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  1. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    No I don’t have any pockets and yes it is a bullwhip.

  2. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    No I don’t have any pockets and yes it is a bullwhip.

  3. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    114 Tedtam says:

    January 8, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    And how does helping TBO get another chance to screw this country help make your point? After we all drown, it’s a little late to wait for a hero to pull us out of the water.

    I want to win the lottery. It doesn’t mean I’ll quit spending money until I win. I’d like to have a better car. I’m going to quit driving until I get the car I want. I wish there were a lot of things in my reality that I could change and get exactly what I want. I won’t get them. It doesn’t mean I have to be stupid about the decisions I make. I’ll keep driving the car I have. I’ll save money until I get where I want. Concessions are part of life. How does not voting help make a point? Who does it help? Hurt?

    Be unhappy with the candidate. But don’t help the enemy.

    1. I think it will be easier to undo the damage that TBO will do than it will be what Romney Republicans will. Thats because we’ll have so many people telling us that we have to put up with the damage that Romney Republiocans did, because at least it isn’t Democrat damage.

    I’m getting tired of voting for people just because they’re not Democrats. Not being a Democrat is such an easy thing to do.

    2. After Bush, and watching the Pubblies nominate a man who signed gun control loegislation that banned semiautomatic guns and sheparded through the first Socialized Medecine plan in the country—one that is the model for Obama care, the enemy seems to be the Republican Party as well as the Democrat Party. We’d be electing someone who will “fix” Obamacare the same way Bush “fixed” prescription drug availability in this country,

    People voted for Obama because they wanted change. He didn’t deliver the kind of change they wanted. They will still vote for someone who will change things. Romney is considered a “safe” candidate by the same Pubbies who thought Compassionate Conservatism was the way to go. That’s not change. People will stick with the devil they know, and you will get 4 more years of Obama.

    And it will be because the Republican Candidate wasn’t different enough from the Democrat Candidate, not because I, and others as tired of this crap as I am, decided to sit this one out.

    Still, my advice to you idealists of the right is this: Get over it. Not for sellout reasons, like Romney has the best chance of beating President Obama. No. You should get behind him because, in a certain paradoxical way, he may turn out to be the truest to the spirit of your movement of all the candidates.

    If nothing else, you in the tea party movement have spent the last three years teaching Americans that we are in a battle for the very soul of capitalism. And here comes Romney, the soul of American capitalism in the flesh. Look back over his career as a predator drone at Bain Capital: Isn’t it the exact sort of background you always insist politicians ought to have as you wave your copy of “Atlas Shrugged” in the air?

    It’s true that Romney said that the bank bailouts of 2008-09 were necessary, while you regard them as a mortal sin against free-market principles. But you shouldn’t hold this against him. Any study of bank history reveals that free-marketeers have no problem doling out, or grabbing for, government money when the chips are down.

  4. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    114 Tedtam says:
    January 8, 2012 at 11:20 pm
    And how does helping TBO get another chance to screw this country help make your point? After we all drown, it’s a little late to wait for a hero to pull us out of the water.
    I want to win the lottery. It doesn’t mean I’ll quit spending money until I win. I’d like to have a better car. I’m going to quit driving until I get the car I want. I wish there were a lot of things in my reality that I could change and get exactly what I want. I won’t get them. It doesn’t mean I have to be stupid about the decisions I make. I’ll keep driving the car I have. I’ll save money until I get where I want. Concessions are part of life. How does not voting help make a point? Who does it help? Hurt?
    Be unhappy with the candidate. But don’t help the enemy.

    1. I think it will be easier to undo the damage that TBO will do than it will be what Romney Republicans will. Thats because we’ll have so many people telling us that we have to put up with the damage that Romney Republiocans did, because at least it isn’t Democrat damage.
    I’m getting tired of voting for people just because they’re not Democrats. Not being a Democrat is such an easy thing to do.
    2. After Bush, and watching the Pubblies nominate a man who signed gun control loegislation that banned semiautomatic guns and sheparded through the first Socialized Medecine plan in the country—one that is the model for Obama care, the enemy seems to be the Republican Party as well as the Democrat Party. We’d be electing someone who will “fix” Obamacare the same way Bush “fixed” prescription drug availability in this country,
    People voted for Obama because they wanted change. He didn’t deliver the kind of change they wanted. They will still vote for someone who will change things. Romney is considered a “safe” candidate by the same Pubbies who thought Compassionate Conservatism was the way to go. That’s not change. People will stick with the devil they know, and you will get 4 more years of Obama.
    And it will be because the Republican Candidate wasn’t different enough from the Democrat Candidate, not because I, and others as tired of this crap as I am, decided to sit this one out.

    Still, my advice to you idealists of the right is this: Get over it. Not for sellout reasons, like Romney has the best chance of beating President Obama. No. You should get behind him because, in a certain paradoxical way, he may turn out to be the truest to the spirit of your movement of all the candidates.
    If nothing else, you in the tea party movement have spent the last three years teaching Americans that we are in a battle for the very soul of capitalism. And here comes Romney, the soul of American capitalism in the flesh. Look back over his career as a predator drone at Bain Capital: Isn’t it the exact sort of background you always insist politicians ought to have as you wave your copy of “Atlas Shrugged” in the air?
    It’s true that Romney said that the bank bailouts of 2008-09 were necessary, while you regard them as a mortal sin against free-market principles. But you shouldn’t hold this against him. Any study of bank history reveals that free-marketeers have no problem doling out, or grabbing for, government money when the chips are down.

  5. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another thing I’m getting tired of is the Republican Party telling me that they lose elections because of something I’ve done wrong. That the problem is me, not them.

  6. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another thing I’m getting tired of is the Republican Party telling me that they lose elections because of something I’ve done wrong. That the problem is me, not them.

  7. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    One last thing:

    You want somebody who is not Obama? Thats as high a bar as you’re willing to set? That’s the extent of what you want?

    If that’s all your candidate needs to be in order to get your vote, you might as well vote for the guy that takes your trash to the dump as anybody else.

  8. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    One last thing:
    You want somebody who is not Obama? Thats as high a bar as you’re willing to set? That’s the extent of what you want?
    If that’s all your candidate needs to be in order to get your vote, you might as well vote for the guy that takes your trash to the dump as anybody else.

  9. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Coaches ought to have the decency to wait until play-offs/bowl games are over before jumping ship.

