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Thursday Political Chicken Open Comments

Well, Obama decided to make his “jobs” speech on September 7th. Boehner gently suggested that he delay the speech until the next night.

“The House will not be in session until Wednesday, September 7, with votes at 6:30 that evening,” Boehner wrote in a three-paragraph retort.
Boehner cited “the significant amount of time — typically more than three hours” needed for security sweeps, and offered Obama the “recommendation that your address be held on the following evening, when we can ensure there will be no parliamentary or logistical impediments that might detract from your remarks.”
His conclusion: “I respectfully invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, September 8, 2011 in the House Chamber, at a time that works best for your schedule.”

Obama’s staff insisted that they cleared the time with Boehner, while Boehner claims he knew nothing about the chosen time. I find it hard to believe that the debate debut of Rick Perry, the current Republican front runner in the presidential race, was not considered when Obama picked the time for his speech. I find it even harder that the White House tried to claim that the debate was not important enough to consider, describing it as “just another debate,” as if saying “this is just earwax”. They knew – as we all knew – that the White House campaign is probably changing their metaphorical and collective boxers on an hourly basis as Rick Perry gains momentum and Obama’s approval numbers seem to nosedive into a vat of excrement.
I’m proud of Boehner for standing up to the White House, even though it seemed to violate protocol. I’m tired of this administration trying to take unfair advantage of the kindness of others and their respect for the office of POTUS. If Obama gave it the kind of respect the office deserved, perhaps I might feel a little more inclined to accept the protocol argument.
I was wondering who would blink. Who would back down first? It seems that the White House is appearing to be the “bigger man” here, but in my opinion, it merely proves that the polls were probably showing Obama that he was making a huge mistake in attempting to usurp his opponent’s already scheduled time.

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184 responses to “Thursday Political Chicken Open Comments”

  1. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    First!!
    Mornin’ Gang

  2. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    First!!
    Mornin’ Gang

  3. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OK grab the waste basket, time to puke; Clooney: Obama ‘having an almost impossible time governing’

    Mr. Clooney plays the presidential candidate but told reporters at the festival he is not looking to be one in real life.

    “As for running for president, look, there’s a guy in office right now who is smarter than almost anyone you know, who’s nicer and who has more compassion than almost anyone you know. And he’s having an almost impossible time governing. Why would anybody volunteer for that job?” Mr. Clooney told a news conference.

  4. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK grab the waste basket, time to puke; Clooney: Obama ‘having an almost impossible time governing’

    Mr. Clooney plays the presidential candidate but told reporters at the festival he is not looking to be one in real life.
    “As for running for president, look, there’s a guy in office right now who is smarter than almost anyone you know, who’s nicer and who has more compassion than almost anyone you know. And he’s having an almost impossible time governing. Why would anybody volunteer for that job?” Mr. Clooney told a news conference.

  5. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Second!!
    Mornin’ Dave & rest of the Gang

  6. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Second!!
    Mornin’ Dave & rest of the Gang

  7. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, you present a very well-thought-out scenario for what probably happened behind the scenes at the WH, both before and after the scheduling snafu. Plus this is a very well-written piece (i.e. “earwax”, “nosedive into a vat of excrement”). It needs a wider audience — I suggest Big Jolly pick it up and publish on his blog as well (with your permission, of course).

  8. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    TT, you present a very well-thought-out scenario for what probably happened behind the scenes at the WH, both before and after the scheduling snafu. Plus this is a very well-written piece (i.e. “earwax”, “nosedive into a vat of excrement”). It needs a wider audience — I suggest Big Jolly pick it up and publish on his blog as well (with your permission, of course).

  9. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #4 Mharper

    Gee, thanks for the compliment.
    /toe dig
    /blushing

  10. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #4 Mharper
    Gee, thanks for the compliment.
    /toe dig
    /blushing

  11. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OMGFG
    Mr. Juszkiewicz Smith is the CEO of Gibson guitars.

    CHRIS DANIEL: Mr. Juszkiewicz, did an agent of the US government suggest to you that your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of American labor?

    HENRY JUSZKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that in a pleading.

    CHRIS DANIEL: Excuse me?

    HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that it a pleading.

    CHRIS DANIEL: That your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of our labor?

    HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: Yes

    http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2011/08/31/doj-advises-gibson-guitar-to-export-labor/

    morning all

  12. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OMGFG
    Mr. Juszkiewicz Smith is the CEO of Gibson guitars.

    CHRIS DANIEL: Mr. Juszkiewicz, did an agent of the US government suggest to you that your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of American labor?
    HENRY JUSZKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that in a pleading.
    CHRIS DANIEL: Excuse me?
    HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: They actually wrote that it a pleading.
    CHRIS DANIEL: That your problems would go away if you used Madagascar labor instead of our labor?
    HENRY JUSKIEWICZ: Yes

    http://www.redstate.com/aglanon/2011/08/31/doj-advises-gibson-guitar-to-export-labor/
    morning all

  13. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’Morning all

    We have three co-equal branches of government. Congress does not have to kowtow to the President. The President does not demand a joint session of Congress, he requests it. They don’t have to honor that request, even though they always have.

  14. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning all
    We have three co-equal branches of government. Congress does not have to kowtow to the President. The President does not demand a joint session of Congress, he requests it. They don’t have to honor that request, even though they always have.

  15. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Which had you rather do, watch OBH whine and ask for another trillion dollars or eat pizza and watch the NFL kickoff?

  16. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Which had you rather do, watch OBH whine and ask for another trillion dollars or eat pizza and watch the NFL kickoff?

  17. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    And the hits keep coming folks…

    This is too delicious – and ignorant – not to blog about.

    Labor Secretary Hilda Solis junked her limo and bought a Chevy Equinox to ride around Washington in.

    She was very pleased with herself, telling the Christian Science Monitor, “What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we’re for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well.”

    The only problem is that the SUV was built in Canada, by Canadian workers, using all Canadian parts:

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/labor_secretary_buys_canadian_built_suv.html

  18. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    And the hits keep coming folks…

    This is too delicious – and ignorant – not to blog about.
    Labor Secretary Hilda Solis junked her limo and bought a Chevy Equinox to ride around Washington in.
    She was very pleased with herself, telling the Christian Science Monitor, “What better example could I set if I encouraged my staff to go and purchase and seek how we could acquire a vehicle that would for me would send a signal that we’re for supporting our American workers, American-made products, fuel efficient as well.”
    The only problem is that the SUV was built in Canada, by Canadian workers, using all Canadian parts:

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/labor_secretary_buys_canadian_built_suv.html

  19. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Political Chicken or just wissin stoooooooooooooooooopid? Given the current political climate and O’Dumbo’s plummeting approval ratings, this stunt of scheduling your jobs speech re-election campaign speech on the same wissin night of the R debate (which has been scheduled for months) is simply not smart. Arrogant and abrasive – yes but smart – no. This is yet another sign of the absolute incompetence of this admin.
    They could not achieve the objective in a Bankok brothel with a pocket full of Euros.

  20. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Political Chicken or just wissin stoooooooooooooooooopid? Given the current political climate and O’Dumbo’s plummeting approval ratings, this stunt of scheduling your jobs speech re-election campaign speech on the same wissin night of the R debate (which has been scheduled for months) is simply not smart. Arrogant and abrasive – yes but smart – no. This is yet another sign of the absolute incompetence of this admin.
    They could not achieve the objective in a Bankok brothel with a pocket full of Euros.

  21. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    It needs a wider audience — I suggest Big Jolly pick it up and publish on his blog as well

    There was no love for Joe Straus in that post, therefore it is not fit for any BJ publication.

    😛

  22. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    It needs a wider audience — I suggest Big Jolly pick it up and publish on his blog as well

    There was no love for Joe Straus in that post, therefore it is not fit for any BJ publication.
    😛

  23. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    #6
    Wow.

  24. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    #6
    Wow.

  25. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #6 TEX: I would like to see several of the R candidates at the upcoming debate bring Gibson guitars or banjos or other acoustic instruments to the debate and read directly from the DOJ letter about the attempt to force US JOBS overseas. Further they should bring up the fact that Martin Guitars buys the exact same wood from the exact same source and they have not been harassed – Martin donates to Ds and Gibson donates to Rs. Ditto that with the Chrysler and GM dealers that were forcibly closed. The outright criminal tyranny of this admin must not be allowed to go unchallenged and unpunished.

