It seems our president just can’t seem to understand the importance of the appearance of propriety. While the Mideast in in meltdown, Hugo Chavez is cozying up to Iran, the public sector union group seems to be on the chopping block, and the dollar is in a seeming death spiral….
Obama goes golfing.
I really don’t think I can add anything to that.
6-0 on my #80.
uh…..winning!
#86 Adee
Disco monkey? Looks like Yosemite Sam to me. 😀
#84 mharper42, I believe our host, Hamous, has used the big disco monkey gravatar now and then. 🙂
TT #70. Royal blue is a gorgeous color, especially on a first-place blue ribbon. On large shutters on the house, not so much. It’s a gorgeous color for a dress or a chair or bedding.
Guess The Shadow is playing with the newly arrived buttons. Only The Shadow knows….
#77 Who is the Blog Monkey? I recognize the Yosemite Sam avatar but I’ve forgotten who uses it.
#74 TT
Creepy video, what little bit of the chanting where I could even understand what they were saying.
Somehow the like/dislike buttons have variable tool tips. Some are “Yay”/”You suck” and others are “Thumb up”/”Thumb down”. And Tedtam has none. I suspect Hammy has control over who can be scored and how — and speaking of Hammy, how long has it been since we’ve seen a post from our host?
In summation, I would simply say this about that.
Scroll wheel lube in the 55 gal drum at the front door.
I have no problem posting all the comments. Over time, I have discovered that there are some commentators who have good ideas or are somewhat humorous, and there are others who just play the same old tape over and over. As a highly skilled comment consumer, I have learned to read those who I reasonably expect to learn something from… Read more »
I reckon it all depends on whether you prefer an insulated echo chamber over a forum where political ideas that affect everyone are discussed in an open, honest, factual, and rational manner.
But that’s just me. What do I know?
Lurkerz cantz vote, Blogmonkey knows. Muss beez one of yooz, angry red thumber downer he is. Blogmonkey he laffs. LAOLMI.
#73 Mharper
Hammy, should I put out bids to the pest control businesses for troll removal?
Ya’ll just don’t go searching the cushions for loose change. It may not be safe.
Hiding bob’s comments is much along the lines I argued for. Thanks Hamous/administrators for this realization.
I enjoyed reading all rebutals to bob withut reading what bob said. That’s peaceful and good for my blood pressure.
Well, here’s some of that change TBO was looking for.
I’m sure the 68 schools applying are all in Detroit, Chicago, and New York.
Perhaps he’s still thinking fondly of these young men.
I feel like we have unacknowledged lurkers and trolls scurrying around The Couch, pushing the new buttons. I mean people who rarely or even never post, so you don’t know they are there. How could anyone not like Sarge’s #72? Whatever/whoever they are, I hear them snickering behind the couch, waiting for their next opportunity to dash out and click… Read more »
Yep.
Best letter evah.
I like that guy.
Oh, Adee – your “dayglo” colors reminded me of when I was young and sharing my room with either two or three sisters – I think two at the time. We were tired of white walls, and we talked Mom and Dad into letting us paint our bedroom. We picked out a pretty medium green for the walls, and a… Read more »
#68 Adee Lovely Daughter and Aggie Beau have picked out a dark blue that LD calls “Royal Blue”. Now I’m worried! 😉 I just got back from picking up Hubby’s meds from Wal-Mart. While there, I picked up an electric string trimmer for my personal use here at the house and at apartments if necessary. I’ve been begging Hubby to… Read more »
Someone’s pushing Adee’s buttons too—
Eeek. There is such a thing as bordello blue. We just viewed the sample shutter. It screams royal blue–spouse was speechless. You can almost see it with your eyes closed. Not quite as bad as dayglow orange–but kindred. It will have to be toned down considerably.
More like SJL.
Good afternoon Hamsters. Crisp 48 at 6 and comfortable but cool climbing to 68 this afternoon. Someone stole the Sun by mid-morning and hasn’t given him back. Painters are busy outside and making the updates on the house look wonderful. All is quiet inside, which we and Mariposa appreciate very much. Spouse selected the color for the shutters, and from… Read more »
cats with thumbs is a scary proposition.
My cat, Theo, is also an ordained minister, as am I. Unfortunately, he lacks opposable thumbs.
