Weekend Thanksgiving Dish Ideas Open Comments

It’s a few days before Thanksgiving. Time to plan your festivities. Since I am such a giver, I will provide assistance to you. The below flow chart should help you plan appropriate food items to prepare and serve at various venues you might be attending.

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I just knew that if I kept coming to this blog long enough I would finally find something useful that I could work with. Thanks for the flow chart Mr. WB – I can use it.

  2. El Gordo Avatar

    I just knew that if I kept coming to this blog long enough I would finally find something useful that I could work with. Thanks for the flow chart Mr. WB – I can use it.

  3. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    That chart is so true for goatland. This will be a bomb cratered war zone. Add ‘Rice Dressing should be illegal in Texas’ to the chart. Off to see if San Looey Pass is still there.

  4. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    That chart is so true for goatland. This will be a bomb cratered war zone. Add ‘Rice Dressing should be illegal in Texas’ to the chart. Off to see if San Looey Pass is still there.

  5. Dooood Avatar

    American utility infrastructure, and their suppliers, are sitting ducks for this type of attack.

    The report, which Weiss read to The Washington Post, describes how a series of minor glitches with a water pump gradually escalated to the point where the pump motor was being turned on and off frequently. It soon burned out, according to the report.

    and,

    “This is a big deal,” said Weiss. “It was tracked to Russia. It has been in the system for at least two to three months. It has caused damage. We don’t know how many other utilities are currently compromised.”

    Dave Marcus, director of security research for McAfee Labs, said that the computers that control critical systems in the United States are vulnerable to attacks that come through the Internet, and few operators of these systems know how to detect or defeat these threats. “So many are ill-prepared for cyber-attacks,” Marcus said.

    The Illinois report said that hackers broke into a software company’s database and retrieved user names and passwords of control systems that run water plant computer equipment. Using that data, they were able to hack into the plant in Illinois, Weiss said.

    HT: Instapundit

  6. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    American utility infrastructure, and their suppliers, are sitting ducks for this type of attack.

    The report, which Weiss read to The Washington Post, describes how a series of minor glitches with a water pump gradually escalated to the point where the pump motor was being turned on and off frequently. It soon burned out, according to the report.

    and,

    “This is a big deal,” said Weiss. “It was tracked to Russia. It has been in the system for at least two to three months. It has caused damage. We don’t know how many other utilities are currently compromised.”
    Dave Marcus, director of security research for McAfee Labs, said that the computers that control critical systems in the United States are vulnerable to attacks that come through the Internet, and few operators of these systems know how to detect or defeat these threats. “So many are ill-prepared for cyber-attacks,” Marcus said.
    The Illinois report said that hackers broke into a software company’s database and retrieved user names and passwords of control systems that run water plant computer equipment. Using that data, they were able to hack into the plant in Illinois, Weiss said.

    HT: Instapundit

  7. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    From THIS desk………………..the ONLY thing one needs for a yummy Thanksgiving meal:

    “good directions to your nearest Landry’s BUFFET”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (political affiliations notwithstanding)

  8. Katfish Avatar

    From THIS desk………………..the ONLY thing one needs for a yummy Thanksgiving meal:
    “good directions to your nearest Landry’s BUFFET”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (political affiliations notwithstanding)

  9. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Heh. Ancient marshmallow yams of sorrow. I actually like those. Granny always put in pecans and crushed pineapple to make it extra special. It’s that green been/cream of mushroom/french fried onion amalgam I don’t cotton to.

  10. Hamous Avatar

    Heh. Ancient marshmallow yams of sorrow. I actually like those. Granny always put in pecans and crushed pineapple to make it extra special. It’s that green been/cream of mushroom/french fried onion amalgam I don’t cotton to.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    What the heck happened to Pickens’ Pokes last night?

  12. Hamous Avatar

    What the heck happened to Pickens’ Pokes last night?

  13. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Good morning, Hamsters. My sympathies to Goats and anyone else who has to spend Thanksgiving in a “bomb cratered war zone”. Me, I’d rather have soup & crackers at home alone than endure something like that.