  26. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #6 TEX: I would like to see several of the R candidates at the upcoming debate bring Gibson guitars or banjos or other acoustic instruments to the debate and read directly from the DOJ letter about the attempt to force US JOBS overseas. Further they should bring up the fact that Martin Guitars buys the exact same wood from the exact same source and they have not been harassed – Martin donates to Ds and Gibson donates to Rs. Ditto that with the Chrysler and GM dealers that were forcibly closed. The outright criminal tyranny of this admin must not be allowed to go unchallenged and unpunished.

  27. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #6 texanadian

    Iowa Hawk also has a good write up on Gipson

    New Scandal at DoJ as Illegal Guitars End Up In Hands of Mexican Drug Lords

    WASHINGTON – Today’s uncovering of secret multi-agency program for shipping illegal Gibson guitars to Mexican drug cartels left red-faced officials of the U.S. Department of Justice scrambling for an explanation amid angry calls for a Congressional investigation.

    “I have ordered all agency personnel to fully cooperate in any Congressional inquiries, including all reasonable document request, as soon as we can redact them with Sharpie pens and lighter fluid,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

    The secret program came to light early this morning in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, after what was described as a wild battle of the bands between members of the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas, two of Mexico’s most notorious violent drug gangs.

    More:

  28. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #6 texanadian
    Iowa Hawk also has a good write up on Gipson

    New Scandal at DoJ as Illegal Guitars End Up In Hands of Mexican Drug Lords
    WASHINGTON – Today’s uncovering of secret multi-agency program for shipping illegal Gibson guitars to Mexican drug cartels left red-faced officials of the U.S. Department of Justice scrambling for an explanation amid angry calls for a Congressional investigation.
    “I have ordered all agency personnel to fully cooperate in any Congressional inquiries, including all reasonable document request, as soon as we can redact them with Sharpie pens and lighter fluid,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
    The secret program came to light early this morning in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, after what was described as a wild battle of the bands between members of the Sinaloa cartel and Los Zetas, two of Mexico’s most notorious violent drug gangs.

    More:

  29. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Ann Coulter attacks the Darwiniacs with her usual devastating precision.

    Darwin’s theory was that a process of random mutation, sex and death, allowing the “fittest” to survive and reproduce, and the less fit to die without reproducing, would, over the course of billions of years, produce millions of species out of inert, primordial goo.

    The vast majority of mutations are deleterious to the organism, so if the mutations were really random, then for every mutation that was desirable, there ought to be a staggering number that are undesirable.

    Otherwise, the mutations aren’t random, they are deliberate — and then you get into all the hocus-pocus about “intelligent design” and will probably start speaking in tongues and going to NASCAR races.

    We also ought to find a colossal number of transitional organisms in the fossil record — for example, a squirrel on its way to becoming a bat, or a bear becoming a whale. (Those are actual Darwinian claims.)

    But that’s not what the fossil record shows. We don’t have fossils for any intermediate creatures in the process of evolving into something better. This is why the late Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard referred to the absence of transitional fossils as the “trade secret” of paleontology. (Lots of real scientific theories have “secrets.”)

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Ann Coulter attacks the Darwiniacs with her usual devastating precision.

    Darwin’s theory was that a process of random mutation, sex and death, allowing the “fittest” to survive and reproduce, and the less fit to die without reproducing, would, over the course of billions of years, produce millions of species out of inert, primordial goo.
    The vast majority of mutations are deleterious to the organism, so if the mutations were really random, then for every mutation that was desirable, there ought to be a staggering number that are undesirable.
    Otherwise, the mutations aren’t random, they are deliberate — and then you get into all the hocus-pocus about “intelligent design” and will probably start speaking in tongues and going to NASCAR races.
    We also ought to find a colossal number of transitional organisms in the fossil record — for example, a squirrel on its way to becoming a bat, or a bear becoming a whale. (Those are actual Darwinian claims.)
    But that’s not what the fossil record shows. We don’t have fossils for any intermediate creatures in the process of evolving into something better. This is why the late Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard referred to the absence of transitional fossils as the “trade secret” of paleontology. (Lots of real scientific theories have “secrets.”)

  31. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    A man in Illinois faces 75 wissin years for recording the police. His name is Michael Allison. There is a story on Drudge that links to a “unfavored” site so you can go here and get the story.
    Federal Appeals courts have thrown out the cases in favor of the citizen victim of police over-reaching; yet the cops still attempt to harass the citizenry in this fashion.

  32. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    A man in Illinois faces 75 wissin years for recording the police. His name is Michael Allison. There is a story on Drudge that links to a “unfavored” site so you can go here and get the story.
    Federal Appeals courts have thrown out the cases in favor of the citizen victim of police over-reaching; yet the cops still attempt to harass the citizenry in this fashion.

  33. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    If that frickin’ jobs creation speech was that important then why didn’t Obummer delay his vacation plans, work on the problem and then present the plan before he went on vacation. Obviously, his vacation was more important than all those unemployed people. And he certainly wouldn’t want to upset MooMoochelle and the kids especially since the kids were going back to school after the vacation. And its not like the problem just popped up because the unemployment numbers have been hovering at around 9% for a long, long time. So, it’s nice to see the president play “chicken” and lose. Boy, not getting his way must really hurt. Maybe Obummer can use the CBC and Muddy Waters to say something outrageous that they can get away with saying that nobody else can say.

  34. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    If that frickin’ jobs creation speech was that important then why didn’t Obummer delay his vacation plans, work on the problem and then present the plan before he went on vacation. Obviously, his vacation was more important than all those unemployed people. And he certainly wouldn’t want to upset MooMoochelle and the kids especially since the kids were going back to school after the vacation. And its not like the problem just popped up because the unemployment numbers have been hovering at around 9% for a long, long time. So, it’s nice to see the president play “chicken” and lose. Boy, not getting his way must really hurt. Maybe Obummer can use the CBC and Muddy Waters to say something outrageous that they can get away with saying that nobody else can say.

  35. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    President Obama walks into the Bank of America to cash a check. As he approaches the cashier he says, “Good morning Ma’am, could you please cash this check for me?”

    Cashier: “It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID?”

    Obama: “Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn’t think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States of Am…Erica!!!”

    Cashier: “Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations and monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers plus the requirements of the Dodd/Frank legislation, etc., I must insist on seeing ID.”

    Obama: “Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am.”

    Cashier: “I am sorry Mr. President, but these are the bank rules and I must follow them.”

    Obama: “I am urging you, please, to cash this check.”

    Cashier: “Look Mr. President, this is what we can do:

    One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without an ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods, he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the bank into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his check.

    Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot whereas the tennis ball landed in my cup. With that shot we cashed his check.

    So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the President of the United States?”

    Obama stood there thinking, and thinking and finally says: “Honestly, my mind is a total blank ~~~ there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can’t think of a single thing. I have absolutely no idea what to do.”

    Cashier: “Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?”

  36. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    President Obama walks into the Bank of America to cash a check. As he approaches the cashier he says, “Good morning Ma’am, could you please cash this check for me?”
    Cashier: “It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID?”
    Obama: “Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn’t think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States of Am…Erica!!!”
    Cashier: “Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations and monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers plus the requirements of the Dodd/Frank legislation, etc., I must insist on seeing ID.”
    Obama: “Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am.”
    Cashier: “I am sorry Mr. President, but these are the bank rules and I must follow them.”
    Obama: “I am urging you, please, to cash this check.”
    Cashier: “Look Mr. President, this is what we can do:
    One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without an ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods, he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the bank into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his check.
    Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot whereas the tennis ball landed in my cup. With that shot we cashed his check.
    So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the President of the United States?”
    Obama stood there thinking, and thinking and finally says: “Honestly, my mind is a total blank ~~~ there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can’t think of a single thing. I have absolutely no idea what to do.”
    Cashier: “Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?”

  37. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    There is a big write-up about the Gibson abuse scandal in the WSJ page B1.

  38. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    There is a big write-up about the Gibson abuse scandal in the WSJ page B1.

