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No wonder the President of the United States and his propaganda ministers have had to resort to bald-faced lying to try and rally his base of Marxists. With 21 days to go before election day the GOP has 211 safe, likely or leaning House seats. 218 are needed to take control. There are 39 seats listed as a toss-up. Do you think the GOP can take seven out of those 39? Heh. I guess you can see November from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue too.


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  1. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    First of all, let’s talk about fuel economy. In August of last year, we heard GM’s then-CEO Fritz Henderson claimed with all the marketing might it could muster at a Detroit-area press event, that the Chevy Volt would get 230 MPG in city driving conditions. Now, as the Volt’s being tested by the auto trade press, we’re seeing some surprisingly low fuel economy figures amid the expected lavish praise buff books are heaping upon the Volt.

    Let’s see what they’ve found out. Popular Mechanics saw just 37.5 MPG in city driving…

    Since the Volt was first unveiled as a concept car, GM engineers, public relations staff and executives have all claimed adamantly that the internal combustion engine did not motivate the wheels. If that were the case then the Volt would be nothing more than a very advanced hybrid. Even as late into the development cycle as this June, we were told the only drivetrain that motivated the wheels was the electric one…

    It turns out that’s not correct. We’re now told by Volt’s engineering team that when the Volt’s lithium-ion battery pack runs down and at speeds near or above 70 mph the Volt’s gasoline engine will directly drive the front wheels along with the electric motors.

    Oops.

    LINK

  2. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    First of all, let’s talk about fuel economy. In August of last year, we heard GM’s then-CEO Fritz Henderson claimed with all the marketing might it could muster at a Detroit-area press event, that the Chevy Volt would get 230 MPG in city driving conditions. Now, as the Volt’s being tested by the auto trade press, we’re seeing some surprisingly low fuel economy figures amid the expected lavish praise buff books are heaping upon the Volt.

    Let’s see what they’ve found out. Popular Mechanics saw just 37.5 MPG in city driving…

    Since the Volt was first unveiled as a concept car, GM engineers, public relations staff and executives have all claimed adamantly that the internal combustion engine did not motivate the wheels. If that were the case then the Volt would be nothing more than a very advanced hybrid. Even as late into the development cycle as this June, we were told the only drivetrain that motivated the wheels was the electric one…

    It turns out that’s not correct. We’re now told by Volt’s engineering team that when the Volt’s lithium-ion battery pack runs down and at speeds near or above 70 mph the Volt’s gasoline engine will directly drive the front wheels along with the electric motors.

    Oops.

    LINK

  3. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Looks like he’s hat in hand. And looks like cigarette in the other hand. I still say the Che Doofus caricature looks like Alan Colmes.

  4. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Looks like he’s hat in hand. And looks like cigarette in the other hand. I still say the Che Doofus caricature looks like Alan Colmes.

  5. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #1

    Can’t wait to see my 1st Volt driver.

  6. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #1

    Can’t wait to see my 1st Volt driver.

  7. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    I haven’t developed much of an interest in the mid-terms. I’m surprised the pubbies don’t have already have majorities completely locked up. But on the other hand, they’re not running for office on a well defined or even plausible platform. They’re just running against Obama. (Nothing new there I guess.)

    And then there’s a few candidates out there that while entertaining, are just plain nuts. For example, they might as well have put the Delaware senate seat in a gift wrapped box with a big bow on the top and delivered to it the DNC. The cute and kooky Christine O’Donnel is unqualified, inexperienced, as doesn’t stand much of a chance.

    Nevada’s Harry Reid should have been a slam dunk for the pubs. Thanks to Sharron Angle, he has a shot at keeping the seat.

  8. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    I haven’t developed much of an interest in the mid-terms. I’m surprised the pubbies don’t have already have majorities completely locked up. But on the other hand, they’re not running for office on a well defined or even plausible platform. They’re just running against Obama. (Nothing new there I guess.)

    And then there’s a few candidates out there that while entertaining, are just plain nuts. For example, they might as well have put the Delaware senate seat in a gift wrapped box with a big bow on the top and delivered to it the DNC. The cute and kooky Christine O’Donnel is unqualified, inexperienced, as doesn’t stand much of a chance.

    Nevada’s Harry Reid should have been a slam dunk for the pubs. Thanks to Sharron Angle, he has a shot at keeping the seat.

  9. Katfish Avatar

    Bears with bongs! Denny’s restaurants packed at all hours! Stoners tying up traffic! Beer sales plummet!

    See what will happen if Prop. 19 passes.

  10. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Bears with bongs! Denny’s restaurants packed at all hours! Stoners tying up traffic! Beer sales plummet!

    See what will happen if Prop. 19 passes.

  11. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Possibly the largest swing election since the 1800’s and it’s a knock on us it’s not bigger. Aighty then.

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun, the nuttier the candidate, the bigger smear in the face…. to all the ruling class.

  12. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Possibly the largest swing election since the 1800’s and it’s a knock on us it’s not bigger. Aighty then.

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun, the nuttier the candidate, the bigger smear in the face…. to all the ruling class.

  13. Katfish Avatar

    The Chilean miners are fighting over who will be the last to be rescued. I wonder how many have a wife and a girlfriend?

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The Chilean miners are fighting over who will be the last to be rescued. I wonder how many have a wife and a girlfriend?

  15. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun

    Bobby’s a “don’t rain on me and tell me your peeing” kind of guy.

  16. Hamous Avatar

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun

    Bobby’s a “don’t rain on me and tell me your peeing” kind of guy.

  17. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    So am I a racist if today’s OC picture of the prez reminds me of Clint BLACK?

    On the voting front, I am still trying to get a ballot. I know I am going to pay through the nose to get my ballot back to Ft. Bend County in time. Don’t put all the blame on the county. I am guilty of procrastination this time.

  18. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    So am I a racist if today’s OC picture of the prez reminds me of Clint BLACK?

    On the voting front, I am still trying to get a ballot. I know I am going to pay through the nose to get my ballot back to Ft. Bend County in time. Don’t put all the blame on the county. I am guilty of procrastination this time.

  19. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    So am I a racist if today’s OC picture of the prez reminds me of Clint BLACK?

    Am I a racist if it reminds me of Deadwood Dick?

  20. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    So am I a racist if today’s OC picture of the prez reminds me of Clint BLACK?

    Am I a racist if it reminds me of Deadwood Dick?

  21. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all

    TexMo and Sarge-you were racist before you made the comment which would make you remain one, so there the answer C-all of the above.

    ducks/covers head and gonads

  22. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all

    TexMo and Sarge-you were racist before you made the comment which would make you remain one, so there the answer C-all of the above.

    ducks/covers head and gonads

  23. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    They sure don’t give Obama any respect. Prostitutes get more respect than Obama

    No one ever walked up four flights of stairs at three in the morning to see him.

  24. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    They sure don’t give Obama any respect. Prostitutes get more respect than Obama

    No one ever walked up four flights of stairs at three in the morning to see him.

  25. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #7 GJT

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun, the nuttier the candidate, the bigger smear in the face…. to all the ruling class.

    I’m having a blast with the nutty candidates. My most recent spoof news piece on Ms. O’Donnell received more first day reads than any other article I’ve submitted there. (I’d include a linkie, but it might make Hammie get his panties in a knot.)

    btw, Only gay guys call me Bobby, but gals can call me anything, anytime.

  26. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #7 GJT

    C’mon bobby, have a little fun, the nuttier the candidate, the bigger smear in the face…. to all the ruling class.

    I’m having a blast with the nutty candidates. My most recent spoof news piece on Ms. O’Donnell received more first day reads than any other article I’ve submitted there. (I’d include a linkie, but it might make Hammie get his panties in a knot.)

    btw, Only gay guys call me Bobby, but gals can call me anything, anytime.

  27. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Ooh. Now I’m really mad. I mean really, really mad. Bobby uses Izzy’s trick and insinuates I’m homosexual because all the smart enlightened and tolerant people know that’s the worst thing you can do to an ignant homophobe like me. Ooh, I’m so mad. If I were wearing panties they’d be all knotted up I’m so mad. Wow, I’m steaming! The only thing I can do now is go do some good old-fashioned queer-bashing. /sarc

    Ya doesn’t hasta call me Johnson:

  28. Hamous Avatar

    Ooh. Now I’m really mad. I mean really, really mad. Bobby uses Izzy’s trick and insinuates I’m homosexual because all the smart enlightened and tolerant people know that’s the worst thing you can do to an ignant homophobe like me. Ooh, I’m so mad. If I were wearing panties they’d be all knotted up I’m so mad. Wow, I’m steaming! The only thing I can do now is go do some good old-fashioned queer-bashing. /sarc

    Ya doesn’t hasta call me Johnson:

  29. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    What, no hit count comparison of hamous.org and your satirical masterpieces, Bobby?

  30. Hamous Avatar

    What, no hit count comparison of hamous.org and your satirical masterpieces, Bobby?

  31. Tedtam Avatar

    #9 Wagonburner

    I’ve forwarded those on to Lovely Daughter. Since AB’s an engineer, I can see him doing something like this. 😉

  32. Tedtam Avatar

    #9 Wagonburner

    I’ve forwarded those on to Lovely Daughter. Since AB’s an engineer, I can see him doing something like this. 😉

  33. Katfish Avatar

    #18 crazy aunt
    You might have email.

  34. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #18 crazy aunt
    You might have email.

  35. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    16/17 Lighten up Francis. Ask your doctor if Thorazine might be right for you. 😉

    Re: stats. Naturally I don’t have access to information regarding traffic here, but I could make a fairly educated guess. If you’d really like the stats on my stuff, I’ll share them. But I don’t think you do.

