the only reference to the parking situation in the linked article.
I’d rather have a parking lot than art. But I’m sure the beaurocraps don’t think about that.
Anyway, the door is open, the couch is relatively clear of kitty barf and newspapers. The plunger still resides behind the toilet, and I just made a fresh pitcher of tea. Come on in and make yourselves at home!

Comments

237 responses to “Tuesday “Dashing In” Opening Comments”

  1. Hamous Avatar

    The Paki’s are not helpful in eradicating the terrorists that train in Pakistan and fight the US in Afcrappistan.

  2. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The Paki’s are not helpful in eradicating the terrorists that train in Pakistan and fight the US in Afcrappistan.

  3. Hamous Avatar

    Oh, and I was El Senor Firsticus.

  4. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Oh, and I was El Senor Firsticus.

  5. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Boehnerco continues to secretly negotiate will Obamaco. Alls I gotta say is

    BOHICA

  6. squawkbox Avatar

    Boehnerco continues to secretly negotiate will Obamaco. Alls I gotta say is
    BOHICA

  7. Tedtam Avatar

    A good deed never goes unpunished. I wonder if the Jeter or the ball club will foot his IRS bills?

    I thought it was classy that he gave Jeter #3000 ball. I guess the IRS wants to yank his.

  8. Tedtam Avatar

    A good deed never goes unpunished. I wonder if the Jeter or the ball club will foot his IRS bills?
    I thought it was classy that he gave Jeter #3000 ball. I guess the IRS wants to yank his.

  9. Hamous Avatar

    #4 TT: from the comments section in your linkie thingie:

    The tax system is not a system for revenue it is a system for punishing. The sooner we destroy our present system the better…..Way to go Christian. The memory of that moment will last forever…..

    That was a mouthful, but oh so true. Our current tax system is not designed to produce the maximum amount of revenue AND minimum burden to the tax payers; it is designed to socially engineer to make everything “fair”.
    The only “fair” system would be a National Retail Sales Tax (this tax should never exceed 15%) and the abolition of all other federal taxes and fees.

  10. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #4 TT: from the comments section in your linkie thingie:

    The tax system is not a system for revenue it is a system for punishing. The sooner we destroy our present system the better…..Way to go Christian. The memory of that moment will last forever…..

    That was a mouthful, but oh so true. Our current tax system is not designed to produce the maximum amount of revenue AND minimum burden to the tax payers; it is designed to socially engineer to make everything “fair”.
    The only “fair” system would be a National Retail Sales Tax (this tax should never exceed 15%) and the abolition of all other federal taxes and fees.

  11. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all
    From yesterday:

    Katfish
    Kneemail via Divine Delivery is ON

  12. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    From yesterday:
    Katfish
    Kneemail via Divine Delivery is ON

  13. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Headline:
    Obama: Time to “eat our peas” and pass debt deal

    Is that anything like my Grandpa saying to us kids “You have to eat every bite of corn and pea on your plate”?

  14. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Headline:
    Obama: Time to “eat our peas” and pass debt deal
    Is that anything like my Grandpa saying to us kids “You have to eat every bite of corn and pea on your plate”?

  15. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Coupla things on the budget:
    1. Cutting out Obamacare would immediately save $2 trillion.
    2. Since we have already reached the debt ceiling, stand fast on no new taxes, which will produce a stalemate. Then vote only to extend the existing budget, as is, for short periods of time while “working” on the new budget. Since the existing budget is maxed out, that means they can’t spend any more.

    While I’m at it, also Boehner should refuse to allow any bill to come to the floor if it has any riders attached to it. (From either party)

  16. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Coupla things on the budget:
    1. Cutting out Obamacare would immediately save $2 trillion.
    2. Since we have already reached the debt ceiling, stand fast on no new taxes, which will produce a stalemate. Then vote only to extend the existing budget, as is, for short periods of time while “working” on the new budget. Since the existing budget is maxed out, that means they can’t spend any more.
    While I’m at it, also Boehner should refuse to allow any bill to come to the floor if it has any riders attached to it. (From either party)

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    Office help is in hospital with contractions. She’s not due for another month. With her scoliosis, this may be a complication.

    Keep her in your prayers for a safe, quick, and healthy delivery – if this is the real deal!

  18. Tedtam Avatar

    Office help is in hospital with contractions. She’s not due for another month. With her scoliosis, this may be a complication.
    Keep her in your prayers for a safe, quick, and healthy delivery – if this is the real deal!

  19. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    BTW, from yesterday also.

    Would Mooocheles 1500 calorie lunch be considered elitism, as in
    “Let them eat cake”?

  20. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    BTW, from yesterday also.
    Would Mooocheles 1500 calorie lunch be considered elitism, as in
    “Let them eat cake”?

  21. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Did we cave yet? Cave watch continues, Congress remains in session, citizens remain at risk. Can’t they just adjourn for the summer and all go on vacation, and take the Pres with them?

  22. El Gordo Avatar

    Did we cave yet? Cave watch continues, Congress remains in session, citizens remain at risk. Can’t they just adjourn for the summer and all go on vacation, and take the Pres with them?

  23. Tedtam Avatar

    Geitner demands a deal in 48 hours.

    What an arrogant wiss. Well, I demand he leave his failed job in 48 hours.

    Doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen, but I can demand it.

  24. Tedtam Avatar

    Geitner demands a deal in 48 hours.
    What an arrogant wiss. Well, I demand he leave his failed job in 48 hours.
    Doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen, but I can demand it.

  25. Dooood Avatar

    This is an excellent video from the Fund for American Studies, an academic program to promote and support capitalism and liberty. Featured is Dr. Michael Cox of Southern Methodist University.

    Mark Levin participated in TFAS as a student and Fred Barnes is a trustee of the program.

    The video is hosted by the very lovely Michelle Fields of Pepperdine University and now a guest commentator on Fox Business Network. She is also very active in the campus based Students for Liberty organization.

  26. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This is an excellent video from the Fund for American Studies, an academic program to promote and support capitalism and liberty. Featured is Dr. Michael Cox of Southern Methodist University.
    Mark Levin participated in TFAS as a student and Fred Barnes is a trustee of the program.
    The video is hosted by the very lovely Michelle Fields of Pepperdine University and now a guest commentator on Fox Business Network. She is also very active in the campus based Students for Liberty organization.

  27. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Sitting together on a train was Obama, a Texan, a little old lady and a young blonde girl with large mammarian assets.

    The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, Obama has a bright red hand print on his cheek. No one speaks.

    The old lady thinks: Obama must have groped the blonde in the dark and she slapped him.

    The blonde girl thinks: Obama must have tried to grope me in the dark but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped him.

    Obama thinks: The Texan must have groped the blonde in the dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead.

    The Texan thinks: I can’t wait for another tunnel so I can slap the snot out of Obama again.