  39. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    This is the guy who is the US Atty responsible for the latest Gibson raid; his name is Jerry Martin. Isn’t it interesting that Martin Guitars has not been raided?

  40. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is the guy who is the US Atty responsible for the latest Gibson raid; his name is Jerry Martin. Isn’t it interesting that Martin Guitars has not been raided?

  41. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Sounds like a real interview to me…

    I read the following on National Review and thought I must share it with you all, enjoy.

    The Long View by Rob Long – Official Transcript: Larry Ching Live on CCTV

    LARRY CHING: From Harbin, in Hei­long­jiang Province, ni hao!

    CALLER: Ni hao, Larry, and ni hao to your guest.

    LARRY CHING: Ni hao, CALLER. Do you have a question for the American secretary of the treasury, Mr. Geithner Tim?

    CALLER: I do, Larry, thank you. I’d like to ask Mr. Tim if he is regretful about the recent downgrading of American sovereign debt?

    LARRY CHING: Good question! What about it, Mr. Tim? But before answer, can call you Geithner? Is that too familiar?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, Larry, actually, in English it’s reversed. So my first name is Tim and my second name is Geithner.

    LARRY CHING: How about that! Weird! Fun stuff! I am enjoying this nutty interview!

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: If I may, to an­swer your CALLER’s question, I am of course regretful about Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States’ debt, but I am hopeful that this situation can be resolved. As you know, the American economy is still the most powerful and energetic in the world, and our ability to meet our financial obligations remains strong.

    LARRY CHING: So when do you have to go to the prison farm?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, never, I hope.

    LARRY CHING: Will you or any of your cadre be executed?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: No, as I’ve said, this is really not a big problem. The United States remains solvent, and while I disagree with the decision by Standard & Poor’s, I agree with their basic assessment of the current political environment in the United States, which is making it very difficult to address these critical issues.

    LARRY CHING: Who in the Standard & Poor’s economic unit will be imprisoned for this humiliation?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, um, no one, I think.

    LARRY CHING: No one? An economic unit of the state is not prohibited from humiliating and demeaning the leaders and the people’s government?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, no, I mean, I see your point, but . . .

    LARRY CHING: Will there at least be televised show trials?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: No.

    LARRY CHING: Will Miss Bachmann Michele be publicly rebuked?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Only by the media.

    LARRY CHING: Will anyone in the American ruling cadre have their lakeside retreat or Audi confiscated?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: We operate on a different system . . .

    LARRY CHING: Surely your children’s careers have been ruined?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: My children are very young still . . .

    LARRY CHING: Wonderful! A family man! How many instruments do your children play?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I don’t . . . I mean . . . I think one of them is starting piano . . .

    LARRY CHING: One of them is starting piano? Okay. Moving on. What are their most recent test scores in the math or science arena?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I’m really not comfortable discussing my children, Larry.

    LARRY CHING: Ouch! That bad, huh?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: If we could get back to the subject at hand?

    LARRY CHING: Okay, okay. Let me recap. No one will be executed, no one will be humiliated on television, no one will lose their lakeside retreat or their Audi, no one will have their children’s futures destroyed, no one will face imprisonment or public trial? Am I hearing this correctly? This is crazy crazy!

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: We don’t do that in the United States.

    LARRY CHING: Don’t do that! My viewers, don’t you love this guy? Tomorrow night! The whole hour with Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, and Siu-Wong Fan! The cast of Ip Man! From Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, ni hao!

    CALLER: Ni hao, Larry, ni hao Mr. Tim!

    LARRY CHING: It’s just Tim. It’s backwards over there. Am I right, Tim?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: That’s correct.

    CALLER: I am wondering if Tim has spoken to Obama Barack about this debt situation and if either one of them is planning on repaying this debt to the glorious Chinese people and culture?

    LARRY CHING: Good question! Very loosey-goosey operation you have over there. Should we be worried about our money?

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: As I’ve said, Larry, the ability of the United States to meet its obligations has never been questioned.

    LARRY CHING: Yeah, but you know, you’ve got all this debt here and then you tell me your kids are morons, hard to see how you get out of this mess.

    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I didn’t say my kids were–

    LARRY CHING: Up next! The Mrs. Hu tells us all how to eat more healthy! Stay with us! Unless you are at work, in which case please report to your supervisor for an additional assignment!

    http://mksviews.wordpress.com/

  42. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Sounds like a real interview to me…

    I read the following on National Review and thought I must share it with you all, enjoy.
    The Long View by Rob Long – Official Transcript: Larry Ching Live on CCTV
    LARRY CHING: From Harbin, in Hei­long­jiang Province, ni hao!
    CALLER: Ni hao, Larry, and ni hao to your guest.
    LARRY CHING: Ni hao, CALLER. Do you have a question for the American secretary of the treasury, Mr. Geithner Tim?
    CALLER: I do, Larry, thank you. I’d like to ask Mr. Tim if he is regretful about the recent downgrading of American sovereign debt?
    LARRY CHING: Good question! What about it, Mr. Tim? But before answer, can call you Geithner? Is that too familiar?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, Larry, actually, in English it’s reversed. So my first name is Tim and my second name is Geithner.
    LARRY CHING: How about that! Weird! Fun stuff! I am enjoying this nutty interview!
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: If I may, to an­swer your CALLER’s question, I am of course regretful about Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the United States’ debt, but I am hopeful that this situation can be resolved. As you know, the American economy is still the most powerful and energetic in the world, and our ability to meet our financial obligations remains strong.
    LARRY CHING: So when do you have to go to the prison farm?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, never, I hope.
    LARRY CHING: Will you or any of your cadre be executed?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: No, as I’ve said, this is really not a big problem. The United States remains solvent, and while I disagree with the decision by Standard & Poor’s, I agree with their basic assessment of the current political environment in the United States, which is making it very difficult to address these critical issues.
    LARRY CHING: Who in the Standard & Poor’s economic unit will be imprisoned for this humiliation?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, um, no one, I think.
    LARRY CHING: No one? An economic unit of the state is not prohibited from humiliating and demeaning the leaders and the people’s government?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Well, no, I mean, I see your point, but . . .
    LARRY CHING: Will there at least be televised show trials?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: No.
    LARRY CHING: Will Miss Bachmann Michele be publicly rebuked?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: Only by the media.
    LARRY CHING: Will anyone in the American ruling cadre have their lakeside retreat or Audi confiscated?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: We operate on a different system . . .
    LARRY CHING: Surely your children’s careers have been ruined?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: My children are very young still . . .
    LARRY CHING: Wonderful! A family man! How many instruments do your children play?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I don’t . . . I mean . . . I think one of them is starting piano . . .
    LARRY CHING: One of them is starting piano? Okay. Moving on. What are their most recent test scores in the math or science arena?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I’m really not comfortable discussing my children, Larry.
    LARRY CHING: Ouch! That bad, huh?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: If we could get back to the subject at hand?
    LARRY CHING: Okay, okay. Let me recap. No one will be executed, no one will be humiliated on television, no one will lose their lakeside retreat or their Audi, no one will have their children’s futures destroyed, no one will face imprisonment or public trial? Am I hearing this correctly? This is crazy crazy!
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: We don’t do that in the United States.
    LARRY CHING: Don’t do that! My viewers, don’t you love this guy? Tomorrow night! The whole hour with Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, and Siu-Wong Fan! The cast of Ip Man! From Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, ni hao!
    CALLER: Ni hao, Larry, ni hao Mr. Tim!
    LARRY CHING: It’s just Tim. It’s backwards over there. Am I right, Tim?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: That’s correct.
    CALLER: I am wondering if Tim has spoken to Obama Barack about this debt situation and if either one of them is planning on repaying this debt to the glorious Chinese people and culture?
    LARRY CHING: Good question! Very loosey-goosey operation you have over there. Should we be worried about our money?
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: As I’ve said, Larry, the ability of the United States to meet its obligations has never been questioned.
    LARRY CHING: Yeah, but you know, you’ve got all this debt here and then you tell me your kids are morons, hard to see how you get out of this mess.
    SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY MR. GEITHNER TIM: I didn’t say my kids were–
    LARRY CHING: Up next! The Mrs. Hu tells us all how to eat more healthy! Stay with us! Unless you are at work, in which case please report to your supervisor for an additional assignment!

    http://mksviews.wordpress.com/

  43. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #13 Bones

    Martin donates to Ds and Gibson donates to Rs.

