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Post-Labor Day Weekend Open Comments

(bumped from Labor Day Weekend due to conflict)
Labor Day Weekend! Three days off in a row, to honor those who labor and make our economy work. Perhaps the greatest celebration of the working man can be found here in this sample of “Dirty Jobs”:
You wouldn’t think that a man who makes his living shoveling poo, herding ostriches, sexing alligators, and doing other things that you and I just wouldn’t go near with a ten twenty thirty forty foot pole could be so eloquent, but I found his TED speech both eloquent and heartfelt.

Barack wants to create two and a half million jobs. The infrastructure is a huge deal. This war on work, that I suppose exists, has casualties like any other war. The infrastructure’s the first one Declining trade school enrollments are the second one. Every single year, fewer electricians, fewer carpenters, fewer plumbers, fewer welders, fewer pipefitters, fewer steamfitters. The infrastructure jobs that everybody is talking about creating are those guys. The ones that have been in decline, over and over. …
/snip
So, if I were running for anything, and I’m not, I would simply say that the jobs we hope to make and the jobs we hope to create aren’t going to stick unless they’re jobs that people want. And I know the point of this conference is to celebrate things that are near and dear to us, but I also know that clean and dirty aren’t opposites. They’re two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripetia and anagnorisis…

Mike seems to have a better idea and more respect for those who toil than all of the high-minded politicians and poverty pimps who wax poetic about their support for the “working man”. Would that more of those who “lead” would take time like Mike and get their hands – and other body parts – dirty.
Maybe they would have the same respect, real respect, for those workers that Mike has.
God bless him.

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124 responses to “Post-Labor Day Weekend Open Comments”

  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    If government could just figure out a way to get out of the way, cut regulations, cut taxes, and reduce the overall government burden, they would be amazed at how fast the market would start humming. Increases in tax revenues, increases in employment, and the like would probably be exponential.

    Of course, government could never allow this to happen because to do so would expose it to the threat to our freedom that it really is. We can always dream though.

  2. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    If government could just figure out a way to get out of the way, cut regulations, cut taxes, and reduce the overall government burden, they would be amazed at how fast the market would start humming. Increases in tax revenues, increases in employment, and the like would probably be exponential.
    Of course, government could never allow this to happen because to do so would expose it to the threat to our freedom that it really is. We can always dream though.

  3. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hello. Weekend open comments #1. 😉

  4. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hello. Weekend open comments #1. 😉

  5. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I just want to say that Mike Rowe is a true hunk!

  6. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I just want to say that Mike Rowe is a true hunk!

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    wow Mike Rowe is exceptionally eloquent!

    Great post MsTT

    I don’t believe I’ve ever viewed one of his ‘Dirty Jobs’ shows all the way through – may reconsider that

  8. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    wow Mike Rowe is exceptionally eloquent!
    Great post MsTT
    I don’t believe I’ve ever viewed one of his ‘Dirty Jobs’ shows all the way through – may reconsider that

  9. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I also want to say that I invested the 20 mins to hear the whole video and it was worth it. Mike Rowe is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, speaks extemporaneously as far as I could tell, has a heartfelt message, expresses it very well — in addition to being a true hunk.

  10. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I also want to say that I invested the 20 mins to hear the whole video and it was worth it. Mike Rowe is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, speaks extemporaneously as far as I could tell, has a heartfelt message, expresses it very well — in addition to being a true hunk.

  11. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I agree. Mr. Rowe exemplifies all sorts of good and manly things.

    I’m jealous of his wife. Except the doing his laundry thing, but then maybe the show pays for that.

  12. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I agree. Mr. Rowe exemplifies all sorts of good and manly things.
    I’m jealous of his wife. Except the doing his laundry thing, but then maybe the show pays for that.

  13. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Can I be 7 and number 1 at the same time.
    Morning all, still here safe and sound. Need to check some sites and see what’s new.

  14. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Can I be 7 and number 1 at the same time.
    Morning all, still here safe and sound. Need to check some sites and see what’s new.

  15. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I agree. Mr. Rowe exemplifies all sorts of good and manly things.

    Which is an odd thing to be able to say about a man who just told a story about having testicles on his chin——

  16. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I agree. Mr. Rowe exemplifies all sorts of good and manly things.

