Monday Urban Survival Open Comments

With all the dire predictions of death and destruction – especially if our Dear Leader is not re-elected – how ready are you to survive a breakdown of society? A terrorist attack? Natural disaster?

UrbanSurvivalGuide.net
covers some of the information you’ll need to survive. From your GHB (get home bag) to one of my favorites, the many uses for a bandana, you can learn lessons that are not only useful in times of catastrophe, but daily use also.
I skimmed through this document, and found information on how to survive a depression as well. The last few pages have instructions on – horrors! – cutting off things like your cable service in order to save some money for more important things, like saving your home. We had an employee years ago, who was under financial stress, but they wouldn’t consider cutting of their cable or not moving to a larger apartment – because their boys “needed” the games on the cable to entertain themselves. Yeah, well, don’t come crying to me when you get evicted.
What are your favorite survival tips?

Comments

  1. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    First? Good morning, Hamsterville!

  2. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    First? Good morning, Hamsterville!

  3. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What are your favorite survival tips?

    Don’t eat wild mushrooms.

  4. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What are your favorite survival tips?

    Don’t eat wild mushrooms.

  5. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bringing this up from weekend comments. Daily caller has it, Drudge dumped it and no one else is reporting it. Strange.
    I heard about this last night, I hadn’t seen it as I browsed throughout the day. Berry trying some preemptive damage control

    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/13/Obama-Wright-Bribe

    morning all

    It is still up on BG

  6. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bringing this up from weekend comments. Daily caller has it, Drudge dumped it and no one else is reporting it. Strange.
    I heard about this last night, I hadn’t seen it as I browsed throughout the day. Berry trying some preemptive damage control
    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/13/Obama-Wright-Bribe
    morning all
    It is still up on BG

  7. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Shannon don’t have FB, Hammyworld meet Shelby Rose. He is an Awesome God.

  8. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Shannon don’t have FB, Hammyworld meet Shelby Rose. He is an Awesome God.

  9. Tedtam Avatar

    Poe was on KSEV this morning. He and Malone were laughing at the fact the TBO thought he could get any preacher to shut up, much less one like Wrong.

  10. Tedtam Avatar

    Poe was on KSEV this morning. He and Malone were laughing at the fact the TBO thought he could get any preacher to shut up, much less one like Wrong.

  11. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Things have changed since I was in the delivery room, no partition sheet, no scrubs, masks or footies, in the nursery either. Youngest son says they figured out they were over doing it, in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt. 😀

  12. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Things have changed since I was in the delivery room, no partition sheet, no scrubs, masks or footies, in the nursery either. Youngest son says they figured out they were over doing it, in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt. 😀

  13. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Re: Surviving – here is a site I visit often. Full of good ideas without being looney. Check out best 100 entries, neat stuff.

    http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/

  14. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Re: Surviving – here is a site I visit often. Full of good ideas without being looney. Check out best 100 entries, neat stuff.
    http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/

  15. Hamous Avatar

    GJT: Congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter!! Whooooo hoooooo, life is good.

  16. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    GJT: Congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter!! Whooooo hoooooo, life is good.

  17. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 Tim

    in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt.

    Still happens in the dirt among a considerable portion of the 3rd world.

  18. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 Tim

    in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt.

    Still happens in the dirt among a considerable portion of the 3rd world.

  19. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    GHB (get home bag)

    BOB = Bug Out Bag

    INCH Bag = I’m Never Coming Home

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    GHB (get home bag)

    BOB = Bug Out Bag
    INCH Bag = I’m Never Coming Home

  21. Hamous Avatar

    Sarge: This stove looks pretty handy. The reviewers were effusive in their praise of the little unit.

  22. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Sarge: This stove looks pretty handy. The reviewers were effusive in their praise of the little unit.

  23. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    the many uses for a bandana

    Specifically, according to the video, 42 uses for a bandanna… Oh 42 — BINGO!

  24. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    the many uses for a bandana

    Specifically, according to the video, 42 uses for a bandanna… Oh 42 — BINGO!

  25. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    As we all know, there are 101 uses for a dead cat. Here’s one that might appeal to GCS purists.

  26. Hamous Avatar

    As we all know, there are 101 uses for a dead cat. Here’s one that might appeal to GCS purists.

  27. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    11 Bonecrusher says:
    May 14, 2012 at 9:17 am
    Sarge: This stove looks pretty handy. The reviewers were effusive in their praise of the little unit.

    Poo on that stove.

    Get you one of these

    and one of these

    And you boil water in 4 minutes. I did a review on Hammock Forums comparing it to my $100 Jet Boil Stove and it boiled water faster than the Jet Boil and is adjustable enough to simmer after it gets there. The fuel canisters are cheap, light weight, and last a long time. Put two in your pack and you’re good for more than 2 weeks.

    Wood stoves make smoke and light—a problem when the zombies come as they will see and smell it.

  28. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    11 Bonecrusher says:
    May 14, 2012 at 9:17 am
    Sarge: This stove looks pretty handy. The reviewers were effusive in their praise of the little unit.

    Poo on that stove.
    Get you one of these
    and one of these
    And you boil water in 4 minutes. I did a review on Hammock Forums comparing it to my $100 Jet Boil Stove and it boiled water faster than the Jet Boil and is adjustable enough to simmer after it gets there. The fuel canisters are cheap, light weight, and last a long time. Put two in your pack and you’re good for more than 2 weeks.
    Wood stoves make smoke and light—a problem when the zombies come as they will see and smell it.

  29. Hamous Avatar

    #12 Texakanukianite: that ad campaign is one of the greatest pieces of evidence demonstrating their lack of class ever produced. How any people are starting to see through the smoke screen of lib BS propagated by the LSM? How many people will actually look around and see if they are actually better off now than before the JugEars debacle and vote accordingly?

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #12 Texakanukianite: that ad campaign is one of the greatest pieces of evidence demonstrating their lack of class ever produced. How any people are starting to see through the smoke screen of lib BS propagated by the LSM? How many people will actually look around and see if they are actually better off now than before the JugEars debacle and vote accordingly?

  31. Tedtam Avatar

    Ever since my trip to Italy, I rarely go anywhere without a cloth handkerchief. The uses I’ve found/thought/seen of for it (and many overlap the bandana, as they’re basically the same thing):

    1) Washcloth
    2) makeshift hat
    3) all-purpose cleaner-upper rag
    4) small purse
    5) tie things to belt loop
    6) tie things together
    7) “disturb” warning – if I leave it on something a particular way, and it’s been disturbed, I know someone probably messed with my stuff
    8.) wrist hankie
    9 ) emergency bandage
    10) sneezing (duh)
    11) wipe mouth, nose, etc.
    12) emergency butt wipe (throw away afterwards – duh – better have TWO hankies so I’ll still have one to use for other stuff!)
    13) wipe sweat
    14) bib
    15) block some sunshine coming into car, roll it up on window
    16) eye cover for sleeping
    17) wave to get attention
    18) put on stick – make a flag – to keep a group together in a crowd
    19) If I was French, I’d wave it for surrender
    20) kitty toy. (On second thought, she can get her own damn toy)
    21) dusting
    22) washing things
    23) drying things
    24) hiding super secret microchips from enemy governments

    17)

  32. Tedtam Avatar

    Ever since my trip to Italy, I rarely go anywhere without a cloth handkerchief. The uses I’ve found/thought/seen of for it (and many overlap the bandana, as they’re basically the same thing):
    1) Washcloth
    2) makeshift hat
    3) all-purpose cleaner-upper rag
    4) small purse
    5) tie things to belt loop
    6) tie things together
    7) “disturb” warning – if I leave it on something a particular way, and it’s been disturbed, I know someone probably messed with my stuff
    8.) wrist hankie
    9 ) emergency bandage
    10) sneezing (duh)
    11) wipe mouth, nose, etc.
    12) emergency butt wipe (throw away afterwards – duh – better have TWO hankies so I’ll still have one to use for other stuff!)
    13) wipe sweat
    14) bib
    15) block some sunshine coming into car, roll it up on window
    16) eye cover for sleeping
    17) wave to get attention
    18) put on stick – make a flag – to keep a group together in a crowd
    19) If I was French, I’d wave it for surrender
    20) kitty toy. (On second thought, she can get her own damn toy)
    21) dusting
    22) washing things
    23) drying things
    24) hiding super secret microchips from enemy governments
    17)

  33. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #3 – HotAir has it also ongoing……………..jus sayin………

    Jeremiah Wright claims Obama ally offered $150,000 bribe in 2008 to shut up

  34. Katfish Avatar

    #3 – HotAir has it also ongoing……………..jus sayin………
    Jeremiah Wright claims Obama ally offered $150,000 bribe in 2008 to shut up

  35. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Survival tips are useless since we are about to be smashed by Planet X. Maybe an aluminum (tin foil) hat might help, but that’s about the only defense.

