The New York Times ramps up the idol worshiping as we get closer to election season:
At the White House podium a few minutes later, the president radiated a righteous fury he rarely displays in public, finally placing the blame for this wholly unnecessary crisis squarely where it belongs: on Republicans who will do anything to upend his presidency and dismantle every social program they can find.
Smite them, oh Great One! Smite them dead with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy your Democrats!
Squawk; And I dunno why this one reminds me of Darren. I don’t know either. I never knew about Beanie and Cecil before. I did like dinosaurs growing up. Perhaps I give of that vibe to others so they think me a water dragon or somethin’. I did see “Roger Ramjet” on the suggested links. I remember the physco Navy… Read more »
#184 – Thanks. I didn’t write that script, but it sounds like something I might say.
Speaking of violence and Westerns, Mrs. Darren and I just got done watching Silverado. Pretty good movie. It had some good shooting and hooves hitting people in the head.
#181 Hamous. Hmmm, Bernie is now the Representative from Proxima Centauri 🙂
This is for El Gordo.
I’ll take WTF for $2000 Alex
One word description for life in the United States.
What is surreal?
Cannot leave Hamous out of this mayhem.
Only in America:
Here’s one for you, Squawkie. 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LmuaHQl4s&playnext=1&list=PL838C646A2A70ECEE
You mean besides having Ma-In-Law’s travel trailer parked out back? Heh, the tall red-tips we have planted in front to hide it began wilting in this drought, even with the sprinklers. I put out a hose to drown them suckers toot-sweet!
LOOKY it is Serge’
I better quit now.
ROTFLMAO A cartoon about Texpat. Just yankin yer chain bro.
And I dunno why this one reminds me of Darren.
TT #162; Dang, I’m feeling really old now. No worries. Though not as a family per se, my brother and I, mostly me since I was a TV junkie, watched, in order from most to least, lots of episodes between CHiPS, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family (I always think of them when I hear Twelve Days of Christmas), Dick Van Dyke,… Read more »
#159 Hah ! I’ll have you know our neighborhood was invincible. My next door neighbor, Terry, and I were military history buffs and would study Roman and Civil War battle strategy and tactics. Terry is a science prof at the U of H these days. He and I would spend days, literally, gathering ammunition, rocks, hard green pine cones (the… Read more »
#168 Timber
Ok, what kind of things are you doing in your back property? I mean besides experimenting with bioengineering in your compost heap.
Ohhhh yeah, those were really good. Hitchcock was a masterful director.
GJT #158; Although my enthusiasm for Speedracer has dwindled considerably over the years, I still enjoy catching a glimpse or even an entire episode of classic Tom and Jerry. Their later stuff stunk in quality. As for Speedracer, Mrs. Darren and I allow our kids to watch anime far more violent than Speedracer ever was. As long as it’s the… Read more »
I was a major fan of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” at a young age too. I think it was the only evening show I watched for a year or two. I was a voracious reader back then. Could get through both sides of an Ace Double sci-fi in about a day and a half. Well, more acurately, a night and a… Read more »
The Rifleman
Kinda like Chuck Norris of the old west.
Texpat #160;
Whether ironic or hypocritical, those were also allowed in our house. My brother and I loved the Looney Tunes. We never got too much into westerns. I know while he grew up Dad liked Gunsmoke.
Yes we do have an HOA, but if you have 3 acres you can do things in the back.
BWWWWWAAAAAAAA!!!!
“Norway’s mass killer faces a maximum jail term of just 21 years. Astonishingly, that is the longest sentence available to judges in Norway’s benevolent justice system.” Most murderers in Norway spend just 14 years behind bars. The terrorist is 32 years old. He will get out when he’s 53. That means he’s serving about 3 months for every person he… Read more »
#151 Tim
I hope your HOA rules prohibit any wind turbines in your yard. 🙂
Where’s Elvira when we really need her?
And then there was Sky King oh and long before Petticoat Junction there was the Real McCoys.
All this reminiscing about old TV shows brings back the Friday night horror show that ran on a local station in Midland when I was in junior high and high school. Had a local host who dressed as a ghoulish character. They started a fan art feature where during some of the breaks, he would display spooky drawings and voodoo… Read more »
Speed Racer! Johnny Quest. I too, remember Romper Room. Is the Electric Company still on? It was a kind of jazzed up Sesame Street. Adam-12 CHIPS Bob Newhart Show Dick Van Dyke Mary Tyler Moore The Partridge Family The Brady Bunch (my family of fourteen laughed our heads off at that show. Six kids wuz nuthin’ to us. Dang, I’m… Read more »
I remember George Reeves as Superman, The absolutely original AstroBoy cartoon show, Scott McCloud in Space Angel, The original Dr. Who.
