From the LA Times:
In this crazy election year, the tea partyers have shown surprising strength. But the internal contradictions are so numerous, it’s hard to see how their influence will last.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Those who doubt that the failings of higher education in America have political consequences need only reflect on the quality of progressive commentary on the tea party movement. Our universities have produced two generations of highly educated people who seem unable to recognize the spirited defense of fundamental American principles, even when it takes place for more than a year and a half right in front of their noses.
Thread for the get-together is now open, with a link to pictures.
Had a GREAT time at the No-Brew-Ha-Ha and I have no need to blackmail Katfish because I believe I know who the 3.5 women are? Wild horses couldn’t get the answer out of me. 🙂 I am looking forward to the next gathering and we will have to “™” tedtam’s nickname she called the gathering at the park today. The… Read more »
Left this on the no Brew Ha-Ha thread also: Sorry I didn’t make it. Y’all came in second on the priority list. Woke up this morning to a fencing issue that left me a choice to fix NOW or come to the shindig and possibly loose mares and next years breedings to coyotes. Just got finished here at dusk so… Read more »
Back from Bear Creek Park and a lovely Sunday afternoon getting to know nice folks in person. Conversing through the ethernet and then live face to face was delightful. Bob24 did not doctor the brownies. They were very good, and if anything outside the recipe was added I would have felt it and likely would have needed someone to drive… Read more »
Howdy Y’All. The no-brew ha ha ha was fun and l am looking forward to the next one. I think that at Bear Creek we can have beer but I am not sure; for me it doesn’t matter much as I rarely consume alcohol anymore.
Many THANKS to all of the Gents that left me alone with 3.5 GORGEOUS ladies!
Let the blackmail begin!
HEH
Well, when they post the pix I will look for you & if you were there, I’ll know you drugged your kids & their friends…
I sure wish I was at the No-Brew-Ha-Ha. Good friends. Good conversations and filed-down-fangs! I’m stuck at home, slaving for a bunch of teenagers. Katfish suggested that I drug ’em with Nyquil…..hmmmmm……hmmmmm….. /searching cabinet
Adee, I enjoyed your story about pumpkin vines growing in the compost pile. Reminded me of when I used to buy ornamental gourds every fall and then try my darndest to have them dry out without decaying. A dried gourd is a forever gourd! But some always rot and get pitched into the compost where the seeds easily germinate the… Read more »
#65 OTL
I didn’t feel sorry for the thief who got a pipe shampoo. I simply said it is wrong to beat the crap out of a detained criminal unless he doesn’t want to wait around till the cops get there.
G’Sunday morning all Y’all have a good time cooking and conversing today. Wish I could be there. On another note from my temporary perch in NY. Some people whine and cry for handouts and some get on with their life in spite of setbacks. Was just downstairs from my hotel having a cup of coffee and watched a handicapped guy… Read more »
Hey, Rice won a game too – against UH no less. My, how the mighty have fallen. Only difference is the Rice administration is probably PO’ed since they want the program gone.
He he he, Wisconsin drubbed Ohio State 31-18 today. Played in Madison, and I bet the cheering could be heard all over town. Guess the Buckeyes can kiss #1 ranking goodbye and the Badgers can rise in the rankings. Ohio State is the team we’ve loved to hate ever since the bad old days of Woody Hayes.
First it was this: Caught on Video: Bolivian President Knees Opponent in the Groin During Soccer Game
Then it was this: FOPATKITFOC: Attack Ad Shows Canadian Mayor Kicking a Kid in the Face
I tells ya’, politicians should be banned from playing soccer.
“I don’t love her, she kicked me in the face.” (Sorry about the avatar)
Be sure to bring an extra good Bible with you, Shannon.
Bobby #54;
Sorry I won’t be able to meetya’ again. Take care and have fun with the motley crew.
Shannon, don’t you think the fur loin clothe and sword are better?
Shannon #49:
Stop being a cheap light weight. Dig into your wallet and get a couple of these! You might get lucky enough to get results like this!
I’ll mostly miss seeing ST in her camo cheerleader outfit.
Well shoot, bob.
We’ll just have to discuss theology another time.
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Bob: Forget about the Kevlar vest. I just hope they remember to file their fangs. It’s a tradition. 😉
#49 Sorry to disappoint you or anyone else, but be warned that I will be there. I still have a lengthy newsletter to edit tomorrow night (deadline was Friday) but the Queso is in the crock pot, and I might even find time to bring brownies.
/Goes off to stir the Queso and look for his Kevlar vest.
Another account of my thesis above, although not involving a beat-down with a pipe in an alley. The story of an upper middle class couple who always played by the rules. At least until they figured out the deck was stacked against them and people like them. And that they should take advantage of their situation and the condition of… Read more »
I was hoping I’d do the old rattlesnake eggs and snake in the cooler tricks. Dang. That was just krewel, Shannon!!! Someone could poke an eye out.