  28. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    Sitting together on a train was Obama, a Texan, a little old lady and a young blonde girl with large mammarian assets.
    The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a loud slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, Obama has a bright red hand print on his cheek. No one speaks.
    The old lady thinks: Obama must have groped the blonde in the dark and she slapped him.
    The blonde girl thinks: Obama must have tried to grope me in the dark but missed and fondled the old lady and she slapped him.
    Obama thinks: The Texan must have groped the blonde in the dark. She tried to slap him but missed and got me instead.
    The Texan thinks: I can’t wait for another tunnel so I can slap the snot out of Obama again.

  29. Hamous Avatar

    #12 TT: I demand that Little timmy GEitner be faced with the same interest AND WISSIN PENALTIES for not paying his taxes in a timely fashion that we the citizens would face.
    I demand that little timmy Geitner use a grenade suppository and pull the pin.

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #12 TT: I demand that Little timmy GEitner be faced with the same interest AND WISSIN PENALTIES for not paying his taxes in a timely fashion that we the citizens would face.
    I demand that little timmy Geitner use a grenade suppository and pull the pin.

  31. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #12 Tedtam, LQQks like little Timmy is throwing a temper tantrum, holding his breath until he turns blue. What an Incompetent Idiot….Sigh

  32. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #12 Tedtam, LQQks like little Timmy is throwing a temper tantrum, holding his breath until he turns blue. What an Incompetent Idiot….Sigh

  33. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #15 Bones
    Uh oh, more proctology.

  34. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #15 Bones
    Uh oh, more proctology.

  35. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    WOW – the future is HERE Yall!

    3 dimensional printer!!!

  36. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, looks like there are some storm clouds moving through Ft Bend County, hope you get some rain today. I am expecting some and can hear thunder getting closer.

    My old oak is now a pile of trunk cylinders stacked up at the curb waiting for the city mulch haul. I’ll always wonder if I could have kept it going if I had watered it every single day since the drought started.

    I was scheduled for a work conference call at 10 am and was afraid I’d be contributing the background noise from chain saws and stump grinder, but my trimmers were finished and gone by then. The conference was interrupted by a fire drill in the building, and after that, by window washers making noise outside the 20th floor conference room windows.

  37. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, looks like there are some storm clouds moving through Ft Bend County, hope you get some rain today. I am expecting some and can hear thunder getting closer.
    My old oak is now a pile of trunk cylinders stacked up at the curb waiting for the city mulch haul. I’ll always wonder if I could have kept it going if I had watered it every single day since the drought started.
    I was scheduled for a work conference call at 10 am and was afraid I’d be contributing the background noise from chain saws and stump grinder, but my trimmers were finished and gone by then. The conference was interrupted by a fire drill in the building, and after that, by window washers making noise outside the 20th floor conference room windows.

  38. Katfish Avatar

    Ron Paul roooooolz!!!!!!!

  39. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Ron Paul roooooolz!!!!!!!

  40. Hamous Avatar

    Beware the angry blog monkey!

  41. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Beware the angry blog monkey!

  42. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday he will retire from Congress when his term runs out in 2012 to focus on his campaign for president.

    That doesn’t make any sense. When his term runs out the campaign for president will have long been over.

  43. Hamous Avatar

    Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday he will retire from Congress when his term runs out in 2012 to focus on his campaign for president.

    That doesn’t make any sense. When his term runs out the campaign for president will have long been over.

  44. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    While Gordo’s on a Cave Watch I’m on a Cry Watch.

    Boehner Assures Republicans He Won’t Cave on Tax Hikes

    If he caves it will be accompanied by a crying jag.

  45. Hamous Avatar

    While Gordo’s on a Cave Watch I’m on a Cry Watch.
    Boehner Assures Republicans He Won’t Cave on Tax Hikes
    If he caves it will be accompanied by a crying jag.

  46. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Biologists at Wageningen University in the Netherlands enlisted the help of 250 drivers for a “splash teller” study. Each motorist had to wipe his or her car license plate clean then tot up the bug body count at the end of their drive.

    “They are by far the richest species groups in all countries, and therefore play an essential role in the food chain,” biologist Arnold van Vliet, one of a team working on the project, told Reuters.

    “Many birds such as swallows, who hunt for insects, depend on insect density. If insect numbers are low they inevitably face severe problems finding food for their young,” he said.

    Insects are not only important pollinators of commercial and wild plants, but also form a crucial part of the diet of many animals including birds and bats.

    Wait, wait wiat. let me guess. Government regulationas on Dutch driving?

    Am I good or what?

    Billions of bugs wiped out on Dutch roads

  47. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Biologists at Wageningen University in the Netherlands enlisted the help of 250 drivers for a “splash teller” study. Each motorist had to wipe his or her car license plate clean then tot up the bug body count at the end of their drive.
    “They are by far the richest species groups in all countries, and therefore play an essential role in the food chain,” biologist Arnold van Vliet, one of a team working on the project, told Reuters.
    “Many birds such as swallows, who hunt for insects, depend on insect density. If insect numbers are low they inevitably face severe problems finding food for their young,” he said.
    Insects are not only important pollinators of commercial and wild plants, but also form a crucial part of the diet of many animals including birds and bats.

    Wait, wait wiat. let me guess. Government regulationas on Dutch driving?
    Am I good or what?
    Billions of bugs wiped out on Dutch roads

  48. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hookers Know Way to San Jose: Cops
    Elimination of Vice unit apparently opens flood gate for ladies of the night.

    San Jose budget cuts aren’t hurting all businesses, and in fact, one group in particular seems to be cashing in on the city’s economic woes: prostitutes.

    Prostitution has made a rapid comeback to San Jose street corners in the past few weeks, according to NBC Bay Area sources.

    After police budgets were slashed July 1, San Jose PD’s Vice Unit was disbanded, said San Jose Police Department spokesman Jose Garcia. This meant that part of their job responsibility – cracking down on prostitution and brothels – was reassigned to the police department’s Covert Response Unit.

  49. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hookers Know Way to San Jose: Cops
    Elimination of Vice unit apparently opens flood gate for ladies of the night.

    San Jose budget cuts aren’t hurting all businesses, and in fact, one group in particular seems to be cashing in on the city’s economic woes: prostitutes.
    Prostitution has made a rapid comeback to San Jose street corners in the past few weeks, according to NBC Bay Area sources.
    After police budgets were slashed July 1, San Jose PD’s Vice Unit was disbanded, said San Jose Police Department spokesman Jose Garcia. This meant that part of their job responsibility – cracking down on prostitution and brothels – was reassigned to the police department’s Covert Response Unit.

  50. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In California alone, nearly 1,000 deaths and injuries each year are blamed directly on drugged drivers, according to CHP data, and law enforcement puts much of the blame on the rapid growth of medical marijuana use in the last decade. Fatalities in crashes where drugs were the primary cause and alcohol was not involved jumped 55% over the 10 years ending in 2009.

    Hmmmmmm, could be.

    Stoned driving is uncharted territory

  51. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In California alone, nearly 1,000 deaths and injuries each year are blamed directly on drugged drivers, according to CHP data, and law enforcement puts much of the blame on the rapid growth of medical marijuana use in the last decade. Fatalities in crashes where drugs were the primary cause and alcohol was not involved jumped 55% over the 10 years ending in 2009.

