Can I get an opinion from you people? We all seem to think that the least worst option for these posts is leveraging the limited wit (such as it is) of the front-page posters here 24/7. We then wait on these posts to appear so we can all touch base and get over the issues we all have.
Oftentimes, we give each other a heads up on the news of the day. I do feel that it’s my bad sometimes if we can’t maintain a sense of normalcy, or can’t keep moving forward.
I just felt a need to reach out to you people for a clue to help make this the winningest blog. Although I could care less if you know where it’s at. I suspect that this will be a case of me finding out something that’ll learn me.
You do the math.
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#185 TT
All those distinctions will be lost on the general public anyway. Americans will be voting straight pocketbook in 2012.
I was referring to the liberal slant on this. If Perry has such a following already, and his claim was job creation, then by pointing out Walker’s success they hope to diminish Perry’s record.
It was on that interpretation that I was gagging.
#183 Tedtam No to your question. Read this again: On the other hand, if an economic strategy, like a scientific experiment, results in reproducible results, replicated in various other “laboratories” when attempted, that tends to prove that it wasn’t dumb luck or special circumstances at all, but instead a general principle of wide applicability. It may look like Walker’s success… Read more »
But didn’t Walker get changes to the union positions in his state? More conservative, like? And Texas is a very unionized state…oh, wait, crap —
Yeah, Walker’s success is a fluke. Couldn’t have anything to do with conservative ideals. And that’s BOUND to hurt Perry, right?
/gags
Ace seems to think this helps Rick Perry. While Nation Sputters on Jobs, Wisconsin Economy Begins to Hum[Madison, Wisc…] Earlier this month, analysts were dismayed by the nation’s anemic job creation numbers. On Thursday, state officials were pleased as they released data that showed more than half of the net new jobs added in the US in June came from… Read more »
#170 Simple Hamous must pay you by the word. No, I try diligently to post only those opinions and observations that I can defend intellectually and honestly. I don’t just go around the internet making cryptic comments and obscurantist quips praying serious people do not take notice. I take this forum as earnestly as I would any other in the… Read more »
Yah, figgered that, but all four needed to be in there, so I went ahead and diddit. Thanks
Sarge, I released your penned up comments. Too many links,I guess.
#170 Simple Perhaps the Chinese are in the process of catching up with their own industrial revolution. But what philosophical underpinning do they have? What motivation to conduct business in a moral manner? Sure, many have strayed and still stray in The West, but there is an ideal here to “do the right thing”. I believe most Americans still adhere… Read more »
Posty in the bucket
THIS is gonna leave a mark.
THIS will hurt, too.
Even Carville’s bunch has bad news (but keep in mind, those are the same folks who said Perry would lose Texas to Obama)
Both of which, hopefully, might be the reasons why this is happening.
#170 Simple
If I were paid for everything I write, I could buy out Rupert Murdoch and send him to live at your house.
Regarding the rest of your response, I have absolutely no idea what it has to do with my commentary in #’s 167 and 166.
My suggestion for RM: just skim the comments, don’t read everything. You’ll soon develop a taste for some posters and read their stuff, so skip the rest.
Some times are more fun than others.
#165 RM We had that capability for a while, when Hammy was experimenting with WordPress. You could start a comment thread under each and every posting. While that was convenient in some respects, you didn’t have automatic chronology. Each time you came back during the day, you’d have to browse through everything again to see what was new. At least,… Read more »
But I do have a specific topic set up for tomorrow, just to please those who want a specific thread. I only hope it’s worthy of its own space.
167 Tex, Hamous must pay you by the word. Perhaps the Chinese are in the process of catching up with their own industrial revolution. We are still in the process of perfecting ours. but the 1.3 billion Chinese are just going to pull them out of their derriere and dance happily through Tiannemen Square like nothing ever happened there ?… Read more »
Frankly, I enjoy the OC more than specific topics. It’s a rollickin’ fun time in the OC!
#165 Robert M
Your comments, I am sure, are well taken here. Thanks for being a reader.
#163 162, Was our manufacturing so different in the 19th century? The FDA came about because of such practices here, which regrettably still happen from time to time ? To answer your question, yes, an emphatic yes. They were very different. Let me try to educate you here. When the Founders, in the period leading to and after the Revolution,… Read more »
China has huge social, cultural, financial, educational and economic problems. Huge, I said. Oh, and I forgot to mention political problems that will only expand with whatever commercial successes they bring to themselves. We have spent the last decade arguing, fighting and debating whether we can export some semblance of American democratic and republican principles to Iraq, Afghanistan and other… Read more »
My suggestion for different topics doesn’t require the same person come up with all the topics. It should be like a group of reporters, either each handles different aspects like world, state or local news or a rotation of reporters who pick a topic that is dear to their heart and let that be the opening for the discussions. I… Read more »
FWIW; ……Oops, do hope that I’m NOT using another “FORBIDDEN ACRONYM.” Nobody can dampen my spirits today, Daughter has a wedding in Clear Lake on Saturday and is spending the night here @ my house, on Sunday morning, Daughter, Her Hubby, The Boy and his Bride and my Wife and I are taking the new Sea Ray out to Taylor… Read more »
162, Was our manufacturing so different in the 19th century? The FDA came about because of such practices here, which regrettably still happen from time to time.
