Friday Open Comments

I’m for pre-67 borders for Israel:

Pre-967 B.C.
(H/T Matt)


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  1. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    TGIF!
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    TGIF!
    Mornin’ Gang

  3. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    About the pre 67 borders, is The Idiot in charge doing this out of spite or is he just plain stupid. I know that he thinks everyone in the world will do as he wishes since he’s the smartest man on the planet. Do you think he understands that the old borders left them defenseless or even cares?
    And I’m with Hambone pre 967. 😉

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    About the pre 67 borders, is The Idiot in charge doing this out of spite or is he just plain stupid. I know that he thinks everyone in the world will do as he wishes since he’s the smartest man on the planet. Do you think he understands that the old borders left them defenseless or even cares?
    And I’m with Hambone pre 967. 😉

  5. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    So it looks like not only is Detroit illiterate, but the suck at math as well:

    DETROIT – General Motors will reconfigure the plant that makes the Chevrolet Volt to expand production to up to 60,000 electric cars a year.

    The Detroit-area factory, which will be shut next month, now can produce about 16,000 a year.

    The Volt hit the U.S. market late last year and just over 1,700 have been sold through April.

    So in six months they’ve sold just over one tenth of their capacity of 16,000. So let’s ramp up to not sell 60,000. Brilliant!

  6. Hamous Avatar

    So it looks like not only is Detroit illiterate, but the suck at math as well:

    DETROIT – General Motors will reconfigure the plant that makes the Chevrolet Volt to expand production to up to 60,000 electric cars a year.
    The Detroit-area factory, which will be shut next month, now can produce about 16,000 a year.

    The Volt hit the U.S. market late last year and just over 1,700 have been sold through April.

    So in six months they’ve sold just over one tenth of their capacity of 16,000. So let’s ramp up to not sell 60,000. Brilliant!

  7. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.

    The waitress asks them for their orders.

    The man says, “A hamburger, fries and a coke,” and turns to the ostrich, “What’s yours?”

    “I’ll have the same,” says the ostrich.

    A short time later the waitress returns with the order. “That will be $9.40 please.”
    The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

    The next day, the man and the ostrich come gain and the man says, “A hamburger, fries and a coke.”

    The ostrich says, “I’ll have the same.”

    Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

    This becomes routine until the two enter again. “The usual?” asks the waitress.

    “No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad,” says the man.

    “Same,” says the ostrich.

    Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, “That will be $32.62.”

    Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

    The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. “Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?”

    “Well,” says the man, “several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.

    My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.”

    “That’s brilliant!” says the waitress. “Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you’ll
    always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!”

    “That’s right..Whether it’s a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there,” says the man.

    The waitress asks, “What’s with the ostrich?”

    The man sighs, pauses and answers,

    “My second wish was for a tall chick with a big arse and long legs who agrees with everything I say..”

  8. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.
    The waitress asks them for their orders.
    The man says, “A hamburger, fries and a coke,” and turns to the ostrich, “What’s yours?”
    “I’ll have the same,” says the ostrich.
    A short time later the waitress returns with the order. “That will be $9.40 please.”
    The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.
    The next day, the man and the ostrich come gain and the man says, “A hamburger, fries and a coke.”
    The ostrich says, “I’ll have the same.”
    Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.
    This becomes routine until the two enter again. “The usual?” asks the waitress.
    “No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad,” says the man.
    “Same,” says the ostrich.
    Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, “That will be $32.62.”
    Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.
    The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer. “Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?”
    “Well,” says the man, “several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.
    My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.”
    “That’s brilliant!” says the waitress. “Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you’ll
    always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!”
    “That’s right..Whether it’s a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there,” says the man.
    The waitress asks, “What’s with the ostrich?”
    The man sighs, pauses and answers,
    “My second wish was for a tall chick with a big arse and long legs who agrees with everything I say..”

  9. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I heard this on the radio this morning; Michelle Obama to Speak To West Point Graduates.
    If that don’t just chap,…. 🙁

  10. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I heard this on the radio this morning; Michelle Obama to Speak To West Point Graduates.
    If that don’t just chap,…. 🙁

  11. Katfish Avatar

    For an administration that is so thin-skinned when it comes to whether Passion Fingers is Christian or Muslim, you’d think they’d have thought through some things a little better.

  12. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    For an administration that is so thin-skinned when it comes to whether Passion Fingers is Christian or Muslim, you’d think they’d have thought through some things a little better.

  13. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Here’s the reason why the Establishment Republican Leadership has to go.

    Exhibit A.

    During his 2003 run for governor, an Indiana newspaper reported that Mitch Daniels supported a form of an individual health insurance mandate.

    An item in the South Bend Tribune from October, 23, 2003, on a campaign stop Daniels made to a health clinic, reported:

    The candidate said he favors a universal health care system that would move away from employee-based health policies and make it mandatory for all Americans to have health insurance.

    Daniels envisioned one scenario in which residents could certify their coverage when paying income taxes and receive a tax exemption that would cover the cost.

    “We really have to have universal coverage,” Daniels said.

    Under his plan, Daniels said, the nation could get away from the inefficient and unfair way in which health care is provided to those who are uninsured, many of whom end up in emergency rooms or “at clinics like this one.”

    Exhibit B.

    Newt Gingrich was for the individual mandate for health insurance before he was against it -– that was the impression given Monday in a John Kerry-esque video that the former House Speaker’s campaign staff hurriedly released to quell a firestorm of criticism about comments he made Sunday on “Meet the Press.”

    Exhibit C.

    Newt Gingrich, whose campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has gotten off to a rocky start, risked fresh controversy on Thursday by suggesting that some illegal immigrants living in the United States “may have earned the right to become legal.”