  14. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Good morning, Hamsters. My sympathies to Goats and anyone else who has to spend Thanksgiving in a “bomb cratered war zone”. Me, I’d rather have soup & crackers at home alone than endure something like that.

  15. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Speaking of bomb cratered war zones.

    I’m going to have to move a couple miles west if its the big one.

  16. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Speaking of bomb cratered war zones.
    I’m going to have to move a couple miles west if its the big one.

  17. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #8

    I survive! By a good 15 miles!

  18. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #8
    I survive! By a good 15 miles!

  19. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Ground zero for me:

    You’re dead! Congratulations! You never saw it coming. Consider yourself lucky that there was no suffering. Not even the cockroaches survived.

  20. Hamous Avatar

    Ground zero for me:

    You’re dead! Congratulations! You never saw it coming. Consider yourself lucky that there was no suffering. Not even the cockroaches survived.

  21. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    FWIW, if I remember all those fallout prediction maps they had hanging on the walls in the breifing room at my Army Reserve Unit and you live north to north east of Houston, you’re gonna have a problem.

  22. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    FWIW, if I remember all those fallout prediction maps they had hanging on the walls in the breifing room at my Army Reserve Unit and you live north to north east of Houston, you’re gonna have a problem.

  23. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #8 Sarge’s blast map

    You’re alive! … but not for long.
    The heat from the blast has caused head to toe third degree burns. It would have been better to have been vaporized. You’ll probably die within the day.

    But at least I’ll die before the post-apocalyptic cannibal army reaches my zone. Unlike some of youse that are 15 miles outside the blast radius. Bwuh-ha-ha-ha!

  24. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #8 Sarge’s blast map

    You’re alive! … but not for long.
    The heat from the blast has caused head to toe third degree burns. It would have been better to have been vaporized. You’ll probably die within the day.

    But at least I’ll die before the post-apocalyptic cannibal army reaches my zone. Unlike some of youse that are 15 miles outside the blast radius. Bwuh-ha-ha-ha!

  25. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well, I’m actually west of R’berg, so I might be OK.

    But right now I got to head into the blast zone. Hope they wait till later this evening to drop one.

  26. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Well, I’m actually west of R’berg, so I might be OK.
    But right now I got to head into the blast zone. Hope they wait till later this evening to drop one.

  27. Dooood Avatar

    The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) includes 85% of the music distributors and labels in the USA. They have been terrified of the tech revolution for two decades and have no qualms about enlisting the jackbooted tactics of federal law enforcement to protect every single dollar they extract from artists and customers.

    Every time you think the RIAA can’t make things even worse for itself… it does. The latest is that it’s apparently considering helping Righthaven out. Righthaven! The company that has become the total laughingstock of the copyright world, that is on the losing end of a bunch of cases and is desperately trying to get out of paying all the attorneys’ fees awards that are being given to the companies, individuals and sites it has sued. Of course, as some have noted, the good thing about Righthaven is that it has tee’d up a bunch of rulings that will be useful precedents in other copyright cases.

    And that’s what has the RIAA scared.

  28. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) includes 85% of the music distributors and labels in the USA. They have been terrified of the tech revolution for two decades and have no qualms about enlisting the jackbooted tactics of federal law enforcement to protect every single dollar they extract from artists and customers.

    Every time you think the RIAA can’t make things even worse for itself… it does. The latest is that it’s apparently considering helping Righthaven out. Righthaven! The company that has become the total laughingstock of the copyright world, that is on the losing end of a bunch of cases and is desperately trying to get out of paying all the attorneys’ fees awards that are being given to the companies, individuals and sites it has sued. Of course, as some have noted, the good thing about Righthaven is that it has tee’d up a bunch of rulings that will be useful precedents in other copyright cases.
    And that’s what has the RIAA scared.

  29. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the good ole ‘Duck & Cover’ days eh?