#153 Darren
Our parents weren’t overly concerned with violence. I was always a huge Warner Bros./Chuck Jones cartoon fan and remain so. Bugs, Daffy, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, etc, etc.
Wiley Coyote and the Roadrunner.
We also watched endless westerns – series and movies.
Tex(elitist)pat 😉 Children who watched those movies were not allowed in our neighborhood. We did not have televidiots so we were forced to make a march to the local base theater and spend a quarter every Saturday morning to be entertained. It was not till ’61 that my Dad bought his first TV. We listened to the radiot and records… Read more »
Tom and Jerry as well as Speed Racer were banned from the house due t violence so my brother and I frequently watched them without Mom or Dad knowing. When youngest son was, well younger, I set up the parental controls on his TV in his room a liitle tight regarding violence. He came in saying Dad, I can’t even… Read more »
Well, there’s still no debt ceiling deal, the Asian markets are now open, and yet the end of the world has not occurred – or if it did we all moved into the next dimension simultaneously and failed to notice the change. Once again, President Obama, Tax Cheat Timmy, the Fed Chair, other politicians, and Chicken Little have all been… Read more »
fa #136;
I agree.
#149 FA Kitirik was every Houston boy’s first introduction to the erotic suggestion of chicks walking around dressed like cats. Very clever marketing on the part of KTRK, but, of course, we had no idea of the subliminal threat to our tender psyches in thse days. I’m sure the crews at Channel 13 got a big kick out of it.… Read more »
GJT #151;
You were. Progressives are experts at using enviromental saftey practices that further place the envirnment at risk.
Texpat; This thought just occured to me. We watched Godzilla movies around the clock until my mother, who never forgave Pearl Harbor, realized they were made by the Japanese. Did you and Shannon watch them in secret? Tom and Jerry as well as Speed Racer were banned from the house due t violence so my brother and I frequently watched… Read more »
I remember Romper Room (didn’t watch it) but not Kitirik.
#148
Dangit, I thought I was being progressive.
#133;
Three shows I watched regularly. They cracked me up.
I still do not know anything about Cadet Don.
#139 Texpat:
Not only do I remember Cadet Don, I remember Romper room and……. Kitirik on Channel 13. Her real name was Bunny Orsak. My mom actually took me to be on her show for my birthday one year.
Tim, I would ixnay the motor oil in either of your compost piles. http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=75614 Although it’s relatively easy to recycle, motor oil can present a big environmental problem and is considered a hazardous substance. You must never include it amongst your compost pile. The heavy metals and other toxic substances kill fish and wildlife, so if you’re changing the oil… Read more »
#139;
I remember Captain Kangaroo though I was never a fan.
Good point. It does now.
#131 Darren Good post. I never heard of Maimonides, but if he was writing about Jewish law and philosophy, he was not a Muslim. Good grief. This is part of a despicable trend, claiming Jewish patriarchs and sites were actually Muslim. These tombs in Israel are sites that predate the Roman occupation, certainly predate Mohammed and Islam. Doesn’t this remind… Read more »
#141 Squawk
They didn’t show those movies in the mornings on TV. Children who watched those movies were not allowed in our neighborhood.
We watched Godzilla movies around the clock until my mother, who never forgave Pearl Harbor, realized they were made by the Japanese.
#138
Ms. TT
Ma-in-law is the same way, but she needs a ride to the pollin’ place! 👿
My better half never makes that mistake.
Cadet Don?
Now there is a name I have not pretended to be in a bazillion years.
In the 1950’s I watched these serials
The Iron Claw
and
Captain Video and his Vidiot Rangers.
#137 mharper 1) Shiner 102 2) swimming pool, grrrr – don’t ax about it 3) can’t spread compost in a drought? I watered it in, does that count? 4) I have one compost pile I put my waste oil on and the other I don’t. Going green don’t ‘cha know. 5) She wus bizzy and let me outta her site.… Read more »
Cadet Don ?
There’s somebody native enough and old enough around here to remember Cadet Don ?
How about Captain Kangaroo ? That will really date you.