    Our parasitical political industry is so screwed up, sometimes the best you can do is laugh at it, so I do. I certainly like the fact that a good handful of folks get a grin out of my satire, but I enjoy the act of creating it too.

    I recall that I was sitting here sipping a brew one evening when the Sarah Palin dream article came to my weird mind. I banged the piece out quickly. It took about 30 minutes from conception, to flesh out, to delivery. It was truly a labor of love. When the phrase “wall hung antlers” hit my brain it resulted in a massive beer spew.

    Knock me if you like, but I’m having fun, and do enjoy our interactions here. In some ways, they are the stuff that satire is made of and a lot of you folks are pretty darn funny yourselves.

  36. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    16/17 Lighten up Francis. Ask your doctor if Thorazine might be right for you. 😉

    Re: stats. Naturally I don’t have access to information regarding traffic here, but I could make a fairly educated guess. If you’d really like the stats on my stuff, I’ll share them. But I don’t think you do.

    Our parasitical political industry is so screwed up, sometimes the best you can do is laugh at it, so I do. I certainly like the fact that a good handful of folks get a grin out of my satire, but I enjoy the act of creating it too.

    I recall that I was sitting here sipping a brew one evening when the Sarah Palin dream article came to my weird mind. I banged the piece out quickly. It took about 30 minutes from conception, to flesh out, to delivery. It was truly a labor of love. When the phrase “wall hung antlers” hit my brain it resulted in a massive beer spew.

    Knock me if you like, but I’m having fun, and do enjoy our interactions here. In some ways, they are the stuff that satire is made of and a lot of you folks are pretty darn funny yourselves.

  37. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hey here is a story about something that we have seen first hand in Texas the past 20 years.REDISTRICTING and will the minority go MIA like they did the last time? Or will we end up with more of this 2003 garbage

  38. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hey here is a story about something that we have seen first hand in Texas the past 20 years.REDISTRICTING and will the minority go MIA like they did the last time? Or will we end up with more of this 2003 garbage

  39. Katfish Avatar

    Ask your doctor if Thorazine might be right for you.

    Isn’t that what Titan II ICBM’s used for fuel?

  40. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Ask your doctor if Thorazine might be right for you.

    Isn’t that what Titan II ICBM’s used for fuel?

  41. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #22 You’re close. The Later versions of the Titan family used hydrazine with nitrogen tetroxide as an oxidizer. Thorazine is used to treat schizophrenia.

    Speaking of Titans, if anyone finds themselves in the Tucson area, there’s a Titan silo turned museum ~15 miles south of town. It’s worth the drive. Most of the volunteer guides are people who worked at active sites in the past.

  42. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #22 You’re close. The Later versions of the Titan family used hydrazine with nitrogen tetroxide as an oxidizer. Thorazine is used to treat schizophrenia.

    Speaking of Titans, if anyone finds themselves in the Tucson area, there’s a Titan silo turned museum ~15 miles south of town. It’s worth the drive. Most of the volunteer guides are people who worked at active sites in the past.

  43. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #21 BWeldon – I’m working on a post on redistricting. I think how its done now is about the only tangible evidence of Bob42’s mythical “two party duopoly”. The majority party in a state agrees to gerrymander a district like Queen Sheila’s so that a goony candidate like her can be elected to appease the crazies. In turn they get to create safe seats for themselves. With the computer technology available today there should be a much cleaner way of drawing lines. Congressional races should be competitive every year. It shouldn’t take a crisis like electing a Socialist president to enforce term limits the old-fashioned way – by voting them out of office.

  44. Hamous Avatar

    #21 BWeldon – I’m working on a post on redistricting. I think how its done now is about the only tangible evidence of Bob42’s mythical “two party duopoly”. The majority party in a state agrees to gerrymander a district like Queen Sheila’s so that a goony candidate like her can be elected to appease the crazies. In turn they get to create safe seats for themselves. With the computer technology available today there should be a much cleaner way of drawing lines. Congressional races should be competitive every year. It shouldn’t take a crisis like electing a Socialist president to enforce term limits the old-fashioned way – by voting them out of office.

  45. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #24 Hamous, you point out “tangible evidence” in the ability of whichever party of parasites happens to be driving the train wreck to gerrymander districts in their favor. There’s also the undeniable track record of 95+% of elections being won by people who play along with the nonsense from both major parties.

    Given those facts, it seems rather irrational for you to say that the duopoly is “mythical.” how do you reach such a conclusion?

  46. Katfish Avatar

    #27 bob
    It would seem that if a 3rd party came up with a platform that a majority of the electorate agreed with, it would break the TPD, no? There are many other political parties besides the R’s & D’s: Libertarians, Communists, Socialists, Greens, The People’s Front of Judea, The Judean People’s Front, plus lots of other two-member parties (the guy who starts them and his mom). The simple fact is that these parties are some combination of being too narrowly focused on a very small handful of issues and being well out of the mainstream of American thought to garner a large enough following to actually, you know, win an election.

  47. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #27 bob
    It would seem that if a 3rd party came up with a platform that a majority of the electorate agreed with, it would break the TPD, no? There are many other political parties besides the R’s & D’s: Libertarians, Communists, Socialists, Greens, The People’s Front of Judea, The Judean People’s Front, plus lots of other two-member parties (the guy who starts them and his mom). The simple fact is that these parties are some combination of being too narrowly focused on a very small handful of issues and being well out of the mainstream of American thought to garner a large enough following to actually, you know, win an election.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Given those facts, it seems rather irrational for you to say that the duopoly is “mythical.”

    We’ve been through this before. Virtually every state office has a perennial Libertarian candidate running in every election. The fact they never win an election is not proof of your mythical TPD. It’s an indication that the libertarian candidates are usually goonier than road lizards. And that’s what cracks me up when you start yammering on and on about “crazies” like O’Donnell, Palin, and Angle.

  49. Hamous Avatar

    Given those facts, it seems rather irrational for you to say that the duopoly is “mythical.”

    We’ve been through this before. Virtually every state office has a perennial Libertarian candidate running in every election. The fact they never win an election is not proof of your mythical TPD. It’s an indication that the libertarian candidates are usually goonier than road lizards. And that’s what cracks me up when you start yammering on and on about “crazies” like O’Donnell, Palin, and Angle.

  50. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Luap Nor lives!

  51. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #29 The most compelling evidence for the effective existence (as opposed to an actual comlpex, cooperative, conspiracy between the two groups of overcompensated parasites) of the TPD can be easily observed in the political pendulum that is guaranteed to periodically swing from D to R, and back, as each party automatically benefits from the incompetence of the other while it is in power.

    As we saw with Bush, and now with Obama, the opposition party runs more on the incompetence and failed polices of the executive branch than they do on their own ideas or records.

    And that’s probably a good thing. Have you read your party’s state platform lately? It’s a real hoot!

  52. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #29 The most compelling evidence for the effective existence (as opposed to an actual comlpex, cooperative, conspiracy between the two groups of overcompensated parasites) of the TPD can be easily observed in the political pendulum that is guaranteed to periodically swing from D to R, and back, as each party automatically benefits from the incompetence of the other while it is in power.

    As we saw with Bush, and now with Obama, the opposition party runs more on the incompetence and failed polices of the executive branch than they do on their own ideas or records.

    And that’s probably a good thing. Have you read your party’s state platform lately? It’s a real hoot!

  53. Katfish Avatar

    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

  54. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

  55. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I just skip past Bob’s comments because they really aren’t relative to the real world and offer no sound solutions, just complaining. Of course he believes he is wiser than anybody on either side of the aisle because he doesn’t stand in the aisle. Of course when nothing happens that he wants to happen, he doesn’t have to blame himself as being part of the problem because he didn’t actually do anything. But he can pull his arm out of the socket for patting himself on the back because he’s still wiser than all the rest.

  56. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I just skip past Bob’s comments because they really aren’t relative to the real world and offer no sound solutions, just complaining. Of course he believes he is wiser than anybody on either side of the aisle because he doesn’t stand in the aisle. Of course when nothing happens that he wants to happen, he doesn’t have to blame himself as being part of the problem because he didn’t actually do anything. But he can pull his arm out of the socket for patting himself on the back because he’s still wiser than all the rest.

  57. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Hamous, get over it, and btw, you forgot Michele Bachmann.

    And that’s what cracks me up when you start yammering on and on about “crazies” like O’Donnell, Palin, and Angle.

    What yammering? I’m just stating my opinion just as you do. I don’t even plug my satire with linkies here anymore because folks like you get your panties in a knot so easily when faced with an opposing view.

    As long as the pubbies keep pushing the marginally competent, intellectually defunct, extreme right wing social conservative authoritarian candidates that the VMG generally finds repulsive, I’ll keep having a total blast making fun of their ridiculous candidacies, ludicrous platforms, and their lunatic ideas of how a virtually omnipotent government they support can interfere with peoples lives to excessive degrees, and yet still be “small” or fiscally conservative.

    Apparently, you can’t be a “real republican” without a heaping helping of cognitive dissonance. Fine with me. I haven’t self ID’d as a pubbie in over a decade, and I don’t see that changing.

    I’ve had it with both parties. They both suck. They’re both in it for themselves. They are in effect, a duopoly that controls the political system industry to the benefit of the parasites it employs.

  58. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Hamous, get over it, and btw, you forgot Michele Bachmann.

    And that’s what cracks me up when you start yammering on and on about “crazies” like O’Donnell, Palin, and Angle.

    What yammering? I’m just stating my opinion just as you do. I don’t even plug my satire with linkies here anymore because folks like you get your panties in a knot so easily when faced with an opposing view.