    I’m not even gonna link to anything about Mitt Romney, justy mentioning his name gets that point across. Huckabee had his problems with tax increases. In fact, its going to be difficult to find anyone who has been in the upper echelons of the Republican Party for the last 20 years, locally, statewide, and nationally, who have ascribed to one or another issue that has become anathema to both Conservatives and the VMG. The irony is that they did so on the advice of the political professionals, politicians and pundits of the time (many of whom are still around and haven’t changed thier way of thinking to match the new reality). This is the “We lost the election because of Rush Limbaugh’s tone” crowd—the “card check isn’t so bad, and we’re not going to get anywhere by alienating the Unions” guys—the “Hispanics are going to be the next big voting block so we have to pander to them with amnesty” idiots—the “If we say that, the media will be against us” fools—and the reach across the aisle squishes who interpreted political information to suit thier own biases against Social Cons especially and Conservatives in general (we embarass them with our tone) rather than actually listening the the voices of the People. Republicans lost in 2008 because of 10 years of spending like a drunken sailor (my apologies to drunken sailors) and doing all that reaching across the aisle the PoliSci grads told them they needed to do. The problem with Political Science is that it really isn’t a science at all, nothing with as many variables dependent on human nature can be, but those who practice it think that it is. As a result, they tend to think more of themselves and less of the advice and opinion of the governed, and end up giving advice that will eventually turn off the governed.

    The real problem with 2008 is that Republicans sat on the laurels of Talk Radio and did not get into the Internet with the same gusto and expertise of the Left. Talk Radio gave them the advantages they enjoyed in the 90s and the first decade of this century. The left was slow to take advantage of that and thus began looking for another avenue through which to reach people with their message—hopefully without too many voices in opposition, and that’s pretty much what happened between 2004 and 2008. The problem with thier message is that when it is adequately debated, especially among the “little folk,” it fails to pass tests of logic, morality, and plain common sense.

    Now we have an entire generation of Republican Leaders who will have Health Care and Immigration skeletons in thier closets, not to mention all the “Smaller Big Government” solutions the Republicans have been endorsing for the last two decades, and an improved means of communication among the People to bring them to light nationally through the viral operation of Social Networks. They can no longer rely on cheerleading from Talk Radio, and Talk Radio itself, beking dependent on ratings, is hesitant to cheerlead anymore anyway lest they alienate the better informed electorate.

    There’s a couple of them who either read the tea leaves correctly themselves, or who listened to Conservatives who were at the time outside the Republican Party mainstream.

    Which is why, of all people, Rick Perry is being considered seriously as a Presidential Candidate.

    And that’s kind of scary once you think about it.

  14. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Here’s the reason why the Establishment Republican Leadership has to go.
    Exhibit A.

    During his 2003 run for governor, an Indiana newspaper reported that Mitch Daniels supported a form of an individual health insurance mandate.
    An item in the South Bend Tribune from October, 23, 2003, on a campaign stop Daniels made to a health clinic, reported:

    The candidate said he favors a universal health care system that would move away from employee-based health policies and make it mandatory for all Americans to have health insurance.
    Daniels envisioned one scenario in which residents could certify their coverage when paying income taxes and receive a tax exemption that would cover the cost.
    “We really have to have universal coverage,” Daniels said.
    Under his plan, Daniels said, the nation could get away from the inefficient and unfair way in which health care is provided to those who are uninsured, many of whom end up in emergency rooms or “at clinics like this one.”

    Exhibit B.

    Newt Gingrich was for the individual mandate for health insurance before he was against it -– that was the impression given Monday in a John Kerry-esque video that the former House Speaker’s campaign staff hurriedly released to quell a firestorm of criticism about comments he made Sunday on “Meet the Press.”

    Exhibit C.

    Newt Gingrich, whose campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has gotten off to a rocky start, risked fresh controversy on Thursday by suggesting that some illegal immigrants living in the United States “may have earned the right to become legal.”

    I’m not even gonna link to anything about Mitt Romney, justy mentioning his name gets that point across. Huckabee had his problems with tax increases. In fact, its going to be difficult to find anyone who has been in the upper echelons of the Republican Party for the last 20 years, locally, statewide, and nationally, who have ascribed to one or another issue that has become anathema to both Conservatives and the VMG. The irony is that they did so on the advice of the political professionals, politicians and pundits of the time (many of whom are still around and haven’t changed thier way of thinking to match the new reality). This is the “We lost the election because of Rush Limbaugh’s tone” crowd—the “card check isn’t so bad, and we’re not going to get anywhere by alienating the Unions” guys—the “Hispanics are going to be the next big voting block so we have to pander to them with amnesty” idiots—the “If we say that, the media will be against us” fools—and the reach across the aisle squishes who interpreted political information to suit thier own biases against Social Cons especially and Conservatives in general (we embarass them with our tone) rather than actually listening the the voices of the People. Republicans lost in 2008 because of 10 years of spending like a drunken sailor (my apologies to drunken sailors) and doing all that reaching across the aisle the PoliSci grads told them they needed to do. The problem with Political Science is that it really isn’t a science at all, nothing with as many variables dependent on human nature can be, but those who practice it think that it is. As a result, they tend to think more of themselves and less of the advice and opinion of the governed, and end up giving advice that will eventually turn off the governed.
    The real problem with 2008 is that Republicans sat on the laurels of Talk Radio and did not get into the Internet with the same gusto and expertise of the Left. Talk Radio gave them the advantages they enjoyed in the 90s and the first decade of this century. The left was slow to take advantage of that and thus began looking for another avenue through which to reach people with their message—hopefully without too many voices in opposition, and that’s pretty much what happened between 2004 and 2008. The problem with thier message is that when it is adequately debated, especially among the “little folk,” it fails to pass tests of logic, morality, and plain common sense.
    Now we have an entire generation of Republican Leaders who will have Health Care and Immigration skeletons in thier closets, not to mention all the “Smaller Big Government” solutions the Republicans have been endorsing for the last two decades, and an improved means of communication among the People to bring them to light nationally through the viral operation of Social Networks. They can no longer rely on cheerleading from Talk Radio, and Talk Radio itself, beking dependent on ratings, is hesitant to cheerlead anymore anyway lest they alienate the better informed electorate.
    There’s a couple of them who either read the tea leaves correctly themselves, or who listened to Conservatives who were at the time outside the Republican Party mainstream.
    Which is why, of all people, Rick Perry is being considered seriously as a Presidential Candidate.
    And that’s kind of scary once you think about it.

  15. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Finally the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector (AMS) makes it to the station. I’ve worked with this several times (tested), in 2 seperate labs, over the course of about 15 years, the last time was a couple of years ago.

  16. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Finally the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector (AMS) makes it to the station. I’ve worked with this several times (tested), in 2 seperate labs, over the course of about 15 years, the last time was a couple of years ago.