  36. El Gordo Avatar

    Survival tips are useless since we are about to be smashed by Planet X. Maybe an aluminum (tin foil) hat might help, but that’s about the only defense.

  37. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    But if you just gotta have a wood stove, get one that generates electricity.

  38. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    But if you just gotta have a wood stove, get one that generates electricity.

  39. Hamous Avatar

    #15 Sarge: While your stove may in fact be a nifty little gizmo, the big drawback is that you have to use compressed gas fuel canisters and if the zombies take over those are going to be real hard to come by. The wood burning stove, while it does produce light, that can be blocked relatively easily and once it gets going, it produces very little smoke (according to the reviewers) and the smoke that it does produce can/should quickly disperse so as not to give away position. The best benefit is that the fuel is laying around on the ground, so you do not have to carry it with you and the fuel supply is almost inexhaustible. I hope that I/we are never reduced to having to rely on such a thing.

  40. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #15 Sarge: While your stove may in fact be a nifty little gizmo, the big drawback is that you have to use compressed gas fuel canisters and if the zombies take over those are going to be real hard to come by. The wood burning stove, while it does produce light, that can be blocked relatively easily and once it gets going, it produces very little smoke (according to the reviewers) and the smoke that it does produce can/should quickly disperse so as not to give away position. The best benefit is that the fuel is laying around on the ground, so you do not have to carry it with you and the fuel supply is almost inexhaustible. I hope that I/we are never reduced to having to rely on such a thing.

  41. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “I think at some point you can’t cut your way to prosperity.” -Texas Speaker Joe Strauss

    Then he condescendingly offers a civics lesson.

  42. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    “I think at some point you can’t cut your way to prosperity.” -Texas Speaker Joe Strauss
    Then he condescendingly offers a civics lesson.

  43. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    4 GJT

    Cutie!
    (For some reason there was no requirement to log in to FB…it opened right up.)

  44. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    4 GJT
    Cutie!
    (For some reason there was no requirement to log in to FB…it opened right up.)

  45. Hamous Avatar

    #20 Sarge: That is one very nifty unit, multipurpose and capable of charging the bat-phone to boot! $130 bucks is a little on the steep side for the camp stove, there was no price on the home stove.

  46. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #20 Sarge: That is one very nifty unit, multipurpose and capable of charging the bat-phone to boot! $130 bucks is a little on the steep side for the camp stove, there was no price on the home stove.

  47. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Bonesy;

    My survival philosphy is based solely on tnose I am likely to encounter in hiking/camping, post hurricane, and man made disaster scenarios. I’m looking at two to three weeks max. While the philosphy includes the adage “If you prepare for a zombie apocolypse, you’ll be prepared for anything.” I don’t realistically think that anything we’re likley to encounter will go beyond that, thereofre any resources that one puts towards something longer term negatively affects the optimum achievement of the two to three week goal.

    I spent 6 years in the Reserves in a unit attached to DCPA/FEMA with a mission to keep world wide communication going for the gummint in the event of nuclear attack. One instructor always began his briefings with “In the aftermath of a Nuclear Attack, the living will envy the dead.”

  48. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Bonesy;
    My survival philosphy is based solely on tnose I am likely to encounter in hiking/camping, post hurricane, and man made disaster scenarios. I’m looking at two to three weeks max. While the philosphy includes the adage “If you prepare for a zombie apocolypse, you’ll be prepared for anything.” I don’t realistically think that anything we’re likley to encounter will go beyond that, thereofre any resources that one puts towards something longer term negatively affects the optimum achievement of the two to three week goal.
    I spent 6 years in the Reserves in a unit attached to DCPA/FEMA with a mission to keep world wide communication going for the gummint in the event of nuclear attack. One instructor always began his briefings with “In the aftermath of a Nuclear Attack, the living will envy the dead.”

  49. Katfish Avatar

    #22 Shannon
    You may not be able to cut your way to prosperity, but you can surely spend yourself into oblivion.

  50. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #22 Shannon
    You may not be able to cut your way to prosperity, but you can surely spend yourself into oblivion.

  51. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    24 Bonecrusher says:
    May 14, 2012 at 10:14 am
    #20 Sarge: That is one very nifty unit, multipurpose and capable of charging the bat-phone to boot! $130 bucks is a little on the steep side for the camp stove, there was no price on the home stove.

    The home stove is for export only and is given away free or sold at a very reduced price. The US sales of the camping stove funds that effort. My biggest beef with it is the weight.

  52. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    24 Bonecrusher says:
    May 14, 2012 at 10:14 am
    #20 Sarge: That is one very nifty unit, multipurpose and capable of charging the bat-phone to boot! $130 bucks is a little on the steep side for the camp stove, there was no price on the home stove.

    The home stove is for export only and is given away free or sold at a very reduced price. The US sales of the camping stove funds that effort. My biggest beef with it is the weight.

  53. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    26 wagonburner says:
    May 14, 2012 at 10:22 am
    #22 Shannon
    You may not be able to cut your way to prosperity, but you can surely spend yourself into oblivion.

    One way to cut yourself to prosperity:

    Cut the current Speaker out of the Lege.

  54. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    26 wagonburner says:
    May 14, 2012 at 10:22 am
    #22 Shannon
    You may not be able to cut your way to prosperity, but you can surely spend yourself into oblivion.

    One way to cut yourself to prosperity:
    Cut the current Speaker out of the Lege.

  55. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Speaking of BOB’s, etc. I have a new pack. I’ve modified some off the shelf MIlSpec stuff to fit onto a Molly Mac Pack Panel

    <a href="“>Here is a pic and <a href="“>here

  56. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Speaking of BOB’s, etc. I have a new pack. I’ve modified some off the shelf MIlSpec stuff to fit onto a Molly Mac Pack Panel
    <a href="“>Here is a pic and <a href="“>here

  57. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    <a href="“>And here’s the finished basic pack

  58. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    <a href="“>And here’s the finished basic pack

  59. Tedtam Avatar

    Sarge is experiencing HTML hiccups.

    Swallow a spoon of sugar and reboot.

  60. Tedtam Avatar

    Sarge is experiencing HTML hiccups.
    Swallow a spoon of sugar and reboot.

  61. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #22 anti-Semite

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    I just cleared some stuff out of the frig, since it was getting a wittle bit cwowded in there.

    I think I caught one batch of pasta just before it grew legs.

  63. Tedtam Avatar

    I just cleared some stuff out of the frig, since it was getting a wittle bit cwowded in there.
    I think I caught one batch of pasta just before it grew legs.

  64. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well dang. That didn’t work. Lets try this

  65. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well dang. That didn’t work. Lets try this

  66. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ah—found out what I did wrong

    Here

    Here

    Finished basic pack

  67. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ah—found out what I did wrong
    Here
    Here
    Finished basic pack

  68. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Joe-boy’s comment sounds an awful lot like an erstwhile congressman, roach killer, and DWTS contestant.

  69. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    36 Hamous says:
    May 14, 2012 at 11:08 am
    Joe-boy’s comment sounds an awful lot like an erstwhile congressman, roach killer, and DWTS contestant.