    I heard the CEO of Gibson on Glenn Beck radio show this a.m. and Glenn asked him why the feds seem to be targeting his company. His reply: he has no idea. Seems to me if he did have some inkling, he would say so on Glenn’s show.

  44. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #13 Bones

    Martin donates to Ds and Gibson donates to Rs.

    I heard the CEO of Gibson on Glenn Beck radio show this a.m. and Glenn asked him why the feds seem to be targeting his company. His reply: he has no idea. Seems to me if he did have some inkling, he would say so on Glenn’s show.

  45. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    So I went to close a bank account at Toobigtofail Bank today. There was a substantial balance. I swiped my card, punched in the PIN, and told them I wanted to close it out. They gave me a cashiers check for the full amount and I walked out of the bank. They never asked to see my ID! It was like I was voting or something.

  46. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    So I went to close a bank account at Toobigtofail Bank today. There was a substantial balance. I swiped my card, punched in the PIN, and told them I wanted to close it out. They gave me a cashiers check for the full amount and I walked out of the bank. They never asked to see my ID! It was like I was voting or something.

  47. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #23 I guess the fact that you had the card AND the pin was ID enough. In redneckese: got any id bout wut yer pin is?

  48. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #23 I guess the fact that you had the card AND the pin was ID enough. In redneckese: got any id bout wut yer pin is?

  49. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Shazaam!!!
    Get your Liver printed here!
    Nah, I’ll just take the Ferret Liver. 😉

  50. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Shazaam!!!
    Get your Liver printed here!
    Nah, I’ll just take the Ferret Liver. 😉

  51. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Now here is a total ZERO!! Reich: Government Has To Spend More To Get Out Of Debt.

  52. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Now here is a total ZERO!! Reich: Government Has To Spend More To Get Out Of Debt.

  53. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    “Race Card” #6,743; Wolffe: Opposition To Obama Speech Possibly Based On Skin Color. Yanno’ That Dang “Race Card” is getting kinda’ old. 🙁

  54. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    “Race Card” #6,743; Wolffe: Opposition To Obama Speech Possibly Based On Skin Color. Yanno’ That Dang “Race Card” is getting kinda’ old. 🙁

  55. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Serpent Head weighs in on the speech/debate conflict and makes the correct call.

  56. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Serpent Head weighs in on the speech/debate conflict and makes the correct call.

  57. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #25 SD: The organ printer is the natural offshoot of the 3D printer we marveled about a few months ago. Imagine that you want to grow a new heart that is the intact genetic duplicate of one that has suffered damage, in order to eliminate the need for a donor heart and the anti rejection drugs. The reasonable approach would be to take some heart cells from the diseased heart and dramatically multiply them and use the 3D printer to print a new heart. In the mean-time, while you are waiting for your new heart you could have one of these implanted to keep you going until the replacement organ is ready.

  58. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #25 SD: The organ printer is the natural offshoot of the 3D printer we marveled about a few months ago. Imagine that you want to grow a new heart that is the intact genetic duplicate of one that has suffered damage, in order to eliminate the need for a donor heart and the anti rejection drugs. The reasonable approach would be to take some heart cells from the diseased heart and dramatically multiply them and use the 3D printer to print a new heart. In the mean-time, while you are waiting for your new heart you could have one of these implanted to keep you going until the replacement organ is ready.

  59. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Further to #29; what I anticipate happening is that the 3D printer will print the basic scaffolding for the new heart and the cells will be put in an incu-chamber with special nutrients to allow the cells to graft onto the scaffolding, this should speed the process.

  60. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Further to #29; what I anticipate happening is that the 3D printer will print the basic scaffolding for the new heart and the cells will be put in an incu-chamber with special nutrients to allow the cells to graft onto the scaffolding, this should speed the process.

  61. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Krauthammer said the same thing yesterday about how the Republicans should have moved the debate to 9:00 and basically the Republican response could have been the nine candidates tearing up Obama’s silly big government job-killing proposals.

  62. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Krauthammer said the same thing yesterday about how the Republicans should have moved the debate to 9:00 and basically the Republican response could have been the nine candidates tearing up Obama’s silly big government job-killing proposals.

  63. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #26 SD: The stated hypothesis: you have to spend more to get out of debt, is so ludicrous that only a lib-VSR could get away with saying it. I don’t think that will pass the smell test anywhere except mayhaps San FranSicko.

  64. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #26 SD: The stated hypothesis: you have to spend more to get out of debt, is so ludicrous that only a lib-VSR could get away with saying it. I don’t think that will pass the smell test anywhere except mayhaps San FranSicko.

  65. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    He he he, Rush just said that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports if Obama’s speech conflicts with the Packers-Saints game Thursday, the Milwaukee and Green Bay NBC affiliates will carry the game and relegate Obama’s speech to a secondary channel. You know they wouldn’t dare dis the Packers no matter how much NBC carries the water for Obama. 🙂

    Nicely finessed, Mr. Boehner, refusing the 7th and suggesting the 8th–and they bit.

  66. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    He he he, Rush just said that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports if Obama’s speech conflicts with the Packers-Saints game Thursday, the Milwaukee and Green Bay NBC affiliates will carry the game and relegate Obama’s speech to a secondary channel. You know they wouldn’t dare dis the Packers no matter how much NBC carries the water for Obama. 🙂
    Nicely finessed, Mr. Boehner, refusing the 7th and suggesting the 8th–and they bit.

  67. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #33 Ms. Adee: Yanno, O’Dumbo could have just as easily picked Tues instead of Thurs or the following week sometime; this bunch of morons can’t seem to get past elementary school bullying tactics to actually come up with a reasonable solution to anything.

    This admin is so wissin stoooooooooooooooooopid they could not poor urine from a boot with the instructions written on the heel.

  68. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #33 Ms. Adee: Yanno, O’Dumbo could have just as easily picked Tues instead of Thurs or the following week sometime; this bunch of morons can’t seem to get past elementary school bullying tactics to actually come up with a reasonable solution to anything.
    This admin is so wissin stoooooooooooooooooopid they could not poor urine from a boot with the instructions written on the heel.

  69. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Music Trivia: Barry Manilow had a hit with “I Write the Songs”. He didn’t write that song. It was written by Bruce “Beach Boy” Johnston.

  70. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Music Trivia: Barry Manilow had a hit with “I Write the Songs”. He didn’t write that song. It was written by Bruce “Beach Boy” Johnston.

  71. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Make a great campaign ad: Would you vote for someone who messed with opening night of football?

    In agreeing Wednesday to reschedule his planned address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama might have placated House Speaker John Boehner at the expense of the nation’s football fans.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821deea9/article/white-house-working-to-avoid-clash-with-nfls-opening-game?module=HP11_headline_stack

  72. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Make a great campaign ad: Would you vote for someone who messed with opening night of football?

    In agreeing Wednesday to reschedule his planned address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama might have placated House Speaker John Boehner at the expense of the nation’s football fans.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821deea9/article/white-house-working-to-avoid-clash-with-nfls-opening-game?module=HP11_headline_stack

  73. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I can’t decide which I care less about – the Obama speech or the start of pro football. I can’t believe the audacity of having a joint session of Congress meeting for a campaign speech though – I though those type of addresses were for responding to attacks from foreign powers or something.

    Then I remember that I haven’t owned a TV for quite a while now anyway, and I also remember why.

  74. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I can’t decide which I care less about – the Obama speech or the start of pro football. I can’t believe the audacity of having a joint session of Congress meeting for a campaign speech though – I though those type of addresses were for responding to attacks from foreign powers or something.
    Then I remember that I haven’t owned a TV for quite a while now anyway, and I also remember why.

  75. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    #22 M42:

    I heard the CEO of Gibson on Glenn Beck radio show this a.m. and Glenn asked him why the feds seem to be targeting his company. His reply: he has no idea. Seems to me if he did have some inkling, he would say so on Glenn’s show.