    Which is an odd thing to be able to say about a man who just told a story about having testicles on his chin——

  17. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bet ya didn’t know this…

    Rowe sang professionally with the Baltimore Opera.[9][10] He says about this job:

    I joined the opera to get my union card and meet girls. I was a saloon singer, so I went down to the Baltimore Opera and learned an aria and auditioned. I figured I’d do one show and quit. But the girls were everywhere and the truth is, the music was really decent

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowe

  18. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bet ya didn’t know this…

    Rowe sang professionally with the Baltimore Opera.[9][10] He says about this job:
    I joined the opera to get my union card and meet girls. I was a saloon singer, so I went down to the Baltimore Opera and learned an aria and auditioned. I figured I’d do one show and quit. But the girls were everywhere and the truth is, the music was really decent

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rowe

  19. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    In other news, the ol thermometer is reading 58 degrees. What a difference a day makes.

  20. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    In other news, the ol thermometer is reading 58 degrees. What a difference a day makes.

  21. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 TT
    Mike Rowe is not married. The one thing I have ever heard about Mike that was a bummer is he’s been living with a girlfriend for > 10 yrs. Keeps it private because the internet can’t seem to pin down who she is. Speaking of his laundry, Mike has made commercials for several products with his mother, and one of them I saw was for tough paper towels or something like that, to clean up the mess.

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 TT
    Mike Rowe is not married. The one thing I have ever heard about Mike that was a bummer is he’s been living with a girlfriend for > 10 yrs. Keeps it private because the internet can’t seem to pin down who she is. Speaking of his laundry, Mike has made commercials for several products with his mother, and one of them I saw was for tough paper towels or something like that, to clean up the mess.

  23. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    from last night:

    192 Darren says:
    September 5, 2011 at 10:28 pm
    Here’s one thing the Muslims at six Flags need to outright denounce.

    Radical Islamic Group: We Will ‘Make As Much Noise As Possible’ During 9/11 Moment of Silence

    So much for tolerance. . . . ./spits, cleans and reloads weapons.
    I find it more than just a touch interesting that they are gonna pull this DISRESPECTFUL, INSULTING, HATEFUL, RACIST, BELLIGERENT, INTOLERANT CRAPOLA in London, England instead of Houston, TX. I guess they figger they will be much safer in their hate there than here. I hope the soccer hooligans are out in full force to beat the crap out of any and everyone who disrupts the solemn event.
    These people want desperately to be martyrs; let’s find a way to help them out.

  24. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    from last night:

    192 Darren says:
    September 5, 2011 at 10:28 pm
    Here’s one thing the Muslims at six Flags need to outright denounce.
    Radical Islamic Group: We Will ‘Make As Much Noise As Possible’ During 9/11 Moment of Silence

    So much for tolerance. . . . ./spits, cleans and reloads weapons.
    I find it more than just a touch interesting that they are gonna pull this DISRESPECTFUL, INSULTING, HATEFUL, RACIST, BELLIGERENT, INTOLERANT CRAPOLA in London, England instead of Houston, TX. I guess they figger they will be much safer in their hate there than here. I hope the soccer hooligans are out in full force to beat the crap out of any and everyone who disrupts the solemn event.
    These people want desperately to be martyrs; let’s find a way to help them out.

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    *prayer request*

    Yall’s kneemail is surely appreciated in advance! One BACA Brother and family have lost their home and everything they own near Bastrop TX in one of the multiple wildfires we have ongoing in Texas.(we just saw this Brother Sunday at a BACA child event…………………they lost everything just since then)

    Another fire just northwest of Houston is threatening several of my own chapter sisters, brothers, and their families who are watching carefully in case of evacuation orders…………………………

  26. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    *prayer request*
    Yall’s kneemail is surely appreciated in advance! One BACA Brother and family have lost their home and everything they own near Bastrop TX in one of the multiple wildfires we have ongoing in Texas.(we just saw this Brother Sunday at a BACA child event…………………they lost everything just since then)
    Another fire just northwest of Houston is threatening several of my own chapter sisters, brothers, and their families who are watching carefully in case of evacuation orders…………………………

  27. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    SO this is the Tuesday Open Comments?

  28. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    SO this is the Tuesday Open Comments?

  29. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    yes

  30. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    yes

  31. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Why does this NOT surprise me?
    White House Declines To Comment On Union Leader’s Anti-Tea Party Rhetoric At Labor Day Rally.