  17. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    GOOD GRIEF Arnold’s mistress was a COW! Dang,…

  18. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    GOOD GRIEF Arnold’s mistress was a COW! Dang,…

  19. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    10 Super Dave says:
    May 20, 2011 at 8:54 am
    GOOD GRIEF Arnold’s mistress was a COW! Dang,…

    Saw that a couple days ago. Threw away his marriage and two careers.

    Thats industrial strength stupid.

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    10 Super Dave says:
    May 20, 2011 at 8:54 am
    GOOD GRIEF Arnold’s mistress was a COW! Dang,…

    Saw that a couple days ago. Threw away his marriage and two careers.
    Thats industrial strength stupid.

  21. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well, for that matter, so is Newt Gingrich.

  22. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well, for that matter, so is Newt Gingrich.

  23. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 ST

    Yep, best news I’ve heard since you got your horse back! 🙂 🙂 🙂

  24. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #6 ST
    Yep, best news I’ve heard since you got your horse back! 🙂 🙂 🙂

  25. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all
    Not to be nit-picky, but:

    Pre-967 B.C.

    Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 BCE; Christian tradition has tended to assume an earlier date. Historically, the Exodus narrative can be traced to the 7th century BCE kingdom of Judah

    Since Obutthead is basing his decision on “history”, it looks like your corrected date should be 767, not 967

  26. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    Not to be nit-picky, but:

    Pre-967 B.C.

    Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 BCE; Christian tradition has tended to assume an earlier date. Historically, the Exodus narrative can be traced to the 7th century BCE kingdom of Judah

    Since Obutthead is basing his decision on “history”, it looks like your corrected date should be 767, not 967

  27. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #7 Pyro

    when it comes to whether Passion Fingers is Christian or Muslim

    Well, they’ve sure shown us that he’s not Jewish.

  28. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #7 Pyro

    when it comes to whether Passion Fingers is Christian or Muslim

    Well, they’ve sure shown us that he’s not Jewish.

  29. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #6 Southern Tragedy

    I really got spooked yesterday at the store.

    Everyone of the expiration dates said “Use before 5/21/2011”

  30. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #6 Southern Tragedy
    I really got spooked yesterday at the store.
    Everyone of the expiration dates said “Use before 5/21/2011”

  31. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Sarge

    Republican fundraising dinners were charging five thousand dollars to have your picture taken with Newt

    Now they’re charging fifty thousand dollars to destroy the negatives

  32. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Sarge
    Republican fundraising dinners were charging five thousand dollars to have your picture taken with Newt
    Now they’re charging fifty thousand dollars to destroy the negatives

  33. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Bin Laden had a porn stash, dyed his hair, took potency pills, smoked pot and liked to watch himself on TV.

    It becomes perfectly clear now that he didn’t attack Los Angeles out of professional courtesy.

  34. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Bin Laden had a porn stash, dyed his hair, took potency pills, smoked pot and liked to watch himself on TV.
    It becomes perfectly clear now that he didn’t attack Los Angeles out of professional courtesy.

  35. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, now we know we’re broke. Our government is bankrupting bunny businesses.

    Un-bee-leev-uh-bull.

  36. Tedtam Avatar

    Well, now we know we’re broke. Our government is bankrupting bunny businesses.
    Un-bee-leev-uh-bull.

  37. Hamous Avatar

    I can’t believe that Harry Reid got re-elected. He is the definition of a braying hyper-partisan jackass. All of his positions are political and do not have the slightest interest in what is actually good for the country in the short/medium/long view. Most if not all of his positions are destructive to the country, now the butt-head is saying no to budget cuts. This is the same senate leader who has not managed to pass a budget in over 700 days.

  38. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I can’t believe that Harry Reid got re-elected. He is the definition of a braying hyper-partisan jackass. All of his positions are political and do not have the slightest interest in what is actually good for the country in the short/medium/long view. Most if not all of his positions are destructive to the country, now the butt-head is saying no to budget cuts. This is the same senate leader who has not managed to pass a budget in over 700 days.

  39. Tedtam Avatar

    I asked late last night, and I ask again because I think I missed everyone:

    My image folder keeps crashing. This has been happening for several days now, but for some reason I am unable to restore to a previous restore point. (I guess that’s problem #2). I can open the folder, but soon after it crashes. I cannot attach pictures or manipulate any of my image files.

    I found a possible solution that required deleting all my thumbs.db files and changing some settings regarding caching those thumbs files, but I’m still having problems.

    I’m running XP.

    PLEASE DISREGARD. FOR SOME REASON, IT WORKS NOW.
    Only after I publicly ask for help, to make me look like a fool, I’m sure. Dang sassy computer!

  40. Tedtam Avatar

    I asked late last night, and I ask again because I think I missed everyone:
    My image folder keeps crashing. This has been happening for several days now, but for some reason I am unable to restore to a previous restore point. (I guess that’s problem #2). I can open the folder, but soon after it crashes. I cannot attach pictures or manipulate any of my image files.
    I found a possible solution that required deleting all my thumbs.db files and changing some settings regarding caching those thumbs files, but I’m still having problems.
    I’m running XP.
    PLEASE DISREGARD. FOR SOME REASON, IT WORKS NOW.
    Only after I publicly ask for help, to make me look like a fool, I’m sure. Dang sassy computer!

  41. Hamous Avatar

    #19 TT: There are some serious heads that need to roll at USDA! That is one agency that I would cut by approx 80% to prevent the outrageous wissin stupidity that was illustrated in your linkie thingie. It seems that attitude is becoming more prevalent in gov’t agencies which is reason to cut them back dramatically, they have become like a kudzu vine that is taking over the yard.

  42. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #19 TT: There are some serious heads that need to roll at USDA! That is one agency that I would cut by approx 80% to prevent the outrageous wissin stupidity that was illustrated in your linkie thingie. It seems that attitude is becoming more prevalent in gov’t agencies which is reason to cut them back dramatically, they have become like a kudzu vine that is taking over the yard.

  43. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    What the heck?