    Hmmmmmm, could be.
    Stoned driving is uncharted territory

  52. Hamous Avatar

    #23 Couchmaster: I think that must mean that Luap Nor is going to be even less relevant in the House than he was before. If he focuses on the hopeless (for him) presidential race and retires after that, that means that he won’t be focusing on his constitutional elected duties in the House. Somehow, I have a problem with that.

  53. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #23 Couchmaster: I think that must mean that Luap Nor is going to be even less relevant in the House than he was before. If he focuses on the hopeless (for him) presidential race and retires after that, that means that he won’t be focusing on his constitutional elected duties in the House. Somehow, I have a problem with that.

  54. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    LOL, Limbaugh reads Hambone’s site. He’s now talking about my #25 post.

  55. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    LOL, Limbaugh reads Hambone’s site. He’s now talking about my #25 post.

  56. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may not have won a political consensus on how to trim the budget, but he‘s getting quick agreement from the nation’s pea growers.

    Heh.

    Pea Growers Quickly Endorse Obama’s Condescending Debt Comment

  57. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may not have won a political consensus on how to trim the budget, but he‘s getting quick agreement from the nation’s pea growers.

    Heh.
    Pea Growers Quickly Endorse Obama’s Condescending Debt Comment

  58. Hamous Avatar

    Next in the D playbook: Scare the schizzle out of Senior Citizens

    President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks

    One would think that with so many new seniors added to the roles over the last 10 years or so, who have witnessed the obscene demagoguery from the mouths of D-terds, that this trick would not work anymore; we shall see.

  59. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Next in the D playbook: Scare the schizzle out of Senior Citizens

    President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks

    One would think that with so many new seniors added to the roles over the last 10 years or so, who have witnessed the obscene demagoguery from the mouths of D-terds, that this trick would not work anymore; we shall see.

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 Hammy

    That doesn’t make any sense.

    Guess he’s going to run for President until he wins, or dies trying?

  61. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 Hammy

    That doesn’t make any sense.

    Guess he’s going to run for President until he wins, or dies trying?

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #30 Darren: From the comments in your linkie thingie:

    Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:32am
    Is anyone else concerned about all these executive orders? All those things do is allow obama to rule by signature. What is to keep him from creating a crisis, declaring (executive order) martial law and staying in office forever?
    Log in to Reply
    CHEEZWHIZ
    Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:41am
    We will not have elections in 2012.
    If , and its a BIG IF we have them , they will be just like Saddam Hussain’s “ elections” , the kind of elections that happen in 3rd world dictatorships. We saw a preview with the black panthers+ ACORN in 2008.

    I have this concern as well. Hang on to what you want to keep cause its gonna be a rough ride.

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It appears the negotiations have broken down somewhat.

  64. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It appears the negotiations have broken down somewhat.

  65. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I think I just got a whiff of Alex Jones in the room.

  66. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I think I just got a whiff of Alex Jones in the room.

  67. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks

    The reason why he can’t guarantee it is because, per the Constitution, the President decides how to spend the money Congress gives him. He’s just not sure who is going to get the money that comes in everyday. He’ll likely give it to Unions and banks instead of retirees.

  68. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks

    The reason why he can’t guarantee it is because, per the Constitution, the President decides how to spend the money Congress gives him. He’s just not sure who is going to get the money that comes in everyday. He’ll likely give it to Unions and banks instead of retirees.

  69. meglettx Avatar

    On another note, I’ve noticed that Centerpoint installed a smart meter(at my expense no less) at my place of business in January of this year and beginning with the very next billing cycle my TDU delivery charges have tripled or quadrupled(compared to each month in 2010) each month since then. Nothing changed here as we have been at this location for 15 years. If anything, our energy charges should have declined as we replaced an old a/c unit with a new high efficiency model.

    Sounds suspiciously like the “smart meter” program is a ruse to jack up the TDU delivery charge which is a “pass thru” charge not limited by whatever deal you have with your retail provider.

    The more I learn about this scam the madder I’m getting.

    They installed a smart meter at my house recently also and I just got the highest electric bill I’ve ever gotten there too. I’m going to look into that scam too.

    This is starting to smell a whole lot like smokin’ fresh bull shiite.

  70. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    On another note, I’ve noticed that Centerpoint installed a smart meter(at my expense no less) at my place of business in January of this year and beginning with the very next billing cycle my TDU delivery charges have tripled or quadrupled(compared to each month in 2010) each month since then. Nothing changed here as we have been at this location for 15 years. If anything, our energy charges should have declined as we replaced an old a/c unit with a new high efficiency model.
    Sounds suspiciously like the “smart meter” program is a ruse to jack up the TDU delivery charge which is a “pass thru” charge not limited by whatever deal you have with your retail provider.
    The more I learn about this scam the madder I’m getting.
    They installed a smart meter at my house recently also and I just got the highest electric bill I’ve ever gotten there too. I’m going to look into that scam too.
    This is starting to smell a whole lot like smokin’ fresh bull shiite.

  71. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #35;

    I think I just got a whiff of Alex Jones in the room.

    Must have opend up door #33.

  72. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #35;

    I think I just got a whiff of Alex Jones in the room.

    Must have opend up door #33.

  73. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #37 – Oh Lordy I hate to read this!

    “Mr. Centerpoint field tech” just installed one here a couple of hours ago……………sure wouldda been nice if he had at the very least tapped on my window before cutting my power OFF (thank God for my power backup system on this PC)…………………….you could not PAY me enough to slip into folk’s back yards unannounced (we did get a “preview” notice via mail a month or 2 ago – but GEEZ a fella could sure get SHOT……………I had already chambered a round in my Glock .40 when I saw him……….)

  74. Katfish Avatar

    #37 – Oh Lordy I hate to read this!
    “Mr. Centerpoint field tech” just installed one here a couple of hours ago……………sure wouldda been nice if he had at the very least tapped on my window before cutting my power OFF (thank God for my power backup system on this PC)…………………….you could not PAY me enough to slip into folk’s back yards unannounced (we did get a “preview” notice via mail a month or 2 ago – but GEEZ a fella could sure get SHOT……………I had already chambered a round in my Glock .40 when I saw him……….)

  75. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A new book by New York Times reporter Janny Scott sheds new light on the life of Barack Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, including her final years. Scott found while assembling information for “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” that Dunham in fact did have health coverage for her ovarian cancer, based off Dunham’s own past correspondence. Washington Examiner’s Byron York:

    “Dunham decided to stay in Jakarta, where she underwent an appendectomy. But the pain did not go away, and Dunham feared, correctly, that she was terribly ill. In January 1995 she left Indonesia to go home to Honolulu, where she was diagnosed with advanced uterine and ovarian cancer. She began a regime of surgery and chemotherapy.

    That is the time during which Obama says his mother battled insurance companies to cover her illness. But Scott, who had access to Dunham’s correspondence from the time, reveals that Dunham unquestionably had health coverage. ‘Ann’s compensation for her job in Jakarta had included health insurance, which covered most of the costs of her medical treatment,’ Scott writes. ‘Once she was back in Hawaii, the hospital billed her insurance company directly, leaving Ann to pay only the deductible and any uncovered expenses, which, she said, came to several hundred dollars a month.”