    Despite President Obama’s repeated claims to change the tone in Washington, the White House had no comment this afternoon after Teamsters Union leader James Hoffa, speaking at an event before President Obama, said of Tea Party activists that, come November, Democrats should “take these sons of bitches out.”

    ~Spits…
    Mornin Gang

  32. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Why does this NOT surprise me?
    White House Declines To Comment On Union Leader’s Anti-Tea Party Rhetoric At Labor Day Rally.

    Despite President Obama’s repeated claims to change the tone in Washington, the White House had no comment this afternoon after Teamsters Union leader James Hoffa, speaking at an event before President Obama, said of Tea Party activists that, come November, Democrats should “take these sons of bitches out.”

    ~Spits…
    Mornin Gang

  33. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, I finally got tired of waiting on Hubby, and while he was working on his truck yesterday I took on hanging my closet shelves/rods so I could start having a somewhat organized closet. I actually drilled holes in the wall all by myself with my own drill, leveled out the shelves, got everything hung and it all works.

    I only have two extra holes in the wall. I swear, I put the bracket up and drilled the hole, turned around to get the little plug/pin thingie, and when I turned back around – it wouldn’t fit! /fuming

    The second shelf was a bear to hang. The first one was a little tricky, because the walls are not straight up and down; my closet is actually part of the dome, so I’m dealing with walls that not only join at weird angles, but also “point” at each other as they join at the center of the pattern. (Imagine a six petaled flower, where the petals are wide enough to touch on the sides. Poke an imaginary finger into the center and dimple the structure slightly, resulting in a lightly concave structure.) Trying to eyeball level on those walls is not possible, so it’s a good thing I had a little level to work with. The first time I leveled the shelf, I looked at it and said “NO WAY!”. After I got it up and backed away, I could see that it was, indeed, level. And thus I learned to trust my tools.

    I had to run to the box store to get the second shelf (because I thought I had bought two shelves last year, but couldn’t find the second one), and I made sure to get the two closet rod hooks to hold the rod. It seems they changed the spacing on the wires where the rod hooks are supposed to hook on, and I had to do a little Aggie engineering. I got a couple of cable ties from my stash and found a leftover piece of 1x from when Hubby put HIS closet together, and this became my new hang rod.

    Also, because the walls are not plumb and square, the brackets required some custom fitting, and they are probably not as strong as they might otherwise be. As I told Lovely on the phone, the instructions said not to place the brackets any further apart than 11-12 inches. What they really should have said was: “If you plan on hanging more than four garments on your shelf, you better place those sunsabenches every 3-4 inches or the whole thing will come down on your head.” Which the second shelf did. Fortunately, I was standing under it the third time it came down, after adding a bracket and was testing its strength. It came out of half of the clips/brackets, and I was standing there, the shelf on top of my head, struggling to push the back wires back onto the clips and trying to dump clothes on the floor to get the weight off.

    I finally got both shelves up, with extra bracing. They are still up this morning, and that’s a good sign. I’d still like to add some posts from the floor up to support it.

    I also put some hooks in the wall and ran some hemp twine through ’em. I now have a place to hang my pashminas/shawls (because our church gets a little cold sometimes, and I’d rather have something on my shoulders than goosebumps).

    It’s a good feeling to look at my closet and see a little order returning to my life. I am sore today, from having to lift and pull so much, but it was worth it.

    Next up – shelving and storage for shoes and other items.