    It was commonly agreed to in our family that Pop would be toasted (he worked ‘when in town’ @ Kirby & 59 in those days)………….and no further away than Meyerland (as IF that tiny distanced would save us?) Mom & I would jump in the ’56 Bel-Air (already trunk filled with distilled water and canned goods) and haul bunz for Brownfield or Cisco. *sigh* that car was a real creampuff and I never got to drive her – but I fear it wasn’t near fast enough to outrun the blast………… 🙂

  30. Katfish Avatar

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the good ole ‘Duck & Cover’ days eh?
    It was commonly agreed to in our family that Pop would be toasted (he worked ‘when in town’ @ Kirby & 59 in those days)………….and no further away than Meyerland (as IF that tiny distanced would save us?) Mom & I would jump in the ’56 Bel-Air (already trunk filled with distilled water and canned goods) and haul bunz for Brownfield or Cisco. *sigh* that car was a real creampuff and I never got to drive her – but I fear it wasn’t near fast enough to outrun the blast………… 🙂

  31. Hamous Avatar

    M42 from yesterday:

    #79 Bones
    I don’t recall ever hearing about the primary employer before.
    I also change lots of light bulbs
    Is that related to the boss’s vision problem? Or is it a joke along the lines of, how many Neuromuscular therapists does it take to change a light bulb? If the latter, you know I often miss the point.

    I do anything I can to make my boss’s life easier without “mother henning” him. It will range from changing light bulbs to picking up his relatives at the airport to running documents to the accountants office to documents to partners to researching topics on the innanet. He has been a great employer to my aunt for 46 years or so (she is 82 or so and can still type over 100 words a minute, razor sharp mind, she is the office mgr and runs a tight ship, yet manages to still be one of the sweetest coolest people you will ever meet) he is a noble man and I consider it a calling to serve him and help enable him to keep going for as long as possible. There are 2 companies and one of his sons runs the bigger one, so whatever I can do for that company to assist I do.

  32. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    M42 from yesterday:

    #79 Bones
    I don’t recall ever hearing about the primary employer before.
    I also change lots of light bulbs
    Is that related to the boss’s vision problem? Or is it a joke along the lines of, how many Neuromuscular therapists does it take to change a light bulb? If the latter, you know I often miss the point.

    I do anything I can to make my boss’s life easier without “mother henning” him. It will range from changing light bulbs to picking up his relatives at the airport to running documents to the accountants office to documents to partners to researching topics on the innanet. He has been a great employer to my aunt for 46 years or so (she is 82 or so and can still type over 100 words a minute, razor sharp mind, she is the office mgr and runs a tight ship, yet manages to still be one of the sweetest coolest people you will ever meet) he is a noble man and I consider it a calling to serve him and help enable him to keep going for as long as possible. There are 2 companies and one of his sons runs the bigger one, so whatever I can do for that company to assist I do.

  33. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    While I do believe it is true that Newt Gingrich was sleeping sround while his wife was hositalized with cancer, it isn’t true tha he presented the divorce papers to her while inthe hospital.

    So, to correct the record, here is what happened: My mother, Jackie Battley Gingrich, is very much alive, and often spends time with my family. I am lucky to have such a “Miracle Mom,” as I titled her in a column this week.

    As for my parents’ divorce, I can remember when they told me.

    It was the spring of 1980.

    I was 13 years old, and we were about to leave Fairfax, Va., and drive to Carrollton, Ga., for the summer. My parents told my sister and me that they were getting a divorce as our family of four sat around the kitchen table of our ranch home.

    Soon afterward, my mom, sister and I got into our light-blue Chevrolet Impala and drove back to Carrollton.

    Later that summer, Mom went to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for surgery to remove a tumor. While she was there, Dad took my sister and me to see her.

    It is this visit that has turned into the infamous hospital visit about which many untruths have been told. I won’t repeat them. You can look them up online if you are interested in untruths. But here’s what happened:

    My mother and father were already in the process of getting a divorce, which she requested.

    Dad took my sister and me to the hospital to see our mother.

    She had undergone surgery the day before to remove a tumor.

    The tumor was benign.

    As with many divorces, it was hard and painful for all involved, but life continued.

    So, myth debunked; not adultery, which Newt has not denied, and I find his repentence sincere, but he didn’t go to the hospital to present his then wife with the divorce papers.