Looks like someone is pushing bob’s buttons.
Wish y’all quit with the killin off of my horses. Y’all be messin with my future $$millions$$. How’s a person to get around when the iron horse gets killed off?
#60 Bones, it is irrational to use clearly circular logic (as exampled above) to justify your specific and exclusive notions of morality being imposed on others against their will.
Live and let live, and do no harm to others.
#59 Bob: I realize that this is going to be a difficult concept for you but here it goes: 1) The CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE’S ways are so far above ours that HE TELLS US how HE wishes us to behave towards HIM. 2) What is acceptable towards one may be horribly offensive towards another, THEREFORE HE SET AN OBJECTIVE… Read more »
#50 Bones, to me, objectivity and separating the authority of church and state are one in the same. I don’t think one can claim to be “objective,” and at the same instant, claim to hold supernatural truths that are so exclusively correct that they should automatically be codified and enforced on everyone by a government. Our relationships with religious beliefs… Read more »
More like the wicked witch of the west, Nanzi Pelousi.
The Queen needs no like/dislike buttons. It matters not. I am Queen.
Oops, I’m sorry. I think I’m channeling a little TBO there. I think I need to go take a shower and gargle, there’s a really bad taste in my mouth.
#54, 55 Queen TT: I guess you don’t rate very high, you got no like/dislike buttons.
I guess there’s a little bit of blonde in all of us:
“OOOOHHHHHH! New buttons! PRETTY!”
😉
For being such a “live and let live” kinda guy, Bob sure seems intent to change our way of thinking. I can see no other reason to constantly bring up this topic.
Didn’t we have the Like and Dislike buttons once before, but then they went away?
In my email: Due to the popularity of the “Survivor” shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled, “Survivor, Texas-Style!” The 8 contestants will all start in Dallas, then drive to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston and down to Brownsville … They will then proceed up to Del Rio, El Paso, Odessa, Midland, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there… Read more »
I really dig the Modify and like/dislike buttons. Thank you Hamous!
#48 Bob: Treating others in a moral fashion is in no way unique to your personal conceptions of the supernatural I have never said anything to the contrary. There are some darned fine people who claim the mooooslim faith as well as no faith at all. In some societies it is moral to kill anyone who does not believe as… Read more »
hmm, I observe some interesting new buttons have arrived.
Bones, the prevalence, evolution, and benefits of morality in human societies predate all of your sacred texts by many many thousands of years. Treating others in a moral fashion is in no way unique to your personal conceptions of the supernatural. You are free to believe that you hold exclusive truths, and a few billion other human beings are equally… Read more »
Todays dose of bakon
http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Lifestyle/Bacon-mania.aspx?cp-documentid=27896864&imageindex=10
Well that didn’t work right.
#44 Bob: from your linkie thingie: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men… Read more »
#25, 26
Guess that is the Romany (Gypsy) way, but it is a bit surprising they are fertile that young.
Bones, the concept of separating religion and state is well represented in the constitution, many letters to and from the founding fathers, as well as in The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom I agree with Thomas Jefferson. Do you? The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no… Read more »
#42 TT Only when the bones of the skeleton of the dead horse have been crushed to powder can we move on :>)
RE: Bob42
DEAD HORSE ALERT!
This PSA is now over, and we return you to your regular programming.
THIS AIN’T COOL AT ALL!! Zimbabwe is to defy United Nations sanctions in a deal to sell uranium to Iran Don’t that just give you the warm and fuzzies all over?? Here you have a man, Robert Mugabe, who should get the Nobel Prize in Alchemy for turning the breadbasket of Africa into a stinking pile of feces, struggling to… Read more »
Mercy! 1916-D MERCURY DIME NGC AU53 sold for $7402 on EBay,…..Dang,…This is the rarest of all the Mercury Dimes, only 264,000 were minted. Also AU 53 is very hard to come by. My “Red Book” says that an MS 65 is worth $30,000.
#31 Bob420: The concept of separating church from state is a relatively recent development in human history, and one of the things that makes our nation and our form of government exceptional. The very phrase you cite is taken out of context from its ORIGINAL SENTENCE not to mention the context of the letter as a whole. As we all… Read more »