    As long as the pubbies keep pushing the marginally competent, intellectually defunct, extreme right wing social conservative authoritarian candidates that the VMG generally finds repulsive, I’ll keep having a total blast making fun of their ridiculous candidacies, ludicrous platforms, and their lunatic ideas of how a virtually omnipotent government they support can interfere with peoples lives to excessive degrees, and yet still be “small” or fiscally conservative.

    Apparently, you can’t be a “real republican” without a heaping helping of cognitive dissonance. Fine with me. I haven’t self ID’d as a pubbie in over a decade, and I don’t see that changing.

    I’ve had it with both parties. They both suck. They’re both in it for themselves. They are in effect, a duopoly that controls the political system industry to the benefit of the parasites it employs.

  59. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    OC photo:

    Obama somehow looks like a jive cat in this shot, even with the cowboy hat.

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    OC photo:

    Obama somehow looks like a jive cat in this shot, even with the cowboy hat.

  61. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #32 WB, competence has nothing to do with political success. Just look at Dan Patrick. 😉

    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

    Independents and third party candidates fare better the more local the office is. At a state, and especially the national level they don’t do so well.

    Like it or not (and I don’t) politics is largely a spectator sport consisting of just two teams. And so the games go on. The loyal left wing base reliably cheers for their team, and the loyal right wing right does the same for theirs. The middle of the bird spectators (much of the VMG) actually decide the outcomes. They sit in the stands with a beer, enjoying the action, and make their minds up at after the two minute warning based on pundits’ sound bytes and political ads.

    That’s why I call it a duopoly.

  62. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #32 WB, competence has nothing to do with political success. Just look at Dan Patrick. 😉

    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

    Independents and third party candidates fare better the more local the office is. At a state, and especially the national level they don’t do so well.

    Like it or not (and I don’t) politics is largely a spectator sport consisting of just two teams. And so the games go on. The loyal left wing base reliably cheers for their team, and the loyal right wing right does the same for theirs. The middle of the bird spectators (much of the VMG) actually decide the outcomes. They sit in the stands with a beer, enjoying the action, and make their minds up at after the two minute warning based on pundits’ sound bytes and political ads.

    That’s why I call it a duopoly.

  63. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    32 wagonburner says:
    October 12, 2010 at 12:01 pm
    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

    1. Their nutty position on Legalizing Drugs

    2. Their nutty position on Foreign Policy.

    3. Thier nutty position on the definition of marriage.

    4. Their nutty reliance on nutty blog commenters who belabor and bore the living sh*t out of people with the aforementioned nutty positions

  64. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    32 wagonburner says:
    October 12, 2010 at 12:01 pm
    If the R’s & the D’s are so incompetent, why can’t the Libertarians take advantage of the situation and make headway?

    1. Their nutty position on Legalizing Drugs

    2. Their nutty position on Foreign Policy.

    3. Thier nutty position on the definition of marriage.

    4. Their nutty reliance on nutty blog commenters who belabor and bore the living sh*t out of people with the aforementioned nutty positions

  65. El Gordo Avatar

    4. Their nutty reliance on nutty blog commenters who belabor and bore the living sh*t out of people with the aforementioned nutty positions

    BING BING BING BING!!!

    I think we have a winner with explanation #4 folks.

  66. The Dude Avatar

    4. Their nutty reliance on nutty blog commenters who belabor and bore the living sh*t out of people with the aforementioned nutty positions

    BING BING BING BING!!!

    I think we have a winner with explanation #4 folks.

  67. Hamous Avatar

    What yammering?

    LOL! Are you serious???

    I don’t even plug my satire with linkies here anymore because folks like you get your panties in a knot so easily when faced with an opposing view.

    I don’t care if you plug your satire here. Doesn’t bother me in the least. Actually I find your elitist weenie wagging sorta funny.

    But nice dodge on an explanation as to why candidates with similar beliefs as yours never win elections. Can’t be because their positions are so bizarre that only 2% of the electorate support them. According to you the other 98% are mindless drones controlled by the mythical TPD. I understand. I really do. Convincing yourself that you’re so much smarter than everyone else is a hard thing to do every day.

  68. El Gordo Avatar

    Actually I find your elitist weenie wagging sorta funny.

    Now that’s not fair. I’ve been around more than one wagger in my life and Bobby is certainly not one of the elite ones. I’d actually go so far as to categorize him as a rather pedestrian sort of weenie wagger.

    🙂

  69. The Dude Avatar

    Actually I find your elitist weenie wagging sorta funny.

    Now that’s not fair. I’ve been around more than one wagger in my life and Bobby is certainly not one of the elite ones. I’d actually go so far as to categorize him as a rather pedestrian sort of weenie wagger.

    🙂

  70. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #40 No, no. He’s an elitist guy who wags his weenie, not a guy who wags his elitist weenie.

  71. Hamous Avatar

    #40 No, no. He’s an elitist guy who wags his weenie, not a guy who wags his elitist weenie.

  72. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #32 – Itzza cawnspeerrrrrrrrrryusssy ah tell ya!!

  73. Katfish Avatar

    #32 – Itzza cawnspeerrrrrrrrrryusssy ah tell ya!!

  74. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #37 Well how ’bout that. We actually have something in common. You think I’m nuts, and I think you’re nuts too!

  75. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #37 Well how ’bout that. We actually have something in common. You think I’m nuts, and I think you’re nuts too!

  76. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Now that’s not fair. I’ve been around more than one wagger in my life and Bobby is certainly not one of the elite ones. I’d actually go so far as to categorize him as a rather pedestrian sort of weenie wagger.

    Is that because the weenie itself is pedestrian, or is it the wagging?

  77. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Now that’s not fair. I’ve been around more than one wagger in my life and Bobby is certainly not one of the elite ones. I’d actually go so far as to categorize him as a rather pedestrian sort of weenie wagger.

    Is that because the weenie itself is pedestrian, or is it the wagging?

  78. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    When 19 out of 20 people think you’re a crackpot, and you’re the only one who doesn’t think you’re a crackpot…….and that only one is you…….

  79. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    When 19 out of 20 people think you’re a crackpot, and you’re the only one who doesn’t think you’re a crackpot…….and that only one is you…….

  80. El Gordo Avatar

    Is that because the weenie itself is pedestrian, or is it the wagging?

    Well, actually it’s both. The ho-hum, workaday technique of his wagging action really accentuates the pedestrian nature of the weenie itself.

  81. The Dude Avatar

    Is that because the weenie itself is pedestrian, or is it the wagging?

    Well, actually it’s both. The ho-hum, workaday technique of his wagging action really accentuates the pedestrian nature of the weenie itself.

  82. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Dude #46, I’m sure there is something Confucius has to say about that.

  83. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Dude #46, I’m sure there is something Confucius has to say about that.

  84. El Gordo Avatar

    #47,

    No doubt you are correct. I think we all owe Hamous’ grandmother a big apology as well. I’m pretty sure this failed the test!

  85. The Dude Avatar

    #47,

    No doubt you are correct. I think we all owe Hamous’ grandmother a big apology as well. I’m pretty sure this failed the test!

  86. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Weenies walking? Hmmm. I did catch a South Park last night where the KFC was turned into a medicinal marijuana store and all the guys nuked their junk in microwaves so the could get testicular cancer and get a doctor’s referral. The tumors got so big they were using their stones like Hoppity-Hops. That wasn’t really pedestrian, though. Oh, you mean lacking in distinction! Nevermind.

    Did you know they make adult sized Hoppity Hops now?

  87. Hamous Avatar

    Weenies walking? Hmmm. I did catch a South Park last night where the KFC was turned into a medicinal marijuana store and all the guys nuked their junk in microwaves so the could get testicular cancer and get a doctor’s referral. The tumors got so big they were using their stones like Hoppity-Hops. That wasn’t really pedestrian, though. Oh, you mean lacking in distinction! Nevermind.

    Did you know they make adult sized Hoppity Hops now?

  88. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #39 Thanks Hamous! You’re so sweet, sometimes I just want to give you bear hug and a big ole kiss right on the smacker.

    I don’t care if you plug your satire here. Doesn’t bother me in the least. Actually I find your elitist weenie wagging sorta funny.

    Ladies first:
    Visibly Pregnant Christine O’Donnell Claims Immaculate Conception

    Confessions of a Closet Conservative about Sarah Palin

    (I gotta come up with something for Michele Bachmann. I wouldn’t want her to feel left out.

  89. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #39 Thanks Hamous! You’re so sweet, sometimes I just want to give you bear hug and a big ole kiss right on the smacker.

    I don’t care if you plug your satire here. Doesn’t bother me in the least. Actually I find your elitist weenie wagging sorta funny.

    Ladies first:
    Visibly Pregnant Christine O’Donnell Claims Immaculate Conception

    Confessions of a Closet Conservative about Sarah Palin

    (I gotta come up with something for Michele Bachmann. I wouldn’t want her to feel left out.

  90. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Megalo Jose Arpaio is a comedy goldmine simply because he’s so completely serious about his nutjobbery and utter disrespect for limited government authoritah. Especially when it’s he who weilds the authoritah.

    Sheriff’s SB 1070 Enforcement Plan To Include “Amnesty”

    Joe Arpaio: “I Will Demand to see Obama’s Birth Certificate”

  91. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Megalo Jose Arpaio is a comedy goldmine simply because he’s so completely serious about his nutjobbery and utter disrespect for limited government authoritah. Especially when it’s he who weilds the authoritah.

    Sheriff’s SB 1070 Enforcement Plan To Include “Amnesty”

    Joe Arpaio: “I Will Demand to see Obama’s Birth Certificate”

  92. Katfish Avatar

    #47 b45i
    Confucius say: He who gets teary-eyed in a sad movie is sensitive, but he who audibly sobs is a weenie.