  10. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Coaches ought to have the decency to wait until play-offs/bowl games are over before jumping ship.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Sarge, it is ordinary Americans that vote for these guys in the primaries. No one’s forcing them. It wasn’t some nefarious and clandestine group that selected McCain as the nominee, it was primary voters. Sure he sucked but, to quote Pogo, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

  12. Hamous Avatar

    Sarge, it is ordinary Americans that vote for these guys in the primaries. No one’s forcing them. It wasn’t some nefarious and clandestine group that selected McCain as the nominee, it was primary voters. Sure he sucked but, to quote Pogo, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

  13. Katfish Avatar

    Also remember that conservatives in other areas of the country are not as conservative as those you find around here.

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Also remember that conservatives in other areas of the country are not as conservative as those you find around here.

  15. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Obama has some competition in the New Hampshire primary. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, I give you Democrat Vermin Supreme. Free ponies for all Americans!

  16. Hamous Avatar

    Obama has some competition in the New Hampshire primary. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration, I give you Democrat Vermin Supreme. Free ponies for all Americans!

  17. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Any southwest siders (of metro Houston that is)

    HEADS UP!! pretty HEFTY ‘boomer inbound from the southwest – severe T-storm warning is out and that sucker looks to have a bit of a “hook” in the radar echo

  18. Katfish Avatar

    Any southwest siders (of metro Houston that is)
    HEADS UP!! pretty HEFTY ‘boomer inbound from the southwest – severe T-storm warning is out and that sucker looks to have a bit of a “hook” in the radar echo

  19. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    This is outrageous! Why are they harrassing this man for exercising his 1st Ammendent Rights. Someone needs to call Hollywood and get some movie star support for him. This case must obviously be dismissed and the ranch owner arrested.

    Man arrested for having sex with horses

    A south Texas man was arrested after being accused of having sex with horses at two different ranches in Hidalgo County, according to The McAllen Monitor.

    Cirilo Castillo, 41, was arrested on two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of criminal trespass in Edinburg, about 10 miles north of McAllen. He was held on $60,000 bond at the Hidalgo County Jail, the newspaper reported.

    A horse owner said a video surveillance system caught Castillo in the act. From The Monitor:

    “Her video surveillance system had caught her neighbor entering her barn, tying her brown mare to a fence, tying her back legs together and then having sex with it.”

    Castillo admitted to having sex with the horse and also admitted to having sex with another horse at a different ranch, the paper said.

  20. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    This is outrageous! Why are they harrassing this man for exercising his 1st Ammendent Rights. Someone needs to call Hollywood and get some movie star support for him. This case must obviously be dismissed and the ranch owner arrested.

    Man arrested for having sex with horses
    A south Texas man was arrested after being accused of having sex with horses at two different ranches in Hidalgo County, according to The McAllen Monitor.
    Cirilo Castillo, 41, was arrested on two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of criminal trespass in Edinburg, about 10 miles north of McAllen. He was held on $60,000 bond at the Hidalgo County Jail, the newspaper reported.
    A horse owner said a video surveillance system caught Castillo in the act. From The Monitor:
    “Her video surveillance system had caught her neighbor entering her barn, tying her brown mare to a fence, tying her back legs together and then having sex with it.”
    Castillo admitted to having sex with the horse and also admitted to having sex with another horse at a different ranch, the paper said.

  21. Katfish Avatar

    two counts of cruelty to animals

    What if the horse liked it?

  22. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    two counts of cruelty to animals

    What if the horse liked it?

  23. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #12 – How wouldja know Willlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllbur?

    🙂

  24. Katfish Avatar

    #12 – How wouldja know Willlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllbur?
    🙂

  25. Katfish Avatar

    If it were Mr. Ed, he’d tell you.

    “Oooooooohhhhhh. Faaaaaaaaaasteeeeeerrrrr.”

  26. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    If it were Mr. Ed, he’d tell you.
    “Oooooooohhhhhh. Faaaaaaaaaasteeeeeerrrrr.”

  27. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    The front just crossed NE Sugar Land. Multiple wind directions, lots of wisps dropping down, but without rotation. Gulley washer with pea size hail. Move on along, nothing to see here, just typical Houston thunder storm.

  28. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    The front just crossed NE Sugar Land. Multiple wind directions, lots of wisps dropping down, but without rotation. Gulley washer with pea size hail. Move on along, nothing to see here, just typical Houston thunder storm.

  29. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    You don’t suppose the OC Pic is the same guy getting ready to try a bull on for size, do you?

  30. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    You don’t suppose the OC Pic is the same guy getting ready to try a bull on for size, do you?

  31. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Bull, YOUR MINE!

  32. Tedtam Avatar

    “You were right. Yours IS bigger than mine!”

  33. Tedtam Avatar

    “You were right. Yours IS bigger than mine!”

  34. Tedtam Avatar

    “I epitomize the opposite of ‘All hat, no cattle’.”

    “Okay, I’m through skinny-dippin’. Now, where’d you put my dang-fool clothes?”

    “I’m just making sure that you get to see my brand new boots! Ain’t they purty?”

    “Ready for the *issin’ contest?”

  35. Tedtam Avatar

    “I epitomize the opposite of ‘All hat, no cattle’.”
    “Okay, I’m through skinny-dippin’. Now, where’d you put my dang-fool clothes?”
    “I’m just making sure that you get to see my brand new boots! Ain’t they purty?”
    “Ready for the *issin’ contest?”

  36. Katfish Avatar

    “Cooperate and nobody will get hurt.”

  37. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    “Cooperate and nobody will get hurt.”

  38. Tedtam Avatar

    “Dang! You’re such a bunch of bull, you should be workin’ in DeeCee!”

  39. Tedtam Avatar

    “Dang! You’re such a bunch of bull, you should be workin’ in DeeCee!”

  40. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    This thunderstorm reminds me of the little boy calling his mother during a storm.

    “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”

    “I can’t dear,” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.”

    “The big sissy.”

  41. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    This thunderstorm reminds me of the little boy calling his mother during a storm.
    “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”
    “I can’t dear,” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.”
    “The big sissy.”

  42. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #16 – not without a step ladder!

  43. Katfish Avatar

    #16 – not without a step ladder!

  44. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    WOW! 4 1/2″ in my rain gauge. It only holds 5″ so I better go empty it.

  45. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    WOW! 4 1/2″ in my rain gauge. It only holds 5″ so I better go empty it.

  46. Tedtam Avatar

    “A little bit?” A LITTLE BIT?! That’s like saying a Texas tornado was just “a strong breeze”. The MSM was in the tank for the incompetent boob.

    At least Tapper has enough integrity to say that much. Most media outlets won’t admit their utter and complete failure to not only vet TBO, but also their out and out campaigning for the messiah.

  47. Tedtam Avatar

    “A little bit?” A LITTLE BIT?! That’s like saying a Texas tornado was just “a strong breeze”. The MSM was in the tank for the incompetent boob.
    At least Tapper has enough integrity to say that much. Most media outlets won’t admit their utter and complete failure to not only vet TBO, but also their out and out campaigning for the messiah.