I have missed y’all but I think y’all have missed some important facts about the beat down. The restaurant employee Hmmmm…..I’d love to have an employee like that. Kinda like my boss does, but her employee doesn’t have a pipe She has a Mr. Freeze and 2 filet knives, (Mike and Jake) plus a nailgun. And a Dewalt power saw.… Read more »
bobby; I already hit the most important, and pertinent aspects of the issue.. The government’s WOF is a failure. It’s wasting billions as fraud is still rampant despite government’s heavy-handed tactics. So the only course we as a society have at our disposal is to legalize fraud. We should no longer let politicians use their authoritah just to get elected.… Read more »
Besides, it sounds like bob ain’t coming….
and I can’t think of anyone else to throw lawn darts at.
Crikey, even Dude is showing tomorrow?
Have a beer for me, eh?
I’m on call and will be there in spirit only.
What a slimy schmuck Crist is.
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#45 – that’s bob’s standard closed-minded retort when he doesn’t want to listen to what others are saying. Call ’em crazy and declare himself superior.
#44
That’s a LOT to ask…
#42 Darren, why does nothing I said matter? Please explain your logic.
Also, if it’s not to much to ask, could I trouble you for a brain sample? It’s in the interest of science.
I’m with #39 on this one. Vigilante justice is more often a violent expression of anger than it is an expression of justice. I understand the anger. I disagree with the support of violence.
Bobby #32;
none of what you said matters. The point is that if a government war, such as WOF, is a failure, then we should legalize what tey are trying to combat.
The guy didn’t even have to go to the hospital. I’m with BigIron, not a very good aim.
It may have been illegal, but it may also have been deserved, which has been my point. Just like if I insult someone’s wife at a bar and the husband decides I need a good, stiff punch in the jaw. He would likely be guilty of assault/battery, but I would likely have deserved it as well. We’ve gotten to the… Read more »
About the pipe beat-down — consider that if the police had arrived and beat the perp with a pipe, they would be in trouble. How then can anyone say the employee was justified in the beating as described? The story did not say the thief was about to get away or threatened the employee detaining him. I don’t see any… Read more »
Angela Merkel getting it right.
Sadly, she has bigger cojones than most everyone in government here.
#35 That sort of nonsense was rampant in Austin when I lived there back in the 70’s. It led to Barton Springs, the most popular swimmin’ hole in town, becoming top-optional during that time. The topless sunbathers were then spittin’ mad about being gawked at. Common sense is no doubt still more rare in Austin than here in Houston. And… Read more »
#35 WB, fwiw there are currently no laws in Texas prohibiting people (including females) from being topless. The same is true in many other states, including New Hampshire, where a native Texan named Cassidy was “busted” by the local constabulary the first time she walked down the street topless (and with a handgun strapped around her waist.) Ultimately, their bogus… Read more »
I, for one, could get
behindin front of this movement.Go get ’em sister.
Tedtam, I would not belong to a religion that promotes sharia law and all the horrific things that go with Islam. Ask your brother to be sensitive about women who are beaten, raped, and then executed. Women who are sexually mutilated. Women who are not permitted to have health care. Women who are not allowed out in public without a… Read more »
Want to bet that Hermilo Aguilar was not in this country legally? Folks talk about beating up and old man? Any idea how old the guy dishing it out was? How have credit card thieves affected this business? Does the constant theft prevent the owner from having sufficient profit to provide insurance to his employees – some of whom might… Read more »
#18 Darren, with all due respect, this is not a well thought out question. I understand that you were tossing some sideways criticism of my position to end the drug wars, but this is completely apples and oranges, and irrational. Why should government spend billions of dollars on cracking down on fraud if people are still going to act frauduantly?… Read more »
#28 tedtam
People like your sister in law need to start speaking up. She’s also the kind of person th crazies trying to take over in Turkey are trying to suppress.
#12/13/15 Squawkbox, I always get all tinglie when you wax Jeffersonian.
They’ve never even heard of a nanny state.
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Pretty despicable. More despicableness. I just found out that my brother’s wife is Muslim. I knew she was from Turkey, but she doesn’t dress or act Muslim. He took offense to an admittedly anti-Islamic email someone in the family sent around and corrected us not to be racist and to try to be more sensitive. His wife is charming. These… Read more »
The guy trying to pass off the credit card had prolly done it before without consequence. I figure the beat down was karma catching up with him. Likewise, the other guy had prolly sustained numerous losses and finally got tired of playing the patsy after having reported the fraud to the authorities many times to no avail. If a few… Read more »
Up here in NY on our trip we have seen plenty of the sheeple. However, we took a cab to the Metropolitan Museum this AM and I mentioned that those tour busses looked like they would be hard to handle in this traffic. He agreed and then got off on a story about a guy he knew that set up… Read more »