  34. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, I finally got tired of waiting on Hubby, and while he was working on his truck yesterday I took on hanging my closet shelves/rods so I could start having a somewhat organized closet. I actually drilled holes in the wall all by myself with my own drill, leveled out the shelves, got everything hung and it all works.
    I only have two extra holes in the wall. I swear, I put the bracket up and drilled the hole, turned around to get the little plug/pin thingie, and when I turned back around – it wouldn’t fit! /fuming
    The second shelf was a bear to hang. The first one was a little tricky, because the walls are not straight up and down; my closet is actually part of the dome, so I’m dealing with walls that not only join at weird angles, but also “point” at each other as they join at the center of the pattern. (Imagine a six petaled flower, where the petals are wide enough to touch on the sides. Poke an imaginary finger into the center and dimple the structure slightly, resulting in a lightly concave structure.) Trying to eyeball level on those walls is not possible, so it’s a good thing I had a little level to work with. The first time I leveled the shelf, I looked at it and said “NO WAY!”. After I got it up and backed away, I could see that it was, indeed, level. And thus I learned to trust my tools.
    I had to run to the box store to get the second shelf (because I thought I had bought two shelves last year, but couldn’t find the second one), and I made sure to get the two closet rod hooks to hold the rod. It seems they changed the spacing on the wires where the rod hooks are supposed to hook on, and I had to do a little Aggie engineering. I got a couple of cable ties from my stash and found a leftover piece of 1x from when Hubby put HIS closet together, and this became my new hang rod.
    Also, because the walls are not plumb and square, the brackets required some custom fitting, and they are probably not as strong as they might otherwise be. As I told Lovely on the phone, the instructions said not to place the brackets any further apart than 11-12 inches. What they really should have said was: “If you plan on hanging more than four garments on your shelf, you better place those sunsabenches every 3-4 inches or the whole thing will come down on your head.” Which the second shelf did. Fortunately, I was standing under it the third time it came down, after adding a bracket and was testing its strength. It came out of half of the clips/brackets, and I was standing there, the shelf on top of my head, struggling to push the back wires back onto the clips and trying to dump clothes on the floor to get the weight off.
    I finally got both shelves up, with extra bracing. They are still up this morning, and that’s a good sign. I’d still like to add some posts from the floor up to support it.
    I also put some hooks in the wall and ran some hemp twine through ’em. I now have a place to hang my pashminas/shawls (because our church gets a little cold sometimes, and I’d rather have something on my shoulders than goosebumps).
    It’s a good feeling to look at my closet and see a little order returning to my life. I am sore today, from having to lift and pull so much, but it was worth it.
    Next up – shelving and storage for shoes and other items.

  35. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well the DNC Slut aint talking either.

  36. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well the DNC Slut aint talking either.

  37. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    This is a video of a fire plane filling up on lake Travis. Note how low the lake is and the islands that are usually below the surface.

  38. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is a video of a fire plane filling up on lake Travis. Note how low the lake is and the islands that are usually below the surface.

  39. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #18 – “DNC oxygen THIEF (you just insulted all good sluts worldwide!)

  40. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #18 – “DNC oxygen THIEF (you just insulted all good sluts worldwide!)

  41. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #19 – Cool! I had seen the bucket refills before………………but not this type of “touch & go”

  42. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #19 – Cool! I had seen the bucket refills before………………but not this type of “touch & go”

  43. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #18 SD: I am offended at your using the term “slut” in reference to DWS – not at all appropriate. Here’s why”
    1) Sluts can be entertaining (at least for a while)- I don’t think DWS has that capability
    2) Sluts usually have at least a few desirable qualities, DWS -I don’t think so
    3) Sluts have a much higher moral standing than DWS
    4) It is wrong to degrade sluts by putting DWS in the same category
    5) Even sluts deserve love sometimes, right. . .DWS who in their right mind. . .

  44. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #18 SD: I am offended at your using the term “slut” in reference to DWS – not at all appropriate. Here’s why”
    1) Sluts can be entertaining (at least for a while)- I don’t think DWS has that capability
    2) Sluts usually have at least a few desirable qualities, DWS -I don’t think so
    3) Sluts have a much higher moral standing than DWS
    4) It is wrong to degrade sluts by putting DWS in the same category
    5) Even sluts deserve love sometimes, right. . .DWS who in their right mind. . .

  45. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17 TT

    my closet is actually part of the dome

    Do you live in a geodesic dome? If not, please post us a front elevation pic sometime, it must be one heck of a honey of a home!

  46. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17 TT

    my closet is actually part of the dome

    Do you live in a geodesic dome? If not, please post us a front elevation pic sometime, it must be one heck of a honey of a home!

  47. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Maybe I’ll make it a posting one day. How’s that?

  48. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Maybe I’ll make it a posting one day. How’s that?

  49. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Actually, ST and American Woman have both been to my home. And survived.

  50. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Actually, ST and American Woman have both been to my home. And survived.

  51. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Actually, ST and American Woman have both been to my home. And survived.

    Likely out of sheer spite.

  52. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Actually, ST and American Woman have both been to my home. And survived.

    Likely out of sheer spite.

  53. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    God HELP those folks around Bastrop!!

    “No containment” of Texas wildfire

  54. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    God HELP those folks around Bastrop!!
    “No containment” of Texas wildfire

  55. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #26 WB

    PPPHHHHBBBBBTTTH!

  56. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #26 WB
    PPPHHHHBBBBBTTTH!