    Golden Oldies: Newt and the “cancer bed divorce” myth

  34. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    While I do believe it is true that Newt Gingrich was sleeping sround while his wife was hositalized with cancer, it isn’t true tha he presented the divorce papers to her while inthe hospital.

    So, to correct the record, here is what happened: My mother, Jackie Battley Gingrich, is very much alive, and often spends time with my family. I am lucky to have such a “Miracle Mom,” as I titled her in a column this week.
    As for my parents’ divorce, I can remember when they told me.
    It was the spring of 1980.
    I was 13 years old, and we were about to leave Fairfax, Va., and drive to Carrollton, Ga., for the summer. My parents told my sister and me that they were getting a divorce as our family of four sat around the kitchen table of our ranch home.
    Soon afterward, my mom, sister and I got into our light-blue Chevrolet Impala and drove back to Carrollton.
    Later that summer, Mom went to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for surgery to remove a tumor. While she was there, Dad took my sister and me to see her.
    It is this visit that has turned into the infamous hospital visit about which many untruths have been told. I won’t repeat them. You can look them up online if you are interested in untruths. But here’s what happened:
    My mother and father were already in the process of getting a divorce, which she requested.
    Dad took my sister and me to the hospital to see our mother.
    She had undergone surgery the day before to remove a tumor.
    The tumor was benign.
    As with many divorces, it was hard and painful for all involved, but life continued.

    So, myth debunked; not adultery, which Newt has not denied, and I find his repentence sincere, but he didn’t go to the hospital to present his then wife with the divorce papers.
    Golden Oldies: Newt and the “cancer bed divorce” myth

  35. Katfish Avatar

    The Aggies have a twelfth sixth man kid helping them win basketball games.

  36. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    The Aggies have a twelfth sixth man kid helping them win basketball games.

  37. Tedtam Avatar

    A wonderful treatise on our educational system, delivered in an engaging style. What an eye opener! I wonder if Handsome would have done better had we given him a more physical program. And I agree on the ADD/ADHD thing – what are we doing to our kids?

    I love TED talks!

  38. Tedtam Avatar

    A wonderful treatise on our educational system, delivered in an engaging style. What an eye opener! I wonder if Handsome would have done better had we given him a more physical program. And I agree on the ADD/ADHD thing – what are we doing to our kids?
    I love TED talks!

  39. Hamous Avatar

    Gospel Bluegrass music at its finest here. Shabbat Shalom, Y’all.

  40. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Gospel Bluegrass music at its finest here. Shabbat Shalom, Y’all.

  41. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17 Texpat
    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach? That seems odd to me, since Herb the fish can’t breathe out of water. Oh, and how do you cover “the back of your face”?

  42. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #17 Texpat
    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach? That seems odd to me, since Herb the fish can’t breathe out of water. Oh, and how do you cover “the back of your face”?

  43. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Drudge linked to an NYTimes story on “near poor” people who have jobs but are barely scraping by. There is a case story that to my mind illustrates exactly why people go bust in this country from not knowing how to manage their money & lives. The 2-parent family gross income is $51K. They are going to buy a house for $230K with a $3K (!!!!) downpayment that they got at least part of from some non-profit organization (!!!!).

    But even after cutting out meals at Red Lobster, movie nights and new clothes, she had to rely on government aid to get health insurance for her daughters, 11 and 13, and she is already worried about college tuition.

    At the first unexpected event, like the engine conks out in her car, they will start falling behind on the mortgage and eventually lose the house because they are too ignorant to know they can not afford it under any circumstances on the amount of money the two adults earn.

  44. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Drudge linked to an NYTimes story on “near poor” people who have jobs but are barely scraping by. There is a case story that to my mind illustrates exactly why people go bust in this country from not knowing how to manage their money & lives. The 2-parent family gross income is $51K. They are going to buy a house for $230K with a $3K (!!!!) downpayment that they got at least part of from some non-profit organization (!!!!).