    Ms. Harper, guess you missed the part that the atheists are gonna eat the pets, eh? 😉 /ducks and hauls butt

  44. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    What the heck?
    Ms. Harper, guess you missed the part that the atheists are gonna eat the pets, eh? 😉 /ducks and hauls butt

  45. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I discovered “Rainier Cherries” several years ago and man are they good. They LQQk and taste just like a Native, Wild plum that grows in south Alabama. They’re here now but will only be in season for a few weeks. HEB has them for $8.00 a Lb, expensive but worth it. 😀

  46. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I discovered “Rainier Cherries” several years ago and man are they good. They LQQk and taste just like a Native, Wild plum that grows in south Alabama. They’re here now but will only be in season for a few weeks. HEB has them for $8.00 a Lb, expensive but worth it. 😀

  47. Katfish Avatar

    Not to be nit-picky, but:

    Pre-967 B.C.

    Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 BCE; Christian tradition has tended to assume an earlier date. Historically, the Exodus narrative can be traced to the 7th century BCE kingdom of Judah

    Since Obutthead is basing his decision on “history”, it looks like your corrected date should be 767, not 967

    Actually 7th century BC = 700-601 BC, giving us 667.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Not to be nit-picky, but:

    Pre-967 B.C.
    Rabbinical Judaism calculated a lifespan of Moses corresponding to 1391–1271 BCE; Christian tradition has tended to assume an earlier date. Historically, the Exodus narrative can be traced to the 7th century BCE kingdom of Judah

    Since Obutthead is basing his decision on “history”, it looks like your corrected date should be 767, not 967

    Actually 7th century BC = 700-601 BC, giving us 667.

  49. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    re: the map
    Somehow the hyperlink keeps getting hosed on the map. But anyway, from the link:

    King David ruled Israel from 990 BCE to 968 BCE

    968 BC is pre-967 BC.

  50. Hamous Avatar

    re: the map
    Somehow the hyperlink keeps getting hosed on the map. But anyway, from the link:

    King David ruled Israel from 990 BCE to 968 BCE

    968 BC is pre-967 BC.

  51. Hamous Avatar

    I would like to suggest that we standardize and shorten the numerous names we have for the usurper:

    Obutthead

    This could be shortened to: OBH

    waddya think? It is not near as offensive as s–t spewing terd-nozzle yet still gets the same point across:o)

  52. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    I would like to suggest that we standardize and shorten the numerous names we have for the usurper:

    Obutthead

    This could be shortened to: OBH
    waddya think? It is not near as offensive as s–t spewing terd-nozzle yet still gets the same point across:o)

  53. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    19 Tedtam says:
    May 20, 2011 at 9:48 am

    Well, now we know we’re broke. Our government is bankrupting bunny businesses.

    Un-bee-leev-uh-bull.

    Well, thank goodness. I thought this had something to do with Hugh Hefner

  54. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    19 Tedtam says:
    May 20, 2011 at 9:48 am
    Well, now we know we’re broke. Our government is bankrupting bunny businesses.
    Un-bee-leev-uh-bull.

    Well, thank goodness. I thought this had something to do with Hugh Hefner

  55. Tedtam Avatar

    #27 Bone

    I’m sticking The Big O, or TBO for short. I like it because as long as he’s around, someone’s getting screwed, and he’s the only one enjoying it. Well, him and his band of merry muggers. Him, his band of merry muggers, and their cronies. Him, his band of merry mugger, their cronies, and all the hands-out gang.

  56. Tedtam Avatar

    #27 Bone
    I’m sticking The Big O, or TBO for short. I like it because as long as he’s around, someone’s getting screwed, and he’s the only one enjoying it. Well, him and his band of merry muggers. Him, his band of merry muggers, and their cronies. Him, his band of merry mugger, their cronies, and all the hands-out gang.

  57. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I’m sticking The Big O, or TBO for short. I like it because as long as he’s around, someone’s getting screwed, and he’s the only one enjoying it. Well, him and his band of merry muggers. Him, his band of merry muggers, and their cronies. Him, his band of merry mugger, their cronies, and all the hands-out gang and the Egyptians, Hamas, Fatah—–.

    Dang, not sure if I can fix the whole thing.

  58. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I’m sticking The Big O, or TBO for short. I like it because as long as he’s around, someone’s getting screwed, and he’s the only one enjoying it. Well, him and his band of merry muggers. Him, his band of merry muggers, and their cronies. Him, his band of merry mugger, their cronies, and all the hands-out gang and the Egyptians, Hamas, Fatah—–.

    Dang, not sure if I can fix the whole thing.

  59. Katfish Avatar

    I’m sticking with Passion Fingers, or PF for short.

    There’s always the alternate of TOWBWF.

  60. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I’m sticking with Passion Fingers, or PF for short.
    There’s always the alternate of TOWBWF.

  61. Tedtam Avatar

    Crap – Firefox just crashed on me as I tried to save an image to a pictures folder.

    Any ideas, anyone?

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    Crap – Firefox just crashed on me as I tried to save an image to a pictures folder.
    Any ideas, anyone?

  63. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Try it again 😉

  64. Hamous Avatar

    Try it again 😉

  65. Tedtam Avatar

    #33 Hammy

    ha
    ha
    ha
    >:|

  66. Tedtam Avatar

    #33 Hammy
    ha
    ha
    ha
    >:|

  67. Katfish Avatar

    reboot

    turn it off, then back on

  68. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    reboot
    turn it off, then back on

  69. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ll try it later. I have to get some work done right now. Hopefully none of it will involve the processing of images. /glowers

  70. Tedtam Avatar

    I’ll try it later. I have to get some work done right now. Hopefully none of it will involve the processing of images. /glowers

  71. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Bionic Man? Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment.

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man left paralyzed after a car accident was able to stand and take steps after electrical stimulation of his spinal cord in what researchers described as a breakthrough in treating such devastating injuries.

    Rob Summers, a 25-year-old former college baseball pitcher, can also move his hips, knees, ankles and toes — and has regained some bladder and sexual functionality, researchers said on Thursday.

  72. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Bionic Man? Paralyzed man stands, steps after spine treatment.

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man left paralyzed after a car accident was able to stand and take steps after electrical stimulation of his spinal cord in what researchers described as a breakthrough in treating such devastating injuries.
    Rob Summers, a 25-year-old former college baseball pitcher, can also move his hips, knees, ankles and toes — and has regained some bladder and sexual functionality, researchers said on Thursday.

  73. Tedtam Avatar

    #37 Super

    That’s awesome. I hope the treatment can be refined for better treatment!