    Often in his 2008 campaign and throughout his push for national healthcare reform, Barack Obama retold a compelling story of his mother’s struggle against non-budging insurance companies for care in the final years of her life before the cancer over took her.

    Turns Out Obama‘s Story About His Mother’s Healthcare Struggle Is Inaccurate

  76. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A new book by New York Times reporter Janny Scott sheds new light on the life of Barack Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, including her final years. Scott found while assembling information for “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” that Dunham in fact did have health coverage for her ovarian cancer, based off Dunham’s own past correspondence. Washington Examiner’s Byron York:

    “Dunham decided to stay in Jakarta, where she underwent an appendectomy. But the pain did not go away, and Dunham feared, correctly, that she was terribly ill. In January 1995 she left Indonesia to go home to Honolulu, where she was diagnosed with advanced uterine and ovarian cancer. She began a regime of surgery and chemotherapy.
    That is the time during which Obama says his mother battled insurance companies to cover her illness. But Scott, who had access to Dunham’s correspondence from the time, reveals that Dunham unquestionably had health coverage. ‘Ann’s compensation for her job in Jakarta had included health insurance, which covered most of the costs of her medical treatment,’ Scott writes. ‘Once she was back in Hawaii, the hospital billed her insurance company directly, leaving Ann to pay only the deductible and any uncovered expenses, which, she said, came to several hundred dollars a month.”

    Often in his 2008 campaign and throughout his push for national healthcare reform, Barack Obama retold a compelling story of his mother’s struggle against non-budging insurance companies for care in the final years of her life before the cancer over took her.

    Turns Out Obama‘s Story About His Mother’s Healthcare Struggle Is Inaccurate

  77. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Recovering from the shock of actual rain here around noon. Only a tenth of an inch, but that’s a whole lot better than nada. Gotta write it out insead of using numerals–it’s bigger that way. 🙂

    Am listening to Juan Willams and Stuart Varney wrestle on Sean Hannity’s show. Topic is of course the debt ceiling/no taxes/cut spending fight. Juan is losing (as he usually does) since he’s not got the economic facts right but rather is defending Obama with Obama’s always-moving ideas of facts. Guess he forgot the CBO’s comment that he can’t score a speech.

    Meanwhile T. Rex Obama is stomping around the Oval Office in between holding his breath and taking a breath to say he can’t guarantee that SS checks will go out as usual come August 3. Umm, SS and the debt ceiling are not related. And anyway, isn’t there supposed to be a separate account in a lockbox for everybody on SS? So nobody can touch the $$$ in it? But Obama is gonna break into the lockbox and use the $$$ for something else? That would be a good question to throw at him.

  78. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good afternoon Hamsters. Recovering from the shock of actual rain here around noon. Only a tenth of an inch, but that’s a whole lot better than nada. Gotta write it out insead of using numerals–it’s bigger that way. 🙂
    Am listening to Juan Willams and Stuart Varney wrestle on Sean Hannity’s show. Topic is of course the debt ceiling/no taxes/cut spending fight. Juan is losing (as he usually does) since he’s not got the economic facts right but rather is defending Obama with Obama’s always-moving ideas of facts. Guess he forgot the CBO’s comment that he can’t score a speech.
    Meanwhile T. Rex Obama is stomping around the Oval Office in between holding his breath and taking a breath to say he can’t guarantee that SS checks will go out as usual come August 3. Umm, SS and the debt ceiling are not related. And anyway, isn’t there supposed to be a separate account in a lockbox for everybody on SS? So nobody can touch the $$$ in it? But Obama is gonna break into the lockbox and use the $$$ for something else? That would be a good question to throw at him.

  79. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Dumb question time. You have no choice if you get a smart meter or not? Is the smart meter being installed everywhere or is this test market time? Centerpoint is my power company too. I do not get to shop for a competing company either.

    Update
    Never mind I just found the answerve.
    http://www.centerpointenergy.com/services/electricity/residential/smartmeters/deployment/

    Checking shotgun shells and releasing the hounds.

  80. squawkbox Avatar

    Dumb question time. You have no choice if you get a smart meter or not? Is the smart meter being installed everywhere or is this test market time? Centerpoint is my power company too. I do not get to shop for a competing company either.
    Update
    Never mind I just found the answerve.
    http://www.centerpointenergy.com/services/electricity/residential/smartmeters/deployment/
    Checking shotgun shells and releasing the hounds.

  81. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Welp it looks like I am safe for a few more years. Here is the Smart Meter map through 2012.

    I think just for the heck of it I am going to call and complain that I am not going to get mine till sometime past 2012. I mean why does Houston/Harris County get all the good stuff first? I am so used to getting hosed I want the beatings to begin with everyone else. YannowhutImean?

  82. squawkbox Avatar

    Welp it looks like I am safe for a few more years. Here is the Smart Meter map through 2012.
    I think just for the heck of it I am going to call and complain that I am not going to get mine till sometime past 2012. I mean why does Houston/Harris County get all the good stuff first? I am so used to getting hosed I want the beatings to begin with everyone else. YannowhutImean?

  83. meglettx Avatar

    #42. Not only do you not have a choice, they will be charging YOU for the cost.

    My guess is that the scam they will be operating is dividing the day into segments and jacking up the charges during “peak periods”. They had to figure out a way to separate you from more of your money and thus we have smart meters. This just needs to be added to the list of things we need to get a handle on. I’m tired of what should truly be a public utility bending me over every chance they get. I’m about ready to sic IWHarper69 on ’em. By the time she’s done with them, they’ll be purring in her ear something about how “they wish they knew how to quit her”.

    Just another scam being perpetrated on the rate payer.

  84. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    #42. Not only do you not have a choice, they will be charging YOU for the cost.
    My guess is that the scam they will be operating is dividing the day into segments and jacking up the charges during “peak periods”. They had to figure out a way to separate you from more of your money and thus we have smart meters. This just needs to be added to the list of things we need to get a handle on. I’m tired of what should truly be a public utility bending me over every chance they get. I’m about ready to sic IWHarper69 on ’em. By the time she’s done with them, they’ll be purring in her ear something about how “they wish they knew how to quit her”.
    Just another scam being perpetrated on the rate payer.

  85. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Lawrence
    Upon further inspection it dos look like I will be getting mine this year. Keep an eye toward Cut-N-Shoot for a mushroom shaped cloud when I “get mine”.

    /BOHICA

  86. squawkbox Avatar

    Lawrence
    Upon further inspection it dos look like I will be getting mine this year. Keep an eye toward Cut-N-Shoot for a mushroom shaped cloud when I “get mine”.
    /BOHICA

  87. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    1. What is BOHICA anyhoo?

    2. We’ve had a smart meter since last year and no change in our electricity consumption or cost. I was with TXU for a year but recently switched via powertochoose.org to a company called Trieagle with a better base rate.