  93. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #47 b45i
    Confucius say: He who gets teary-eyed in a sad movie is sensitive, but he who audibly sobs is a weenie.

  94. Katfish Avatar

    #48 dude
    He started it.

  95. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #48 dude
    He started it.

  96. Tedtam Avatar

    Raise your hand (or weenie, if you have one) if you refuse to read Bob42’s “satire”.

    Let’s count….1…….2……3……4…….5…..6……7…..8…..9…..10

    Aw, nuts, I ran out of fingers!

    Let’s just say – It’s a lot.

  97. Tedtam Avatar

    Raise your hand (or weenie, if you have one) if you refuse to read Bob42’s “satire”.

    Let’s count….1…….2……3……4…….5…..6……7…..8…..9…..10

    Aw, nuts, I ran out of fingers!

    Let’s just say – It’s a lot.

  98. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Saw BB King this weekend. Sadly, I think he’s at the end of his run, but you don’t tell an 85 year old Blues Legend how to run his show. He sang more than he played, and he talked more than he sang. The stories would have been more entertaining if he hadn’t lost track during the telling. Still, it was the first time I’ve ever seen him, and likely will be the only one.

    Carolyn Wonderland opened for him, and that was a treat.

    Janis Joplin with a guitar and a finger pickin style.

  99. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Saw BB King this weekend. Sadly, I think he’s at the end of his run, but you don’t tell an 85 year old Blues Legend how to run his show. He sang more than he played, and he talked more than he sang. The stories would have been more entertaining if he hadn’t lost track during the telling. Still, it was the first time I’ve ever seen him, and likely will be the only one.

    Carolyn Wonderland opened for him, and that was a treat.

    Janis Joplin with a guitar and a finger pickin style.

  100. Tedtam Avatar

    I just came back from a meeting where I heard Debbie Riddle and her daughter Christine Riddle Butts speak. Christine strikes me as a sincere campaign runner for the probate court position, and has taken time to learn about mental health issues as well as the usual guardianship and other probate responsibilities. She wants to be more proactive with her responsibilities as a judge to ensure that guardians and trustees are truly caring for their charges rather than just going through the nuts and bolts of providing the accounting reports for their charges.

    Debbie Riddle spoke rather passionately about protecting our voting process and especially about the effect of illegals and drug cartels on our society – crime and the financial effects. She was going to try to limit herself to 15 minutes, but got carried away with her discussion on these topics and lost track of time.

    I didn’t want to go to this meeting, but I’m glad I did.

  101. Tedtam Avatar

    I just came back from a meeting where I heard Debbie Riddle and her daughter Christine Riddle Butts speak. Christine strikes me as a sincere campaign runner for the probate court position, and has taken time to learn about mental health issues as well as the usual guardianship and other probate responsibilities. She wants to be more proactive with her responsibilities as a judge to ensure that guardians and trustees are truly caring for their charges rather than just going through the nuts and bolts of providing the accounting reports for their charges.

    Debbie Riddle spoke rather passionately about protecting our voting process and especially about the effect of illegals and drug cartels on our society – crime and the financial effects. She was going to try to limit herself to 15 minutes, but got carried away with her discussion on these topics and lost track of time.

    I didn’t want to go to this meeting, but I’m glad I did.

  102. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Raise your hand (or weenie, if you have one) if you refuse to read Bob42′s “satire”.

    This is not the kind of blog where there should be any chance of raised weenies. But to your question – I quit following Bobby’s links after accidentally stumbling across a particularly repulsive image. Uncharacteristic of my closed-minded authoritarian persona I didn’t complain and, to his credit, he removed it on his own before I even mentioned it.

  103. Hamous Avatar

    Raise your hand (or weenie, if you have one) if you refuse to read Bob42′s “satire”.

    This is not the kind of blog where there should be any chance of raised weenies. But to your question – I quit following Bobby’s links after accidentally stumbling across a particularly repulsive image. Uncharacteristic of my closed-minded authoritarian persona I didn’t complain and, to his credit, he removed it on his own before I even mentioned it.

  104. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    Has anyone seen this new ad?My response:

    Just saw your new ad calling American citizens, tea-baggers. Do you even know what tea-bagging means? You are either ignorant or juvenile. If we are the tea-baggers, that would make you the tea-bag recipient. Keep making yourself look juvenile and stupid. Use some mouthwash and put some chap stick on. Open wide, tea-baggie!!!

    Registered voter

  105. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Has anyone seen this new ad?My response:

    Just saw your new ad calling American citizens, tea-baggers. Do you even know what tea-bagging means? You are either ignorant or juvenile. If we are the tea-baggers, that would make you the tea-bag recipient. Keep making yourself look juvenile and stupid. Use some mouthwash and put some chap stick on. Open wide, tea-baggie!!!

    Registered voter

  106. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Did I ever tell y’all the story about my Pops taking me to see BB King at the Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, FL? I think I was about 14.

  107. Hamous Avatar

    Did I ever tell y’all the story about my Pops taking me to see BB King at the Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, FL? I think I was about 14.

  108. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    61 Hamous says:
    October 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Did I ever tell y’all the story about my Pops taking me to see BB King at the Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, FL? I think I was about 14.

    Am I going to need to get a beer Diet Coke?

  109. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    61 Hamous says:
    October 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Did I ever tell y’all the story about my Pops taking me to see BB King at the Great Southern Music Hall in Gainesville, FL? I think I was about 14.

    Am I going to need to get a beer Diet Coke?

  110. El Gordo Avatar

    Saw BB King this weekend.

    and

    Carolyn Wonderland opened for him, and that was a treat.

    Nice combo! Seen them both, but not in the same venue. BB King at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion ~15 years ago and Carolyn Wonderland at a little dive in The Heights called Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar. It was kind of funny. First she brings me a beer in her waitress capacity and then a few minutes later she’s up on stage wailing the blues. I was completely blown away.

  111. The Dude Avatar

    Saw BB King this weekend.

    and

    Carolyn Wonderland opened for him, and that was a treat.

    Nice combo! Seen them both, but not in the same venue. BB King at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion ~15 years ago and Carolyn Wonderland at a little dive in The Heights called Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar. It was kind of funny. First she brings me a beer in her waitress capacity and then a few minutes later she’s up on stage wailing the blues. I was completely blown away.

  112. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Nice combo! Seen them both, but not in the same venue.

    I thought so, too.

    Sad thing was, BB had to pull a slip of paper out of his pocket at the end of the show to look at so he’d know who to thank for opening the show.

    I’d have liked to see them play together.

  113. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Nice combo! Seen them both, but not in the same venue.

    I thought so, too.

    Sad thing was, BB had to pull a slip of paper out of his pocket at the end of the show to look at so he’d know who to thank for opening the show.

    I’d have liked to see them play together.

  114. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #59 Hammie

    This is not the kind of blog where there should be any chance of raised weenies. But to your question – I quit following Bobby’s links after accidentally stumbling across a particularly repulsive image. Uncharacteristic of my closed-minded authoritarian persona I didn’t complain and, to his credit, he removed it on his own before I even mentioned it.

    I remember that pic and your mention of it, that you accurately describe as something other than a complaint. It was more like one of your standard digs on people of a different mind.

    I think the original linkie that I posted at LST was to a pic on my flickr page showing a likeness of Mohammad on a pancake, next to some sausage and delicious looking bacon. The “repulsive” image you found adjacent to it in the thumbnails was made public in error, my bad, and I fixed that promptly but still to late to spare you the agony of viewing it. (Oh, the horror!)

    It was one of two such pics that remain restricted on my photo album to spare the insecure and/or easily offended any discomfort. Consider yourself lucky for not accidentally running across the other one too. It might have made your head explode.

    Tedtam, I must confess that more often than not I don’t have the time to click on your or WB’s drive by quickie linkies, although when I do I find some of them to be pretty funny. I appreciate a warped sense of humor like my own.

    Might I suggest a bit more verbiage around them to increase interest?

  115. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #59 Hammie

    This is not the kind of blog where there should be any chance of raised weenies. But to your question – I quit following Bobby’s links after accidentally stumbling across a particularly repulsive image. Uncharacteristic of my closed-minded authoritarian persona I didn’t complain and, to his credit, he removed it on his own before I even mentioned it.

    I remember that pic and your mention of it, that you accurately describe as something other than a complaint. It was more like one of your standard digs on people of a different mind.

    I think the original linkie that I posted at LST was to a pic on my flickr page showing a likeness of Mohammad on a pancake, next to some sausage and delicious looking bacon. The “repulsive” image you found adjacent to it in the thumbnails was made public in error, my bad, and I fixed that promptly but still to late to spare you the agony of viewing it. (Oh, the horror!)

    It was one of two such pics that remain restricted on my photo album to spare the insecure and/or easily offended any discomfort. Consider yourself lucky for not accidentally running across the other one too. It might have made your head explode.

    Tedtam, I must confess that more often than not I don’t have the time to click on your or WB’s drive by quickie linkies, although when I do I find some of them to be pretty funny. I appreciate a warped sense of humor like my own.

    Might I suggest a bit more verbiage around them to increase interest?

  116. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Am I going to need to get a beer Diet Coke?

    Nah, its a short tale. In between songs about halfway through the show this very large woman about four rows in front of us stood up, dropped trou, and exclaimed very loudly, “BB! You can have all a dis!” BB’s a dark-skinned brother but I swear you could tell he was blushing.

  117. Hamous Avatar

    Am I going to need to get a beer Diet Coke?

    Nah, its a short tale. In between songs about halfway through the show this very large woman about four rows in front of us stood up, dropped trou, and exclaimed very loudly, “BB! You can have all a dis!” BB’s a dark-skinned brother but I swear you could tell he was blushing.