    Ifn you were being savagely persecuted like Gibson is and your competitor Martin was not and the only difference between the 2 is who you donate to politically and a similar thing happened with the Chrysler and GM dealers and those dealers are shut wissin down, dya thank they may wanna get a whole lot more people seeing the obvious afore they level the charge? The way I see it they want the issue to really fester so that the feds will have no place to run and they will possibly even collect damages from the feds in addition to getting all their wood back and being virtually immune from further harassment.

  76. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #22 M42:

    I heard the CEO of Gibson on Glenn Beck radio show this a.m. and Glenn asked him why the feds seem to be targeting his company. His reply: he has no idea. Seems to me if he did have some inkling, he would say so on Glenn’s show.

    Ifn you were being savagely persecuted like Gibson is and your competitor Martin was not and the only difference between the 2 is who you donate to politically and a similar thing happened with the Chrysler and GM dealers and those dealers are shut wissin down, dya thank they may wanna get a whole lot more people seeing the obvious afore they level the charge? The way I see it they want the issue to really fester so that the feds will have no place to run and they will possibly even collect damages from the feds in addition to getting all their wood back and being virtually immune from further harassment.

  77. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #38 Bones
    Ok, that’s one way to handle the persecution, and prolly a smart way! Me, if I feel picked on, I start grousing about it, at any and all opportunities.

  78. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #38 Bones
    Ok, that’s one way to handle the persecution, and prolly a smart way! Me, if I feel picked on, I start grousing about it, at any and all opportunities.

  79. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Well, fwiw, here is Trumka’s wish list. I’d guess these are close to what Obama will promise.

  80. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Well, fwiw, here is Trumka’s wish list. I’d guess these are close to what Obama will promise.

  81. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ifn you were being savagely persecuted like Gibson is and your competitor Martin was not and the only difference between the 2 is who you donate to politically and a similar thing happened with the Chrysler and GM dealers and those dealers are shut wissin down, dya thank they may wanna get a whole lot more people seeing the obvious afore they level the charge?

    They made a movie a while back where just that kind of thing was happening.

    More people should watch it, maybe they’d notice.

  82. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Ifn you were being savagely persecuted like Gibson is and your competitor Martin was not and the only difference between the 2 is who you donate to politically and a similar thing happened with the Chrysler and GM dealers and those dealers are shut wissin down, dya thank they may wanna get a whole lot more people seeing the obvious afore they level the charge?

    They made a movie a while back where just that kind of thing was happening.
    More people should watch it, maybe they’d notice.

  83. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What movie is that, Sarge?

  84. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    What movie is that, Sarge?

  85. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    You know, teh moobie. You didn’t go see it???

  86. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    You know, teh moobie. You didn’t go see it???

  87. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Is the blog kilt again? Hey Tedtam, how did the bridal gown fitting go yesterday? That topic should re-enliven ( is that even a word ? ) the Hamsters.

  88. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Is the blog kilt again? Hey Tedtam, how did the bridal gown fitting go yesterday? That topic should re-enliven ( is that even a word ? ) the Hamsters.

  89. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Conservative values?

    CY-FAIR — Conservative Texas Sen. Dan Patrick, District 7–Cy-Fair, spoke in support of raising the state sales tax by 2 cents to increase public education funds during a Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce meeting Sept. 1.

  90. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Conservative values?

    CY-FAIR — Conservative Texas Sen. Dan Patrick, District 7–Cy-Fair, spoke in support of raising the state sales tax by 2 cents to increase public education funds during a Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce meeting Sept. 1.

  91. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    The mighty Langham Creek HS Lobos open their season tonight in a preseason matchup against the Stratford HS Spartans.

  92. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The mighty Langham Creek HS Lobos open their season tonight in a preseason matchup against the Stratford HS Spartans.

  93. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    However, with Texas’ projected population growth of millions more residents in the coming years, Patrick said the state is going to have to look at new, long-term solutions.

    “Our state is growing so fast, and there are so many issues that make problems,” he said. “It takes a tremendous amount of time and a tremendous amount of study to try to solve those issues.”

    Wouldn’t population growth necessarily increase tax revenues from the existing state sales tax?

  94. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    However, with Texas’ projected population growth of millions more residents in the coming years, Patrick said the state is going to have to look at new, long-term solutions.
    “Our state is growing so fast, and there are so many issues that make problems,” he said. “It takes a tremendous amount of time and a tremendous amount of study to try to solve those issues.”

    Wouldn’t population growth necessarily increase tax revenues from the existing state sales tax?

  95. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC called for holding on opening kickoff. Gain about 40 on first play.

  96. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC called for holding on opening kickoff. Gain about 40 on first play.

  97. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC scores.

    Season prolly won’t continue like this but might as well like it when it’s here

  98. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC scores.
    Season prolly won’t continue like this but might as well like it when it’s here

  99. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS punts. LC starts on SHS 45

  100. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS punts. LC starts on SHS 45

  101. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC scores

    LC 14 SHS 0

  102. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC scores
    LC 14 SHS 0

  103. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS scores on long pass. LC needs to work on open field tackles again this year.

    LC 14 SHS 7

  104. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS scores on long pass. LC needs to work on open field tackles again this year.
    LC 14 SHS 7

  105. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC scores on a 76(!) yard pass play

    LC 21 SHS 7

  106. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC scores on a 76(!) yard pass play
    LC 21 SHS 7

  107. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Iron Mary,

    What movie is that, Sarge?

    I donno BUT it might be about the Tucker, they made a Moobie about it a few years ago.
    DAYAAM wouldn’t tou love to have one on them, a Tucker, I mean.A horizontally opposed six cylinder aircraft engine mounted in the rear in the rear of the car and the center headlight moved with the steering wheel. NEATO!!

  108. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Iron Mary,

    What movie is that, Sarge?

    I donno BUT it might be about the Tucker, they made a Moobie about it a few years ago.
    DAYAAM wouldn’t tou love to have one on them, a Tucker, I mean.A horizontally opposed six cylinder aircraft engine mounted in the rear in the rear of the car and the center headlight moved with the steering wheel. NEATO!!

  109. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC recovers SHS fumble on 50.

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC recovers SHS fumble on 50.

  111. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC scores from 15.

    LC 28 SHS 7

  112. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC scores from 15.
    LC 28 SHS 7

  113. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    You couldn’t get me to go to an outdoor event right now,
    even with a 12 gauge shoved up my nose.

  114. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    You couldn’t get me to go to an outdoor event right now,
    even with a 12 gauge shoved up my nose.

  115. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    FWIW; My favorite car of all time is a 1929 Cord!
    Oh, the hide away-head lights are actuated by a little crank on the dash. Also in 1979 I bought my first house,….well the first one that didn’t have wheels, don’t laugh, I paid $35,000 for it and read in the paper that a vintage Cord sold @ auction for $45,000! Today that house is worth about $125,000 and the Cord is worth 3-4 Million!! DAYAAM! .

  116. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    FWIW; My favorite car of all time is a 1929 Cord!
    Oh, the hide away-head lights are actuated by a little crank on the dash. Also in 1979 I bought my first house,….well the first one that didn’t have wheels, don’t laugh, I paid $35,000 for it and read in the paper that a vintage Cord sold @ auction for $45,000! Today that house is worth about $125,000 and the Cord is worth 3-4 Million!! DAYAAM! .

  117. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #57 Shannon,…nope WAY TOO easy I’ll not say it. Besides Hammy’s GrandMa wouldn’t like it. 😉

  118. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #57 Shannon,…nope WAY TOO easy I’ll not say it. Besides Hammy’s GrandMa wouldn’t like it. 😉

  119. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Coupla drives coupla punts.

    LC gets ball on 1-nanometer line. 48 yd pass.

  120. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Coupla drives coupla punts.
    LC gets ball on 1-nanometer line. 48 yd pass.

  121. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    7-play drive from 1-nanometer line.

    LC 35 SHS 7

  122. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    7-play drive from 1-nanometer line.
    LC 35 SHS 7

  123. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Coupla drives & punts.