  88. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    1. What is BOHICA anyhoo?
    2. We’ve had a smart meter since last year and no change in our electricity consumption or cost. I was with TXU for a year but recently switched via powertochoose.org to a company called Trieagle with a better base rate.

  89. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    BOHICA

    Bend
    Over
    Here
    It
    Comes
    Again

    Can’t ‘splain FUBAR here, though

  90. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    BOHICA
    Bend
    Over
    Here
    It
    Comes
    Again
    Can’t ‘splain FUBAR here, though

  91. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    S’okay Sarge, that one I know. 🙂

  92. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    S’okay Sarge, that one I know. 🙂

  93. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    MY BAD Centerpoint is my gas company. Entergy is my electricity provider. Does not look like they are going with smart meters anytime soon. Or does Entergy just get their electricity form Centerpoint and I still will not have a choice? This is such a mess. i thought deregulation was supposed to make things better.

  94. squawkbox Avatar

    MY BAD Centerpoint is my gas company. Entergy is my electricity provider. Does not look like they are going with smart meters anytime soon. Or does Entergy just get their electricity form Centerpoint and I still will not have a choice? This is such a mess. i thought deregulation was supposed to make things better.

  95. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    mharper42

    TSK TSK why for is a sweet lady like you knowing what FUBAR means? 🙂

  96. squawkbox Avatar

    mharper42
    TSK TSK why for is a sweet lady like you knowing what FUBAR means? 🙂

  97. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    My only concern about the smart electric meter is how it can be remotely controlled to interact with smart appliances. This is a subtle brownout in which if the grid is overwhelmed, a signal could be sent to cycle power off to smart refrigerators or freezers. Now as it happens, I don’t own any smart appliances anyway, but it’s a concern.

  98. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    My only concern about the smart electric meter is how it can be remotely controlled to interact with smart appliances. This is a subtle brownout in which if the grid is overwhelmed, a signal could be sent to cycle power off to smart refrigerators or freezers. Now as it happens, I don’t own any smart appliances anyway, but it’s a concern.

  99. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Why are y’all wasting time on all these debates?
    Don’t you understand?
    MARTIAL LAW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
    HE’LL CANCEL THE ELECTION!!!!!! HE’LL CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS THE SAME DAY!!!!!! HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!! HELL, HIDE YOUR DOGS!!!!!!!!!

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Why are y’all wasting time on all these debates?
    Don’t you understand?
    MARTIAL LAW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
    HE’LL CANCEL THE ELECTION!!!!!! HE’LL CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS THE SAME DAY!!!!!! HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!! HELL, HIDE YOUR DOGS!!!!!!!!!

  101. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Squawk, TSK TSK, why is a smart guy like you thinking that a woman would not be informed? Haven’t I ever mentioned that I was in the US Army Medical Corps at Ft Sam Houston, right after high school?

    The only mystery is how come I didn’t know BOHICA. 🙂

  102. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Squawk, TSK TSK, why is a smart guy like you thinking that a woman would not be informed? Haven’t I ever mentioned that I was in the US Army Medical Corps at Ft Sam Houston, right after high school?
    The only mystery is how come I didn’t know BOHICA. 🙂

  103. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Centerpoint manages the electrical delivery system in the Houston Metro area. They own the wires, the poles, the transformers and the meters. They don’t care who you pay your electric bill to. When dereg first started, there were only 4 or 5 electric providers for my zip code, now there are dozens.

    Centerpoint does sell natural gas but they don’t sell electricity.

  104. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Centerpoint manages the electrical delivery system in the Houston Metro area. They own the wires, the poles, the transformers and the meters. They don’t care who you pay your electric bill to. When dereg first started, there were only 4 or 5 electric providers for my zip code, now there are dozens.
    Centerpoint does sell natural gas but they don’t sell electricity.

  105. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    S’okay Sarge, that one I know.

    How bout

    KITD/FOHS?

  106. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    S’okay Sarge, that one I know.

    How bout
    KITD/FOHS?

  107. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #53 – Brother turn that A/C up a notch b4 ya blow a freakin gasket!

  108. Katfish Avatar

    #53 – Brother turn that A/C up a notch b4 ya blow a freakin gasket!

  109. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, I am so glad you finally got a shower! We’ve had just a sprinkle, not even enough to wet the sawdust from the morning’s tree butchery. Still hearing occasional thunder though.

  110. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Adee, I am so glad you finally got a shower! We’ve had just a sprinkle, not even enough to wet the sawdust from the morning’s tree butchery. Still hearing occasional thunder though.

  111. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    MARTIAL LAW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
    HE’LL CANCEL THE ELECTION!!!!!! HE’LL CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS THE SAME DAY!!!!!! HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!! HELL, HIDE YOUR DOGS!!!!!!!!!

    Alex Jones & Co said the same thing about Bush.

    The idea was popular locally, too.

  112. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    MARTIAL LAW IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!!!
    HE’LL CANCEL THE ELECTION!!!!!! HE’LL CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS THE SAME DAY!!!!!! HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!! HELL, HIDE YOUR DOGS!!!!!!!!!

    Alex Jones & Co said the same thing about Bush.
    The idea was popular locally, too.

  113. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    # 48 Sarge and everybody else. Should I blush since I know what both mean? 😉

  114. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    # 48 Sarge and everybody else. Should I blush since I know what both mean? 😉

  115. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #53 Shannon
    Can some of you who know Shannon in real life tell me if he is joking or serious about his martial law prediction!!!!!!

  116. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #53 Shannon
    Can some of you who know Shannon in real life tell me if he is joking or serious about his martial law prediction!!!!!!

  117. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    57 KF
    I gave up AC and electricity. Both are nuthin but an extension of the two party Bilderbooger duopoly.

  118. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    57 KF
    I gave up AC and electricity. Both are nuthin but an extension of the two party Bilderbooger duopoly.

  119. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    # 48 Sarge and everybody else. Should I blush since I know what both mean?

    Only if you know what the one in #56 means. If you do, you’re as far gone as I am.

  120. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    # 48 Sarge and everybody else. Should I blush since I know what both mean?

    Only if you know what the one in #56 means. If you do, you’re as far gone as I am.

  121. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #63 – Ab so LUTE Caca de TORO Bubba……………………….you know as well as I they’ll have to pry that thermostat set at 66 (beer chilling) degrees out of your cold dead (partially frozen) fingers!!

    🙂

  122. Katfish Avatar

    #63 – Ab so LUTE Caca de TORO Bubba……………………….you know as well as I they’ll have to pry that thermostat set at 66 (beer chilling) degrees out of your cold dead (partially frozen) fingers!!
    🙂

  123. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #62 – MsHarper – my Bruddah Sha-Na-Na is just a wee bit loopy from the heat

  124. Katfish Avatar

    #62 – MsHarper – my Bruddah Sha-Na-Na is just a wee bit loopy from the heat

  125. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #63 –

    Both are nuthin but an extension of the two party Bilderbooger duopoly.