  118. Katfish Avatar

    BB’s a dark-skinned brother but I swear you could tell he was blushing.

    Color of a chocolate-covered cherry?

  119. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    BB’s a dark-skinned brother but I swear you could tell he was blushing.

    Color of a chocolate-covered cherry?

  120. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    It was more like one of your standard digs on people of a different mind.

    That’s about right. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

    It was made public in error, my bad, and I fixed that promptly but still to late to spare you the agony of viewing it. (Oh, the horror!)

    Trust me. I don’t lose any sleep over such garbage. Despite how you routinely mischaracterize me, I really don’t give a damn what repulsive crap you find funny. I don’t even care if you make it public on sites you operate and would never make any demands that you remove it.

    What such tripe does for me is alert me to the mindset of the individual I’m dealing with. And frankly, you finding that image funny is akin to someone finding a racist joke funny. Furthermore, restricting access to the image to your loose association of like-minded individuals is equivalent to a few good old boys at the “restricted” Country Club yucking it up over the racist joke.

    Seems that despite the view you have from that high horse you don’t really see much of anything.

  121. Hamous Avatar

    It was more like one of your standard digs on people of a different mind.

    That’s about right. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

    It was made public in error, my bad, and I fixed that promptly but still to late to spare you the agony of viewing it. (Oh, the horror!)

    Trust me. I don’t lose any sleep over such garbage. Despite how you routinely mischaracterize me, I really don’t give a damn what repulsive crap you find funny. I don’t even care if you make it public on sites you operate and would never make any demands that you remove it.

    What such tripe does for me is alert me to the mindset of the individual I’m dealing with. And frankly, you finding that image funny is akin to someone finding a racist joke funny. Furthermore, restricting access to the image to your loose association of like-minded individuals is equivalent to a few good old boys at the “restricted” Country Club yucking it up over the racist joke.

    Seems that despite the view you have from that high horse you don’t really see much of anything.

  122. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #68 Nuh uh. No way. Ain’t no way you’re gonna get me to look at that again.

  123. Hamous Avatar

    #68 Nuh uh. No way. Ain’t no way you’re gonna get me to look at that again.

  124. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    No really, can’t we all get along?

  125. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Oh now Hammie I have changed. Seen the errors of my ways and all that. I am just trying to send joy and peace.

  126. squawkbox Avatar

    Oh now Hammie I have changed. Seen the errors of my ways and all that. I am just trying to send joy and peace.

  127. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #69 Wrong again Hamous, but at least you’re consistent.

    Despite how you routinely mischaracterize me, I really don’t give a damn what repulsive crap you find funny. I don’t even care if you make it public on sites you operate and would never make any demands that you remove it.

    I found the pic interesting mainly because it illustrated the very natural and typically helpful tendency of our pattern seeking species to see things that aren’t really there. To a lesser degree I used it to make a political statement about an authoritarian organization whose policies I disagree with for good reason.

    As for mis-characterizing you, I’m not so sure. You seem to be a loyal partisan republican purist social conservative that favors government power over individual liberty, and holds little respect for the establishment clause in the constitution when it conflicts with your personal beliefs. If I’m mistaken there, I’ll welcome correction or elaboration.

    But that doesn’t mean we can’t “get along.” In my book, anybody that enjoys Ren and Stimpy, and South Park can’t be all bad.

  128. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #69 Wrong again Hamous, but at least you’re consistent.

    Despite how you routinely mischaracterize me, I really don’t give a damn what repulsive crap you find funny. I don’t even care if you make it public on sites you operate and would never make any demands that you remove it.

    I found the pic interesting mainly because it illustrated the very natural and typically helpful tendency of our pattern seeking species to see things that aren’t really there. To a lesser degree I used it to make a political statement about an authoritarian organization whose policies I disagree with for good reason.

    As for mis-characterizing you, I’m not so sure. You seem to be a loyal partisan republican purist social conservative that favors government power over individual liberty, and holds little respect for the establishment clause in the constitution when it conflicts with your personal beliefs. If I’m mistaken there, I’ll welcome correction or elaboration.

    But that doesn’t mean we can’t “get along.” In my book, anybody that enjoys Ren and Stimpy, and South Park can’t be all bad.

  129. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #72

    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv sawng ♬
    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv saw..hong ♬
    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv sawng ♬
    ♬ Cain’t be wrong ♬

  130. Hamous Avatar

    #72

    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv sawng ♬
    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv saw..hong ♬
    ♬ Heard it in a luh..uv sawng ♬
    ♬ Cain’t be wrong ♬

  131. SC Avatar
    SC

    hamous, I was up in Huffman and ran across a dirt driveway with an arch over it. It read
    HAMBONE FLATS RANCH
    I snapped a pic but managed to accidently delete it. I’ll try again next time I’m up there. Or is that your place?

  132. SC Avatar
    SC

    hamous, I was up in Huffman and ran across a dirt driveway with an arch over it. It read
    HAMBONE FLATS RANCH
    I snapped a pic but managed to accidently delete it. I’ll try again next time I’m up there. Or is that your place?

  133. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    HAMBONE FLATS RANCH
    I snapped a pic but managed to accidently delete it. I’ll try again next time I’m up there. Or is that your place?

    Its where he goes to get his shoes.

  134. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    HAMBONE FLATS RANCH
    I snapped a pic but managed to accidently delete it. I’ll try again next time I’m up there. Or is that your place?

    Its where he goes to get his shoes.

  135. Katfish Avatar

    Florida libertarian arrested for his choice of landscaping.

  136. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Florida libertarian arrested for his choice of landscaping.

  137. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I found the pic interesting mainly because it illustrated the very natural and typically helpful tendency of our pattern seeking species to see things that aren’t really there.

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown. You’re nothing but a theophobe hiding behind a bumper sticker attached to a hybrid only driven to Flower and Water Communion twice a year. 😉 I repeat:

    You finding that image funny is akin to someone finding a racist joke funny. Furthermore, restricting access to the image to your loose association of like-minded individuals is equivalent to a few good old boys at the “restricted” Country Club yucking it up over the racist joke.

  138. Hamous Avatar

    I found the pic interesting mainly because it illustrated the very natural and typically helpful tendency of our pattern seeking species to see things that aren’t really there.

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown. You’re nothing but a theophobe hiding behind a bumper sticker attached to a hybrid only driven to Flower and Water Communion twice a year. 😉 I repeat:

    You finding that image funny is akin to someone finding a racist joke funny. Furthermore, restricting access to the image to your loose association of like-minded individuals is equivalent to a few good old boys at the “restricted” Country Club yucking it up over the racist joke.

  139. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #76 SC – Heh. Nope that’s not mine.

  140. Hamous Avatar

    #76 SC – Heh. Nope that’s not mine.

  141. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #79 Broad brush painter-mous, oh really? (Yes, I saw the winkie, and appreciate the attempt at humor.)

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown. You’re nothing but a theophobe hiding behind a bumper sticker attached to a hybrid only driven to Flower and Water Communion twice a year.

    That’s pretty funny. While we do have flower and water services each year, I’m usually there a couple of times a week, and I arrive in my 15 year old F-150 (with a V8 and a tolerance bumper sticker.) I appreciate the social interaction and intellectual stimulation, and make no secret of that. It works for me, and nobody there minds a bit. They know I don’t agree with mysticism, pantheism, and other notions of the supernatural, etc., and they don’t care.

    I’ve posted several comments and several linkies regarding my long held interest in epistemology and the way our minds work. It’s a fascinating subject. Oh but wait, you’re not interested in serious intellectual discussions with anyone who dares to wander too far outside of your exclusive and superior worldview. 😉 “Those kinds” are painted by your broad brush and dismissed out of hand by your stereotypical characterizations.

    I’m a “theophobe?”

    That’s pretty funny too. I live in Texas, the buckle of the Bible belt. (Yup, if it weren’t for Texas, the Bible belt’s pants would fall down.) If the right wing authoritarians represented any real threat, I’d have hit the road ages ago. As it is, I hang around just to make fun of them.

  142. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #79 Broad brush painter-mous, oh really? (Yes, I saw the winkie, and appreciate the attempt at humor.)

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown. You’re nothing but a theophobe hiding behind a bumper sticker attached to a hybrid only driven to Flower and Water Communion twice a year.

    That’s pretty funny. While we do have flower and water services each year, I’m usually there a couple of times a week, and I arrive in my 15 year old F-150 (with a V8 and a tolerance bumper sticker.) I appreciate the social interaction and intellectual stimulation, and make no secret of that. It works for me, and nobody there minds a bit. They know I don’t agree with mysticism, pantheism, and other notions of the supernatural, etc., and they don’t care.

    I’ve posted several comments and several linkies regarding my long held interest in epistemology and the way our minds work. It’s a fascinating subject. Oh but wait, you’re not interested in serious intellectual discussions with anyone who dares to wander too far outside of your exclusive and superior worldview. 😉 “Those kinds” are painted by your broad brush and dismissed out of hand by your stereotypical characterizations.

    I’m a “theophobe?”

    That’s pretty funny too. I live in Texas, the buckle of the Bible belt. (Yup, if it weren’t for Texas, the Bible belt’s pants would fall down.) If the right wing authoritarians represented any real threat, I’d have hit the road ages ago. As it is, I hang around just to make fun of them.

  143. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Neener neener neener

  144. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Neener neener neener

  145. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #57 – Johnny Winter will be performing Friday, October 15 at the 18th Street Pier in San Leon, Texas. Johnny Winter was once considered in the top five guitarists in the world. Granted, age, booze, drugs, and rock n roll have taken their toll, his fingers still know how to dance up and down the fretboard. Winter along with Hendrix, were the two hottest bands coming out of Woodstock. A true living legend….a rock and roll hall of famer…the man that made one of the early covers of rolling stones magazine…. Please make plans to join us…. Tickets are $25 each early purchase or $30 each at the door. Show starts @ 8:00 pm.