  48. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    24 TT

    That joke has been around since I was in the USMC. Back then they called it a Gastrodome so recruits with their head up their a$$ could see where they were going. Shows how far PC has come, a common joke used by every one now gets one investigated.

  49. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    24 TT
    That joke has been around since I was in the USMC. Back then they called it a Gastrodome so recruits with their head up their a$$ could see where they were going. Shows how far PC has come, a common joke used by every one now gets one investigated.

  50. Tedtam Avatar

    Sununu goes after Matthews.

    Sic ’em! I wish more people would call The Tingler stupid. He needs to be wiss-slapped. Hard. On a regular schedule. And by multiple slappers.

  51. Tedtam Avatar

    Sununu goes after Matthews.
    Sic ’em! I wish more people would call The Tingler stupid. He needs to be wiss-slapped. Hard. On a regular schedule. And by multiple slappers.

  52. Tedtam Avatar

    Raining HARD here. I’m glad I did all the digging I did over the weekend. The rain’ll help the dirt settle and I can map out my new low spots. I won’t be able to move any dirt for days, though – I’m into the gumbo clay and I have to wait for it to dry out enough.

    I guess my wrist gets to heal up.

  53. Tedtam Avatar

    Raining HARD here. I’m glad I did all the digging I did over the weekend. The rain’ll help the dirt settle and I can map out my new low spots. I won’t be able to move any dirt for days, though – I’m into the gumbo clay and I have to wait for it to dry out enough.
    I guess my wrist gets to heal up.

  54. Tedtam Avatar

    “Dear Lord,

    I know that we’ve been in a drought, and I know we’ve been praying for rain. I appreciate your efforts to help us make up for the deficit. I really, really, do. I mean, water from the sky is GREAT! It’ll help our farmers and fill our lakes.

    But does it all have to come AT ONE TIME? Please reconsider your delivery schedule.

    Respectfully,
    Texas”

  55. Tedtam Avatar

    “Dear Lord,
    I know that we’ve been in a drought, and I know we’ve been praying for rain. I appreciate your efforts to help us make up for the deficit. I really, really, do. I mean, water from the sky is GREAT! It’ll help our farmers and fill our lakes.
    But does it all have to come AT ONE TIME? Please reconsider your delivery schedule.
    Respectfully,
    Texas”

  56. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    So much for a “drier than normal” January.

  57. Hamous Avatar

    So much for a “drier than normal” January.

  58. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    30 TT

    Our deer lease rancher’s wife out near Junction would literally go out in the rare rain storms with her arms outstretched and pray “Please, God, just 2 more inches.”

  59. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    30 TT
    Our deer lease rancher’s wife out near Junction would literally go out in the rare rain storms with her arms outstretched and pray “Please, God, just 2 more inches.”

  60. Tedtam Avatar

    #32 OleTimer

    pray “Please, God, just 2 more inches.”

    You know, I was going to make a joke, but I’m just going to sit here and hold my tongue. I don’t want to get banned for life.

  61. Tedtam Avatar

    #32 OleTimer

    pray “Please, God, just 2 more inches.”

    You know, I was going to make a joke, but I’m just going to sit here and hold my tongue. I don’t want to get banned for life.

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    Another “special place in Hell nominee”.

    36 weeks.

    Sad. So sad. I can’t even imagine carrying a baby for eight months, feeling it move within me, going through all the hormone changes, talking to family and friends about the pregnancy — and then hiring someone to kill my child. There must be some kind of weird, wacko life situation going on, or the “mother” is some kind of weird wacko herself. And the so called “doctor” – don’t even get me started.

    Satan’s minions are piling up the kindling as we speak.

  63. Tedtam Avatar

    Another “special place in Hell nominee”.
    36 weeks.
    Sad. So sad. I can’t even imagine carrying a baby for eight months, feeling it move within me, going through all the hormone changes, talking to family and friends about the pregnancy — and then hiring someone to kill my child. There must be some kind of weird, wacko life situation going on, or the “mother” is some kind of weird wacko herself. And the so called “doctor” – don’t even get me started.
    Satan’s minions are piling up the kindling as we speak.

  64. Tedtam Avatar

    My backyard is now a lake.

  65. Tedtam Avatar

    My backyard is now a lake.

  66. Tedtam Avatar

    Crickets.
    /are drowning

  67. Tedtam Avatar

    Crickets.
    /are drowning

  68. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    My pond runneth over

  69. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    My pond runneth over

  70. Katfish Avatar

    Vermin Supreme throws down the gauntlet. He has challenged Ron Paul to a “panty-wrestling match to decide it all.”

    “My name is Vermin Supreme, I’m running of the president of America. I stand for mandatory toothbrushing laws,” he said, delivering his on-the-fly stump speech. “I’m a friendly fascist, a tyrant you can trust because I know what is best for you. I am on the ballot here in New Hampshire, and you can vote for me. I am Obama’s primary primary challenger. I am challenging him and Ron Paul to a debate and an arm-wrestling match, leg-wrestling match and a panty-wrestling match to decide it all — the presidency of the United States.”

    Even his opponents are kooks.

  71. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Vermin Supreme throws down the gauntlet. He has challenged Ron Paul to a “panty-wrestling match to decide it all.”

    “My name is Vermin Supreme, I’m running of the president of America. I stand for mandatory toothbrushing laws,” he said, delivering his on-the-fly stump speech. “I’m a friendly fascist, a tyrant you can trust because I know what is best for you. I am on the ballot here in New Hampshire, and you can vote for me. I am Obama’s primary primary challenger. I am challenging him and Ron Paul to a debate and an arm-wrestling match, leg-wrestling match and a panty-wrestling match to decide it all — the presidency of the United States.”

    Even his opponents are kooks.

  72. Tedtam Avatar

    I guess the burn ban has been lifted.

  73. Tedtam Avatar

    I guess the burn ban has been lifted.

  74. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #39 – Currently I’m betting you could not even START a fire w/o gasoline as an accelerant!

  75. Katfish Avatar

    #39 – Currently I’m betting you could not even START a fire w/o gasoline as an accelerant!

  76. Tedtam Avatar

    #40 Katfish

    Even with gasoline, a fire in my backyard is not possible. Unless there’s a way to set water aflame.

  77. Tedtam Avatar

    #40 Katfish
    Even with gasoline, a fire in my backyard is not possible. Unless there’s a way to set water aflame.

  78. Katfish Avatar

    #41 tedtam
    gasoline floats

  79. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #41 tedtam
    gasoline floats

  80. Hamous Avatar

    #34 TT: What has been described is nothing more than human sacrifice on the altar of “choice” to the pagan goddess “feminism.” There will be a very steep price to pay for these crimes in the afterlife.