    Are you missing ole DJ or whut??? (and no I don’t mean the Jennings version)

  126. Katfish Avatar

    #63 –

    Both are nuthin but an extension of the two party Bilderbooger duopoly.

    Are you missing ole DJ or whut??? (and no I don’t mean the Jennings version)

  127. Tedtam Avatar

    FUBAR

    Fouled (being nice here – Grammy’s Hammy may be watching)
    Up
    Beyond
    All
    Recognition

    See? It IS possible to explain FUBAR without getting drop-kicked off the blog.
    But we all know what we really mean.

  128. Tedtam Avatar

    FUBAR
    Fouled (being nice here – Grammy’s Hammy may be watching)
    Up
    Beyond
    All
    Recognition
    See? It IS possible to explain FUBAR without getting drop-kicked off the blog.
    But we all know what we really mean.

  129. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Laugh if you will.
    I’m telling you that at the FEMA encampment in Arkansas there is a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

  130. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Laugh if you will.
    I’m telling you that at the FEMA encampment in Arkansas there is a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

  131. meglettx Avatar

    A little more light:

    http://www.puc.state.tx.us/consumer/facts/factsheets/elecfacts/smartm.pdf

    Looks like we are already being charged more for electricity at different times of the day/week. We just haven’t been informed what the new “delivery” rates are yet. This is really disingenous, in that now the transmission and utility delivery entity(Centerpoint, in my case, who still owns the electricity transmission infrastructure) has been given the ability to charge more for your electricity regardless of the deal you have with your retail electricity provider. The retail provider is off the hook as these are deemed “pass thru” charges and are just passed on to you on your monthly bill.

    This deal really took some corrupt mindsets to structure in a clandestine effort to raise rates to the consumer.

    My question is: How many readers here were informed of the facts of this arrangement and knew that Centerpoint has been given yet another venue to enrich themselves at your expense?

    I’m fuming.

  132. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    A little more light:
    http://www.puc.state.tx.us/consumer/facts/factsheets/elecfacts/smartm.pdf
    Looks like we are already being charged more for electricity at different times of the day/week. We just haven’t been informed what the new “delivery” rates are yet. This is really disingenous, in that now the transmission and utility delivery entity(Centerpoint, in my case, who still owns the electricity transmission infrastructure) has been given the ability to charge more for your electricity regardless of the deal you have with your retail electricity provider. The retail provider is off the hook as these are deemed “pass thru” charges and are just passed on to you on your monthly bill.
    This deal really took some corrupt mindsets to structure in a clandestine effort to raise rates to the consumer.
    My question is: How many readers here were informed of the facts of this arrangement and knew that Centerpoint has been given yet another venue to enrich themselves at your expense?
    I’m fuming.

  133. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!!

    I’ll do so to protect he women folk but with BOHICA and FUBAR out there, it applies to men as well. 😯

  134. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    HIDE YOUR WOMEN!!!!

    I’ll do so to protect he women folk but with BOHICA and FUBAR out there, it applies to men as well. 😯

  135. meglettx Avatar

    #62. I’ve met Shannon on several occasions and even broken bread with him.

    I’m telling you, the guy is DEAD SERIOUS!

    I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not a highly paid 3M mole whose primary mission is to infiltrate the Hambone community. I’m certain he’s already tagged several of us for immediate detention and full frontal lobotomy mind control therapy.

    Hell, I heard he’s already adding mind control chemicals to the water up in the Belleville area. You don’t think he got that water utility job in good faith do you?

    RUN FOR YOUR LIFE IF YOU SEE OR HEAR OF SHANNON COMING ANYWHERE NEAR YOU!

  136. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    #62. I’ve met Shannon on several occasions and even broken bread with him.
    I’m telling you, the guy is DEAD SERIOUS!
    I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not a highly paid 3M mole whose primary mission is to infiltrate the Hambone community. I’m certain he’s already tagged several of us for immediate detention and full frontal lobotomy mind control therapy.
    Hell, I heard he’s already adding mind control chemicals to the water up in the Belleville area. You don’t think he got that water utility job in good faith do you?
    RUN FOR YOUR LIFE IF YOU SEE OR HEAR OF SHANNON COMING ANYWHERE NEAR YOU!

  137. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #69;

    David Calkins and Patrick Norton presents those trailer’s activites.

    http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/giant-hamster-wheel-powers-your-pc-systm/846c4a9209d82637d3aa846c4a9209d82637d3aa-913310155396?q=giant+hamster+wheel&FORM=VIRE1

    They’ll place us all in there to provide energy for Squawk’s house.

  138. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #69;
    David Calkins and Patrick Norton presents those trailer’s activites.
    http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/giant-hamster-wheel-powers-your-pc-systm/846c4a9209d82637d3aa846c4a9209d82637d3aa-913310155396?q=giant+hamster+wheel&FORM=VIRE1
    They’ll place us all in there to provide energy for Squawk’s house.

  139. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #72 – ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  140. Katfish Avatar

    #72 – ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  141. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    When they come for the wife……there may be room for negotiation.
    If they even look sideways at Max The Beagle…..there’s gonna be hell to pay!!!!!

  142. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    When they come for the wife……there may be room for negotiation.
    If they even look sideways at Max The Beagle…..there’s gonna be hell to pay!!!!!

  143. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Damn. I hope Max can grill pork ribs as good as she can.

  144. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Damn. I hope Max can grill pork ribs as good as she can.

  145. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    okok – I’ve gone “gravatarless” too long………………and unfortunately I’ve been asleep since then…………how does one get that particular feature back?

    PLEASE – if advice is offered make it digestible by a 2nd grader or I have no chance…………

  146. Katfish Avatar

    okok – I’ve gone “gravatarless” too long………………and unfortunately I’ve been asleep since then…………how does one get that particular feature back?
    PLEASE – if advice is offered make it digestible by a 2nd grader or I have no chance…………

  147. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Must be a slow day in the freight business. Katfish has gravatar envy.

  148. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Must be a slow day in the freight business. Katfish has gravatar envy.

  149. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #78 – a wee bit slow – but the BONUS is 100% very well spoken ENGLISH speaking drivers today!

    Hallelujah!!!

  150. Katfish Avatar

    #78 – a wee bit slow – but the BONUS is 100% very well spoken ENGLISH speaking drivers today!
    Hallelujah!!!

  151. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Speakimg of gravatars (mine)…..
    It’s a bad day for a special tall ship:

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7650327.html

  152. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Speakimg of gravatars (mine)…..
    It’s a bad day for a special tall ship:
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7650327.html

  153. El Gordo Avatar

    I’m telling you that at the FEMA encampment in Arkansas there is a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

    Does the camp provide beer?

  154. Dooood Avatar

    I’m telling you that at the FEMA encampment in Arkansas there is a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

    Does the camp provide beer?

  155. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #69 Shannon

    a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

    ALL of us? One trailer for the men, one for the wimmins — TT & I will decorate it up real nice with our handicrafts — and one for the loopies. You know who you are.

  156. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #69 Shannon

    a special section with three trailers set aside for all Hamsterites.