  57. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Oops I left out the link in my # 16, as it was a drive-by post. Linky

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Oops I left out the link in my # 16, as it was a drive-by post. Linky

  59. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #22 Bonecrusher, You make some really good points there, I guess I just lost mt head, please accept my apology. 😀

  60. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #22 Bonecrusher, You make some really good points there, I guess I just lost mt head, please accept my apology. 😀

  61. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    They are putting up Christmas lights around the area of Kirby and Richmond right now. It is too wissin early for Christmas lights.

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    They are putting up Christmas lights around the area of Kirby and Richmond right now. It is too wissin early for Christmas lights.

  63. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #30 SD, no problemo. DWS as a slut is kinda like calling Bawney Fwank a man; neither has the moral capacity to rise to the title

  64. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #30 SD, no problemo. DWS as a slut is kinda like calling Bawney Fwank a man; neither has the moral capacity to rise to the title

  65. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Psssssstttt

    Hey buddy. Wanna buy an iPad cheap?

  66. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Psssssstttt
    Hey buddy. Wanna buy an iPad cheap?

  67. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #33 Sarge
    I read as many of the moronic comments on that link as I could stand. Not a single one questioned why a person would buy something that they were told was stolen — “purloined iPads for which they had no need”. We are truly doomed. So many Americans are not only abysmally stupid, but immoral to boot.

  68. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #33 Sarge
    I read as many of the moronic comments on that link as I could stand. Not a single one questioned why a person would buy something that they were told was stolen — “purloined iPads for which they had no need”. We are truly doomed. So many Americans are not only abysmally stupid, but immoral to boot.

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    City of Bastrop being evacuated.

  70. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    City of Bastrop being evacuated.

  71. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Time to get your geek on.

    Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised.

    The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

    Geek away

  72. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Time to get your geek on.

    Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised.
    The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

    Geek away

  73. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #35 shannon
    dang.

    Do you have a link for a news story on that?

  74. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #35 shannon
    dang.
    Do you have a link for a news story on that?

  75. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    NASA releases pictures from inside the abandoned warehouse outside of Bakersfield showing “tracks” left by astronauts & the moon buggy.

  76. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    NASA releases pictures from inside the abandoned warehouse outside of Bakersfield showing “tracks” left by astronauts & the moon buggy.

  77. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Fires are changing direction due to shifting winds.

    Hope texanukian’s not in harm’s way…

  78. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Fires are changing direction due to shifting winds.
    Hope texanukian’s not in harm’s way…

  79. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    37
    No link. Was informed via telephone by local Electric Co-op person working the emergency.

  80. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    37
    No link. Was informed via telephone by local Electric Co-op person working the emergency.

  81. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #39 – More than 600 homes destroyed in Bastrop area

  82. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #39 – More than 600 homes destroyed in Bastrop area

  83. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    good overall view of fire path projections based on current conditions

    wundermap

  84. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    good overall view of fire path projections based on current conditions
    wundermap

  85. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Janet “big Sis” Incompetano is a looney nut bag.

    Janet Napolitano: Drudge is ‘just wrong’ on privacy
    /snip
    “I think that what he means is we are watching too much—kind of an Orwellian view. He’s just wrong. I mean, he’s just wrong,” Napolitano declared during a POLITICO Playbook breakfast at the Newseum. She said the privacy impact of new airport screening technology and similar programs are thoroughly vetted before they are implemented.

    “We want to be conscious of civil liberties and civil rights protections—and we are,” Napolitano insisted. “We don’t do anything without kind of running it through our own civil rights and privacy office. We’re one of only two departments in the federal government that actually has a presidentially-appointed privacy office and officer.”

    (While Obama did name a privacy officer for the Department of Homeland Security, the president has so far failed to nominate a quorum for a Congressionally-mandated oversight board to track civil liberties issues government-wide.)

    . . . . .and from the comments section:

    Wendell Gragg
    Anyone find it funny that she runs it by her INTERNAL privacy office? That is like Hitler running “the final solution” by Goebbles (sp) and saying it was fair to the Jews!

    I could not have said it better myself.

  86. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Janet “big Sis” Incompetano is a looney nut bag.