    They both come from the same Establishment

  70. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    36 Hamous says:
    May 14, 2012 at 11:08 am
    Joe-boy’s comment sounds an awful lot like an erstwhile congressman, roach killer, and DWTS contestant.

    They both come from the same Establishment

  71. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    yawn

  72. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Looks like the Germans are just about done with the Greeks.

  73. Hamous Avatar

    Looks like the Germans are just about done with the Greeks.

  74. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #23 – RE: #4 – Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww conGRATS Gramps!

  75. Katfish Avatar

    #23 – RE: #4 – Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww conGRATS Gramps!

  76. Tedtam Avatar

    Let’s pray that this lawsuit ends favorably against forced unionization. I think it will, based on this argument:

    “It’s unconstitutional because the first amendment guarantees everyone the right to choose with whom they associate to petition government and that the government can’t choose who’s going to represent providers for lobbying the state,” said Bill Messenger, an attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation team on the case.

    Of course, libs think that we freedom OF religion means freedom FROM religion, so it’ll be interesting to see how they argue that freedom of association means…well, not that. Freedom, I mean.

  77. Tedtam Avatar

    Let’s pray that this lawsuit ends favorably against forced unionization. I think it will, based on this argument:

    “It’s unconstitutional because the first amendment guarantees everyone the right to choose with whom they associate to petition government and that the government can’t choose who’s going to represent providers for lobbying the state,” said Bill Messenger, an attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation team on the case.

    Of course, libs think that we freedom OF religion means freedom FROM religion, so it’ll be interesting to see how they argue that freedom of association means…well, not that. Freedom, I mean.

  78. Hamous Avatar

    #39 CouchMaster: How much Greek debt does FranceFrench banks hold? If (more likely when) Greece defaults and is unable/refuses to pay any interest, let alone principal on its bonds, will that write off cause the French banks to become insolvent? What about Italy, Spain, and Portugal’s banking/sovereign investments in Greek debt, will they crater as well? I think the answer is yes to all the above questions. If Greece defaults, the Euro currency will become worth dramatically less and with blinding speed. Greece defaults on Euro currency June 01,2012 by Sept 01, 2012 one Euro will be worth $.80 or less.

  79. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #39 CouchMaster: How much Greek debt does FranceFrench banks hold? If (more likely when) Greece defaults and is unable/refuses to pay any interest, let alone principal on its bonds, will that write off cause the French banks to become insolvent? What about Italy, Spain, and Portugal’s banking/sovereign investments in Greek debt, will they crater as well? I think the answer is yes to all the above questions. If Greece defaults, the Euro currency will become worth dramatically less and with blinding speed. Greece defaults on Euro currency June 01,2012 by Sept 01, 2012 one Euro will be worth $.80 or less.

  80. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another good survival lesson, especially if the zombies are tracking you.

  81. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another good survival lesson, especially if the zombies are tracking you.

  82. Katfish Avatar

    This is cool. Wifi on a plane.

  83. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    This is cool. Wifi on a plane.

  84. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In late January, U.S. banks had $80 billion in exposure to European debt, $30 billion of which is covered by credit-default swaps.

  85. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    In late January, U.S. banks had $80 billion in exposure to European debt, $30 billion of which is covered by credit-default swaps.

  86. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Anything that has the words “credit” “default” and “swap” all together has to be bad.

  87. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Anything that has the words “credit” “default” and “swap” all together has to be bad.

  88. Katfish Avatar

    A couple of pre-wimmin lezbienz got turned away from their school prom. The Lexington Catholic School prom.

    “I would understand and respect the school’s decision if they truly upheld church teachings,” Wright said Sunday night. “They didn’t forbid the entrance of all the couples who’ve had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom.”

    I would imagine if they had shown up as individuals, they would have been admitted. As it is, they learned a lesson about Making A Bold Statement.

    Sometimes there are consequences. Especially when you’re dealing with one of the most conservative organizations ever to exist.

    I wonder if their parents encouraged them?

  89. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    A couple of pre-wimmin lezbienz got turned away from their school prom. The Lexington Catholic School prom.

    “I would understand and respect the school’s decision if they truly upheld church teachings,” Wright said Sunday night. “They didn’t forbid the entrance of all the couples who’ve had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom.”

    I would imagine if they had shown up as individuals, they would have been admitted. As it is, they learned a lesson about Making A Bold Statement.
    Sometimes there are consequences. Especially when you’re dealing with one of the most conservative organizations ever to exist.
    I wonder if their parents encouraged them?

  90. Tedtam Avatar

    I don’t think the premarital sex would have been displayed on the dance floor. The drinking, as they pointed out, would mostly happen after the dance.

    And BTW – the Catholic Church doesn’t have a problem with drinking alcohol. Jesus did, and as part of life back then, probably fairly often. It’s gluttony and over indulgence that’s the problem.

  91. Tedtam Avatar

    I don’t think the premarital sex would have been displayed on the dance floor. The drinking, as they pointed out, would mostly happen after the dance.
    And BTW – the Catholic Church doesn’t have a problem with drinking alcohol. Jesus did, and as part of life back then, probably fairly often. It’s gluttony and over indulgence that’s the problem.

  92. Katfish Avatar

    #48 crazy aunt
    homophobe

  93. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #48 crazy aunt
    homophobe

  94. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    35 Sarge,

    How much do you have to tip the bellman at the Hilton to carry that contraption?

    Simple.

    p.s. Looks like a good rig. My bias against the twig burners is wet twigs and wood don’t lightoff very well. I take the propane burners or better still the heat tabs of yore. That was the
    good thing about “C” Rats….the cans became your stove. The taste was at times another thing.

  95. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    35 Sarge,
    How much do you have to tip the bellman at the Hilton to carry that contraption?
    Simple.
    p.s. Looks like a good rig. My bias against the twig burners is wet twigs and wood don’t lightoff very well. I take the propane burners or better still the heat tabs of yore. That was the
    good thing about “C” Rats….the cans became your stove. The taste was at times another thing.

  96. Tedtam Avatar

    And card check is in danger, too! Whooop!

    Frankly, I’d be supremely wissed if my employer gave out my personal contact information and it resulted in me being harassed by union organizers. Or anyone. If I don’t give permission, it shouldn’t be given out.

  97. Tedtam Avatar

    And card check is in danger, too! Whooop!
    Frankly, I’d be supremely wissed if my employer gave out my personal contact information and it resulted in me being harassed by union organizers. Or anyone. If I don’t give permission, it shouldn’t be given out.

  98. Katfish Avatar

    #52 simple
    I read somewhere a while back that soldiers were using chunks of C-4 as fuel to cook with. Also, tank crews would use the tank’s exhaust as a heat source when they’d crank it up on their regular schedule.

  99. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #52 simple
    I read somewhere a while back that soldiers were using chunks of C-4 as fuel to cook with. Also, tank crews would use the tank’s exhaust as a heat source when they’d crank it up on their regular schedule.

  100. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    p.s. Looks like a good rig. My bias against the twig burners is wet twigs and wood don’t lightoff very well. I take the propane burners or better still the heat tabs of yore. That was the
    good thing about “C” Rats….the cans became your stove. The taste was at times another thing.

    Correcto on the wet stuff. One of the time you need a stove the most is when its raining and you’re wet, toss cold in there and we’re talking a potentially life threatening scenario.

    Today, most of the freeze dried and dehydrated meals available can be mixed with boiling water in the bag they came in , or in freezer bags. Most guys these days carry along a quantity of freezer bags for just that purpose. Big upside is that there’s no dishes to do, potential downside is attraction of critters if not disposed of properly.

    I always carry several different methods of making fire: Bic lighters, matches, busted up fire starter logs for your fireplace, magnesium striker flint, and some steel wool, mouse litter, and/or dryer lint for kindling. They’re all small and can fit in nooks and crannies in the gear.