  74. Tedtam Avatar

    #37 Super
    That’s awesome. I hope the treatment can be refined for better treatment!

  75. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Yankee Ingenuity.

    The truck, owned by Grafton County, caught fire May 12 just outside Hatchland Farms, which Hatch owns. The closest a fire truck could get to it would have been about 1,000 feet away, Hatch said.

    “The fields were very wet,” he said. “We were very limited on how we were going to put this out.”

    Hatch and others at the fire tried to use several hand-held extinguishers. No good.

    So he called the dispatch center and told them not to send a truck. A 25-year veteran of the fire department, he said he would handle it himself. He also told them how he was going to do it, by drowning the fire in liquified cow poop sprayed out of the back of a wheeled storage tank pulled there by a tractor.

    There’s a video linked in the story.

    It didn’t hit the fan, but only because it was too hot to raise the hood.

  76. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Yankee Ingenuity.

    The truck, owned by Grafton County, caught fire May 12 just outside Hatchland Farms, which Hatch owns. The closest a fire truck could get to it would have been about 1,000 feet away, Hatch said.
    “The fields were very wet,” he said. “We were very limited on how we were going to put this out.”
    Hatch and others at the fire tried to use several hand-held extinguishers. No good.
    So he called the dispatch center and told them not to send a truck. A 25-year veteran of the fire department, he said he would handle it himself. He also told them how he was going to do it, by drowning the fire in liquified cow poop sprayed out of the back of a wheeled storage tank pulled there by a tractor.

    There’s a video linked in the story.
    It didn’t hit the fan, but only because it was too hot to raise the hood.

  77. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 ST

    you missed the part that the atheists are gonna eat the pets

    Aargghh, you made me look! (I went back and reread your link.) I still say it is good news. 🙂

  78. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #23 ST

    you missed the part that the atheists are gonna eat the pets

    Aargghh, you made me look! (I went back and reread your link.) I still say it is good news. 🙂

  79. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Bones

    This could be shortened to: OBH

    Hey, it’s also Obammy’s initials turned bassackwards…

    I like “Obammy” which I think I picked up from Squawk in LST times — it is maximum offensive & disrespectful, somehow.

  80. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Bones

    This could be shortened to: OBH

    Hey, it’s also Obammy’s initials turned bassackwards…
    I like “Obammy” which I think I picked up from Squawk in LST times — it is maximum offensive & disrespectful, somehow.

  81. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    I like this idea regarding Liberals.

    Ms. Harper….. 😈 /puts self into corner

  82. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I like this idea regarding Liberals.
    Ms. Harper….. 😈 /puts self into corner

  83. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #43 Sarge

    Rin Tin Tin gears up.

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

  84. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #43 Sarge

    Rin Tin Tin gears up.

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

  85. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    mharper42

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

    He’s tethered to his master via a harness.

  86. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    mharper42

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

    He’s tethered to his master via a harness.

  87. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #44 ST

    Ms. Harper….. :twisted smily here /puts self into corner

    Well, ok — as long as you admit you were bad…

  88. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #44 ST

    Ms. Harper….. :twisted smily here /puts self into corner

    Well, ok — as long as you admit you were bad…

  89. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

    Not knowing form sure, I’d say Dave’s answer makes the most sense. The dog would lack the aptitude and ability to steer the chute after being deployed and thus would likely not land anywhere near his master or anyplace else that would do anybody any good.

    Of course, that assumes we’re not implanting control chips in their heads——

  90. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    This reminds me, I didn’t ask when we had the “Dogs of War” thread, but how does the parachute for the dog get deployed after he jumps from the plane?

    Not knowing form sure, I’d say Dave’s answer makes the most sense. The dog would lack the aptitude and ability to steer the chute after being deployed and thus would likely not land anywhere near his master or anyplace else that would do anybody any good.
    Of course, that assumes we’re not implanting control chips in their heads——

  91. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47, 49

    I don’t think so, go back and look at Pyro’s photo on Sat May 7, hopefully this link will go straight to it:

    https://www.hamous.org/?p=1995

    I do not see any linkage between the man and the dog who have just exited the plane.

  92. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47, 49
    I don’t think so, go back and look at Pyro’s photo on Sat May 7, hopefully this link will go straight to it:
    https://www.hamous.org/?p=1995
    I do not see any linkage between the man and the dog who have just exited the plane.

  93. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Doesn’t look like they’re parachuting in those pics. I think they’re just jumping in the water.

  94. Hamous Avatar

    Doesn’t look like they’re parachuting in those pics. I think they’re just jumping in the water.

  95. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    In olden times they would yell “Geronimo!” Apparently that’s no longer allowed.

  96. Hamous Avatar

    In olden times they would yell “Geronimo!” Apparently that’s no longer allowed.

  97. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I had a blind friend who used to parachute with his seeing I dog. I asked him how he knew he was about to hit the ground.

    He said it’s easy. The leash goes slack.

    🙂

  98. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I had a blind friend who used to parachute with his seeing I dog. I asked him how he knew he was about to hit the ground.
    He said it’s easy. The leash goes slack.
    🙂

  99. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 Hammy

    just jumping in the water.

    Yeah, you’re right, I took it for hazy cloud cover or something…

    Can all dogs swim? Or do they have to be taught?

  100. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 Hammy

    just jumping in the water.

    Yeah, you’re right, I took it for hazy cloud cover or something…
    Can all dogs swim? Or do they have to be taught?

  101. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Doesn’t look like they’re parachuting in those pics. I think they’re just jumping in the water.

    Notice the “Mae West” the dog is wearing, and no Chute.
    Here’s a good Pix
    And another.

  102. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Doesn’t look like they’re parachuting in those pics. I think they’re just jumping in the water.

    Notice the “Mae West” the dog is wearing, and no Chute.
    Here’s a good Pix
    And another.

  103. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #55 Dave
    Hey, who says you can’t strap a cat to your waist and parachute into Afcrapistan? Although I wil admit that house cats don’t make good soldiers. 🙂

    Good pix, clarifies how it is done.

  104. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #55 Dave
    Hey, who says you can’t strap a cat to your waist and parachute into Afcrapistan? Although I wil admit that house cats don’t make good soldiers. 🙂
    Good pix, clarifies how it is done.