    But even after cutting out meals at Red Lobster, movie nights and new clothes, she had to rely on government aid to get health insurance for her daughters, 11 and 13, and she is already worried about college tuition.

    At the first unexpected event, like the engine conks out in her car, they will start falling behind on the mortgage and eventually lose the house because they are too ignorant to know they can not afford it under any circumstances on the amount of money the two adults earn.

  45. Hamous Avatar

    #23 M42:

    gross income is $51K. They are going to buy a house for $230K with a $3K (!!!!) downpayment

    That is almost twice as much as I paid for this house in 2000. They voluntarily became “house slaves” because they have been programmed to believe that the biggest house they can possibly start paying for is the one they should get. I would imagine that P,I,T, and Insurance payments are in the neighborhood of $2200/month, that is over 50% of their gross income, they should have never qualified for the loan. Anything resulting in a monthly housing payment over $100 for this family of 4 is a huge stretch. The lender in this case is partly to blame – the greedy bastiges, they get their origination fees and closing costs then sell the loan to FHA, knowing full well that it will go into default within 2 years.

    I can see a great reform to Freddie and Fannie, the originating lender must carry the loan for at least 5 years, and if it is in or near default, they eat it. This will cause them to tighten up the lending standards and that will put the value back into mortgage backed securities.

  46. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #23 M42:

    gross income is $51K. They are going to buy a house for $230K with a $3K (!!!!) downpayment

    That is almost twice as much as I paid for this house in 2000. They voluntarily became “house slaves” because they have been programmed to believe that the biggest house they can possibly start paying for is the one they should get. I would imagine that P,I,T, and Insurance payments are in the neighborhood of $2200/month, that is over 50% of their gross income, they should have never qualified for the loan. Anything resulting in a monthly housing payment over $100 for this family of 4 is a huge stretch. The lender in this case is partly to blame – the greedy bastiges, they get their origination fees and closing costs then sell the loan to FHA, knowing full well that it will go into default within 2 years.
    I can see a great reform to Freddie and Fannie, the originating lender must carry the loan for at least 5 years, and if it is in or near default, they eat it. This will cause them to tighten up the lending standards and that will put the value back into mortgage backed securities.

  47. Katfish Avatar

    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach? That seems odd to me, since Herb the fish can’t breathe out of water. Oh, and how do you cover “the back of your face”?

    It on account of it’s a mutated nukuler fallout victim fish. Duh.

    Or something.

  48. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach? That seems odd to me, since Herb the fish can’t breathe out of water. Oh, and how do you cover “the back of your face”?

    It on account of it’s a mutated nukuler fallout victim fish. Duh.
    Or something.

  49. Dooood Avatar

    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach?

    For the same reason Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck can talk – because it’s a cartoon.

  50. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    How did a cartoon fish get to be the Atomic Holocaust coach?

    For the same reason Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck can talk – because it’s a cartoon.

  51. Tedtam Avatar

    I found MeTV shows. Man, I forgot how good-lookin’ Chuck Connors was! Unfortunately, I have to go grocery shopping, so I may not get to see him kick some wiss that needs kicking. Maybe the store can wait another 20 minutes – I’ll work on my shopping list while I watch.

    Nothing like the old good guys to be good guys. They had real men in the old westerns – none of the current androgynous, limp wristed “good guys” hand wringing about their personal character defects.

  52. Tedtam Avatar

    I found MeTV shows. Man, I forgot how good-lookin’ Chuck Connors was! Unfortunately, I have to go grocery shopping, so I may not get to see him kick some wiss that needs kicking. Maybe the store can wait another 20 minutes – I’ll work on my shopping list while I watch.
    Nothing like the old good guys to be good guys. They had real men in the old westerns – none of the current androgynous, limp wristed “good guys” hand wringing about their personal character defects.

  53. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Textpat
    I didn’t ask how come the fish can talk, I asked how can he breathe out of water? A problem Bugs and Daffy would not have…
    🙂

  54. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #27 Textpat
    I didn’t ask how come the fish can talk, I asked how can he breathe out of water? A problem Bugs and Daffy would not have…
    🙂

  55. Hamous Avatar

    My #25 has an error:

    monthly housing payment over $100 should be $1000 for this family of 4 is a huge stretch

  56. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    My #25 has an error:

    monthly housing payment over $100 should be $1000 for this family of 4 is a huge stretch

  57. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Ducks need water too. Quack.