    I’m going to try that rig out soon. The basic configuration can handle anything from day pack as is to two night stay by strapping the hammock, clothing bag, and sleeping bag on it. On board water is 96 ounces without using the bladder (the bladder pack serves as back pack in that case), and the water filter and Steri-pen are permanently on board. Strap on another food bag, fille the bladder with water and add two more 32 ounce water pouches and I’m good for close to a week, even if I can’t find a good water source.

  101. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    p.s. Looks like a good rig. My bias against the twig burners is wet twigs and wood don’t lightoff very well. I take the propane burners or better still the heat tabs of yore. That was the
    good thing about “C” Rats….the cans became your stove. The taste was at times another thing.

    Correcto on the wet stuff. One of the time you need a stove the most is when its raining and you’re wet, toss cold in there and we’re talking a potentially life threatening scenario.
    Today, most of the freeze dried and dehydrated meals available can be mixed with boiling water in the bag they came in , or in freezer bags. Most guys these days carry along a quantity of freezer bags for just that purpose. Big upside is that there’s no dishes to do, potential downside is attraction of critters if not disposed of properly.
    I always carry several different methods of making fire: Bic lighters, matches, busted up fire starter logs for your fireplace, magnesium striker flint, and some steel wool, mouse litter, and/or dryer lint for kindling. They’re all small and can fit in nooks and crannies in the gear.
    I’m going to try that rig out soon. The basic configuration can handle anything from day pack as is to two night stay by strapping the hammock, clothing bag, and sleeping bag on it. On board water is 96 ounces without using the bladder (the bladder pack serves as back pack in that case), and the water filter and Steri-pen are permanently on board. Strap on another food bag, fille the bladder with water and add two more 32 ounce water pouches and I’m good for close to a week, even if I can’t find a good water source.

  102. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    54 wagonburner says:
    May 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    #52 simple
    I read somewhere a while back that soldiers were using chunks of C-4 as fuel to cook with. Also, tank crews would use the tank’s exhaust as a heat source when they’d crank it up on their regular schedule.

    Yep.

    And you can put ’em on the top of the jeep or truck’s engine while in convoy and they’re done by dinner time.

  103. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    54 wagonburner says:
    May 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    #52 simple
    I read somewhere a while back that soldiers were using chunks of C-4 as fuel to cook with. Also, tank crews would use the tank’s exhaust as a heat source when they’d crank it up on their regular schedule.

    Yep.
    And you can put ’em on the top of the jeep or truck’s engine while in convoy and they’re done by dinner time.

  104. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Just got a Joe Arpaio robo-call endorsing Carl Pittman for sheriff.

  105. Hamous Avatar

    Just got a Joe Arpaio robo-call endorsing Carl Pittman for sheriff.

  106. Katfish Avatar

    And you can put ‘em on the top of the jeep or truck’s engine while in convoy and they’re done by dinner time.

    Commuters into downtown LA from Riverside & San Bernardino picked up on that.

  107. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    And you can put ‘em on the top of the jeep or truck’s engine while in convoy and they’re done by dinner time.

    Commuters into downtown LA from Riverside & San Bernardino picked up on that.

  108. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 Shannon

    (For some reason there was no requirement to log in to FB…it opened right up.)

    FB will be able to track your activities to the grave, my friend — er, former Friend. You can never leave completely.

  109. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 Shannon

    (For some reason there was no requirement to log in to FB…it opened right up.)

    FB will be able to track your activities to the grave, my friend — er, former Friend. You can never leave completely.

  110. Tedtam Avatar

    #58 WB

    This has always fascinated me.

    Roadkill + long trip = yummy! 😉

  111. Tedtam Avatar

    #58 WB
    This has always fascinated me.
    Roadkill + long trip = yummy! 😉

  112. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 TT

    Fast fat.

    “Does this double cheeseburger make my spare tire look fat?”
    /shflorp!!!
    “Yep.”

  113. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #50 TT

    Fast fat.

    “Does this double cheeseburger make my spare tire look fat?”
    /shflorp!!!
    “Yep.”

  114. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Looks like Barry’s going for broke(back) on this LSMFT thing:

    In a reversal from past elections, Democrats are starting to wage the culture wars on the presidential campaign trail — wielding President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage as a weapon against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

    Obama’s schedule on Monday will be capped by a pair of fundraisers in New York focused on gay and Latino donors — one of which will be hosted by the LGBT Leadership Council and openly gay singer Ricky Martin, as well as Latino group The Futuro Fund.

    It’s a winning strategy. I think he should continue.

  115. Hamous Avatar

    Looks like Barry’s going for broke(back) on this LSMFT thing:

    In a reversal from past elections, Democrats are starting to wage the culture wars on the presidential campaign trail — wielding President Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage as a weapon against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

    Obama’s schedule on Monday will be capped by a pair of fundraisers in New York focused on gay and Latino donors — one of which will be hosted by the LGBT Leadership Council and openly gay singer Ricky Martin, as well as Latino group The Futuro Fund.

    It’s a winning strategy. I think he should continue.

  116. Hamous Avatar

    #50 TT: That woman in the picture of your linkie had a serious double hangover- NOT PRETTY.

  117. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #50 TT: That woman in the picture of your linkie had a serious double hangover- NOT PRETTY.

  118. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #33 TT

    If it walks out of the fridge, let it go. 🙂

  119. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #33 TT
    If it walks out of the fridge, let it go. 🙂

  120. Tedtam Avatar

    #65 Adee

    If it walks out of the fridge, let it go

    I’ll even unlock the front door and open it up so the egress may be accomplished as quickly as possible, I will.

  121. Tedtam Avatar

    #65 Adee

    If it walks out of the fridge, let it go

    I’ll even unlock the front door and open it up so the egress may be accomplished as quickly as possible, I will.

  122. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Things ain’t looking too good for the recall-focused Greeks in Wisconsin. First, their pro-public union candidate lost in the primary. Now it looks like the winner of the primary is going to lose. When it’s all said and done I sure hope someone tallies up the millions in union dues that were spent from all over the country for this whole wasted effort. The rank and file union members need to know where their money went.

  123. Hamous Avatar

    Things ain’t looking too good for the recall-focused Greeks in Wisconsin. First, their pro-public union candidate lost in the primary. Now it looks like the winner of the primary is going to lose. When it’s all said and done I sure hope someone tallies up the millions in union dues that were spent from all over the country for this whole wasted effort. The rank and file union members need to know where their money went.

  124. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Even the national Dems are throwing in the towel.

  125. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Desperation continues. Ann Romney is like Hitler and Stalin.

  126. Hamous Avatar

    Desperation continues. Ann Romney is like Hitler and Stalin.

  127. Hamous Avatar

    The black pastors are sort of revolting against JugEars proclamation in favor of homo-marriage.

    Many African-American pastors say they will still support the president in November even though they may not agree with him on this particular issue.

    In my world this would make them racist prostitutes and not worthy of the title “pastor”.

  128. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The black pastors are sort of revolting against JugEars proclamation in favor of homo-marriage.

    Many African-American pastors say they will still support the president in November even though they may not agree with him on this particular issue.

    In my world this would make them racist prostitutes and not worthy of the title “pastor”.

  129. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    54..WB

    I dunno about the C4, but shavings from a TNT block will burn nicely. The C4 probably
    stinks to high heaven when burned.

    Sarge has got the ticket. I agree with him about the camp foods, but you still need a stove to make coffee or tea (if you are a Brit).

    I don’t camp as primitive today, but I have two Coleman Stoves. The original that uses liquid fuel and a propane stove. I bought the latter when I started camping with my grandson.

    I can’t wait to take my grand daughter to Frank’s near Gruene and Ink’s Lake.