    LC scores on 5-play 90 yd drive

    LC 42 SHS 7

  124. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Coupla drives & punts.
    LC scores on 5-play 90 yd drive
    LC 42 SHS 7

  125. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Halftime

    LC 42 SHS 7

  126. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Halftime
    LC 42 SHS 7

  127. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I just got back in. Lovely took one last peek at an alternative dress, then re-decided on her original selection. We took measurements, identified the sash, and after discussing the benefits of a lace-up back instead of a zip-up, settled the final details. Since we delayed the purchase of the dress for 3-4 months, the price dropped AND Lovely got a $50 off coupon from the bridal show. Lovely is very happy and very excited.

    After that we had lunch at Berryhill’s Tacos. Lovely had never been there, and it had been years since I had eaten there, and I was very, very hungry and Berryhill’s was RIGHT THERE. We had a very nice lunch, then went to Galveston to walk The Strand. Lovely bought a metal turtle and named him Wilmer. Then we went to the beach with our cameras and took pictures, walked, and talked. She took a picture of Wilmer by the waves, and another of the heart I drew in the wet sand with “Lovely” and “Aggie Beau” next to it. (BTW, Lovely, I’d like to see how that one came out.) The day ended way too soon.

  128. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I just got back in. Lovely took one last peek at an alternative dress, then re-decided on her original selection. We took measurements, identified the sash, and after discussing the benefits of a lace-up back instead of a zip-up, settled the final details. Since we delayed the purchase of the dress for 3-4 months, the price dropped AND Lovely got a $50 off coupon from the bridal show. Lovely is very happy and very excited.
    After that we had lunch at Berryhill’s Tacos. Lovely had never been there, and it had been years since I had eaten there, and I was very, very hungry and Berryhill’s was RIGHT THERE. We had a very nice lunch, then went to Galveston to walk The Strand. Lovely bought a metal turtle and named him Wilmer. Then we went to the beach with our cameras and took pictures, walked, and talked. She took a picture of Wilmer by the waves, and another of the heart I drew in the wet sand with “Lovely” and “Aggie Beau” next to it. (BTW, Lovely, I’d like to see how that one came out.) The day ended way too soon.

  129. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC kicks off SHS returns to 36.

  130. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC kicks off SHS returns to 36.

  131. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC’s corner just got hugely suckered for 55 yd. SHS scores on next play.

    No es bueno.

    LC 45 SHS 14

  132. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC’s corner just got hugely suckered for 55 yd. SHS scores on next play.
    No es bueno.
    LC 45 SHS 14

  133. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC drives & scores a FG.

    LC 45 SHS 14

  134. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC drives & scores a FG.
    LC 45 SHS 14

  135. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS fumbles LC scores in 3 plays.

    LC 52 SHS 14

  136. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS fumbles LC scores in 3 plays.
    LC 52 SHS 14

  137. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #64 Tedtam, Great day for Mom & new Bride, and hey it only gets better from now on, your Baby Girl is now a lovely young Woman and after they’re married it will be different, but you’ll see her as a wife, later a mother and that of course is the way it should be. 😉 I for one have adjusted to the empty nest syndrom pretty good.

  138. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #64 Tedtam, Great day for Mom & new Bride, and hey it only gets better from now on, your Baby Girl is now a lovely young Woman and after they’re married it will be different, but you’ll see her as a wife, later a mother and that of course is the way it should be. 😉 I for one have adjusted to the empty nest syndrom pretty good.

  139. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #43 Hammy
    Naw, I can’t stand being in a public theatre any more.

  140. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #43 Hammy
    Naw, I can’t stand being in a public theatre any more.

  141. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OK wagonburner been done kilt the blog, chattering about some dang ball game SOMEWHERE….Sigh 😉

  142. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK wagonburner been done kilt the blog, chattering about some dang ball game SOMEWHERE….Sigh 😉

  143. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well, Dave’s “all atwitter” sorry, I’m watching a show about Walt Disney, I’m loading up the ole Pick-um-up to head the Alabamay, leaving @ 6 AM tomorrow. 😀

  144. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, Dave’s “all atwitter” sorry, I’m watching a show about Walt Disney, I’m loading up the ole Pick-um-up to head the Alabamay, leaving @ 6 AM tomorrow. 😀

  145. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47 Hams

    Wouldn’t population growth necessarily increase tax revenues from the existing state sales tax?

    You’d think so, and we don’t want no stinking state sales tax increase, either way.

  146. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47 Hams

    Wouldn’t population growth necessarily increase tax revenues from the existing state sales tax?

    You’d think so, and we don’t want no stinking state sales tax increase, either way.

  147. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #54 SD

    it might be about the Tucker

    I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.
    /starts singing Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do…

  148. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #54 SD

    it might be about the Tucker

    I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.
    /starts singing Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do…

  149. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS punts after gaining 3 yd. LC has nice drive and scores.

    LC 59 SHS 14

  150. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS punts after gaining 3 yd. LC has nice drive and scores.
    LC 59 SHS 14

  151. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #74 mharper42

    /starts singing Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do…

    What???? No lo entiendo

  152. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #74 mharper42

    /starts singing Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do…

    What???? No lo entiendo

  153. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #71 Dave
    CFISD at the William J LePetomaine Richard Berry Sports Palace and Instructional Support Center.

    It’s nice out here until the breeze stops.

  154. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #71 Dave
    CFISD at the William J LePetomaine Richard Berry Sports Palace and Instructional Support Center.
    It’s nice out here until the breeze stops.

  155. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    LC punts. SHS exploits a wide receiver on linebacker mismatch for a TD.

    LC 59 SHS 21

  156. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    LC punts. SHS exploits a wide receiver on linebacker mismatch for a TD.
    LC 59 SHS 21

  157. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #76 Dave
    What are you doing, Dave?

    Would you like me to sing you a song?

    /2001

  158. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #76 Dave
    What are you doing, Dave?
    Would you like me to sing you a song?
    /2001

  159. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Game’s turning into a grind. Coaches are trying different stuff they (apparently) have never practiced.

  160. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Game’s turning into a grind. Coaches are trying different stuff they (apparently) have never practiced.

  161. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS snaps a punt a bit deep. Ball rolls into end zone. LC defensive lineman just made a play that’ll put a smile on his face far a while.

    LC 66 SHS 21

  162. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS snaps a punt a bit deep. Ball rolls into end zone. LC defensive lineman just made a play that’ll put a smile on his face far a while.
    LC 66 SHS 21

  163. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    SHS 60 yd run.

    LC 66 SHS 28

  164. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    SHS 60 yd run.
    LC 66 SHS 28

  165. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #79 wagon,… 😀

  166. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #79 wagon,… 😀

  167. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well, I’m outta’ here,. Nytol! 😉

  168. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well, I’m outta’ here,. Nytol! 😉

  169. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Game over.

    LC 66 SHS 28

  170. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Game over.
    LC 66 SHS 28

  171. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Will I dream?

  172. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Will I dream?

  173. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #85 – WOW LC kicked em some booty!

  174. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #85 – WOW LC kicked em some booty!

  175. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    100!

  176. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    100!

  177. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Second!
    — Iron Mary Cash

  178. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Second!
    — Iron Mary Cash

  179. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    This is long but well worth it. The money grubbing VSRs are at it again.

    Saving the Patent System… Again

    by Paul R. Hollrah

    In early February 1997, I received a telephone call from a longtime friend in Washington . He was calling to say that we were being
    recruited for a very important assignment, an assignment related to national security.

    He explained that, in 1996, the Clinton administration agreed to give the People’s Republic of China a complete set of magnetic
    tapes from the U.S. Patent Office computers, containing every iota of American technology registered with the patent office in the
    previous 160 years. With the information from those tapes on their computers, the Chinese would know exactly how to make
    everything we make. But more importantly, by tracking the long-term development of every conceivable kind of technology and
    extrapolating the path of development into the future, the Chinese could “leap-frog” our own technological development.

    No American president could possibly think it was a good idea to do such a thing – unless, of course, he owed a debt of gratitude
    to the Chinese and he was more concerned about that than he was about the future prosperity of the American people. The American
    people would never have known how many factories were being built in remote provinces of China , employing workers who were happy
    to work for two or three dollars a day. When the proposed technology transfer was inadvertently reported in a Commerce Department
    newsletter, the offer was withdrawn.

    But what was potentially more damaging to the United States was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japanese
    government, signed by Commerce Secretary Ron Brown… an agreement to introduce legislation in the U.S, Congress that would destroy
    the U.S. patent system, as we know it . The vehicles for that treachery, already introduced in Congress, were H.400 and S.507, the House
    and Senate versions of the Omnibus Patent Reform Act of 1997.