  146. Katfish Avatar

    #57 – Johnny Winter will be performing Friday, October 15 at the 18th Street Pier in San Leon, Texas. Johnny Winter was once considered in the top five guitarists in the world. Granted, age, booze, drugs, and rock n roll have taken their toll, his fingers still know how to dance up and down the fretboard. Winter along with Hendrix, were the two hottest bands coming out of Woodstock. A true living legend….a rock and roll hall of famer…the man that made one of the early covers of rolling stones magazine…. Please make plans to join us…. Tickets are $25 each early purchase or $30 each at the door. Show starts @ 8:00 pm.

  147. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Wisht I could make it Whiskerman.

    But BB got all my concert money for this month.

  148. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Wisht I could make it Whiskerman.

    But BB got all my concert money for this month.

  149. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ducks/covers…gonads

    Good decision when you’re going up against Sarge and his sling shot.

  150. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    ducks/covers…gonads

    Good decision when you’re going up against Sarge and his sling shot.

  151. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #15;

    Hey, Bobby!!!

  152. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #15;

    Hey, Bobby!!!

  153. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    WB #54, I will tell you this. At the movie Saving Private Ryan, there were several older men in the audience visibly an audibly sobbing. At the movie We Were Soldiers Once, myself and two other Vietnam veteran Marines were visibily and audibly sobbing. One of them, Bobby Sherrill, was a Marine sniper who worked with the legendary Carlos Hathcock.

    Not a weenie in either crowd in my book.

  154. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    WB #54, I will tell you this. At the movie Saving Private Ryan, there were several older men in the audience visibly an audibly sobbing. At the movie We Were Soldiers Once, myself and two other Vietnam veteran Marines were visibily and audibly sobbing. One of them, Bobby Sherrill, was a Marine sniper who worked with the legendary Carlos Hathcock.

    Not a weenie in either crowd in my book.

  155. Dooood Avatar

    Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) raised an eye-popping $14 million between July 1 and Sept. 30 for her challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), a stunning number that far eclipses the cash-collection totals of other prominent candidates seeking Senate seats next month.

    “Sharron Angle produced one of the most successful single quarters of fundraising in the nation’s history for a U.S. Senate campaign,” said Angle communications director Jarrod Agen. “This is a testament to the hatred of Harry Reid, the nation’s disapproval of President Obama, and the unprecedented grassroots support for Sharron Angle.”

    Ninety four percent of the money raised in the third quarter by Angle came in the form of donation of $100 or less. Ninety six percent of the contributions were $200 or less.

  156. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Former Nevada state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) raised an eye-popping $14 million between July 1 and Sept. 30 for her challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), a stunning number that far eclipses the cash-collection totals of other prominent candidates seeking Senate seats next month.

    “Sharron Angle produced one of the most successful single quarters of fundraising in the nation’s history for a U.S. Senate campaign,” said Angle communications director Jarrod Agen. “This is a testament to the hatred of Harry Reid, the nation’s disapproval of President Obama, and the unprecedented grassroots support for Sharron Angle.”

    Ninety four percent of the money raised in the third quarter by Angle came in the form of donation of $100 or less. Ninety six percent of the contributions were $200 or less.

  157. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Oh but wait, you’re not interested in serious intellectual discussions with anyone who dares to wander too far outside of your exclusive and superior worldview.

    See, that’s the difference between us. I think there are belief systems that are superior to others. I believe there are morals and tenets that are immutable. I will proudly state that it is always wrong to do certain things that contradict those beliefs. My worldview IS superior to yours and I’m not afraid to say it. You think of yourself as an “anything goes” kind of guy but in fact you are as close-minded as you proclaim me to be. No bumper sticker can hide that.

    Again, I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin. Just don’t expect me to say its okay. Just because you’re morally bankrupt doesn’t mean the rest of us must be.

  158. Hamous Avatar

    Oh but wait, you’re not interested in serious intellectual discussions with anyone who dares to wander too far outside of your exclusive and superior worldview.

    See, that’s the difference between us. I think there are belief systems that are superior to others. I believe there are morals and tenets that are immutable. I will proudly state that it is always wrong to do certain things that contradict those beliefs. My worldview IS superior to yours and I’m not afraid to say it. You think of yourself as an “anything goes” kind of guy but in fact you are as close-minded as you proclaim me to be. No bumper sticker can hide that.

    Again, I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin. Just don’t expect me to say its okay. Just because you’re morally bankrupt doesn’t mean the rest of us must be.

  159. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bobby #34;

    extreme right wing social conservative authoritarian candidates that the VMG generally finds repulsive

    I guess you don’t like the Tea Party.

    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!

    Come on, Bobby, get gay with Mike….

    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!

    Whoahoo!!!!

  160. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bobby #34;

    extreme right wing social conservative authoritarian candidates that the VMG generally finds repulsive

    I guess you don’t like the Tea Party.

    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!

    Come on, Bobby, get gay with Mike….

    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!
    Mike Lee for Senate!

    Whoahoo!!!!

  161. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    virtually omnipotent government they support can interfere with peoples lives to excessive degrees

    [Cough, cough, co, co ,coughCOUGHcough, Cough, (judicialactivism), cough, cough, cough]

  162. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    virtually omnipotent government they support can interfere with peoples lives to excessive degrees

    [Cough, cough, co, co ,coughCOUGHcough, Cough, (judicialactivism), cough, cough, cough]

  163. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin.

    Hamous, I do care because all those things do affect either the society I live in, my personal finances, or my personal safety, and of those around me.

  164. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin.

    Hamous, I do care because all those things do affect either the society I live in, my personal finances, or my personal safety, and of those around me.

  165. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #49;

    Did you catch these two warnings on the adult-sized hoppity hops?

    DO NOT STAND ON THE BALLS

    DO NOT LEAVE BALLS OUTSIDE IN THE SUN OR STORED IN HOT AREAS AS BALL CAN POP

    That’s pretty graphic. I got sympathy pains already.

  166. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous #49;

    Did you catch these two warnings on the adult-sized hoppity hops?

    DO NOT STAND ON THE BALLS

    DO NOT LEAVE BALLS OUTSIDE IN THE SUN OR STORED IN HOT AREAS AS BALL CAN POP

    That’s pretty graphic. I got sympathy pains already.

  167. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I don’t know if anybody has seen this already, but it’s going to be a classic.

    Obama at the Bat

  168. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I don’t know if anybody has seen this already, but it’s going to be a classic.

    Obama at the Bat

  169. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bobby #50;

    The story you are trying to access may cause offense, may be in poor taste, or may contain subject matter of a graphic nature.

    This story was written as a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.

    To confirm you have acknowledged this warning, and wish to continue to read the article, please click the following link.

    So are you now trying to humor the public by: (1) Debasing the story of Jesus? (2) Taking (yet again) a woman who stands for virtue and make her a slut? (3) Projecting your sexual fantasies. (4) A combiination of the above?

    Has it dawned on you that perhaps those ove at the satire clubs might appretiace your humor more than here? What is it you expect to accomplish by posting here?

  170. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Bobby #50;

    The story you are trying to access may cause offense, may be in poor taste, or may contain subject matter of a graphic nature.

    This story was written as a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.

    To confirm you have acknowledged this warning, and wish to continue to read the article, please click the following link.

    So are you now trying to humor the public by: (1) Debasing the story of Jesus? (2) Taking (yet again) a woman who stands for virtue and make her a slut? (3) Projecting your sexual fantasies. (4) A combiination of the above?

    Has it dawned on you that perhaps those ove at the satire clubs might appretiace your humor more than here? What is it you expect to accomplish by posting here?

  171. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, and hamous has a lot more patience with your satire than I do.

  172. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Oh, and hamous has a lot more patience with your satire than I do.

  173. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #88;

    That figure popped in mind when I read here what a nut Angle is. I guess folks arcoss America are just as nuts.

  174. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #88;

    That figure popped in mind when I read here what a nut Angle is. I guess folks arcoss America are just as nuts.

  175. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT #56;

    Aw, nuts, I ran out of fingers!

    Count your blessings, you did better than I would have. 😉

  176. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    TT #56;

    Aw, nuts, I ran out of fingers!

    Count your blessings, you did better than I would have. 😉

  177. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown.

    Hey, that’s Mrs. Darren’s favorite saying. Only, it’s not bob who’s the recipient of it. 😳

  178. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Ha! You are so full of sh** your eyes are brown.

    Hey, that’s Mrs. Darren’s favorite saying. Only, it’s not bob who’s the recipient of it. 😳

  179. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    For note, I stopped following Bobby’s link after the warning.

  180. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    For note, I stopped following Bobby’s link after the warning.

  181. Dooood Avatar

    BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo might seem like an unlikely person to be pushing a bill to cut federal taxes on small beer-makers: A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he abstains from alcohol.
    But Crapo’s effort, with senators from Oregon, Massachusetts and Maine, illustrates the deep bond between Idaho Mormons and the beer industry.

    Mormon farmers raise barley for Budweiser and Negra Modelo beers, and last year, Mormons in the Idaho Legislature helped kill a plan to raise beer and wine taxes to fund drug treatment, fearing it could hurt farmers.

    Crapo touted the tax cut for brewers during a recent appearance at the Portneuf Valley Brewing Co. in Pocatello and said his position is simple: He won’t impose his own religious beliefs on others, especially when it could affect a growing industry.

    “The (Idaho) wine industry is growing, too,” he said. “I’ll probably get asked to help the wine growers out. And I probably will.”