    Simple

  130. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    54..WB
    I dunno about the C4, but shavings from a TNT block will burn nicely. The C4 probably
    stinks to high heaven when burned.
    Sarge has got the ticket. I agree with him about the camp foods, but you still need a stove to make coffee or tea (if you are a Brit).
    I don’t camp as primitive today, but I have two Coleman Stoves. The original that uses liquid fuel and a propane stove. I bought the latter when I started camping with my grandson.
    I can’t wait to take my grand daughter to Frank’s near Gruene and Ink’s Lake.
    Simple

  131. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #56 – The turbocharger on a Cat Dozer makes a nice cooker too – PLEASE be SURE to poke a hole in that soup can BEFORE heating! (unless you just like soup flavored wallpaper)

    I used to pack a nice frozen rib eye with seasonings, onions, peppers, taters n such in double wrapped foil – as long as you remember to turn it a few times you can kick back with a yummy steak for lunchtime! (much to the chagrin of those around you eating PBJs…….)

    🙂

  132. Katfish Avatar

    #56 – The turbocharger on a Cat Dozer makes a nice cooker too – PLEASE be SURE to poke a hole in that soup can BEFORE heating! (unless you just like soup flavored wallpaper)
    I used to pack a nice frozen rib eye with seasonings, onions, peppers, taters n such in double wrapped foil – as long as you remember to turn it a few times you can kick back with a yummy steak for lunchtime! (much to the chagrin of those around you eating PBJs…….)
    🙂

  133. Dooood Avatar

    Shannon

    In the two years preceding the demise of Lone Star Times, you could have drawn a thousand commenters and readers to a lynching of Rick Perry on the banks of the Brazos River and had a mile worth of donated rope left over. Perry was reviled for saying he would cut certain taxes and not doing so.

    Straus was going to be the end of all life as we knew it in Texas, slot machines in high school cafeterias, drive through abortion clinics on every corner and the State would be bankrupt long before now.

    I don’t know how the next legislative session will play out or who in state government will manage to tell the biggest lies. Since about 1845, the top contenders for that title, regardless of political affiliation, have been the Governor and the Speaker so I put little or no stock in their pre-battle public skunk urinating contests.

  134. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Shannon
    In the two years preceding the demise of Lone Star Times, you could have drawn a thousand commenters and readers to a lynching of Rick Perry on the banks of the Brazos River and had a mile worth of donated rope left over. Perry was reviled for saying he would cut certain taxes and not doing so.
    Straus was going to be the end of all life as we knew it in Texas, slot machines in high school cafeterias, drive through abortion clinics on every corner and the State would be bankrupt long before now.
    I don’t know how the next legislative session will play out or who in state government will manage to tell the biggest lies. Since about 1845, the top contenders for that title, regardless of political affiliation, have been the Governor and the Speaker so I put little or no stock in their pre-battle public skunk urinating contests.

  135. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    (much to the chagrin of those around you eating PBJs…….)

    Been a while since you were on a jobsite eh? It’s all tacos and menudo nowadays. 😀

  136. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    (much to the chagrin of those around you eating PBJs…….)

    Been a while since you were on a jobsite eh? It’s all tacos and menudo nowadays. 😀

  137. Dooood Avatar

    Here’s a couple of clues to why Richard Lugar has always been listed as a self-centered a**hole in my book. I’ve never understood all the admiration heaped on this guy.

    Also calling were former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Herman Cain, both former GOP presidential candidates; former Vice President Dan Quayle; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other senators.

    One senator, though, had not called as of late Thursday: Lugar.

    It’s traditional for a candidate to call his opponent and concede defeat.

    and amazingly, the people who will miss him most are:

    Democratic love for Lugar: While Lugar’s appeal to all Hoosiers to come out to vote for him didn’t work, he heard plenty from Democrats after his defeat. President Barack Obama issued an unusual statement praising Lugar, a mentor to him on foreign policy issues. Both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden called Lugar after the primary. And it was Democrats, not Republicans, who took to the Senate floor Wednesday to lament his loss. Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a long tribute. And Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said it’s a sad day on both sides of the aisle when Dick Lugar won’t be part of the Senate anymore.

  138. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Here’s a couple of clues to why Richard Lugar has always been listed as a self-centered a**hole in my book. I’ve never understood all the admiration heaped on this guy.

    Also calling were former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Herman Cain, both former GOP presidential candidates; former Vice President Dan Quayle; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a slew of other senators.
    One senator, though, had not called as of late Thursday: Lugar.
    It’s traditional for a candidate to call his opponent and concede defeat.

    and amazingly, the people who will miss him most are:

    Democratic love for Lugar: While Lugar’s appeal to all Hoosiers to come out to vote for him didn’t work, he heard plenty from Democrats after his defeat. President Barack Obama issued an unusual statement praising Lugar, a mentor to him on foreign policy issues. Both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden called Lugar after the primary. And it was Democrats, not Republicans, who took to the Senate floor Wednesday to lament his loss. Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a long tribute. And Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said it’s a sad day on both sides of the aisle when Dick Lugar won’t be part of the Senate anymore.

  139. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    It occurs to me it’s been awhile since I urinated on a skunk. 😀

    I did accidentally do that once, an experience neither of us was happy with.

  140. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    It occurs to me it’s been awhile since I urinated on a skunk. 😀
    I did accidentally do that once, an experience neither of us was happy with.

  141. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #74 – good PERNT!

  142. Katfish Avatar

    #74 – good PERNT!

  143. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Let me be the first to inform you
    on Drudge

    EVELOPING:

    Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said Monday he will not compete in primaries in any of the states that have not yet voted — essentially confirming Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination.

    Mr. Paul said he will continue to work to win delegates in states that have already voted and where the process of delegate-selection is playing out. He said that’s a way to make his voice heard at the Republican nominating convention in Tampa, Fla., in August.

    “Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted,” Mr. Paul said. “Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.”

    About time

  144. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Let me be the first to inform you
    on Drudge

    EVELOPING:
    Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said Monday he will not compete in primaries in any of the states that have not yet voted — essentially confirming Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination.
    Mr. Paul said he will continue to work to win delegates in states that have already voted and where the process of delegate-selection is playing out. He said that’s a way to make his voice heard at the Republican nominating convention in Tampa, Fla., in August.
    “Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted,” Mr. Paul said. “Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.”

    About time

  145. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It would be a fine day indeed were Perry and Strauss both to retire and move to NJ.

  146. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It would be a fine day indeed were Perry and Strauss both to retire and move to NJ.

  147. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Straus was going to be the end of all life as we knew it in Texas, slot machines in high school cafeterias, drive through abortion clinics on every corner and the State would be bankrupt long before now.

    I actually don’t remember any of that.

    Do you have any links to back it up?

  148. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Straus was going to be the end of all life as we knew it in Texas, slot machines in high school cafeterias, drive through abortion clinics on every corner and the State would be bankrupt long before now.

    I actually don’t remember any of that.
    Do you have any links to back it up?

  149. Hamous Avatar

    Further to #70: If JugEars “coming out” for gay marriage inflames the righteous blacks, will they still vote for him? If JugEars does not get at least 90% of the black vote he will not win; are there more than 10% of blacks nationwide who will rebel against their over-seers and vote straight ticket R? If yes, the Ds will suffer the worst defeat in history and be less of a presence than the Rs were after 2008.

  150. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Further to #70: If JugEars “coming out” for gay marriage inflames the righteous blacks, will they still vote for him? If JugEars does not get at least 90% of the black vote he will not win; are there more than 10% of blacks nationwide who will rebel against their over-seers and vote straight ticket R? If yes, the Ds will suffer the worst defeat in history and be less of a presence than the Rs were after 2008.

  151. Dooood Avatar

    #79 Shannon

    Frankly, we don’t need any more politicians up here. Nearly 1 in 3 adults derive their income from a governmental paycheck of some kind. And all the triple, quadruple dipping government retirees collect six figure pensions, sell their $500,000 homes and move to Florida or North Carolina where they can buy a mansion for half of it, no longer paying sales, property or income taxes to help support their fellow retirees. The system in Jersey is one of plunder and run.