  81. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #34 TT: What has been described is nothing more than human sacrifice on the altar of “choice” to the pagan goddess “feminism.” There will be a very steep price to pay for these crimes in the afterlife.

  82. Tedtam Avatar

    #42

    Yeah, I know it floats, but I can’t sustain a fire to burn anything. The stuff I want to get rid of will soak up the water or sink beneath the surface.

    Speaking of…Sister just called me. She brought home my brother-in-law from his latest stint at the hospital to find that water has invaded her unit. The lazy-wiss idiots down the street never clean out their ditches. We’ve had to go down the street and clean ’em out ourselves in order to protect our property. I think I’m going to find the addresses and contact them. If I tell them that we have a critically ill individual who is having to deal with flooding because they are not being responsible, MAYBE they’ll drag their lazy butts off the couch and grab a rake.

  83. Tedtam Avatar

    #42
    Yeah, I know it floats, but I can’t sustain a fire to burn anything. The stuff I want to get rid of will soak up the water or sink beneath the surface.
    Speaking of…Sister just called me. She brought home my brother-in-law from his latest stint at the hospital to find that water has invaded her unit. The lazy-wiss idiots down the street never clean out their ditches. We’ve had to go down the street and clean ’em out ourselves in order to protect our property. I think I’m going to find the addresses and contact them. If I tell them that we have a critically ill individual who is having to deal with flooding because they are not being responsible, MAYBE they’ll drag their lazy butts off the couch and grab a rake.

  84. Hamous Avatar

    #45 TT: I would not count on it. In our subdivision in Glorious Copperfield, there are placards on the top of every storm sewer advising NOT to put yard clippings in the sewer. Every time I see someone cutting grass during the season, someone will blow the clippings right down the hole. The build up was so bad, year before last, someone put fireworks down the storm sewer and it caught fire. There are a lot of people out there whose entire concept of “community” ends at their driveway.

  85. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #45 TT: I would not count on it. In our subdivision in Glorious Copperfield, there are placards on the top of every storm sewer advising NOT to put yard clippings in the sewer. Every time I see someone cutting grass during the season, someone will blow the clippings right down the hole. The build up was so bad, year before last, someone put fireworks down the storm sewer and it caught fire. There are a lot of people out there whose entire concept of “community” ends at their driveway.

  86. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Lawn clippings? Personally, I prefer the look of random lawn muffins scattered throughout the yard. I call it “art”.

  87. Hamous Avatar

    Lawn clippings? Personally, I prefer the look of random lawn muffins scattered throughout the yard. I call it “art”.

  88. Katfish Avatar

    I call it “art”.

    I call it “one less thing I gotta deal with.”

  89. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I call it “art”.

    I call it “one less thing I gotta deal with.”

  90. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Hey y’all, I am back to a normal work schedule effective right now. But what a day to have time to comment. I saw that nekkid kiddo posted on someone’s FB this weekend. Frankly, it looks like a put-up, posed shot to me.

    A gazillion years ago, I had to walk past a house in Austin on my way to the shuttle bus pickup to campus. The redneck parents of a 3-4 yr old boy would sit on their front porch and send the kid, butt nekkid, running out to the curb to startle anyone walking by. All three, giggling hysterically. Was that child abuse?

  91. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Hey y’all, I am back to a normal work schedule effective right now. But what a day to have time to comment. I saw that nekkid kiddo posted on someone’s FB this weekend. Frankly, it looks like a put-up, posed shot to me.
    A gazillion years ago, I had to walk past a house in Austin on my way to the shuttle bus pickup to campus. The redneck parents of a 3-4 yr old boy would sit on their front porch and send the kid, butt nekkid, running out to the curb to startle anyone walking by. All three, giggling hysterically. Was that child abuse?

  92. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Something I wanted to comment on over a week ago but couldn’t find time till now is the Rothko Chapel. The Hou Chron’s sappy writer Lisa Gray did a gush piece on the R.C. and some Tibetan chime-bowl that would ring in the New Year.

    I have only been in the R.C. one time, and it gave me the creeps. It felt like being in a Druid temple, if there ever was such a thing. And the vaunted 8 “paintings” made me laugh out loud. That is, once I realized the 8 giant, framed, charcoal-grey rectangles were them. Well, paint = paintings, so in that sense, there are 8 paintings in the chapel.

    Anyone else have strong feelings, pro or con, about this site?

  93. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Something I wanted to comment on over a week ago but couldn’t find time till now is the Rothko Chapel. The Hou Chron’s sappy writer Lisa Gray did a gush piece on the R.C. and some Tibetan chime-bowl that would ring in the New Year.
    I have only been in the R.C. one time, and it gave me the creeps. It felt like being in a Druid temple, if there ever was such a thing. And the vaunted 8 “paintings” made me laugh out loud. That is, once I realized the 8 giant, framed, charcoal-grey rectangles were them. Well, paint = paintings, so in that sense, there are 8 paintings in the chapel.
    Anyone else have strong feelings, pro or con, about this site?

  94. Hamous Avatar

    Half Century M42: I think most of what is referred to as “modern art” is BULL SCHIZZLE! I saw one display that was, and I kid you not, 2 common bricks and a light bulb; these items were not connected just placed at random. A mono-color rectangle is not art, inspiring, edgy or any thing else but lame BS. That some idjit with way too much money will pay 5 figures for something like that merely proves the adage: a fool and his money are soon parted.

  95. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Half Century M42: I think most of what is referred to as “modern art” is BULL SCHIZZLE! I saw one display that was, and I kid you not, 2 common bricks and a light bulb; these items were not connected just placed at random. A mono-color rectangle is not art, inspiring, edgy or any thing else but lame BS. That some idjit with way too much money will pay 5 figures for something like that merely proves the adage: a fool and his money are soon parted.

  96. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    Lawn clippings? Personally, I prefer the look of random lawn muffins scattered throughout the yard. I call it “art”. NATURAL grown fertilizer.

    Them that pick it up and trash it ARE NOT good caretakers of the land especially when fertilizer is going now for $700 to $900 an ton for us farmers & ranchers. I’d bet it’s more expensive if you take the bag weight, total it up to 2k#’s and cost it out from your handy Lowe’s or Home Depot.

  97. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    Lawn clippings? Personally, I prefer the look of random lawn muffins scattered throughout the yard. I call it “art”. NATURAL grown fertilizer.

    Them that pick it up and trash it ARE NOT good caretakers of the land especially when fertilizer is going now for $700 to $900 an ton for us farmers & ranchers. I’d bet it’s more expensive if you take the bag weight, total it up to 2k#’s and cost it out from your handy Lowe’s or Home Depot.