    ALL of us? One trailer for the men, one for the wimmins — TT & I will decorate it up real nice with our handicrafts — and one for the loopies. You know who you are.

  157. El Gordo Avatar

    Ohhhhhh…. the third trailer is where they keep the beer. OK, this doesn’t sound so terrible.

  158. Dooood Avatar

    Ohhhhhh…. the third trailer is where they keep the beer. OK, this doesn’t sound so terrible.

  159. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #76
    It’s the very definition of “loopy” to expect YOUR DOG to bring you some sammiches and a beer. 🙂

  160. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #76
    It’s the very definition of “loopy” to expect YOUR DOG to bring you some sammiches and a beer. 🙂

  161. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #77 Kat
    Here’s the gravatar login:
    http://en.gravatar.com/site/login

    After you login, it shows you any pix you already have set up, or you can add another.

  162. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #77 Kat
    Here’s the gravatar login:
    http://en.gravatar.com/site/login
    After you login, it shows you any pix you already have set up, or you can add another.

  163. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    That third trailer is going to get pretty crowded.

  164. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    That third trailer is going to get pretty crowded.

  165. El Gordo Avatar

    Thanks mh42. Hadn’t messed w/ that in a while.

  166. Dooood Avatar

    Thanks mh42. Hadn’t messed w/ that in a while.

  167. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #87 Looks like it’s MISTER BILL !!

  168. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #87 Looks like it’s MISTER BILL !!

  169. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    And I tweaked the clipping on my Frowny Raccoon face. Her nose was a bit clipped in the other version. Can’t wait to see what Katfish comes up with. Bet it’s got whiskers or feelers or something.

  170. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    And I tweaked the clipping on my Frowny Raccoon face. Her nose was a bit clipped in the other version. Can’t wait to see what Katfish comes up with. Bet it’s got whiskers or feelers or something.

  171. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Speaking of beer, I stopped in at the local convenience store here in the barrio Sunday for a six-pack. I eyed a six-pack of Schlitz and said what the hell. Apparently Pabst has reformulated it with the “classic 1960s formula”. Not having been a beer drinker in the ’60s I figured I’d try it. It wasn’t bad.

  172. Hamous Avatar

    Speaking of beer, I stopped in at the local convenience store here in the barrio Sunday for a six-pack. I eyed a six-pack of Schlitz and said what the hell. Apparently Pabst has reformulated it with the “classic 1960s formula”. Not having been a beer drinker in the ’60s I figured I’d try it. It wasn’t bad.

  173. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #85 – Sorry to spin your wheels Ma’am – I HAVE a gravatar – forgot how to employ it…………………………I was not exaggerating above about needing 2nd grade level instruction……………..these types of ‘extras’ truly aren’t worth it (to me) unless it can be done in one try……………..just not enough hours in the day…………………part of why I avoid Facebook and the like – like the plague

  174. Katfish Avatar

    #85 – Sorry to spin your wheels Ma’am – I HAVE a gravatar – forgot how to employ it…………………………I was not exaggerating above about needing 2nd grade level instruction……………..these types of ‘extras’ truly aren’t worth it (to me) unless it can be done in one try……………..just not enough hours in the day…………………part of why I avoid Facebook and the like – like the plague

  175. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #90 – Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

  176. Katfish Avatar

    #90 – Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

  177. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #89 –

    Bet it’s got whiskers or feelers or something.

    ROFL it has
    whiskers
    AND
    feelers
    AND
    Something!!

    (just a photo of me beside my beloved Gracie)

  178. Katfish Avatar

    #89 –

    Bet it’s got whiskers or feelers or something.

    ROFL it has
    whiskers
    AND
    feelers
    AND
    Something!!
    (just a photo of me beside my beloved Gracie)

  179. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The wife bought a six pack of Lone Star last weekend. Wasn’t as bad as I remembered it. My Dad used to say ‘If you’re down to Shlitz, you’re out of beer.’ Pearl is still around in cans. Both are brewed as names in other breweries. Pity both of the original breweries are closed. Viva Shiner!

  180. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The wife bought a six pack of Lone Star last weekend. Wasn’t as bad as I remembered it. My Dad used to say ‘If you’re down to Shlitz, you’re out of beer.’ Pearl is still around in cans. Both are brewed as names in other breweries. Pity both of the original breweries are closed. Viva Shiner!

  181. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Sarge #56 and 64, Nope

  182. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Sarge #56 and 64, Nope

  183. El Gordo Avatar

    I enjoy a throw down brewski from time to time. Right now I’m in the middle of a St. A Christmas Ale though. Only 12 left after this one.

  184. Dooood Avatar

    I enjoy a throw down brewski from time to time. Right now I’m in the middle of a St. A Christmas Ale though. Only 12 left after this one.

  185. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    All I know is, if they put Doood the beer connysewer in charge of trailer number three, and he starts serving some nasty wheat beer or some of that thick Irish-stinking stuff, Max The Beagle may actually be “on the table”.

  186. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    All I know is, if they put Doood the beer connysewer in charge of trailer number three, and he starts serving some nasty wheat beer or some of that thick Irish-stinking stuff, Max The Beagle may actually be “on the table”.

  187. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I drink Lone Star quite frequently. Pabst brews it now, along with Pearl, Schlitz, Heileman’s Old Style, Strohs, and a few others.

  188. Hamous Avatar

    I drink Lone Star quite frequently. Pabst brews it now, along with Pearl, Schlitz, Heileman’s Old Style, Strohs, and a few others.

  189. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Katfish, login to the gravatar site I posted, using your wordpress account, probably the same as how you login to Ham-Couch when it expires every couple a weeks, and CLICK ON the picture you want to use. That’s all you have to do.

  190. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Katfish, login to the gravatar site I posted, using your wordpress account, probably the same as how you login to Ham-Couch when it expires every couple a weeks, and CLICK ON the picture you want to use. That’s all you have to do.

  191. phil Avatar
    phil

    J. tRick Perry adopts a new campaign song to ensure voters he’s really sincere about securing the border this time.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BAUyjWql4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  192. phil Avatar
    phil

    J. tRick Perry adopts a new campaign song to ensure voters he’s really sincere about securing the border this time.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BAUyjWql4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  193. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Pabst Blue Ribbon 100

  194. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Pabst Blue Ribbon 100

  195. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    well, nice try

  196. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    well, nice try

  197. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Remember the button vendor that got beat up at a Tea Party rally by SEIU members?

    Although weakened from the beating, Gladney, a cancer survivor, attended the protest against SEIU violence following his attack in St. Louis.

    In April 2010 the SEIU members accused of assaulting Gladney pleaded not guilty.

    But as the case went to trial Monday — nearly two years after the incident — justice might not have been served for the Tea Party hero. CBS reports the two SEIU members charged with the crime were found “not guilty”:

    A Clayton jury acquits two union members of assault in an August 2009 brawl outside a town hall forum.

    During the two day trial Kenneth Gladeny testified that SEIU member Elston McCowan through the first punch, and then another union member Perry Molens jumped in.

    But the defense told the jury that Gladney threw the first blow and that video taken of the fight shows only the end of it, not the beginning.