    BBL

  58. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Ducks need water too. Quack.
    BBL

  59. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #31 Tim
    You are correct, sir! That’s totally awesome. Here’s your reward.

  60. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #31 Tim
    You are correct, sir! That’s totally awesome. Here’s your reward.

  61. Hamous Avatar

    #5 Hamous:

    Heh. (1) Ancient marshmallow yams of sorrow. I actually like those. Granny always put in pecans and crushed pineapple to make it extra special. (2) It’s that green been/cream of mushroom/french fried onion amalgam I don’t cotton to.

    (1) Absolute foulness; I will not touch the vile things.
    (2) Even worse than above, looks like what the cat pukes after eating grass and schizzle.

    Why anybody considers either one of those puke inducers food is a mystery to me.

  62. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #5 Hamous:

    Heh. (1) Ancient marshmallow yams of sorrow. I actually like those. Granny always put in pecans and crushed pineapple to make it extra special. (2) It’s that green been/cream of mushroom/french fried onion amalgam I don’t cotton to.

    (1) Absolute foulness; I will not touch the vile things.
    (2) Even worse than above, looks like what the cat pukes after eating grass and schizzle.
    Why anybody considers either one of those puke inducers food is a mystery to me.

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    33
    I thought you were talking about oyster dressing.

    /shudder

  64. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    33
    I thought you were talking about oyster dressing.
    /shudder

  65. Dooood Avatar

    #34 Shannon

    Yeah, well, I remember when one of your harem girls would bring that stuff to Thanksgiving dinner and we would all have to eat it, smile and lie about how good it was.

    It was ghastly.

    The sacrifices families make for one another.

  66. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #34 Shannon
    Yeah, well, I remember when one of your harem girls would bring that stuff to Thanksgiving dinner and we would all have to eat it, smile and lie about how good it was.
    It was ghastly.
    The sacrifices families make for one another.

  67. Dooood Avatar

    If El Gordo is still looking for his brother, I think found him.

    It doesn’t surprise me that Gerard Vanderleun would seine up this guy, but he’s a real treasure.

    Meet Fred Reed, author of, among other books:

    Au Phuc Dup and Nowhere to Go: The Only Really True Book About Viet Nam

    Nekkid in Austin: Drop Your Inner Child Down a Well

    A Brass Pole in Bangkok: A Thing I Aspire to Be

    The last tome guaranteed to get you on the no-fly list at Homeland Security…

    Fred writes…

    Tell you what. I’m gonna get me about sixteen Dobermans with no judgment. Then, next time I see one of those chunky talk-show ladies with short hair blowing about what brigands white males are, and how we ought to dethrone them, I’m gonna get the Dobermans to eat her. Then I’ll get their stomachs pumped, because I like dogs, and send them on a vacation to the Bahamas.

    The other day I heard one of’em blathering about white males. (A chunky lady, not a Doberman.) She was all in an uproar about it. She had the nuanced lyricism I associate with truss ads and said we needed to deconstruct the paradigm of white patriarchal masculinity with its linear-logical gender-hierarchical phallocentric oppressive something-or-other. She wanted to get rid of white males.

    and,

    Don’t misunderstand me. We pale males aren’t perfect. Far from it. We’ve got warts on most of us. We leave things all over the living room. We drink beer and chase women. Sometimes we punch each other out in bars. But we have contributed a few things to civilization. For example:

    Euclidean geometry. Parabolic geometry. Hyperbolic geometry. Projective geometry. Differential geometry. Algebra. Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration. Physical chemistry. Organic chemistry. Biochemistry. Classical mechanics. The indeterminacy principle. The wave equation. The Parthenon. The Anabasis. Air conditioning. Number theory. Romanesque architecture. Gothic architecture. Information theory. Entropy. Enthalpy. Every symphony ever written. Pierre Auguste Renoir. The twelve-tone scale. The mathematics behind it, twelfth root of two and all that. S-p hybrid bonding orbitals. The Bohr-Sommerfeld atom. The purine-pyrimidine structure of the DNA ladder. Single-sideband radio. All other radio. Dentistry. The internal-combustion engine. Turbojets. Turbofans. Doppler beam-sharpening. Penicillin. Airplanes. Surgery. The mammogram. The Pill. The condom. The penis. Polio vaccine. The integrated circuit. The computer. Football. Computational fluid dynamics. Tensors. The Constitution. Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Homer, Hesiod. Glass. Rubber. Nylon. Roads. Buildings. Elvis. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. (OK, that’s nerve gas, and maybe we didn’t really need it.) Silicone. The automobile. Really weird stuff, like clathrates, Buckyballs, and rotaxanes. The Bible. Bug spray. Diffie-Hellman, public-key cryptography, and RSA. Et cetera.

    You’re welcome.

    Read the whole thing.

    His website here.

    Fred Reed’s bio here.

  68. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    If El Gordo is still looking for his brother, I think found him.
    It doesn’t surprise me that Gerard Vanderleun would seine up this guy, but he’s a real treasure.
    Meet Fred Reed, author of, among other books:
    Au Phuc Dup and Nowhere to Go: The Only Really True Book About Viet Nam
    Nekkid in Austin: Drop Your Inner Child Down a Well
    A Brass Pole in Bangkok: A Thing I Aspire to Be
    The last tome guaranteed to get you on the no-fly list at Homeland Security…
    Fred writes…

    Tell you what. I’m gonna get me about sixteen Dobermans with no judgment. Then, next time I see one of those chunky talk-show ladies with short hair blowing about what brigands white males are, and how we ought to dethrone them, I’m gonna get the Dobermans to eat her. Then I’ll get their stomachs pumped, because I like dogs, and send them on a vacation to the Bahamas.
    The other day I heard one of’em blathering about white males. (A chunky lady, not a Doberman.) She was all in an uproar about it. She had the nuanced lyricism I associate with truss ads and said we needed to deconstruct the paradigm of white patriarchal masculinity with its linear-logical gender-hierarchical phallocentric oppressive something-or-other. She wanted to get rid of white males.

    and,

    Don’t misunderstand me. We pale males aren’t perfect. Far from it. We’ve got warts on most of us. We leave things all over the living room. We drink beer and chase women. Sometimes we punch each other out in bars. But we have contributed a few things to civilization. For example:
    Euclidean geometry. Parabolic geometry. Hyperbolic geometry. Projective geometry. Differential geometry. Algebra. Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration. Physical chemistry. Organic chemistry. Biochemistry. Classical mechanics. The indeterminacy principle. The wave equation. The Parthenon. The Anabasis. Air conditioning. Number theory. Romanesque architecture. Gothic architecture. Information theory. Entropy. Enthalpy. Every symphony ever written. Pierre Auguste Renoir. The twelve-tone scale. The mathematics behind it, twelfth root of two and all that. S-p hybrid bonding orbitals. The Bohr-Sommerfeld atom. The purine-pyrimidine structure of the DNA ladder. Single-sideband radio. All other radio. Dentistry. The internal-combustion engine. Turbojets. Turbofans. Doppler beam-sharpening. Penicillin. Airplanes. Surgery. The mammogram. The Pill. The condom. The penis. Polio vaccine. The integrated circuit. The computer. Football. Computational fluid dynamics. Tensors. The Constitution. Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Homer, Hesiod. Glass. Rubber. Nylon. Roads. Buildings. Elvis. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. (OK, that’s nerve gas, and maybe we didn’t really need it.) Silicone. The automobile. Really weird stuff, like clathrates, Buckyballs, and rotaxanes. The Bible. Bug spray. Diffie-Hellman, public-key cryptography, and RSA. Et cetera.
    You’re welcome.

    Read the whole thing.
    His website here.
    Fred Reed’s bio here.