    Because the legislation was so thoroughly “wired” on both sides of the aisle, our employers were seeking a small team of experienced
    government relations professionals who’d been in the political arena long enough that many of their longtime friends had risen to become
    influential members of Congress. They were looking for lobbyists who were on a first-name basis with members of Congress…. men whose
    reputations in the political world were such that they could ask members of Congress to take certain actions, on faith alone, and expect those
    requests to be honored.

    What made the task so difficult was the fact that the legislation was supported, not only by the President and Vice President of the United States,
    but by the Peoples Republic of China, the Japanese government, the Indonesian Lippo Group, and eighty or ninety of America’s largest multinational
    corporations… all but assuring the neutrality of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.

    On the day that we arrived in Washington , April 12, 1997, we tuned in to C-Span just in time to see the House of Representatives pass H.400 on a
    voice vote. Not one member of the House of Representatives demanded a roll call vote on a bill that would severely emasculate a core function of the
    federal government.

    When we were finally able to obtain a copy of S.507, we read it very carefully and we were horrified. Never in all of our years as lobbyists had we ever
    read a worse piece of legislation. If we had ever wondered what it was that the Chinese received in return for the millions of dollars they poured into the
    Clinton-Gore reelection campaign in 1996, there was no longer any doubt:

    · They proposed that the Department of Commerce relinquish control of the U.S. Patent Office and that the patent office become a wholly-owned
    corporate subsidiary of the federal government.
    · They proposed that the patent office be controlled by a six-member advisory board made up of individuals drawn from the private sector, all with
    vested interests in patent office decisions… i.e., institutionalized conflict of interest.
    · They proposed that the patent office be authorized to accept gifts of cash, or anything else of value, without limit, from any and all sources, including
    individuals, corporations, foreign businessmen, and foreign governments, including those with patents pending.
    · They proposed that the patent office be authorized to borrow money and to create debt, without congressional approval, and to retire debt by increasing
    patent fees… in effect, giving the patent office the power to levy taxes. Under the U.S. Constitution, only the Congress has the power to levy taxes.
    · They proposed to repeal that portion of U.S. patent law which required that all technical details of every patent application be held in strict confidence by
    the patent office until the inventor was given patent protection. Instead, the patent office would be required to make public all technical details of every new patent
    application just eighteen months after the inventor filed for a patent – on average, two and one-half years before inventors received patent protection.
    · They proposed the creation of a system of “patent reexaminations,” wherein any individual or corporation, for a $2,000 filing fee, could cause an existing
    patent to be reexamined. Under this provision, inventors would be prohibited from using, licensing, or exploiting their patents in any way while their patents were
    under reexamination. And while reexaminations could take years to complete, the clock would continue to run on an inventor’s seventeen-year patent term.
    Of course, if the inventor was able to successfully defend his patent, those who wished to steal his technology would have others standing in line to file for
    additional reexaminations. Rather than face bankruptcy through fighting endless reexaminations, most inventors would gladly sell their rights to their intellectual
    property for pennies on the dollar.

    Clearly, the latter two provisions were included in order to attract the support of America ’s largest multinational corporations. If ever there was an invitation to
    corruption, the Clinton-Gore Omnibus Patent Reform Act of 1997 was it. The bills had no redeeming value whatsoever, and there was nothing in either bill for the
    American people. But when we saw who was supporting the bills we could understand their motivation.

    We were up against the most powerful coalition of political and moneyed interests in the world, and the bill they were supporting was potentially more damaging to
    the nation’s economy and to intellectual property rights than anything the nation had previously experienced. Our “mission impossible,” if we chose to accept it, was
    to see to it that neither of the bills would ever reach Bill Clinton’s desk.

    Our initial strategy was to find just one senator who’d be willing to stand up and oppose S.507, even to the point of staging a filibuster. Unfortunately, what we found
    was that no member of the senate, other than Senator Orrin Hatch, the Senate sponsor, had focused sufficiently on the bill to know what it was all about.
    Then, on Tuesday May 20, we learned that Hatch had set a “markup” session in the Judiciary Committee for the morning of Thursday, May 22.

    We’d been able to learn from friendly sources in the Senate that Hatch had arranged for S.507 to be reported out of his the Judiciary Committee by “unanimous
    consent,” meaning that, under Senate rules, the bill could then be passed on the floor of the Senate by “unanimous consent” – without debate. The railroad was
    well-oiled.

    On Wednesday, May 21, my associate and I placed a call to our friend, Governor Don Sundquist, of Tennessee . After a brief explanation of what we were up
    against, we asked the governor to call Senator Fred Thompson, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and ask him to object when the bill was called up in
    committee.

    The following day, as Senator Hatch took his seat in the cavernous Judiciary Committee hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building , he was confident that
    he would pass S.507 out of his committee by unanimous consent. But that was not to be. When Senator Hatch called for the vote on S.507, Senator Thompson
    rose from his chair, pounded his fist on the table, and shouted, “NO, BY GOD, SENATOR. I OBJECT!”

    In that instant, the most damaging piece of legislation in recent memory came to a screeching halt. There would be no “unanimous consent” in the Senate committee,
    and there would be no “unanimous consent” on the floor of the Senate. S.507 had suddenly become just another Senate bill – subject to all the political give-and-take
    of the “world’s greatest deliberative body.”

    I tell this story now because those who wish to destroy the U.S. patent system, the constitutional wealth-generator that has been the “engine” of our prosperity since
    the first days of our republic (whoever “they” are), have waged a never-ending attack on the system since the day we defeated them in 1997. This year is no different.
    When the Senate returns from its August recess, the members will be asked to end a filibuster against passage of H.R. 1249, the Smith-Leahy Patent Reform Act of 2011. It is essentially the same bill that we defeated in 1997 and it deserves the same fate.

    If we care about preserving our standard of living for future generations, we should all call our senators and demand that they vote “no” on the motion to invoke cloture.

    https://hartzler.house.gov/contact-me/email-me

    From: Paul Hollrah
    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:01:31 -0500
    Subject: Save the Patent System

    It is difficult to conduct a primer on the U.S. patent system in just a few pages, but I have tried in the attached piece to describe in simple terms what those

    who wish to destroy the U.S. patent system have been trying to accomplish since 1996. If the Congress and the Obama administration were really interested

    in helping our trading partners and countries of the Third World achieve the economic greatness that America has achieved, we would be exporting our patent

    system to them, not our jobs.

    In the meantime, it would be very interesting to know exactly who it is that is so intent upon destroying our patent system. To the best of my knowledge, they

    never show themselves; they never come out of the shadows. I do recall, however, that one of the reasons I was very anxious to leave Washington in September

    1997 to return to Oklahoma was because entirely too many Washington insiders were asking my two associates and me why we hadn’t been found in an alley

    someplace with small caliber bullet wounds behind our ears. After all, we had foiled the best-laid plans of the most powerful and most ruthless people on Earth.

    Paul

  180. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    This is long but well worth it. The money grubbing VSRs are at it again.