Simple
I don’t see any concept of rectitude in Chinese culture. They’ll steal anything they can — Patent or Copyright, too bad; pollute anything they can — plastic resin in toothpaste and pet food, tough luck; just no golden rule there. I saw that when I read Pearl Buck’s “The Good Earth” 50 years ago. A Chinese man gets his start… Read more »
Hambone “Super Dave – you used the forbidden acronym.”
Sorry, I didn’t get the memo, I’ve been real busy of late and only check in once in a while…..Sigh,….Is there anything else that I need to know? 🙁
Tex – Harper – Shannon, No bets and no bandwagons. I think the US still has some gas in the old gal, but of late I have become more skeptical about we the American people turning things around. I don’t know if it will be the Chinese, Brazilians, or the Indians who will be the next major players on the… Read more »
Regardless of how you feel about Jimmy Dick I got a chuckle out of this. I don’t think Begala got the memo: “Being seen as the protégé of the worst president in history cannot be advantageous for Perry,” said Democratic consultant Paul Begala, a native Texan. “The problem is more about Bush than about Texas per se.” ¡Pobrecito! Or as… Read more »
Super Dave – you used the forbidden acronym.
Just in case some didn’t get the joke, everything i said about Lawrence was a joke. The cheap mofo.
BwhahahhahahahaahaaAaAaa!
Re the cop video: did they ever ask for or get permission to search the car?
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Just in case Texpat’s gone off to cook some exotic fare…
Let’s just say that he’s less than enthusiastic about jumping on the Chinese bandwagon.
A lot less than some others.
Is “Lawrence” a bad word now?!?! I’m SOOO confused!
My #150 “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” WHAT?!?! No bad words at all? Am I on Hal’s $#17 list!?!?
#148 Darren: I marvel at the restraint of the driver. He never raised his voice, even though his rights were being serially violated. I was getting bent out of shape just watching that bully cop go off. That cop desperately needs a severe azz whippin.
#141 Texpat
I don’t know betting lingo so I can’t tell if you think the Chinese will run the world or not! Or are you just saying it won’t be a “Free World” ?
Tips with twenties.
I’ll be glad to serve Lawrence a grilled 1/2 Lb hamburger. With sharp chedder cheese,
evenbutter fried onions, fresh tomatoes,Jalapeño’s on a buttered grilled bun.FIFY😉#135 Simple I’m already familiar with the broad outlines of the decline in Europe, through required history classes at UT some decades ago, but don’t recognise The Golden Asse by Lucius Apulieus. Thanks for the recommendation and I’ll look into it after I retire. (I have put a memo in my notes file.) I’ve lived through the decline in the… Read more »
Bonecrusher; One of the commenters mentioned his partner, who did absolutely nothing to restrain an obviously out of control partner. I think about that in situations like in the video. I felt terribly bad for the foul mothed officer and wondered if it would be better to restrain his partner on the spot or just work with it (and make… Read more »
Sounds like how government works.
I was going so good on a bubbleshooter game a minute ago whenthe power flickered off. But at least he power flicker was due to rain. For us this is the second day in a row with decent rain.
That’s good.
I work with several Canadians who made the trip in the opposite direction from the Calgary area (Red Deer). They seem to enjoy the low cost of living and the relatively greater degree of freedoms they have here. Really good folks, most of ’em.
There is a convenience store that has all the features I look for in such an establishment. Every surface in the place could be used as a plate for your food, it is so clean. They charge 99 cents for a 10lb bag of ice – not 2 dollars for an 8lb bag like the competitor around the block. The… Read more »
#130 Darren: I have had encounters with cops like that, though not as bad and fortunately no weapons were involved.That cop has no biz in law enforcement in any capacity. How did he ever pass the psych evaluation?? He defines bad cop, I hope he goes to jail. One of the commenters mentioned his partner, who did absolutely nothing to… Read more »
#139 WB I have a friend down in Rockport whose wife has MS. He bought some property on a lake and built a nice cabin in Alberta so his wife could spend the summers up there away from the Texas heat and humidity. In fact, another friend of mine who moved to Calgary says the woods are full of those… Read more »
#135 Simple I wonder if the Chinese will become the next great Democracy and “Leader of the Free World”. If you, or anyone else, wants to bet that will happen, I will take the wager and because I am a generous person, even offer odds in your favor. The amount of the bet can be as much as you can… Read more »
#124 shannon
You just do not want to get a flight shot out from under you in Moline.
#117 texpat
It was gorgeous the past couple of days in central Alberta. Highs In the low 60’s.
You guys are too funny!
Boy, if I had as much money as you think I have, I’d really have some!
The folks at Prosperity Bank still believe in personal relationships, which is what banking is still really all about.
“Americans understand that we didn’t get into this problem overnight,” he told an interviewer from KMBC-TV in Kansas City, one of three interviews the White House granted to local television stations Wednesday. “If next November they feel like I’ve … been working as hard as I can and have been getting some things done to move us in the right… Read more »