    Janet Napolitano: Drudge is ‘just wrong’ on privacy
    /snip
    “I think that what he means is we are watching too much—kind of an Orwellian view. He’s just wrong. I mean, he’s just wrong,” Napolitano declared during a POLITICO Playbook breakfast at the Newseum. She said the privacy impact of new airport screening technology and similar programs are thoroughly vetted before they are implemented.
    “We want to be conscious of civil liberties and civil rights protections—and we are,” Napolitano insisted. “We don’t do anything without kind of running it through our own civil rights and privacy office. We’re one of only two departments in the federal government that actually has a presidentially-appointed privacy office and officer.”
    (While Obama did name a privacy officer for the Department of Homeland Security, the president has so far failed to nominate a quorum for a Congressionally-mandated oversight board to track civil liberties issues government-wide.)

    . . . . .and from the comments section:

    Wendell Gragg
    Anyone find it funny that she runs it by her INTERNAL privacy office? That is like Hitler running “the final solution” by Goebbles (sp) and saying it was fair to the Jews!

    I could not have said it better myself.

  87. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    So I wake up this morning and see that Jerry Brown is gubner of California, the price of gas is high, Jimmy Hoffa is making trouble, Russia is threatening us economically, the Iranians are making trouble, an unpopular Liberal is in the White House, and a baker’s dozen of Republicans are lining up to challenge him.

    I’m reliving the ’70s but without the benefit of the drugs and alcohol.

  88. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    So I wake up this morning and see that Jerry Brown is gubner of California, the price of gas is high, Jimmy Hoffa is making trouble, Russia is threatening us economically, the Iranians are making trouble, an unpopular Liberal is in the White House, and a baker’s dozen of Republicans are lining up to challenge him.
    I’m reliving the ’70s but without the benefit of the drugs and alcohol.

  89. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    This is a mapquest map of the Lost Pines of Texas; compare with map on #42 above. The Lost Pines are in danger of being lost due to fires caused by the worst drought in Texas history.

  90. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is a mapquest map of the Lost Pines of Texas; compare with map on #42 above. The Lost Pines are in danger of being lost due to fires caused by the worst drought in Texas history.

  91. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    mapquest linkie

  92. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    mapquest linkie

  93. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #44 Sarge: Not to mention that interest and inflation rates are still in the single digits. . . . . for now.

  94. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #44 Sarge: Not to mention that interest and inflation rates are still in the single digits. . . . . for now.

  95. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    #44 Sarge: Not to mention that interest and inflation rates are still in the single digits. . . . . for now.

    What advice do you have on the drugs and alcohol?

  96. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    #44 Sarge: Not to mention that interest and inflation rates are still in the single digits. . . . . for now.

    What advice do you have on the drugs and alcohol?

  97. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    48
    Everything in moderation. 🙂

  98. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    48
    Everything in moderation. 🙂

  99. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Palin tells it like it is; Palin slams Hoffa for ‘thuggery’.

  100. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Palin tells it like it is; Palin slams Hoffa for ‘thuggery’.

  101. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Sideshow political act Ron Paul is trying to show his relevance by running an attack ad on Rick Perry.

  102. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Sideshow political act Ron Paul is trying to show his relevance by running an attack ad on Rick Perry.

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Earlier report of City of Bastrop evacuation now in doubt.
    I won’t be doing THAT again.

  104. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Earlier report of City of Bastrop evacuation now in doubt.
    I won’t be doing THAT again.

  105. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Here’s another version…………..

    Some 5,000 people were evacuated ahead of the Bastrop County fire, which continued to burn unabated on Tuesday. By latest count, more than 600 homes have been destroyed there.

    Texas wildfires collide with urban sprawl

  106. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Here’s another version…………..

    Some 5,000 people were evacuated ahead of the Bastrop County fire, which continued to burn unabated on Tuesday. By latest count, more than 600 homes have been destroyed there.

    Texas wildfires collide with urban sprawl

  107. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I see Drudge has a pic of Luap Nor riding a bike, looking sort of frail & goony. Not wearing a helmet, so I hope he doesn’t fall off the bike and suffer a concussion.

  108. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I see Drudge has a pic of Luap Nor riding a bike, looking sort of frail & goony. Not wearing a helmet, so I hope he doesn’t fall off the bike and suffer a concussion.

  109. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    How would you tell?

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How would you tell?

  111. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I guess if he had blood running down his face?

  112. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I guess if he had blood running down his face?

  113. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Officials: 1,000 Texas homes burned in past week

    Very unfortunate.

    Perry: Because of the Texas fires, I’m not sure I’ll make the debate tomorrow night; Update: Perry plans to attend

    As long as Perry’s keeping tabs on the situation and has his guys in place.