  152. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #79 Shannon
    Frankly, we don’t need any more politicians up here. Nearly 1 in 3 adults derive their income from a governmental paycheck of some kind. And all the triple, quadruple dipping government retirees collect six figure pensions, sell their $500,000 homes and move to Florida or North Carolina where they can buy a mansion for half of it, no longer paying sales, property or income taxes to help support their fellow retirees. The system in Jersey is one of plunder and run.

  153. Hamous Avatar

    TP

    The system in Jersey is one of plunder and run.

    How long will the unionized brainwashed D-slaves tolerate the nonsense?

  154. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    TP

    The system in Jersey is one of plunder and run.

    How long will the unionized brainwashed D-slaves tolerate the nonsense?

  155. Dooood Avatar

    #80 Serge

    I actually don’t remember any of that.

    I’ve always heard memory is the second thing to go.

  156. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #80 Serge

    I actually don’t remember any of that.

    I’ve always heard memory is the second thing to go.

  157. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    82 Texpat

    To be fair to New Jersey…it is not the only state where retirees bail out in search of senior-friendly tax climates.

    A good many of my California based counterparts opt spend their retirement years in Arizona or in Mississipi. I have never understood the attraction of Florida to “Northeasteners”, other than the no snow thing. It is not the best state for retiree migration.

    Regards
    Simple

  158. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    82 Texpat
    To be fair to New Jersey…it is not the only state where retirees bail out in search of senior-friendly tax climates.
    A good many of my California based counterparts opt spend their retirement years in Arizona or in Mississipi. I have never understood the attraction of Florida to “Northeasteners”, other than the no snow thing. It is not the best state for retiree migration.
    Regards
    Simple

  159. Dooood Avatar

    #85 Simple

    Most any Sun Belt or western state looks good to retirees from up here. Florida is a quick, cheap hop, airlines leaving every 15 minutes back and forth to their former home. And you can live anywhere in Florida and be a relatively short drive to the Atlantic or the Gulf. People from New Jersey, NYC and Connecticut are used to being close to the ocean.

  160. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #85 Simple
    Most any Sun Belt or western state looks good to retirees from up here. Florida is a quick, cheap hop, airlines leaving every 15 minutes back and forth to their former home. And you can live anywhere in Florida and be a relatively short drive to the Atlantic or the Gulf. People from New Jersey, NYC and Connecticut are used to being close to the ocean.

  161. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    A good many of my California based counterparts opt spend their retirement years in Arizona or in Mississipi. I have never understood the attraction of Florida to “Northeasteners”, other than the no snow thing. It is not the best state for retiree migration.

    Its de law in all New England states. You HAVE to retire to FL if you’re not going to live in a cabin in the woods until you’re 90. Its a jobs program for the Lifestyle editors and writers in all NE newspapers.

  162. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    A good many of my California based counterparts opt spend their retirement years in Arizona or in Mississipi. I have never understood the attraction of Florida to “Northeasteners”, other than the no snow thing. It is not the best state for retiree migration.

    Its de law in all New England states. You HAVE to retire to FL if you’re not going to live in a cabin in the woods until you’re 90. Its a jobs program for the Lifestyle editors and writers in all NE newspapers.

  163. lovelydaughter Avatar
    lovelydaughter

    In case you all were not made aware, I have secretarial magical powers. carry on

  164. lovelydaughter Avatar
    lovelydaughter

    In case you all were not made aware, I have secretarial magical powers. carry on

  165. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #88
    What??!! List them. Then we’ll carry on. Once we know what we are up against.
    🙂

  166. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #88
    What??!! List them. Then we’ll carry on. Once we know what we are up against.
    🙂

  167. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I aint skeered!

  168. Dooood Avatar

    #88 LD

    I knew a secretary who was pretty magical, once upon a time.

  169. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #88 LD
    I knew a secretary who was pretty magical, once upon a time.

  170. Dooood Avatar

    #85 Simple

    I failed to mention that the Carolinas, mainly the North one, are currently a very hot destination for NJ and NY retirees of all breeds, but particularly those of African descent. I personally know at least 8 or 9 black professional people from my immediate area who have already moved down there. I also know 3 Italian flavored couples who have retired to NC.

  171. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #85 Simple
    I failed to mention that the Carolinas, mainly the North one, are currently a very hot destination for NJ and NY retirees of all breeds, but particularly those of African descent. I personally know at least 8 or 9 black professional people from my immediate area who have already moved down there. I also know 3 Italian flavored couples who have retired to NC.

  172. Tedtam Avatar

    #91 Texpat

    That magical secretary – did you at least make an honest woman of her?

  173. Tedtam Avatar

    #91 Texpat
    That magical secretary – did you at least make an honest woman of her?

  174. Hamous Avatar

    #88 LD soon to be married to AB: Does your post mean that TedTam is finally getting some decent help?

  175. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #88 LD soon to be married to AB: Does your post mean that TedTam is finally getting some decent help?

  176. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Heh heh. Oh Susanna as only Crazy Horse can do it.

  177. Hamous Avatar

    Heh heh. Oh Susanna as only Crazy Horse can do it.

  178. Dooood Avatar

    #93 Tedtam

    As far I as know, she was as honest as the day is long. Honestly.

  179. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #93 Tedtam
    As far I as know, she was as honest as the day is long. Honestly.

  180. Dooood Avatar

    #95 Hamous

    Reminds me of Levon Helm in Coal Miner’s Daughter.

  181. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #95 Hamous
    Reminds me of Levon Helm in Coal Miner’s Daughter.

  182. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Holy cow! Since I got home around 5 I have received 10 freaking electioneering calls. Enough!

  183. Hamous Avatar

    Holy cow! Since I got home around 5 I have received 10 freaking electioneering calls. Enough!

  184. Dooood Avatar

    The Obama administration seemed to have no problem bragging openly about interceding in a plot to create a new underwear bomb, attributing it to efforts by their intelligence operations….oh, but wait, uh…

    It turns out that wasn’t true. The double-agent hadn’t been recruited and placed by the CIA, but by British intelligence, who also managed the operation. In fact, the Americans had only recently been made aware of the joint British-Saudi effort.

    The leaks about the operation from the American side have infuriated British intelligence officials, who had hoped to continue the operation. The leaks not only scuttled the mission but put the life of the asset in jeopardy. Even CIA officials, joining their MI5 and MI6 counterparts, were describing the leaks as “despicable,” attributing them to the Obama administration.

    As the stillborn investigation into the leaks continues (stillborn, because if the leaks are in fact traced to the White House, there will be no repercussions), the zeal with which the establishment media trumpeted the supposed CIA coup won’t likely be surpassed by the more important story of how the Obama administration attempted to score political points at the expense of one of the most important intelligence operations since 9/11.

  185. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Obama administration seemed to have no problem bragging openly about interceding in a plot to create a new underwear bomb, attributing it to efforts by their intelligence operations….oh, but wait, uh…

    It turns out that wasn’t true. The double-agent hadn’t been recruited and placed by the CIA, but by British intelligence, who also managed the operation. In fact, the Americans had only recently been made aware of the joint British-Saudi effort.
    The leaks about the operation from the American side have infuriated British intelligence officials, who had hoped to continue the operation. The leaks not only scuttled the mission but put the life of the asset in jeopardy. Even CIA officials, joining their MI5 and MI6 counterparts, were describing the leaks as “despicable,” attributing them to the Obama administration.
    As the stillborn investigation into the leaks continues (stillborn, because if the leaks are in fact traced to the White House, there will be no repercussions), the zeal with which the establishment media trumpeted the supposed CIA coup won’t likely be surpassed by the more important story of how the Obama administration attempted to score political points at the expense of one of the most important intelligence operations since 9/11.