  98. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    A couple of years ago I was trying to identify a bird in my back yard feasting on loquats. I described him and got some possible suggestions but none ever really matched. Turns out I was looking for native birds and this little bugger is an alien.

  99. Hamous Avatar

    A couple of years ago I was trying to identify a bird in my back yard feasting on loquats. I described him and got some possible suggestions but none ever really matched. Turns out I was looking for native birds and this little bugger is an alien.

  100. Hamous Avatar

    Depending on the height of the grass I will either pick it up or leave it. Big clumps kills the grass underneath and promotes mold and fungus growth which is kinda hard on the grass. Not to mention that sometimes the ants will colonize them.

  101. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Depending on the height of the grass I will either pick it up or leave it. Big clumps kills the grass underneath and promotes mold and fungus growth which is kinda hard on the grass. Not to mention that sometimes the ants will colonize them.

  102. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 Bones
    The Rothko was built by Dominique De Menil, a Schlumberger heiress. There is actually some good stuff in her Menil Collection.

  103. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 Bones
    The Rothko was built by Dominique De Menil, a Schlumberger heiress. There is actually some good stuff in her Menil Collection.

  104. Hamous Avatar

    #53 Hamous: The bird in question is a Red-vented bulbul; I find the name interesting as the red vent is near the car decorating opening.

  105. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #53 Hamous: The bird in question is a Red-vented bulbul; I find the name interesting as the red vent is near the car decorating opening.

  106. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #50 The “art” in the Rothko Chapel is a perfect example of how gullible rich old white ladies can be. An old girlfriend wanted to go there years ago and I pretty much had the same reaction. I laughed out loud. The only thing that could make it more absurd is if they were not even painted, just plain canvases.

  107. Hamous Avatar

    #50 The “art” in the Rothko Chapel is a perfect example of how gullible rich old white ladies can be. An old girlfriend wanted to go there years ago and I pretty much had the same reaction. I laughed out loud. The only thing that could make it more absurd is if they were not even painted, just plain canvases.

  108. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Okay Dan, I know you lurk here, so I’m calling you out bubba 😉

    Navy seal punches Ventura and runs off? No seal is gonna hit and run. The story is a fabrication to make Ventura look bad.

    HA! Someone needs to fabricate something to make Ventura look bad??? Holy cow, that’s funny!

  109. Hamous Avatar

    Okay Dan, I know you lurk here, so I’m calling you out bubba 😉

    Navy seal punches Ventura and runs off? No seal is gonna hit and run. The story is a fabrication to make Ventura look bad.

    HA! Someone needs to fabricate something to make Ventura look bad??? Holy cow, that’s funny!

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    US State Department PNG’s a Venezuelan diplomat in Miami.

  111. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #59 PyroMan
    Eh, run of the mill diplomatic espionage. I would have guessed: a South American male, caught molesting livestock in Florida.

  112. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #59 PyroMan
    Eh, run of the mill diplomatic espionage. I would have guessed: a South American male, caught molesting livestock in Florida.

  113. Tedtam Avatar

    I just got back from clearing ditches, running errands, and checking on the neighborhood drain clogger.

    I had to call 311 to report a stopped up culvert. We have open ditches in our neighborhood, which we like, except for when it rains and all the leaves and branches clog up the culverts. Since a storm sewer inlet is right in front of our house, we have to clear our cuverts AND the storm box. It’s a amazing how fast the water drains once you clear the leaves and crap away from those boxes. (The one across the street has somehow lost its grate, so the water never backs up over there, but all those branches end up stopping up the city main at some point. But I digress.)

    After my sister told me about the water in her unit, I took my rake over there and found the culprit house. The water was over the driveway about 2 inches and was moving fast as it fell over the west side of the culvert to the storm drain. I pulled a log about 2 inches in diameter and about 2½ feet long from the front of the culvert on the east side. I kid you not. That was barbecue wood if I ever saw any. After removing some leaves and stuff (and trying not to fall in, since I couldn’t see what I was standing on due to the high water, I went to the west side. There was a gap between the driveway surface and the storm box that I could not get my rake into, it was so narrow. As I peered through the crack, watching the water as it flowed into the gap, I saw the driveway culvert extending INTO the storm box. There is no wissin’ way of getting anything in there to unstop that culvert on that side. The city’s gonna have to come a jet that sucker out on a periodic basis to keep the flooding on the upstream side down.

    I don’t know who approved that construction, but they need to be shot severely reprimanded. Now we’re worrying about mildew and mold in our unit, where my dying brother-in-law with the severely suppressed immune system is living. He acted like it was no big deal, but it wisses me off that people do crap like that. Even if BIL wasn’t sick, every time it rains it always backs up from that address and puts property owners at risk of flooding.

  114. Tedtam Avatar

    I just got back from clearing ditches, running errands, and checking on the neighborhood drain clogger.
    I had to call 311 to report a stopped up culvert. We have open ditches in our neighborhood, which we like, except for when it rains and all the leaves and branches clog up the culverts. Since a storm sewer inlet is right in front of our house, we have to clear our cuverts AND the storm box. It’s a amazing how fast the water drains once you clear the leaves and crap away from those boxes. (The one across the street has somehow lost its grate, so the water never backs up over there, but all those branches end up stopping up the city main at some point. But I digress.)
    After my sister told me about the water in her unit, I took my rake over there and found the culprit house. The water was over the driveway about 2 inches and was moving fast as it fell over the west side of the culvert to the storm drain. I pulled a log about 2 inches in diameter and about 2½ feet long from the front of the culvert on the east side. I kid you not. That was barbecue wood if I ever saw any. After removing some leaves and stuff (and trying not to fall in, since I couldn’t see what I was standing on due to the high water, I went to the west side. There was a gap between the driveway surface and the storm box that I could not get my rake into, it was so narrow. As I peered through the crack, watching the water as it flowed into the gap, I saw the driveway culvert extending INTO the storm box. There is no wissin’ way of getting anything in there to unstop that culvert on that side. The city’s gonna have to come a jet that sucker out on a periodic basis to keep the flooding on the upstream side down.
    I don’t know who approved that construction, but they need to be shot severely reprimanded. Now we’re worrying about mildew and mold in our unit, where my dying brother-in-law with the severely suppressed immune system is living. He acted like it was no big deal, but it wisses me off that people do crap like that. Even if BIL wasn’t sick, every time it rains it always backs up from that address and puts property owners at risk of flooding.

  115. Tedtam Avatar

    #53 Hamous

    A couple of years ago I was trying to identify a bird in my back yard feasting on loquats. I described him and got some possible suggestions but none ever really matched. Turns out I was looking for native birds and this little bugger is an alien.