  105. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    And speaking of Mae West PFD’s here’s a nice example. 😀

  106. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    And speaking of Mae West PFD’s here’s a nice example. 😀

  107. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I just looked at the website for the dog gear to get a look at the prices.

    Looks like Scout is gonna keep using the saddle pack he already has.

    Dang.

    I was so looking forward to having a tacticool dog.

  108. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I just looked at the website for the dog gear to get a look at the prices.
    Looks like Scout is gonna keep using the saddle pack he already has.
    Dang.
    I was so looking forward to having a tacticool dog.

  109. meglettx Avatar

    I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m making my party plans starting at 6:00pm tomorrow and going thru till October, according to the Rapture Dude.

    Best I can figure, although I’ve accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior, I’m thinking he might hit the “REJECT’ button when my number comes up tomorrow evening at 6:00.

    I suspect it’s going to be a giant drug and alcohol addled, modern day Sodom & Gomorrah tomorrow after 6:00pm till October for the folks that are left here on Earth.

    Anybody know what the line on this gig is? Mebbe I could put a little jack on the line just in case the Rapture Dude is off on his rapture cipherin’.

  110. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m making my party plans starting at 6:00pm tomorrow and going thru till October, according to the Rapture Dude.
    Best I can figure, although I’ve accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior, I’m thinking he might hit the “REJECT’ button when my number comes up tomorrow evening at 6:00.
    I suspect it’s going to be a giant drug and alcohol addled, modern day Sodom & Gomorrah tomorrow after 6:00pm till October for the folks that are left here on Earth.
    Anybody know what the line on this gig is? Mebbe I could put a little jack on the line just in case the Rapture Dude is off on his rapture cipherin’.

  111. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    #63 Lowrents: Duuuuude. I’ll be left behind and forced to eat the pets that folks paid me to take care of. *don’t tell them, though* Also, the looting starts promptly at 6:15pm. It’s kinda awkward to start looting before then, doncha think? Didn’t you get the memo?

  112. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #63 Lowrents: Duuuuude. I’ll be left behind and forced to eat the pets that folks paid me to take care of. *don’t tell them, though* Also, the looting starts promptly at 6:15pm. It’s kinda awkward to start looting before then, doncha think? Didn’t you get the memo?

  113. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    In recognition of Endangered Species Day, here are a few of Texas’ rare critters. Loss of habitat is the biggest problem for wildlife. More at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/endang/index.phtml

    Hammie, the Houston Toad is on the list but not that desert lizard. Go figger…..Also, I had no clue there was a day set aside for endangered species. Guess after 6pm tomorrow they ALL will be on the list. I wonder how many desert lizards I can eat in one sitting…..

  114. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    In recognition of Endangered Species Day, here are a few of Texas’ rare critters. Loss of habitat is the biggest problem for wildlife. More at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/endang/index.phtml
    Hammie, the Houston Toad is on the list but not that desert lizard. Go figger…..Also, I had no clue there was a day set aside for endangered species. Guess after 6pm tomorrow they ALL will be on the list. I wonder how many desert lizards I can eat in one sitting…..

  115. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    Off to Moonshine Hill to eat a freshly killed gator. FTR: It ain’t roadkill. It was on my friends property and died of shock. Yeah, shock. That’s the ticket.

  116. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Off to Moonshine Hill to eat a freshly killed gator. FTR: It ain’t roadkill. It was on my friends property and died of shock. Yeah, shock. That’s the ticket.

  117. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    It was on my friends property and died of shock. Yeah, shock. That’s the ticket.

    I’d be inclined to think the gator died of Lead Posioning. 😉

  118. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It was on my friends property and died of shock. Yeah, shock. That’s the ticket.

    I’d be inclined to think the gator died of Lead Posioning. 😉

  119. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    62
    I saw Carolyn play for about an hour one night late on PBS. She’s a true virtuoso.

  120. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    62
    I saw Carolyn play for about an hour one night late on PBS. She’s a true virtuoso.

  121. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I saw Carolyn play for about an hour one night late on PBS. She’s a true virtuoso.

    Saw her open for BB King last year. A true Texas treasure.

    Liberal as the day is long, but there’s no denyin’ the talent

  122. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I saw Carolyn play for about an hour one night late on PBS. She’s a true virtuoso.

    Saw her open for BB King last year. A true Texas treasure.
    Liberal as the day is long, but there’s no denyin’ the talent

  123. meglettx Avatar

    #64. At 6:01, first up in the crosshairs:

    CAT – THE OTHER WHITE MEAT

    As far as looting goes, as far as I’m concerned, everything’s on the table at 6:01. That gives my posse 15 minutes on the professionals if they’re waitin’ till 6:15.

    Whooohooooo, GOOD TIMES!

  124. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    #64. At 6:01, first up in the crosshairs:
    CAT – THE OTHER WHITE MEAT
    As far as looting goes, as far as I’m concerned, everything’s on the table at 6:01. That gives my posse 15 minutes on the professionals if they’re waitin’ till 6:15.
    Whooohooooo, GOOD TIMES!

  125. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Can’t see the video but I assume y’all are talking about Carolyn Wonderland. She played for free at Discovery Green yesterday.

  126. Hamous Avatar

    Can’t see the video but I assume y’all are talking about Carolyn Wonderland. She played for free at Discovery Green yesterday.

  127. meglettx Avatar

    Soon as we get dinner out of the way Saturday at 6:01, the NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star Race comes on after that.

    Corona Chillin’, Cat Killin’ & Grillin’, & NASCAR – Man, it don’t get no better than that!

  128. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    Soon as we get dinner out of the way Saturday at 6:01, the NASCAR Sprint Cup All Star Race comes on after that.
    Corona Chillin’, Cat Killin’ & Grillin’, & NASCAR – Man, it don’t get no better than that!

  129. Tedtam Avatar

    Another case of Napoleon and his friends getting special treatment.

    I don’t think the jackass is the appropriate mascot for the Democrat party.

  130. Tedtam Avatar

    Another case of Napoleon and his friends getting special treatment.
    I don’t think the jackass is the appropriate mascot for the Democrat party.

  131. Hamous Avatar

    Gear Jammer. If you are road-trippin, this is the one to get you started.

  132. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Gear Jammer. If you are road-trippin, this is the one to get you started.