  186. Tedtam Avatar

    My liberal brother in California called me about my mother’s phone number. While on the phone he told me that “politically we don’t agree on everything, but I’m beginning to agree with you on some things”. It turns out that the community colleges where he and his wife (a drop-dead gorgeous non-strictly observing Muslim, who is very, very sweet – everyone loves her) are dropping classes drastically. They’ve lost half of their class openings, and students who need classes to move on to universities or get their 2 year degrees are unable to get the classes they need. Students are moving from the 4 year colleges to the community colleges because they can’t afford the more expensive schools are stuck in limbo, unable to finish their education. Little Bro went on about the deficit and stuff, but he goes nuts when he and his wife drive through the military stations near San Diego and see the planes flying around. “That’s like, a thousand dollars a minute for them to fly loops around,” he said, “I mean, I know they have to train, but what for? Where does all that money come from?”

    He’s not there yet, obviously, but he’s starting to think about it.

    Love my little bro, I do. I wish he’d moved to Texas, but they are too liberal and had to move to California.

  187. Tedtam Avatar

    My liberal brother in California called me about my mother’s phone number. While on the phone he told me that “politically we don’t agree on everything, but I’m beginning to agree with you on some things”. It turns out that the community colleges where he and his wife (a drop-dead gorgeous non-strictly observing Muslim, who is very, very sweet – everyone loves her) are dropping classes drastically. They’ve lost half of their class openings, and students who need classes to move on to universities or get their 2 year degrees are unable to get the classes they need. Students are moving from the 4 year colleges to the community colleges because they can’t afford the more expensive schools are stuck in limbo, unable to finish their education. Little Bro went on about the deficit and stuff, but he goes nuts when he and his wife drive through the military stations near San Diego and see the planes flying around. “That’s like, a thousand dollars a minute for them to fly loops around,” he said, “I mean, I know they have to train, but what for? Where does all that money come from?”
    He’s not there yet, obviously, but he’s starting to think about it.
    Love my little bro, I do. I wish he’d moved to Texas, but they are too liberal and had to move to California.

  188. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Holy cow! Since I got home around 5 I have received 10 freaking electioneering calls. Enough!

    Did ya get to hear more about Dewhurts Pappy?

  189. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Holy cow! Since I got home around 5 I have received 10 freaking electioneering calls. Enough!

    Did ya get to hear more about Dewhurts Pappy?

  190. Dooood Avatar

    #100 Tedtam

    There are many, many people, for family or business reasons , who can’t leave California right now yet would like to do so. I feel sorry for them.

    I remember back in the sixties reading about how California wanted to make college free for everyone. I knew my parents were diligently saving money for us to go to college. When I asked my father how California could do this, he just looked down and shook his head. He said it was never, ever going to work.

    And there you have it. Common sense died in California long before the 1960s.

  191. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #100 Tedtam
    There are many, many people, for family or business reasons , who can’t leave California right now yet would like to do so. I feel sorry for them.
    I remember back in the sixties reading about how California wanted to make college free for everyone. I knew my parents were diligently saving money for us to go to college. When I asked my father how California could do this, he just looked down and shook his head. He said it was never, ever going to work.
    And there you have it. Common sense died in California long before the 1960s.

  192. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OK, Just dropped in and have not really read through it all, BUTT GJT: Congratulations on the baby grand daughter! Yup Life is GOOD!! 😀
    Survival, don’t forget your towel. (Hitchhickers Trilogy)
    States/places to retire, my neck-o-the woods in south Alabamy is always in the top ten on several different lists. The reason, mild climate, equal to Conroe Texas, cheap real estate, ’bout the same as the burbs of Houston, dirt cheap property taxes, (the taxes on the old farm house and 56 acres of land is $475.00 a YEAR just about what I pay for a month here and the value is almost the same!), Alabama has a state income tax so it doesn’t hurt many seniors, and we have a world class medical center right down the road in Dothan. Guess where I’ll be in a few years! 😀

  193. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK, Just dropped in and have not really read through it all, BUTT GJT: Congratulations on the baby grand daughter! Yup Life is GOOD!! 😀
    Survival, don’t forget your towel. (Hitchhickers Trilogy)
    States/places to retire, my neck-o-the woods in south Alabamy is always in the top ten on several different lists. The reason, mild climate, equal to Conroe Texas, cheap real estate, ’bout the same as the burbs of Houston, dirt cheap property taxes, (the taxes on the old farm house and 56 acres of land is $475.00 a YEAR just about what I pay for a month here and the value is almost the same!), Alabama has a state income tax so it doesn’t hurt many seniors, and we have a world class medical center right down the road in Dothan. Guess where I’ll be in a few years! 😀

  194. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Alabamy down side, vittles cost more and the price of beer is unbelievable! Sin tax, doncha’ know. I’ll just make a once a month trip to Graceville, Florida to stock up! It’s only about 50 miles! 😀

  195. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Alabamy down side, vittles cost more and the price of beer is unbelievable! Sin tax, doncha’ know. I’ll just make a once a month trip to Graceville, Florida to stock up! It’s only about 50 miles! 😀

  196. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Thanks SD. Grandbaby is doing great, they get to go home in the morning.

    I’ve noted before, I am affectionately called “Fake Dad” (to a six year old, the opposite of “Real Dad” – who always has been in his life BTW and has always considered me co-dad ), so therefore I’m now “Fake Grandpa”.

    I have put in my request to be called GPII. Thus far my lobbying efforts have been met cooly but I don’t give up easily. Besides me and Miss Shelby Rose might just have our own say. 😀

  197. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Thanks SD. Grandbaby is doing great, they get to go home in the morning.
    I’ve noted before, I am affectionately called “Fake Dad” (to a six year old, the opposite of “Real Dad” – who always has been in his life BTW and has always considered me co-dad ), so therefore I’m now “Fake Grandpa”.
    I have put in my request to be called GPII. Thus far my lobbying efforts have been met cooly but I don’t give up easily. Besides me and Miss Shelby Rose might just have our own say. 😀

  198. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #4;

    He is an Awesome God.

    He is indeed. That picture you shared is perfect beauty and a glimps into heaven.

  199. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT #4;

    He is an Awesome God.

    He is indeed. That picture you shared is perfect beauty and a glimps into heaven.

  200. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt.

    And they eat the uterus.

    /Bleh

  201. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    in the rest of the animal world this process happens in the dirt.

    And they eat the uterus.
    /Bleh

  202. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sarge #10;

    Each family member in our house has a back packed prefilled to grab and go if needed. It has cloths, flashlights, glow sticks simple first aid and some snacks.

  203. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Sarge #10;
    Each family member in our house has a back packed prefilled to grab and go if needed. It has cloths, flashlights, glow sticks simple first aid and some snacks.

  204. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    That picture you shared is perfect beauty and a glimps into heaven.

    And a miracle that too often goes unnoticed.

  205. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    That picture you shared is perfect beauty and a glimps into heaven.

    And a miracle that too often goes unnoticed.

  206. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Apparently, our half Nubian Prince has decided to double down. Not only does he support gay marriage, but now he’s called for eliminating the Defense of Marriage Act.

    I realize that his administration was already refusing to actually enforce the DOMA, but I don’t understand why he’s making a major issue of this – it’s a no win scenario for him.

  207. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Apparently, our half Nubian Prince has decided to double down. Not only does he support gay marriage, but now he’s called for eliminating the Defense of Marriage Act.
    I realize that his administration was already refusing to actually enforce the DOMA, but I don’t understand why he’s making a major issue of this – it’s a no win scenario for him.

  208. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wagon #47;

    “I would understand and respect the school’s decision if they truly upheld church teachings,” Wright said Sunday night. “They didn’t forbid the entrance of all the couples who’ve had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom.”

    Impossible to do. THIS doesn’t work on Marty or Catholics neither. 😉

  209. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wagon #47;

    “I would understand and respect the school’s decision if they truly upheld church teachings,” Wright said Sunday night. “They didn’t forbid the entrance of all the couples who’ve had premarital sex and all the kids who planned to get drunk after the prom.”

    Impossible to do. THIS doesn’t work on Marty or Catholics neither. 😉

  210. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT;

    Oh, and “babies rule!!!” 🙂

  211. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT;
    Oh, and “babies rule!!!” 🙂

  212. Dooood Avatar

    #110 FA

    Well, of course !