    Saving the Patent System… Again
    by Paul R. Hollrah
    In early February 1997, I received a telephone call from a longtime friend in Washington . He was calling to say that we were being
    recruited for a very important assignment, an assignment related to national security.
    He explained that, in 1996, the Clinton administration agreed to give the People’s Republic of China a complete set of magnetic
    tapes from the U.S. Patent Office computers, containing every iota of American technology registered with the patent office in the
    previous 160 years. With the information from those tapes on their computers, the Chinese would know exactly how to make
    everything we make. But more importantly, by tracking the long-term development of every conceivable kind of technology and
    extrapolating the path of development into the future, the Chinese could “leap-frog” our own technological development.
    No American president could possibly think it was a good idea to do such a thing – unless, of course, he owed a debt of gratitude
    to the Chinese and he was more concerned about that than he was about the future prosperity of the American people. The American
    people would never have known how many factories were being built in remote provinces of China , employing workers who were happy
    to work for two or three dollars a day. When the proposed technology transfer was inadvertently reported in a Commerce Department
    newsletter, the offer was withdrawn.
    But what was potentially more damaging to the United States was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japanese
    government, signed by Commerce Secretary Ron Brown… an agreement to introduce legislation in the U.S, Congress that would destroy
    the U.S. patent system, as we know it . The vehicles for that treachery, already introduced in Congress, were H.400 and S.507, the House
    and Senate versions of the Omnibus Patent Reform Act of 1997.
    Because the legislation was so thoroughly “wired” on both sides of the aisle, our employers were seeking a small team of experienced
    government relations professionals who’d been in the political arena long enough that many of their longtime friends had risen to become
    influential members of Congress. They were looking for lobbyists who were on a first-name basis with members of Congress…. men whose
    reputations in the political world were such that they could ask members of Congress to take certain actions, on faith alone, and expect those
    requests to be honored.
    What made the task so difficult was the fact that the legislation was supported, not only by the President and Vice President of the United States,
    but by the Peoples Republic of China, the Japanese government, the Indonesian Lippo Group, and eighty or ninety of America’s largest multinational
    corporations… all but assuring the neutrality of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
    On the day that we arrived in Washington , April 12, 1997, we tuned in to C-Span just in time to see the House of Representatives pass H.400 on a
    voice vote. Not one member of the House of Representatives demanded a roll call vote on a bill that would severely emasculate a core function of the
    federal government.
    When we were finally able to obtain a copy of S.507, we read it very carefully and we were horrified. Never in all of our years as lobbyists had we ever
    read a worse piece of legislation. If we had ever wondered what it was that the Chinese received in return for the millions of dollars they poured into the
    Clinton-Gore reelection campaign in 1996, there was no longer any doubt:
    · They proposed that the Department of Commerce relinquish control of the U.S. Patent Office and that the patent office become a wholly-owned
    corporate subsidiary of the federal government.
    · They proposed that the patent office be controlled by a six-member advisory board made up of individuals drawn from the private sector, all with
    vested interests in patent office decisions… i.e., institutionalized conflict of interest.
    · They proposed that the patent office be authorized to accept gifts of cash, or anything else of value, without limit, from any and all sources, including
    individuals, corporations, foreign businessmen, and foreign governments, including those with patents pending.
    · They proposed that the patent office be authorized to borrow money and to create debt, without congressional approval, and to retire debt by increasing
    patent fees… in effect, giving the patent office the power to levy taxes. Under the U.S. Constitution, only the Congress has the power to levy taxes.
    · They proposed to repeal that portion of U.S. patent law which required that all technical details of every patent application be held in strict confidence by
    the patent office until the inventor was given patent protection. Instead, the patent office would be required to make public all technical details of every new patent
    application just eighteen months after the inventor filed for a patent – on average, two and one-half years before inventors received patent protection.
    · They proposed the creation of a system of “patent reexaminations,” wherein any individual or corporation, for a $2,000 filing fee, could cause an existing
    patent to be reexamined. Under this provision, inventors would be prohibited from using, licensing, or exploiting their patents in any way while their patents were
    under reexamination. And while reexaminations could take years to complete, the clock would continue to run on an inventor’s seventeen-year patent term.
    Of course, if the inventor was able to successfully defend his patent, those who wished to steal his technology would have others standing in line to file for
    additional reexaminations. Rather than face bankruptcy through fighting endless reexaminations, most inventors would gladly sell their rights to their intellectual
    property for pennies on the dollar.
    Clearly, the latter two provisions were included in order to attract the support of America ’s largest multinational corporations. If ever there was an invitation to
    corruption, the Clinton-Gore Omnibus Patent Reform Act of 1997 was it. The bills had no redeeming value whatsoever, and there was nothing in either bill for the
    American people. But when we saw who was supporting the bills we could understand their motivation.
    We were up against the most powerful coalition of political and moneyed interests in the world, and the bill they were supporting was potentially more damaging to
    the nation’s economy and to intellectual property rights than anything the nation had previously experienced. Our “mission impossible,” if we chose to accept it, was
    to see to it that neither of the bills would ever reach Bill Clinton’s desk.
    Our initial strategy was to find just one senator who’d be willing to stand up and oppose S.507, even to the point of staging a filibuster. Unfortunately, what we found
    was that no member of the senate, other than Senator Orrin Hatch, the Senate sponsor, had focused sufficiently on the bill to know what it was all about.
    Then, on Tuesday May 20, we learned that Hatch had set a “markup” session in the Judiciary Committee for the morning of Thursday, May 22.
    We’d been able to learn from friendly sources in the Senate that Hatch had arranged for S.507 to be reported out of his the Judiciary Committee by “unanimous
    consent,” meaning that, under Senate rules, the bill could then be passed on the floor of the Senate by “unanimous consent” – without debate. The railroad was
    well-oiled.
    On Wednesday, May 21, my associate and I placed a call to our friend, Governor Don Sundquist, of Tennessee . After a brief explanation of what we were up
    against, we asked the governor to call Senator Fred Thompson, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and ask him to object when the bill was called up in
    committee.
    The following day, as Senator Hatch took his seat in the cavernous Judiciary Committee hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building , he was confident that
    he would pass S.507 out of his committee by unanimous consent. But that was not to be. When Senator Hatch called for the vote on S.507, Senator Thompson
    rose from his chair, pounded his fist on the table, and shouted, “NO, BY GOD, SENATOR. I OBJECT!”
    In that instant, the most damaging piece of legislation in recent memory came to a screeching halt. There would be no “unanimous consent” in the Senate committee,
    and there would be no “unanimous consent” on the floor of the Senate. S.507 had suddenly become just another Senate bill – subject to all the political give-and-take
    of the “world’s greatest deliberative body.”
    I tell this story now because those who wish to destroy the U.S. patent system, the constitutional wealth-generator that has been the “engine” of our prosperity since
    the first days of our republic (whoever “they” are), have waged a never-ending attack on the system since the day we defeated them in 1997. This year is no different.
    When the Senate returns from its August recess, the members will be asked to end a filibuster against passage of H.R. 1249, the Smith-Leahy Patent Reform Act of 2011. It is essentially the same bill that we defeated in 1997 and it deserves the same fate.
    If we care about preserving our standard of living for future generations, we should all call our senators and demand that they vote “no” on the motion to invoke cloture.
    https://hartzler.house.gov/contact-me/email-me
    From: Paul Hollrah
    Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:01:31 -0500
    Subject: Save the Patent System
    It is difficult to conduct a primer on the U.S. patent system in just a few pages, but I have tried in the attached piece to describe in simple terms what those
    who wish to destroy the U.S. patent system have been trying to accomplish since 1996. If the Congress and the Obama administration were really interested
    in helping our trading partners and countries of the Third World achieve the economic greatness that America has achieved, we would be exporting our patent
    system to them, not our jobs.
    In the meantime, it would be very interesting to know exactly who it is that is so intent upon destroying our patent system. To the best of my knowledge, they
    never show themselves; they never come out of the shadows. I do recall, however, that one of the reasons I was very anxious to leave Washington in September
    1997 to return to Oklahoma was because entirely too many Washington insiders were asking my two associates and me why we hadn’t been found in an alley
    someplace with small caliber bullet wounds behind our ears. After all, we had foiled the best-laid plans of the most powerful and most ruthless people on Earth.
    Paul

  181. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Is it Friday yet?

    Is it QE3 yet?

    Is it vacation time at Camp David yet?

  182. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Is it Friday yet?
    Is it QE3 yet?
    Is it vacation time at Camp David yet?

  183. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Jon Who?????

    As Jon Huntsman prepared to wrap up his latest campaign event in New Hampshire, he struck a confident note, despite his struggle to gain traction so far.

    “We are going to win in New Hampshire,” he told a packed house at a must-do “Politics and Eggs” breakfast on Thursday.

    Why is he still in the race? Sarah Palin is beating the tar out of him and she hasn’t even declared yet.

  184. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Jon Who?????

    As Jon Huntsman prepared to wrap up his latest campaign event in New Hampshire, he struck a confident note, despite his struggle to gain traction so far.
    “We are going to win in New Hampshire,” he told a packed house at a must-do “Politics and Eggs” breakfast on Thursday.

    Why is he still in the race? Sarah Palin is beating the tar out of him and she hasn’t even declared yet.

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