    Grrrrrrrr. 😡

    SEIU Members Found ‘Not Guilty’ in Brutal Beating of Tea Party Activist

  198. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Remember the button vendor that got beat up at a Tea Party rally by SEIU members?

    Although weakened from the beating, Gladney, a cancer survivor, attended the protest against SEIU violence following his attack in St. Louis.
    In April 2010 the SEIU members accused of assaulting Gladney pleaded not guilty.
    But as the case went to trial Monday — nearly two years after the incident — justice might not have been served for the Tea Party hero. CBS reports the two SEIU members charged with the crime were found “not guilty”:

    A Clayton jury acquits two union members of assault in an August 2009 brawl outside a town hall forum.
    During the two day trial Kenneth Gladeny testified that SEIU member Elston McCowan through the first punch, and then another union member Perry Molens jumped in.
    But the defense told the jury that Gladney threw the first blow and that video taken of the fight shows only the end of it, not the beginning.

    Grrrrrrrr. 😡
    SEIU Members Found ‘Not Guilty’ in Brutal Beating of Tea Party Activist

  199. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Pabst Blue Ribbon 100

    Was the beer slowing you down there a bit, Mrs. mharper? 🙂

  200. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Pabst Blue Ribbon 100

    Was the beer slowing you down there a bit, Mrs. mharper? 🙂

  201. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #99 – whatever my log in over at gravatar is – it is remembered, automatic, and not the same as here yassee………….and the one here is also automatic – and they aren’t anywhere near the same

    no more Gravatar envy

  202. Katfish Avatar

    #99 – whatever my log in over at gravatar is – it is remembered, automatic, and not the same as here yassee………….and the one here is also automatic – and they aren’t anywhere near the same
    no more Gravatar envy

  203. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, here comes el foldo. Mitch McConnel now wants to abdicate all responsibility and just grant unlimited debt ceiling increase authority to the President, subject of course to offsetting spending cuts, also determined by the President. Wow, give him the keys to the vault and act surprised when even more money disappears. Where’s the logic to that? Why would he even care to be reelected if he already got all the money there is to get?

    Just say no – stop it here and now.

  204. El Gordo Avatar

    Well, here comes el foldo. Mitch McConnel now wants to abdicate all responsibility and just grant unlimited debt ceiling increase authority to the President, subject of course to offsetting spending cuts, also determined by the President. Wow, give him the keys to the vault and act surprised when even more money disappears. Where’s the logic to that? Why would he even care to be reelected if he already got all the money there is to get?
    Just say no – stop it here and now.

  205. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I eyed a six-pack of Schlitz and said what the hell.

    A couple months ago I was charged with picking up the beer for my boss’s wife’s suprise birthday party. On the list was Schlitz for his brother, couldn’t find it anywhere, even here in the sticks with all the East County insurgents.

  206. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I eyed a six-pack of Schlitz and said what the hell.

    A couple months ago I was charged with picking up the beer for my boss’s wife’s suprise birthday party. On the list was Schlitz for his brother, couldn’t find it anywhere, even here in the sticks with all the East County insurgents.

  207. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Can some of you who know Shannon in real life tell me if he is joking or serious about his martial law prediction!!!!!!

    Hell he’s one of those establishment types part of the conspiracy.

  208. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Can some of you who know Shannon in real life tell me if he is joking or serious about his martial law prediction!!!!!!

    Hell he’s one of those establishment types part of the conspiracy.

  209. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I think Shannon inspired this tune.

  210. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    I think Shannon inspired this tune.

  211. Hamous Avatar

    I have been away from the box for most of the day so I don’t know if y’all have seen this.
    That is the kind of crap Israel faces on a regular basis. If there were a population in our country that behaved as the subject of this video does, how long do you think that we, as Americans, would tolerate it?

  212. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I have been away from the box for most of the day so I don’t know if y’all have seen this.
    That is the kind of crap Israel faces on a regular basis. If there were a population in our country that behaved as the subject of this video does, how long do you think that we, as Americans, would tolerate it?

  213. Hamous Avatar

    This is what should happen to all the ied perpetrators; The 72 Virgins Express..

  214. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is what should happen to all the ied perpetrators; The 72 Virgins Express..

  215. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #104 Darren
    You never know who else is typing away at the exact same time you are. I used to not understand the “thrill” of posting #100 until the bug bit me too.

  216. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #104 Darren
    You never know who else is typing away at the exact same time you are. I used to not understand the “thrill” of posting #100 until the bug bit me too.

  217. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #105
    Katfish, do you ever turn your computer off?? Most of my logins (Hambone/Wordpress, Yahoo, Google, etc) time out after a couple of weeks and I have to login fresh. If you never shutdown the computer, maybe your logins never expire. Try a shutdown, restart, check if that gravatar website then needs a login and you can select the picture you want.

    Of course, all this ASSUMES you are blogging on a Windows PC and not an Atari or Commodore 64. 🙂

  218. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #105
    Katfish, do you ever turn your computer off?? Most of my logins (Hambone/Wordpress, Yahoo, Google, etc) time out after a couple of weeks and I have to login fresh. If you never shutdown the computer, maybe your logins never expire. Try a shutdown, restart, check if that gravatar website then needs a login and you can select the picture you want.
    Of course, all this ASSUMES you are blogging on a Windows PC and not an Atari or Commodore 64. 🙂

  219. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #108 Tim

    one of those establishment types part of the conspiracy.

    You mean he’s a Bilder Booger?

  220. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #108 Tim

    one of those establishment types part of the conspiracy.

    You mean he’s a Bilder Booger?

  221. Hamous Avatar

    RE: Smart Meters: This video splains lots and gives you options. Watch and respond accordingly.

  222. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    RE: Smart Meters: This video splains lots and gives you options. Watch and respond accordingly.

  223. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Accused of beIng a lot of things today.
    I’m shocked and terribly disappointed.

    Oh well. At least no one accused me of being
    from Florida.

  224. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Accused of beIng a lot of things today.
    I’m shocked and terribly disappointed.
    Oh well. At least no one accused me of being
    from Florida.

  225. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #116 – so where’s the link how we can block these signals?

    (gotta be a better mousetrap right?)

    anyone ever hang an old metal mop bucket over one of these newfangled critters?

  226. Katfish Avatar

    #116 – so where’s the link how we can block these signals?
    (gotta be a better mousetrap right?)
    anyone ever hang an old metal mop bucket over one of these newfangled critters?

  227. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    WiskerSwimmer
    Check your Hammies Couch profile and make sure your email is the same as that on your pic in the Gravitar account. Clear cache, refresh and WaLa spect you’ll see yaself in a new light.

  228. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    WiskerSwimmer
    Check your Hammies Couch profile and make sure your email is the same as that on your pic in the Gravitar account. Clear cache, refresh and WaLa spect you’ll see yaself in a new light.

  229. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    You can also go to the gravatar site and have them send you (or reset) the password.

  230. Hamous Avatar

    You can also go to the gravatar site and have them send you (or reset) the password.

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