  133. Hamous Avatar

    #66 Southern Princess: Were you able to save the hide? Hopefully you did not skin it like a deer (cut up through the belly) ccuz the belly is the valuable part of the gator, ya gotta cut along the back. I learnt that watching Swam People on History channel.

  134. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #66 Southern Princess: Were you able to save the hide? Hopefully you did not skin it like a deer (cut up through the belly) ccuz the belly is the valuable part of the gator, ya gotta cut along the back. I learnt that watching Swam People on History channel.

  135. Hamous Avatar

    #77 TT: Very cool, lets just hope he puts that much effort into the marriage in 10, 20 years down the road.
    When I proposed to Mrs. Bonecrusher, she was on my treatment table and I had my elbow dug in her backside.

  136. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #77 TT: Very cool, lets just hope he puts that much effort into the marriage in 10, 20 years down the road.
    When I proposed to Mrs. Bonecrusher, she was on my treatment table and I had my elbow dug in her backside.

  137. Tedtam Avatar

    #78 Bonecrusher

    I’m assuming that “elbow” is not code for some other body part, right? 😉

  138. Tedtam Avatar

    #78 Bonecrusher
    I’m assuming that “elbow” is not code for some other body part, right? 😉

  139. Hamous Avatar

    No code – you dirty minded woman (not that there’s any thing wrong with that). Elbow – that thingie between you shoulder and your hand that you can not stick in your own ear.

  140. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    No code – you dirty minded woman (not that there’s any thing wrong with that). Elbow – that thingie between you shoulder and your hand that you can not stick in your own ear.

  141. Tedtam Avatar

    Okay, how many just tried to stick their elbow in their ear?

  142. Tedtam Avatar

    Okay, how many just tried to stick their elbow in their ear?

  143. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Just the Aggies.

  144. meglettx Avatar

    I don’t really understand why the Jews are confused when it comes to Obama.

    My message to the Jews:

    “What part of Marxist MUSLIM Mulatto don’t you understand?”

    The man said in his book that he would “side with the mooslim community every time.”

    When you start with the premise that he’s a mooslim, everything else becomes perfectly clear.

  145. Lawrence Avatar
    Lawrence

    I don’t really understand why the Jews are confused when it comes to Obama.
    My message to the Jews:
    “What part of Marxist MUSLIM Mulatto don’t you understand?”
    The man said in his book that he would “side with the mooslim community every time.”
    When you start with the premise that he’s a mooslim, everything else becomes perfectly clear.

  146. Hamous Avatar

    Unbelievable talent! The swirly blob leaves after about 45 seconds and returns for about the last 30; the man is a virtuoso and never really got the credit. Well worth the watch.

  147. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Unbelievable talent! The swirly blob leaves after about 45 seconds and returns for about the last 30; the man is a virtuoso and never really got the credit. Well worth the watch.

  148. Tedtam Avatar

    Wagon – you never did explain how you got the monicker “Passion Fingers” for TBO. ‘splain please?

  149. Tedtam Avatar

    Wagon – you never did explain how you got the monicker “Passion Fingers” for TBO. ‘splain please?

  150. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Elbow – that thingie between you shoulder and your hand that you can not stick in your own ear.

    My right elbow’s inverted and I can stick it in my ear with little effort. So speak for yourself, weirdo. 😉

  151. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Elbow – that thingie between you shoulder and your hand that you can not stick in your own ear.

    My right elbow’s inverted and I can stick it in my ear with little effort. So speak for yourself, weirdo. 😉

  152. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Having declared himself on the side of the demonstrators and no longer the defender of the status quo, many of the participants in the Arab Street will ask Obama to make his bones. And the only way President Obama can prove that he’s on their side is to throw one or two dictators their way. The Bush plan would be to throw Khamenei and Assad to the crowds first. But that appears to be off the table, because he wants to talk to them, so in the Obama variation the alternative appears to be giving only America’s allies in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel, the heave-ho. When it is too hard to ditch your enemies, ditch those who trusted you.

    Snip

    President Obama’s words are not just speeches. They communicate policy. They set wheels in motion, if not in American bureaucracies, then elsewhere in the world where listeners react to them and make plans of their own. They can create a momentum that must either be seen through or lead to bust. He may be gone from office in several years, but the consequences of his words will outlive his term. Will there be a new Middle East, with all its minorities and confessions living in relative harmony? Or will it be bust?

    Excellent words from Richard Fernandez.
    Hold That Tiger

  153. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In doing his balancing act on Israeli and Palestinian fears and hostility, he says this:

    “I’m convinced that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians would rather look to the future than be trapped in the past….We see it in the actions of a Palestinian who lost three daughters to Israeli shells in Gaza. `I have the right to feel angry,’ he said. `So many people were expecting me to hate. My answer to them is I shall not hate. Let us hope,’ he said, `for tomorrow.’”

    That’s genuinely touching. But in the specific case Obama cites — that of Izzedin Abuelaish on January 16, 2009 — there is strong reason to believe that the three girls were killed because of Hamas, that is Palestinian, actions.

    According to an official Israeli inquiry, Hamas snipers on the roof of their five-story building were shooting at Israeli soldiers. The tank returned fire. In addition, though, the investigation could not rule out the possibility that the girls were killed by an explosion of explosives and ammunition being stored in the building by Hamas or even by fire from Hamas forces.

    In other words, the president took an incident where the cause was unclear and blamed Israel for it. And of course the tragic deaths of these girls took place because the United States did nothing to help prevent Hamas from taking over the Gaza Strip and then Hamas broke a ceasefire and attacked Israel.

    Emphasis mine.

    Obama Middle East Speech: A Big and Revealing Mistake That Nobody Has Noticed

    And that tells us what we need to know: President Obama and his colleagues don’t get the facts straight and tend to blame Israel. In other words, Obama counterposed the reaction of an Israeli father whose son was murdered by Palestinian terrorists to that of a Palestinian father whose daughters were murdered by or because of the actions of…Palestinian terrorists.

  154. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In doing his balancing act on Israeli and Palestinian fears and hostility, he says this:

    “I’m convinced that the majority of Israelis and Palestinians would rather look to the future than be trapped in the past….We see it in the actions of a Palestinian who lost three daughters to Israeli shells in Gaza. `I have the right to feel angry,’ he said. `So many people were expecting me to hate. My answer to them is I shall not hate. Let us hope,’ he said, `for tomorrow.’”