    Dang. Comes here for free food. He’s got free housing, I’m sure. Next thing you know, he’ll want free medical care as well.

  116. Tedtam Avatar

    #53 Hamous

    A couple of years ago I was trying to identify a bird in my back yard feasting on loquats. I described him and got some possible suggestions but none ever really matched. Turns out I was looking for native birds and this little bugger is an alien.

    Dang. Comes here for free food. He’s got free housing, I’m sure. Next thing you know, he’ll want free medical care as well.

  117. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    If this hasn’t been posted yet (I’m at the horse story right now), here’s a small gift for Sarge.

    Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich

    Just get that other Palin on board (which I don’t think she’ll endorse anyone until about the end of the GOP primaries) and he could gloat a bit. And he can do so with my own endorsement.

  118. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    If this hasn’t been posted yet (I’m at the horse story right now), here’s a small gift for Sarge.
    Todd Palin Endorses Newt Gingrich
    Just get that other Palin on board (which I don’t think she’ll endorse anyone until about the end of the GOP primaries) and he could gloat a bit. And he can do so with my own endorsement.

  119. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #11;

    Castillo admitted to having sex with the horse and also admitted to having sex with another horse at a different ranch, the paper said.

    That’s disgusting. Where’s people’s standards today? Castillo should commit to only one horse. What a ho.

  120. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #11;

    Castillo admitted to having sex with the horse and also admitted to having sex with another horse at a different ranch, the paper said.

    That’s disgusting. Where’s people’s standards today? Castillo should commit to only one horse. What a ho.

  121. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    What if the horse liked it?

    Then I call that libertarian privacy.

  122. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    What if the horse liked it?

    Then I call that libertarian privacy.

  123. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    So much for a “drier than normal” January.

    This summer I didn’t worry much at all about fleas. But last night I picked one up off the bed after it jumped off the dog. Who would have thought that during the summer I didn’t worry about fleas but that i need to apply the flea meds on the dogs I January?

    btw, why are fleas so dang hard to smoosh in between your fingers?

  124. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    So much for a “drier than normal” January.

    This summer I didn’t worry much at all about fleas. But last night I picked one up off the bed after it jumped off the dog. Who would have thought that during the summer I didn’t worry about fleas but that i need to apply the flea meds on the dogs I January?
    btw, why are fleas so dang hard to smoosh in between your fingers?

  125. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 Darren

    why are fleas so dang hard to smoosh

    You have to crush them between 2 hard surfaces. A flea comb is ideal. Have a square of cardboard nearby, covered with a paper towel to catch the mess. Run the flea comb across the animal until a mass of loose hair has built up on the comb. Swipe the comb across the paper towel in a direction to dislodge the hair and any fleas that may be tangled up in the hair. If you see a flea, crush it with the end or edge of the comb against the cardboard. Repeat until you are no longer getting loose hair or fleas, then wrap up the paper towel and dispose.

    This is a fast way to get fleas off your pet, and groom away shedding hair.

  126. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #66 Darren

    why are fleas so dang hard to smoosh

    You have to crush them between 2 hard surfaces. A flea comb is ideal. Have a square of cardboard nearby, covered with a paper towel to catch the mess. Run the flea comb across the animal until a mass of loose hair has built up on the comb. Swipe the comb across the paper towel in a direction to dislodge the hair and any fleas that may be tangled up in the hair. If you see a flea, crush it with the end or edge of the comb against the cardboard. Repeat until you are no longer getting loose hair or fleas, then wrap up the paper towel and dispose.
    This is a fast way to get fleas off your pet, and groom away shedding hair.

  127. Hamous Avatar

    Standard Hospital pricing procedure

    In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where a family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.

    ‘I’m afraid I’m the bearer of bad news,’ he said as he surveyed the worried faces. ‘The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It’s an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.’

    The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a time, someone asked, ‘How much will a brain cost?’

    The doctor quickly responded, ‘$5,000 for a Democrat’s brain; $200 for a Republican’s brain.’

    The moment turned awkward. Some of the Democrats actually had to ‘try’ to not smile, avoiding eye contact with the Republicans. A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, ‘Why is the Democrats brain so much more than a Republicans brain?’

    The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, ‘It’s just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the Republicans’ brains a lot lower because they’re used.”

  128. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Standard Hospital pricing procedure
    In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where a family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
    ‘I’m afraid I’m the bearer of bad news,’ he said as he surveyed the worried faces. ‘The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It’s an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.’
    The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a time, someone asked, ‘How much will a brain cost?’
    The doctor quickly responded, ‘$5,000 for a Democrat’s brain; $200 for a Republican’s brain.’
    The moment turned awkward. Some of the Democrats actually had to ‘try’ to not smile, avoiding eye contact with the Republicans. A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, ‘Why is the Democrats brain so much more than a Republicans brain?’
    The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, ‘It’s just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the Republicans’ brains a lot lower because they’re used.”

  129. Hamous Avatar

    #67 M42: A large bowl of very soapy water is also handy’ push the fleas off of the comb into the VERY SOAPY, NO BUBBLES water and watch those little bastiges sink to the bottom :>)
    The soap removes the surface tension of the water and they just sink. You can also make a flea trap in your house by hanging a lightbulb over the bowl of soapy water.

  130. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #67 M42: A large bowl of very soapy water is also handy’ push the fleas off of the comb into the VERY SOAPY, NO BUBBLES water and watch those little bastiges sink to the bottom :>)
    The soap removes the surface tension of the water and they just sink. You can also make a flea trap in your house by hanging a lightbulb over the bowl of soapy water.

  131. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I just made the following three part post at Breitbart (I hate limited character counts). It’s good. I’m so genius.

    I did some background searching on Rick Tyler. He was Newts’ spokesperson for about 12 years, was part of the mass exodus Newt experienced several months ago during the campaign. Since then, Tyler’s said that he lost his perspective but has regained it and is now on board Newt’s campaign to push Newt to the finish line. It seems it was Rick Tyler’s decision to use $5 million donated to the Newt campaign to purchase “King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town”. Tyler purports this film to show predatory corporate raiding. In my last Breitbart post I asked if anyone can point out the difference between capitalistic adventures, which Tyler supports, and this predatory corporate raiding which Tyler accuses Romney of engaging in.