    Most Idaho barley is grown in the southeastern part of the state, where more than 70 percent of the population belongs to the Mormon, or LDS, Church.

    A great American story.

  182. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo might seem like an unlikely person to be pushing a bill to cut federal taxes on small beer-makers: A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he abstains from alcohol.
    But Crapo’s effort, with senators from Oregon, Massachusetts and Maine, illustrates the deep bond between Idaho Mormons and the beer industry.

    Mormon farmers raise barley for Budweiser and Negra Modelo beers, and last year, Mormons in the Idaho Legislature helped kill a plan to raise beer and wine taxes to fund drug treatment, fearing it could hurt farmers.

    Crapo touted the tax cut for brewers during a recent appearance at the Portneuf Valley Brewing Co. in Pocatello and said his position is simple: He won’t impose his own religious beliefs on others, especially when it could affect a growing industry.

    “The (Idaho) wine industry is growing, too,” he said. “I’ll probably get asked to help the wine growers out. And I probably will.”

    Most Idaho barley is grown in the southeastern part of the state, where more than 70 percent of the population belongs to the Mormon, or LDS, Church.

    A great American story.

  183. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    BUMMER Mark Stevens from the golden good old rock and roll days of KLOL Stevens and Pruitt fame passed away form Alzheimer’s disease today.

  184. squawkbox Avatar

    BUMMER Mark Stevens from the golden good old rock and roll days of KLOL Stevens and Pruitt fame passed away form Alzheimer’s disease today.

  185. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #89 Hambivilent,

    I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin. Just don’t expect me to say its okay. Just because you’re morally bankrupt doesn’t mean the rest of us must be.

    I don’t care what you think is sick or not, and I certainly do not care nor do I seek approval from you or anyone else for any of my views or activities. I harm no one. Your support of big government authoritarianism, enabled by your irrational and illogical superiority complex does demonstrably harm others, whether you are able accept that fact or not. Therefore, I’m critical, not of you personally, but of what you empower your government to do to others on your behalf. That you have the gall to call me “morally bankrupt” with absolutely no basis in fact says a lot about your worldview. None of it is positive, and sadly, it is not unique to you.

    This gem is a priceless example of your consistent irrationality and frequent tendency to offer completely unsubstantiated arguments and baseless accusations to anyone that dares to differ with your narrow mind.

    My worldview IS superior to yours and I’m not afraid to say it. You think of yourself as an “anything goes” kind of guy but in fact you are as close-minded as you proclaim me to be. No bumper sticker can hide that.

    Live your life according to whatever moral compass floats your boat, toots your whistle, or rings your bell. As long as you don’t cause others to suffer harm, you’re OK by me. If that makes me “closed minded” in your book, maybe you really should speak to your doctor about Thorazine.

  186. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #89 Hambivilent,

    I don’t care what sick images give you your jollies. I don’t care what adult you choose to diddle in your bedroom. I don’t care if you’re a jihadist. I don’t care if you’re an atheist. I don’t care if you smoke pot or shoot up heroin. Just don’t expect me to say its okay. Just because you’re morally bankrupt doesn’t mean the rest of us must be.

    I don’t care what you think is sick or not, and I certainly do not care nor do I seek approval from you or anyone else for any of my views or activities. I harm no one. Your support of big government authoritarianism, enabled by your irrational and illogical superiority complex does demonstrably harm others, whether you are able accept that fact or not. Therefore, I’m critical, not of you personally, but of what you empower your government to do to others on your behalf. That you have the gall to call me “morally bankrupt” with absolutely no basis in fact says a lot about your worldview. None of it is positive, and sadly, it is not unique to you.

    This gem is a priceless example of your consistent irrationality and frequent tendency to offer completely unsubstantiated arguments and baseless accusations to anyone that dares to differ with your narrow mind.

    My worldview IS superior to yours and I’m not afraid to say it. You think of yourself as an “anything goes” kind of guy but in fact you are as close-minded as you proclaim me to be. No bumper sticker can hide that.

    Live your life according to whatever moral compass floats your boat, toots your whistle, or rings your bell. As long as you don’t cause others to suffer harm, you’re OK by me. If that makes me “closed minded” in your book, maybe you really should speak to your doctor about Thorazine.

  187. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #101;

    Always count on Mormons to protect your beer. This is especially true when you have to leave it with someone for a while. 😉

  188. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #101;

    Always count on Mormons to protect your beer. This is especially true when you have to leave it with someone for a while. 😉

  189. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wow, Bobby’s begun this now the social conservatives are responsible for some of the most reprehensible acts imagable. The other day I was responsible for the Latin King Goonies beating up gays because I support the War on Drugs and now Hamous is responsible for oppressing the masses simply for his views on government. Looks to me Bobby is adhiring to absolute truths. At least the one that feign to be such.

  190. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Wow, Bobby’s begun this now the social conservatives are responsible for some of the most reprehensible acts imagable. The other day I was responsible for the Latin King Goonies beating up gays because I support the War on Drugs and now Hamous is responsible for oppressing the masses simply for his views on government. Looks to me Bobby is adhiring to absolute truths. At least the one that feign to be such.

  191. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Yes, a little toke of the weed never hurt anybody. Of course it’s the government to blame for all the death and mayhem that surrounds drugs. The self centered, morally superior morally bankrupt user is just an innocent bystander.

  192. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Yes, a little toke of the weed never hurt anybody. Of course it’s the government to blame for all the death and mayhem that surrounds drugs. The self centered, morally superior morally bankrupt user is just an innocent bystander.

  193. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    That you have the gall to call me “morally bankrupt” with absolutely no basis in fact…

    A couple years of reading your posts is a strong basis in fact…unless you’re saying you don’t really believe what you write.

    This gem is a priceless example of your consistent irrationality and frequent tendency to offer completely unsubstantiated arguments and baseless accusations to anyone that dares to differ with your narrow mind.

    You think your worldview is superior to mine, you just don’t want to admit it. I don’t have that problem. I don’t have a problem saying that killing a baby in its mother’s womb is always wrong. I don’t have a problem saying the time-tested definition of marriage is morally superior to one you espouse. I don’t have a problem saying certain drugs should remain illegal. I don’t have a problem saying that, while legal, Muslims building a victory mosque next to the site of the worst terrorist attack on American soil is the wrong thing to do.

    Live your life according to whatever moral compass floats your boat, toots your whistle, or rings your bell. As long as you don’t cause others to suffer harm, you’re OK by me.

    Really? Because there are millions of electrons presented in the form of words that would lead me to believe I’m not OK by you and my refusal to put my stamp of approval on homosexuality, abortion, drug legalization, etc. causes others to suffer harm in your book.

  194. Hamous Avatar

    That you have the gall to call me “morally bankrupt” with absolutely no basis in fact…

    A couple years of reading your posts is a strong basis in fact…unless you’re saying you don’t really believe what you write.

    This gem is a priceless example of your consistent irrationality and frequent tendency to offer completely unsubstantiated arguments and baseless accusations to anyone that dares to differ with your narrow mind.

    You think your worldview is superior to mine, you just don’t want to admit it. I don’t have that problem. I don’t have a problem saying that killing a baby in its mother’s womb is always wrong. I don’t have a problem saying the time-tested definition of marriage is morally superior to one you espouse. I don’t have a problem saying certain drugs should remain illegal. I don’t have a problem saying that, while legal, Muslims building a victory mosque next to the site of the worst terrorist attack on American soil is the wrong thing to do.

    Live your life according to whatever moral compass floats your boat, toots your whistle, or rings your bell. As long as you don’t cause others to suffer harm, you’re OK by me.

    Really? Because there are millions of electrons presented in the form of words that would lead me to believe I’m not OK by you and my refusal to put my stamp of approval on homosexuality, abortion, drug legalization, etc. causes others to suffer harm in your book.

  195. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK Quick Drive-By I’ve been outta pocket and don’t know what’s going on, BUTT I think I’ve found our own Southern Demostic Terriorist’s “seperated at birth twin”
    Kristi Noem 😉

  196. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #106 Bigs, you got two out of three pretty much right, although I don’t blame government for 100% of the violence, or encourage irresponsible substance use or abuse. Among the very many ways a person can screw up their life, and that includes activities other than drug use, cannabis abuse ranks pretty low, far below alcohol. Yet, society has learned to deal with those risks less violently, more efficiently, and more effectively than it did during prohibition.

    #107 No Hammie, I don’t think my personal worldview is superior to yours, especially in terms of how it works for us as individuals, and you should know me well enough to expect that if such was the case, I’d have told you long ago, and pulled no punch lines in the process. Believe what you wish. If it works for you that’s fine by me. Just don’t confuse it with legitimate government authoritah.

  197. Bobby Avatar

    #106 Bigs, you got two out of three pretty much right, although I don’t blame government for 100% of the violence, or encourage irresponsible substance use or abuse. Among the very many ways a person can screw up their life, and that includes activities other than drug use, cannabis abuse ranks pretty low, far below alcohol. Yet, society has learned to deal with those risks less violently, more efficiently, and more effectively than it did during prohibition.

    #107 No Hammie, I don’t think my personal worldview is superior to yours, especially in terms of how it works for us as individuals, and you should know me well enough to expect that if such was the case, I’d have told you long ago, and pulled no punch lines in the process. Believe what you wish. If it works for you that’s fine by me. Just don’t confuse it with legitimate government authoritah.