  114. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Officials: 1,000 Texas homes burned in past week
    Very unfortunate.
    Perry: Because of the Texas fires, I’m not sure I’ll make the debate tomorrow night; Update: Perry plans to attend
    As long as Perry’s keeping tabs on the situation and has his guys in place.

  115. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ‘Tea Party Zombies Must Die’: New Online Game Lets You Gun Down Beck, Bachmann, Palin…

    As Chris Baker would say, “from the party of diverrrrrrrrsity…and toooooooooolerance.”

  116. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ‘Tea Party Zombies Must Die’: New Online Game Lets You Gun Down Beck, Bachmann, Palin…
    As Chris Baker would say, “from the party of diverrrrrrrrsity…and toooooooooolerance.”

  117. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Hambone, Tedtam and Wagonburner, I can’t seem to find a “contract administrator” Linky, so I’ll just go public, let it all hang out. I have a great topic for tomorrow: More restaurants are targeting customers who use food stamps!!!
    Ole Dave’s commentary,…..WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What happened to beans, rice and Gub’ment cheese?!?! Not to mention “salt pork”
    FWIW; I do love me some salt pork, battered and fried for breakfast,…it don’t get much better than that.

  118. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hambone, Tedtam and Wagonburner, I can’t seem to find a “contract administrator” Linky, so I’ll just go public, let it all hang out. I have a great topic for tomorrow: More restaurants are targeting customers who use food stamps!!!
    Ole Dave’s commentary,…..WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What happened to beans, rice and Gub’ment cheese?!?! Not to mention “salt pork”
    FWIW; I do love me some salt pork, battered and fried for breakfast,…it don’t get much better than that.

  119. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The swordsman, dressed only in plaid shorts and slip-on shoes, then tried to gain entrance to a 2010 Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle that was pulled over on the expressway to avoid a responding Merrillville police car, state police told the Sun-Times Media wire.

    Finally, the suspect was handcuffed by Merrillville police, who ordered him to the ground at gunpoint.

    At the Lake County, Ind. jail, the offender, Byron Andre Womack, 43, of Cicero, announced that he was “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” state police said.

    I’m glad the shirtless samurai didn’t do this in Texas. that would be embarrassing for the state.

    Ind. State Police Nab I-65 ‘Samurai’

  120. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    The swordsman, dressed only in plaid shorts and slip-on shoes, then tried to gain entrance to a 2010 Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle that was pulled over on the expressway to avoid a responding Merrillville police car, state police told the Sun-Times Media wire.
    Finally, the suspect was handcuffed by Merrillville police, who ordered him to the ground at gunpoint.
    At the Lake County, Ind. jail, the offender, Byron Andre Womack, 43, of Cicero, announced that he was “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” state police said.

    I’m glad the shirtless samurai didn’t do this in Texas. that would be embarrassing for the state.
    Ind. State Police Nab I-65 ‘Samurai’

  121. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I guess that if you are living in a cardboard box, there’s not much you can do with a raw porterhouse steak. However, a couple of tacos, now there’s something you can work with – and they probably cost about the same. Why shouldn’t the restaurant industry cash in on Obamaville and get on the government teat along with half the rest of the American populus? Back in the old days, you could wash dishes, take out the garbage, mop the restrooms, or something for a biscuit – now that’s just down right degrading, plus it takes a job no one wants to do away from an illegal (who is also on food stamps). Gotta get this economy moving somehow.

  122. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I guess that if you are living in a cardboard box, there’s not much you can do with a raw porterhouse steak. However, a couple of tacos, now there’s something you can work with – and they probably cost about the same. Why shouldn’t the restaurant industry cash in on Obamaville and get on the government teat along with half the rest of the American populus? Back in the old days, you could wash dishes, take out the garbage, mop the restrooms, or something for a biscuit – now that’s just down right degrading, plus it takes a job no one wants to do away from an illegal (who is also on food stamps). Gotta get this economy moving somehow.

  123. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #61 EG

    Gotta get this economy moving somehow.

    So *that’s* how food stamps create jobs – jobs in fast food joints, where the poor will now get obese eating tacos & fried chicken on the federal dime.

  124. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #61 EG

    Gotta get this economy moving somehow.

    So *that’s* how food stamps create jobs – jobs in fast food joints, where the poor will now get obese eating tacos & fried chicken on the federal dime.

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