    That’s genuinely touching. But in the specific case Obama cites — that of Izzedin Abuelaish on January 16, 2009 — there is strong reason to believe that the three girls were killed because of Hamas, that is Palestinian, actions.
    According to an official Israeli inquiry, Hamas snipers on the roof of their five-story building were shooting at Israeli soldiers. The tank returned fire. In addition, though, the investigation could not rule out the possibility that the girls were killed by an explosion of explosives and ammunition being stored in the building by Hamas or even by fire from Hamas forces.
    In other words, the president took an incident where the cause was unclear and blamed Israel for it. And of course the tragic deaths of these girls took place because the United States did nothing to help prevent Hamas from taking over the Gaza Strip and then Hamas broke a ceasefire and attacked Israel.

    Emphasis mine.
    Obama Middle East Speech: A Big and Revealing Mistake That Nobody Has Noticed

    And that tells us what we need to know: President Obama and his colleagues don’t get the facts straight and tend to blame Israel. In other words, Obama counterposed the reaction of an Israeli father whose son was murdered by Palestinian terrorists to that of a Palestinian father whose daughters were murdered by or because of the actions of…Palestinian terrorists.

  155. phil Avatar
    phil

    How the MSNBC Straw Haired Spitter now sees the love of his life, Obumma.

    In case you missed it.

  156. phil Avatar
    phil

    How the MSNBC Straw Haired Spitter now sees the love of his life, Obumma.
    In case you missed it.

  157. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In an effort to satisfy those arguing he needs to seek congressional authorization to continue US military activity in accordance with the War Powers Resolution, President Obama wrote a letter to congressional leaders this afternoon suggesting that the role is now so “limited” he does not need to seek congressional approval.

    “Since April 4,” the president wrote, “U.S. participation has consisted of: (1) non-kinetic support to the NATO-led operation, including intelligence, logistical support, and search and rescue assistance; (2) aircraft that have assisted in the suppression and destruction of air defenses in support of the no-fly zone; and (3) since April 23, precision strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against a limited set of clearly defined targets in support of the NATO-led coalition’s efforts.”

    A senior administration official told ABC News that the letter is intended to describe “a narrow US effort that is intermittent and principally an effort to support to support the ongoing NATO-led and UN-authorized civilian support mission and no fly zone.”

    Emphasis mine.

    In other words, NATO has equivalent authority as the US Constitution and the US Congress if the president determines that the US involvement is sufficiently limited? I wonder if Micheal Medved will say this is disastrous but Obama isn’t intentionally destorying (by undermining it) constitutional authority.

  158. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    In an effort to satisfy those arguing he needs to seek congressional authorization to continue US military activity in accordance with the War Powers Resolution, President Obama wrote a letter to congressional leaders this afternoon suggesting that the role is now so “limited” he does not need to seek congressional approval.
    “Since April 4,” the president wrote, “U.S. participation has consisted of: (1) non-kinetic support to the NATO-led operation, including intelligence, logistical support, and search and rescue assistance; (2) aircraft that have assisted in the suppression and destruction of air defenses in support of the no-fly zone; and (3) since April 23, precision strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against a limited set of clearly defined targets in support of the NATO-led coalition’s efforts.”
    A senior administration official told ABC News that the letter is intended to describe “a narrow US effort that is intermittent and principally an effort to support to support the ongoing NATO-led and UN-authorized civilian support mission and no fly zone.”

    Emphasis mine.
    In other words, NATO has equivalent authority as the US Constitution and the US Congress if the president determines that the US involvement is sufficiently limited? I wonder if Micheal Medved will say this is disastrous but Obama isn’t intentionally destorying (by undermining it) constitutional authority.

  159. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #89 Phil – When I think of Barry and Chrissy Poo I think of this song.

  160. Hamous Avatar

    #89 Phil – When I think of Barry and Chrissy Poo I think of this song.

  161. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #89 phil
    Good post. The Breitbart comments are unamimously scathing. My favorite:

    I can see that. If Batman was a inexperienced, Self-important, narcissistic, egotistical, incompetent moron.

  162. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #89 phil
    Good post. The Breitbart comments are unamimously scathing. My favorite:

    I can see that. If Batman was a inexperienced, Self-important, narcissistic, egotistical, incompetent moron.

  163. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I am wondering whether to lurk a bit longer tonight to see if Tim is out there hoping to own #100…

  164. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I am wondering whether to lurk a bit longer tonight to see if Tim is out there hoping to own #100…

  165. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Maybe I can give him some set-ups to make it easier, then we can all get a good night’s sleep. 🙂

  166. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Maybe I can give him some set-ups to make it easier, then we can all get a good night’s sleep. 🙂

  167. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Cue the Jaws theme music.

    TIM tim TIM tim TIM tim

  168. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Cue the Jaws theme music.
    TIM tim TIM tim TIM tim

  169. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Aw, looks like I have to do all the heavy liftin’

  170. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Aw, looks like I have to do all the heavy liftin’

  171. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woman’s work is never done.

  172. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Woman’s work is never done.

  173. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    This is going to be tricky and I hope I’m not wasting my time.

  174. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    This is going to be tricky and I hope I’m not wasting my time.

  175. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I promise I will not INTENTIONALLY take 100…

  176. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I promise I will not INTENTIONALLY take 100…

  177. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    OK, I lied. Goodnight all.

  178. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    OK, I lied. Goodnight all.

  179. phil Avatar
    phil

    91
    Hamous

    I could see him lip syncing to that song on his show as he tries to pass it off as hard nosed journalism. 🙂

  180. phil Avatar
    phil

    91
    Hamous
    I could see him lip syncing to that song on his show as he tries to pass it off as hard nosed journalism. 🙂

  181. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    Corona Chillin’, Cat Killin’ & Grillin’, & NASCAR – Man, it don’t get no better than that!

    Yeppers. Amongst a few others. My belly is full.

    Ms. Harper? LOL! I lubs ya, babe! Thanks for taking a hit for the team. 🙂

  182. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Corona Chillin’, Cat Killin’ & Grillin’, & NASCAR – Man, it don’t get no better than that!

    Yeppers. Amongst a few others. My belly is full.
    Ms. Harper? LOL! I lubs ya, babe! Thanks for taking a hit for the team. 🙂

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