  198. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Man I’ve been busier than a three legged cat burying his business on a frozen pond.
    First off, GJT, hope they got that Boy fixed up right this time, he needs to get back to school. Modern medicine is truly amazing, not only can they do a lot of things that they couldn’t imagine 50-60 years ago, but they can do a lot without surgery.
    BigIron, I hope you’re doing well after the ordeal with your heart. It was nice to see you back in the last few days. Your “Why did you have to make the caricature of Che look so much like Alan Colmes?” was SPOT ON!
    Daughter rolled in on Monday night to spend the night with us since she had to be at one of her stores to give a class in Clear Lake at 8 AM, it was only about 10 minutes from here. She stopped by about 5 and Her and I went to Outback before She left for Beaumont for tomorrow’s class. As luck would have it, She is going to stay with Her Husband’s Grandmother in Nederland! A win-win for sure, Granny loves Her to death. The first time I met the Grandparents, GrandPa said; “She’s a keeper” GrandMa said; We may get rid of Grandson but not her. 😀
    Oh,….The Wife is at a Hen Party.

  199. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Man I’ve been busier than a three legged cat burying his business on a frozen pond.
    First off, GJT, hope they got that Boy fixed up right this time, he needs to get back to school. Modern medicine is truly amazing, not only can they do a lot of things that they couldn’t imagine 50-60 years ago, but they can do a lot without surgery.
    BigIron, I hope you’re doing well after the ordeal with your heart. It was nice to see you back in the last few days. Your “Why did you have to make the caricature of Che look so much like Alan Colmes?” was SPOT ON!
    Daughter rolled in on Monday night to spend the night with us since she had to be at one of her stores to give a class in Clear Lake at 8 AM, it was only about 10 minutes from here. She stopped by about 5 and Her and I went to Outback before She left for Beaumont for tomorrow’s class. As luck would have it, She is going to stay with Her Husband’s Grandmother in Nederland! A win-win for sure, Granny loves Her to death. The first time I met the Grandparents, GrandPa said; “She’s a keeper” GrandMa said; We may get rid of Grandson but not her. 😀
    Oh,….The Wife is at a Hen Party.

  200. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Now I know the evidence is purely anecdotal but in all my years of running a business (my own business) I have never never never had any problems with employees, customers or cohorts that exhibited strong moral convictions. Fact of the matter is when I have had problems where a third party has caused me problems their moral values were shall we say lacking. Not to mention they did not respect MY STUFF.

    So yeah on a side by side comparison sheet I’ll take a person with strong moral values over the free living free thinking knuckle dragging Neanderthals I have run across over the years.

  201. squawkbox Avatar

    Now I know the evidence is purely anecdotal but in all my years of running a business (my own business) I have never never never had any problems with employees, customers or cohorts that exhibited strong moral convictions. Fact of the matter is when I have had problems where a third party has caused me problems their moral values were shall we say lacking. Not to mention they did not respect MY STUFF.

    So yeah on a side by side comparison sheet I’ll take a person with strong moral values over the free living free thinking knuckle dragging Neanderthals I have run across over the years.

  202. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 et al

    Run for your lives, the (satire) dam done busted!

  203. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #51 et al

    Run for your lives, the (satire) dam done busted!

  204. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I didn’t know that;
    The flag of Chile LQQKs an awful lot like one that we’re all familiar with.

  205. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I didn’t know that;
    The flag of Chile LQQKs an awful lot like one that we’re all familiar with.

  206. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #77 Sgt

    Its where he goes to get his shoes.

    Michelle O, too! Those wide-a$$ skirts and always with flats…

    /snark off

  207. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #77 Sgt

    Its where he goes to get his shoes.

    Michelle O, too! Those wide-a$$ skirts and always with flats…

    /snark off

  208. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    http://www.alcohol-abuse-info.com/Statistics_on_Alcohol_Abuse.html

    Good thing it’s legal or there would be troubles.

    (I’ve no idea how acurate these stats are. any reliable stats would be welcome)

  209. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    http://www.alcohol-abuse-info.com/Statistics_on_Alcohol_Abuse.html

    Good thing it’s legal or there would be troubles.

    (I’ve no idea how acurate these stats are. any reliable stats would be welcome)

  210. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Election time. Time to look conservative.

    (Reuters) – The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge’s rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama’s traditional liberal base ahead of a key election.

    The Obama administration filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, that barred gay marriages, even though Obama had previously opposed the law.

    Hmmmmmmm…

    LINK

  211. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Election time. Time to look conservative.

    (Reuters) – The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge’s rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama’s traditional liberal base ahead of a key election.

    The Obama administration filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, that barred gay marriages, even though Obama had previously opposed the law.

    Hmmmmmmm…

    LINK

  212. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I think this now gives much more credence to the sketchy account Tiffany Hartley’s been giving authorities.

  213. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I think this now gives much more credence to the sketchy account Tiffany Hartley’s been giving authorities.

  214. Dooood Avatar

    #108 Super Dave

    From your link:

    Recently, controversy in the race has centered not on the economy, but Noem’s driving record, which became an issue when KELO-TV reported that she has had 20 speeding tickets and other traffic violations in the past two decades, and two warrants were issued for her arrest for failures to appear in court. Noem’s most recent speeding ticket was in January when she was clocked going 94 mph on Interstate 90.

    That’s a woman I could vote for.

  215. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #108 Super Dave

    From your link:

    Recently, controversy in the race has centered not on the economy, but Noem’s driving record, which became an issue when KELO-TV reported that she has had 20 speeding tickets and other traffic violations in the past two decades, and two warrants were issued for her arrest for failures to appear in court. Noem’s most recent speeding ticket was in January when she was clocked going 94 mph on Interstate 90.

    That’s a woman I could vote for.

  216. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Porn actor has tested positive for HIV; industry clinic officials confirm a quarantine is in effect [Updated]

    Who would have thunk to find HIV in a porn star?

    Good thing porn’s legal or there would be troubles.

  217. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Porn actor has tested positive for HIV; industry clinic officials confirm a quarantine is in effect [Updated]

    Who would have thunk to find HIV in a porn star?

    Good thing porn’s legal or there would be troubles.

  218. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Report: Charlie Crist to make “major campaign announcement” tomorrow morning

    I sure hope it’s Crist dropping out and not Meek; though I fear it’s the latter.

  219. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Report: Charlie Crist to make “major campaign announcement” tomorrow morning

    I sure hope it’s Crist dropping out and not Meek; though I fear it’s the latter.

  220. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Lots of weenie waggin’ going on ’round here, anybody win?

    #111
    Hey now, not all us in the Knuckle Dragger Society are bad, matter of fact, we are the most wined and dined of all voters this year. 😀

  221. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Lots of weenie waggin’ going on ’round here, anybody win?

    #111
    Hey now, not all us in the Knuckle Dragger Society are bad, matter of fact, we are the most wined and dined of all voters this year. 😀

  222. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Sorry GJT
    Shoulda been more clear in my comment. 😉

  223. squawkbox Avatar

    Sorry GJT
    Shoulda been more clear in my comment. 😉

  224. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I’m a-skeered to link to it but check for headlines regarding the Postal Union Election and ballots lost…….. in the mail.

  225. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I’m a-skeered to link to it but check for headlines regarding the Postal Union Election and ballots lost…….. in the mail.

  226. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    This election season is almost unfair.

    /pats a liberal on the head

  227. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    This election season is almost unfair.

    /pats a liberal on the head

  228. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    They are getting shriller and shriller, tenser and tenser. I saw one the other day zap a zit and his head exploded. Funniest damn thing I have ever seen.

  229. squawkbox Avatar

    They are getting shriller and shriller, tenser and tenser. I saw one the other day zap a zit and his head exploded. Funniest damn thing I have ever seen.

  230. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #94 – Bigs I don’t recall perzactly – but that one has been around a while……………..

    No less poignant for it’s age to be sure!

  231. Katfish Avatar

    #94 – Bigs I don’t recall perzactly – but that one has been around a while……………..

    No less poignant for it’s age to be sure!

  232. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #102 – Danggggggggggggggg – he looked pretty good at the charity run out of Stubb’s HD last year…………

    R.I.P.

  233. Katfish Avatar

    #102 – Danggggggggggggggg – he looked pretty good at the charity run out of Stubb’s HD last year…………

    R.I.P.

  234. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Finally, a TPD candidate B42 can vote for. Krystal Ball. (see Gawker’s site)

  235. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Finally, a TPD candidate B42 can vote for. Krystal Ball. (see Gawker’s site)

  236. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT. i didn’t see “Krystal Ball” on Gawker’s site but I found the following for Bobby.

    Watch What Happens When a Portrait Artist Takes LSD

  237. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    GJT. i didn’t see “Krystal Ball” on Gawker’s site but I found the following for Bobby.

    Watch What Happens When a Portrait Artist Takes LSD

  238. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I’d like to say thinks to all again for your prayers and warm wishes. It is nice to be on the mend. Still have a long way to go, but I’m looking forward to it all!

  239. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    I’d like to say thinks to all again for your prayers and warm wishes. It is nice to be on the mend. Still have a long way to go, but I’m looking forward to it all!

  240. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    When I was a teenager, the charge´ of the Brazilian consulate in Houston lived around the corner from us. He was able to manage to buy a small Picaso, which he proudly unveiled to our family and his in his living room. When he asked his five year old son what he thought of the painting, the small boy studied it for a moment, then proclaimed, “Junk.”

  241. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    When I was a teenager, the charge´ of the Brazilian consulate in Houston lived around the corner from us. He was able to manage to buy a small Picaso, which he proudly unveiled to our family and his in his living room. When he asked his five year old son what he thought of the painting, the small boy studied it for a moment, then proclaimed, “Junk.”

  242. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Okay, 1:22 AM, 6;22 Houston time. I’m not waiting any longer. lst for Wednesday OC!!!

  243. Big45Iron Avatar
    Big45Iron

    Okay, 1:22 AM, 6;22 Houston time. I’m not waiting any longer. lst for Wednesday OC!!!

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