    Good grief.

  213. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #110 FA
    Well, of course !
    Good grief.

  214. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #69;

    From your link:

    Goldberg found Ann Romney’s glowing praise of motherhood in a column she wrote for USA Today to be “kind of creepy.” During an appearance on MSNBC’s weekend program “Up with Chris Hayes,” Goldberg said the phrase “the crown of motherhood,” which Ann Romney used in her column, reminded her of “authoritarian societies” that give out awards for large families.

    Only a truly sick [female] b*stard like Michelle Goldberg would equate a woman who chose to raise a “large family” as authoritarian, and Stalanistic and Nazistic

  215. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #69;
    From your link:

    Goldberg found Ann Romney’s glowing praise of motherhood in a column she wrote for USA Today to be “kind of creepy.” During an appearance on MSNBC’s weekend program “Up with Chris Hayes,” Goldberg said the phrase “the crown of motherhood,” which Ann Romney used in her column, reminded her of “authoritarian societies” that give out awards for large families.

    Only a truly sick [female] b*stard like Michelle Goldberg would equate a woman who chose to raise a “large family” as authoritarian, and Stalanistic and Nazistic

  216. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Do you have any links to back it up?

    Last I heard, LST posts were locked up somewhere in Squawkbox’s underground nuclear bunker. Complete with cheesy popcorn.

  217. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Do you have any links to back it up?

    Last I heard, LST posts were locked up somewhere in Squawkbox’s underground nuclear bunker. Complete with cheesy popcorn.

  218. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Common sense died in California long before the 1960s.

    The magic brownies of the ’60s didn’t help neither.

  219. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Common sense died in California long before the 1960s.

    The magic brownies of the ’60s didn’t help neither.

  220. Tedtam Avatar

    #107 Darren

    They don’t eat the uterus. The eat the placenta, or afterbirth, when it is expelled from the uterus. There are some people who eat the placenta. I’m not one of them.

    To eat the uterus, they’d have to grow hands, reach inside, and rip it out.

    While that may be what childbirth kinda feels like, it’s not what’s happening. I promise.

  221. Tedtam Avatar

    #107 Darren
    They don’t eat the uterus. The eat the placenta, or afterbirth, when it is expelled from the uterus. There are some people who eat the placenta. I’m not one of them.
    To eat the uterus, they’d have to grow hands, reach inside, and rip it out.
    While that may be what childbirth kinda feels like, it’s not what’s happening. I promise.

  222. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Did ya get to hear more about Dewhurts Pappy?

    Prolly, but I don’t listen. I think I heard something about him being in a dogfight with the Red Baron, though.

  223. Hamous Avatar

    Did ya get to hear more about Dewhurts Pappy?

    Prolly, but I don’t listen. I think I heard something about him being in a dogfight with the Red Baron, though.

  224. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    One cold December day in the early 1980s, Mitt Romney loaded up his Gran Torino with firewood and brought it to the home of a single mother whose heat had been shut off just days before Christmas.
    


    Years after a business partner died unexpectedly, Romney helped the man’s surviving daughter go to medical school with loans for tuition — loans he forgave when she graduated.

    And in 1997, when a fellow church member’s teenage son fell seriously ill, Romney sprinted to the hospital in the dead of night, where he kept vigil with his terrified parents.

    These are signs of a truly good man.

    Some supporters believe he isn’t touting them because it’s impossible to separate the good works he’s done from a Mormon faith that demands them — a faith that has by all accounts been a defining influence in his life, yet which the campaign has been determined to keep out of the political conversation.

    But taken together, the stories point to a central contradiction between Romney the candidate and Romney the person. In short, a man weighed down by the image of a heartless corporate raider who can’t relate to people actually has a history of doing remarkably kind things for those in need.

    Yup. this is a god link to connect with the stupid voters who cannot comprehend how a million-billion-zillonaire would have a heart for the common folks. The fact that Romney doesn’t speak about these events publicly is another sign that he provides service to others because he truly believes in providing the service as a moral good and that he’s glad to do so.

    What does a Democrat say to this?

    “No one is questioning whether or not Mitt Romney has a nice family or has lived a life of success in which he’s tried to give something back,” said Jen Psaki, a Democratic strategist and former communications staffer in the Obama White House. “But that doesn’t matter to people who are still struggling, families that are trying to pay for college, people trying to pay for health insurance, middle class families who are trying to make ends meet. [Romney] hasn’t shown a plan to help them. That’s what voters are looking for, and he leaves a lot to be desired on that front.”

    I placed the irony in bold.

    BIG-HEARTED MITT

    /Via Hot Air

  225. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    One cold December day in the early 1980s, Mitt Romney loaded up his Gran Torino with firewood and brought it to the home of a single mother whose heat had been shut off just days before Christmas.
    


    Years after a business partner died unexpectedly, Romney helped the man’s surviving daughter go to medical school with loans for tuition — loans he forgave when she graduated.
    And in 1997, when a fellow church member’s teenage son fell seriously ill, Romney sprinted to the hospital in the dead of night, where he kept vigil with his terrified parents.

    These are signs of a truly good man.

    Some supporters believe he isn’t touting them because it’s impossible to separate the good works he’s done from a Mormon faith that demands them — a faith that has by all accounts been a defining influence in his life, yet which the campaign has been determined to keep out of the political conversation.
    But taken together, the stories point to a central contradiction between Romney the candidate and Romney the person. In short, a man weighed down by the image of a heartless corporate raider who can’t relate to people actually has a history of doing remarkably kind things for those in need.

    Yup. this is a god link to connect with the stupid voters who cannot comprehend how a million-billion-zillonaire would have a heart for the common folks. The fact that Romney doesn’t speak about these events publicly is another sign that he provides service to others because he truly believes in providing the service as a moral good and that he’s glad to do so.
    What does a Democrat say to this?

    “No one is questioning whether or not Mitt Romney has a nice family or has lived a life of success in which he’s tried to give something back,” said Jen Psaki, a Democratic strategist and former communications staffer in the Obama White House. “But that doesn’t matter to people who are still struggling, families that are trying to pay for college, people trying to pay for health insurance, middle class families who are trying to make ends meet. [Romney] hasn’t shown a plan to help them. That’s what voters are looking for, and he leaves a lot to be desired on that front.”

    I placed the irony in bold.
    BIG-HEARTED MITT
    /Via Hot Air

  226. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    tedtam;

    They don’t eat the uterus. The eat the placenta, or afterbirth, when it is expelled from the uterus.

    Thanx for the clarification. You are indeed correct. 🙂

  227. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    tedtam;

    They don’t eat the uterus. The eat the placenta, or afterbirth, when it is expelled from the uterus.

    Thanx for the clarification. You are indeed correct. 🙂

  228. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, and I’m so glad you don’t eat the placenta after birth. Despite whatever medical benefits there are to doing so, it’s just nasty!!!

  229. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, and I’m so glad you don’t eat the placenta after birth. Despite whatever medical benefits there are to doing so, it’s just nasty!!!

  230. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Dogs Panic at Obama Speech

    LOL! Photoshop makes sure certain jokes never die.

  231. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Dogs Panic at Obama Speech
    LOL! Photoshop makes sure certain jokes never die.

  232. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TSA Agents Conduct ‘Full Monty’ Pat-Down On Henry Kissinger

    Yes, Henry Kissinger. A true threat to national security.
    😡

  233. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TSA Agents Conduct ‘Full Monty’ Pat-Down On Henry Kissinger
    Yes, Henry Kissinger. A true threat to national security.
    😡

  234. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    More like the TSA is a threat to national security.

  235. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    More like the TSA is a threat to national security.

  236. Hamous Avatar

    Is it still Monday? I thought Monday ended yesterday when Tuesday started this morning; am I wrong, is it still Monday or is it Tuesday yet?

  237. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Is it still Monday? I thought Monday ended yesterday when Tuesday started this morning; am I wrong, is it still Monday or is it Tuesday yet?

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