    What I learned is that the said $5 million dollar donation used by Tyler to buy “King of Bain” was given by Sheldon Adelson who is, of all things, a casino mogul. Rick Tyler is strongly connected with a movement called “The Response” which calls for prayer during our national financial (and other) crisis. As many may recall, Rick Perry prayed with this group, something I highly admire Perry for doing. Tyler, purports to view capitalism/free enterprise, which he supports, in biblical terms meaning that he believes in applying biblical standards to economic activity and in supporting or opposing various forms of capitalism. So, I ask, what would Rick Tyler say of gambling? Does Sheldon Adelson’s economic activity comply with Rick Tyler’s standards of capitalism? In my last post I heard the accusation that Bain capital bought companies and, of all things, “saddled the with debt”, before running them into bankruptcy; all in the name of making a buck for themselves. If saddling a company with debt is evil, then what does Rick Tyler say of a casino mogul? If Tyler’s position is that people go in and go into debt on their own free choice, well, isn’t it mutually agreed to sell a company to Bain Capital and then to allow them to manage said company? Aren’t Bain’s activities a form of “gambling” since the outcome of managing a business is never guaranteed? But in Bain’s case, it’s an educated risk for lots of economic factors are applied to make decisions whereas folks at casino’s “success” is based much more on “luck”.

    Assuming Romney’s activities at Bain Capital are as evil and, by implication, unbiblical as “king of Bain” says it is, who’s more ruined, companies Bain Capital bankrupts of people who frequent casinos?

  132. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I just made the following three part post at Breitbart (I hate limited character counts). It’s good. I’m so genius.

    I did some background searching on Rick Tyler. He was Newts’ spokesperson for about 12 years, was part of the mass exodus Newt experienced several months ago during the campaign. Since then, Tyler’s said that he lost his perspective but has regained it and is now on board Newt’s campaign to push Newt to the finish line. It seems it was Rick Tyler’s decision to use $5 million donated to the Newt campaign to purchase “King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town”. Tyler purports this film to show predatory corporate raiding. In my last Breitbart post I asked if anyone can point out the difference between capitalistic adventures, which Tyler supports, and this predatory corporate raiding which Tyler accuses Romney of engaging in.
    What I learned is that the said $5 million dollar donation used by Tyler to buy “King of Bain” was given by Sheldon Adelson who is, of all things, a casino mogul. Rick Tyler is strongly connected with a movement called “The Response” which calls for prayer during our national financial (and other) crisis. As many may recall, Rick Perry prayed with this group, something I highly admire Perry for doing. Tyler, purports to view capitalism/free enterprise, which he supports, in biblical terms meaning that he believes in applying biblical standards to economic activity and in supporting or opposing various forms of capitalism. So, I ask, what would Rick Tyler say of gambling? Does Sheldon Adelson’s economic activity comply with Rick Tyler’s standards of capitalism? In my last post I heard the accusation that Bain capital bought companies and, of all things, “saddled the with debt”, before running them into bankruptcy; all in the name of making a buck for themselves. If saddling a company with debt is evil, then what does Rick Tyler say of a casino mogul? If Tyler’s position is that people go in and go into debt on their own free choice, well, isn’t it mutually agreed to sell a company to Bain Capital and then to allow them to manage said company? Aren’t Bain’s activities a form of “gambling” since the outcome of managing a business is never guaranteed? But in Bain’s case, it’s an educated risk for lots of economic factors are applied to make decisions whereas folks at casino’s “success” is based much more on “luck”.
    Assuming Romney’s activities at Bain Capital are as evil and, by implication, unbiblical as “king of Bain” says it is, who’s more ruined, companies Bain Capital bankrupts of people who frequent casinos?

  133. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper;

    I use chemically-base medicine on the dogs. It’s good stuff. Kills fleas and neuters them (something Mr. castillo above needs) within minutes. If I find a flea off the dog I want to smoosh it on the spot. I’d rather use a lighter than go through all those motions to kill the pest. But if I burn Mrs. Darren’s furniture or bed then fleas will be the least of my worries. Heck, I’d be joining Ventura in Mexico before I get the same fate as he did at the wake.

    Dang, I love that woman.

  134. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    mharper;
    I use chemically-base medicine on the dogs. It’s good stuff. Kills fleas and neuters them (something Mr. castillo above needs) within minutes. If I find a flea off the dog I want to smoosh it on the spot. I’d rather use a lighter than go through all those motions to kill the pest. But if I burn Mrs. Darren’s furniture or bed then fleas will be the least of my worries. Heck, I’d be joining Ventura in Mexico before I get the same fate as he did at the wake.
    Dang, I love that woman.

  135. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    63 Darren says:

    January 9, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    If this hasn’t been posted yet (I’m at the horse story right now), here’s a small gift for Sarge.

  136. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    63 Darren says:
    January 9, 2012 at 6:26 pm
    If this hasn’t been posted yet (I’m at the horse story right now), here’s a small gift for Sarge.

  137. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #58;

    Navy seal punches Ventura and runs off? No seal is gonna hit and run. The story is a fabrication to make Ventura look bad.

    Did Dan Patrick really say that over the radio or something?

    Also, did you know that I lurk around here too?

  138. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #58;

    Navy seal punches Ventura and runs off? No seal is gonna hit and run. The story is a fabrication to make Ventura look bad.

    Did Dan Patrick really say that over the radio or something?
    Also, did you know that I lurk around here too?

  139. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sarge #72;

    Your search engine is at the top of its game, good sir. 🙂

  140. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sarge #72;
    Your search engine is at the top of its game, good sir. 🙂

  141. Hamous Avatar

    #70 Darren: Big difference is that the people who frequent casinos only hurt those in their own circle if they bankrupt themselves and they go in by free choice. When you have a “corporate raider” you have a different situation as sometimes the take over is hostile and the little guy shareholder, who has no real say, usually winds up getting screwed, not to mention the employees and sometimes vendors.
    I put corporate raiders in the same category as ambulance chasing, contingency fee, scum-bag liars lawyers. The actions by both parties drive up costs for everybody in the country and produce nothing of value except ill gotten gains to themselves.

  142. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #70 Darren: Big difference is that the people who frequent casinos only hurt those in their own circle if they bankrupt themselves and they go in by free choice. When you have a “corporate raider” you have a different situation as sometimes the take over is hostile and the little guy shareholder, who has no real say, usually winds up getting screwed, not to mention the employees and sometimes vendors.
    I put corporate raiders in the same category as ambulance chasing, contingency fee, scum-bag liars lawyers. The actions by both parties drive up costs for everybody in the country and produce nothing of value except ill gotten gains to themselves.

  143. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Did Dan Patrick really say that over the radio or something?

    Different Dan.

  144. Hamous Avatar

    Did Dan Patrick really say that over the radio or something?

    Different Dan.

  145. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  146. Katfish Avatar

    ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  147. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bonecrusher #75;

    So, who are numerically hurt more? Casino patrons or employees of corporate raiders? i really don’t know the answer but I think it’s a good question. It might even provoke thinking deeper about life.

    Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh! 😉

  148. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bonecrusher #75;
    So, who are numerically hurt more? Casino patrons or employees of corporate raiders? i really don’t know the answer but I think it’s a good question. It might even provoke thinking deeper about life.
    Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh! 😉

  149. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #76;

    So then, Dan who?

  150. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #76;
    So then, Dan who?

  151. Hamous Avatar

    Darren: Free will playing a game of chance vs theft. Huge difference in my book. As far as the numbers of those who are hurt in a casino, I have no idea nor do I really care because it is free will. There are lots who choose to burn their brains on dope, but once again it is a free will choice not a theft of livlihood over which the employees and small stock holders have no choice. Does this mean that I think it is ok to burn your brain on dope – H3!! WISSIN NO! but it is a choice that is made and the legality of the substance does not seem to matter to those who choose poorly. Ifn they are gonna choose poorly anyway, why make it illegal and therefore heavily profit laden and enrich the most unsavory people in a society? Did we learn nothing from prohibition?

  152. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Darren: Free will playing a game of chance vs theft. Huge difference in my book. As far as the numbers of those who are hurt in a casino, I have no idea nor do I really care because it is free will. There are lots who choose to burn their brains on dope, but once again it is a free will choice not a theft of livlihood over which the employees and small stock holders have no choice. Does this mean that I think it is ok to burn your brain on dope – H3!! WISSIN NO! but it is a choice that is made and the legality of the substance does not seem to matter to those who choose poorly. Ifn they are gonna choose poorly anyway, why make it illegal and therefore heavily profit laden and enrich the most unsavory people in a society? Did we learn nothing from prohibition?

  153. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Nytol

  154. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Darren, I too use (Advantage) drops to the scruff of the neck for long-lasting flea control. The flea comb is just an emergency method if there is a sudden “bloom”. Bones, I have heard of the warm water method, but have not used it. The comb method I described is something my cats like better than brushing, even ifn they have no fleas, which they usually don’t.

  155. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Darren, I too use (Advantage) drops to the scruff of the neck for long-lasting flea control. The flea comb is just an emergency method if there is a sudden “bloom”. Bones, I have heard of the warm water method, but have not used it. The comb method I described is something my cats like better than brushing, even ifn they have no fleas, which they usually don’t.

  156. Hamous Avatar

    Bones, I have heard of the warm water method,

    Soapy water. Ifn you look close you can see their little legs trying to swim out but they just sink to the bottom in sheer terror, I really dig it.

  157. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Bones, I have heard of the warm water method,

    Soapy water. Ifn you look close you can see their little legs trying to swim out but they just sink to the bottom in sheer terror, I really dig it.

  158. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #79 Darren

    Dan who?

    I suspect if Hammy wanted us to know, we would already have been informed. 🙂
    ‘Course, now my curiosity is piqued, also.

  159. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #79 Darren

    Dan who?

    I suspect if Hammy wanted us to know, we would already have been informed. 🙂
    ‘Course, now my curiosity is piqued, also.

  160. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    WHEN is Mussburger gonna freakin’ retire???

  161. Hamous Avatar

    WHEN is Mussburger gonna freakin’ retire???

  162. Katfish Avatar

    There is a Dan Patrick dude that does a sports show on ESPN.

  163. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    There is a Dan Patrick dude that does a sports show on ESPN.

  164. Katfish Avatar

    #85 hamous
    At least it’s not that pervert with the dead marmoset on his head, Marv Albert.

  165. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #85 hamous
    At least it’s not that pervert with the dead marmoset on his head, Marv Albert.

  166. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    KatFish,
    Bama just intercepted a pitch, flip, toss?

  167. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    KatFish,
    Bama just intercepted a pitch, flip, toss?

  168. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Looks like the nasty weather this a.m. spawned a twister that hit the Mall of the Mainland.

  169. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Looks like the nasty weather this a.m. spawned a twister that hit the Mall of the Mainland.

  170. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    As long as an SEC team wins I’m happy 😉

  171. Hamous Avatar

    As long as an SEC team wins I’m happy 😉

  172. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Opposition to SOPA continues to line up behind Nancy Pelosi and Ron Paul.

    Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee and a leading conservative lawmaker, on Monday slammed a controversial Internet piracy bill.
    “The Internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history,” Ryan said in a news release. “It should stay that way.
    “While H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, attempts to address a legitimate problem, I believe it creates the precedent and possibility for undue regulation, censorship and legal abuse.”
    Ryan said he would vote against the legislation should it come before the House.

    While I understand the necessity to protect IP, IMHO this bill goes too far. Even with the markups.

  173. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Opposition to SOPA continues to line up behind Nancy Pelosi and Ron Paul.

    Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Budget Committee and a leading conservative lawmaker, on Monday slammed a controversial Internet piracy bill.
    “The Internet is one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history,” Ryan said in a news release. “It should stay that way.
    “While H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, attempts to address a legitimate problem, I believe it creates the precedent and possibility for undue regulation, censorship and legal abuse.”
    Ryan said he would vote against the legislation should it come before the House.

    While I understand the necessity to protect IP, IMHO this bill goes too far. Even with the markups.

  174. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Dayaam, can you say; defense?

  175. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Dayaam, can you say; defense?

  176. Katfish Avatar

    Alabama has the good juju working tonight.

  177. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Alabama has the good juju working tonight.

  178. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #90 – Geez kinda risky wish eh? ROFL

  179. Katfish Avatar

    #90 – Geez kinda risky wish eh? ROFL

  180. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #92 –

    Dayaam, can you say; defenseD O M I N A T I O N?

  181. Katfish Avatar

    #92 –

    Dayaam, can you say; defenseD O M I N A T I O N?

  182. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    touchdowns or field goals who cares when you ONLY have ONE lonely penalty and the opposition only crosses mid field ONCE?

  183. Katfish Avatar

    touchdowns or field goals who cares when you ONLY have ONE lonely penalty and the opposition only crosses mid field ONCE?

  184. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    ROLL TIDE!!!! Can you say SHUTOUT? 😀
    The Bear would be proud!

  185. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    ROLL TIDE!!!! Can you say SHUTOUT? 😀
    The Bear would be proud!

  186. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #97 – so I heard – 1st SOPHOMORE to win the title also (McCarron dat is)

  187. Katfish Avatar

    #97 – so I heard – 1st SOPHOMORE to win the title also (McCarron dat is)

  188. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    setup

  189. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Right now each of my three Breitbart posts are at a (-) 3 favorability. Dang that’s a tough crowd.

    But, hey, at least I got cien.

  190. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Right now each of my three Breitbart posts are at a (-) 3 favorability. Dang that’s a tough crowd.
    But, hey, at least I got cien.

  191. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wagon;

    Delayed but I think I got it.

  192. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wagon;
    Delayed but I think I got it.

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