  69. Tedtam Avatar

    That sweet potato/marshmallow dish is enough to put anyone into diabetic coma.

  70. Tedtam Avatar

    That sweet potato/marshmallow dish is enough to put anyone into diabetic coma.

  71. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Da-d-da-da. Da-d-da da. Da-d-da-da. Da-d-da.

  72. Hamous Avatar

    Da-d-da-da. Da-d-da da. Da-d-da-da. Da-d-da.

  73. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Da-d-da-daa. Da-d-da da. Da-d-da-daa. Da-d-da.

  74. Hamous Avatar

    Da-d-da-daa. Da-d-da da. Da-d-da-daa. Da-d-da.

  75. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Looks like Texpat’s list of things white males have done has inspired our Hammy to start composing a symphony. Right here and right now.

  76. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Looks like Texpat’s list of things white males have done has inspired our Hammy to start composing a symphony. Right here and right now.

  77. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Wagonburner knows what I’m talkin’ ’bout.

  78. Hamous Avatar

    Wagonburner knows what I’m talkin’ ’bout.

  79. Tedtam Avatar

    Hammy, are the next words “Hey, hey, hey, goo-ood bye”?

  80. Tedtam Avatar

    Hammy, are the next words “Hey, hey, hey, goo-ood bye”?

  81. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    They still got a chance. Lotsa time.

  82. Hamous Avatar

    They still got a chance. Lotsa time.

  83. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Tick tock tick tock.

  84. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I have NEVER said this – “GO BAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

  85. Katfish Avatar

    I have NEVER said this – “GO BAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

  86. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Cinderella story! 1st win in 21 tries.

  87. Hamous Avatar

    Cinderella story! 1st win in 21 tries.

  88. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    WOW – this Griffin kid is the real DEAL!!

    Boomer Sooner GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  89. Katfish Avatar

    WOW – this Griffin kid is the real DEAL!!
    Boomer Sooner GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  90. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.

    Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.

    Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense. Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large.

    “The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true.

    “If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”

    I wonder ifthe EU believes that drinking sand can prevent dehydration?

    EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

  91. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
    Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.
    Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense. Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large.
    “The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true.
    “If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”

    I wonder ifthe EU believes that drinking sand can prevent dehydration?
    EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

  92. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A fake doctor accused of injecting a woman’s buttocks with cement, super glue and other chemicals was arrested Friday in Florida.

    Police said Oneal Ron Morris, a 30-year-old transgendered man who is not a doctor, administered the potentially lethal shots to at least one woman as part of a buttock-enhancing procedure. He had also tried the procedure on himself.

    “They agreed on a price of $700 for him to enhance her buttocks,” Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Bill Bamford told Miami’s WPLG-TV.

    Morris allegedly injected the victim with a combination of cement, mineral oil, Fix-a-Flat tire sealant and super glue, then sealed the incision with more super glue, police said.

    Needless to say, the recipient experienced agonizing pain and later life-threatening conditions as a result of these injections. All for a bigger butt.

    Police: Fake Doctor Injected Cement, Super Glue Into Woman’s Buttocks for Enhancement Procedure

  93. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    A fake doctor accused of injecting a woman’s buttocks with cement, super glue and other chemicals was arrested Friday in Florida.
    Police said Oneal Ron Morris, a 30-year-old transgendered man who is not a doctor, administered the potentially lethal shots to at least one woman as part of a buttock-enhancing procedure. He had also tried the procedure on himself.
    “They agreed on a price of $700 for him to enhance her buttocks,” Miami Gardens Police Sgt. Bill Bamford told Miami’s WPLG-TV.
    Morris allegedly injected the victim with a combination of cement, mineral oil, Fix-a-Flat tire sealant and super glue, then sealed the incision with more super glue, police said.

    Needless to say, the recipient experienced agonizing pain and later life-threatening conditions as a result of these injections. All for a bigger butt.
    Police: Fake Doctor Injected Cement, Super Glue Into Woman’s Buttocks for Enhancement Procedure

  94. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Sic ’em Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  95. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    Sic ’em Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  96. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I survive the bomb blast if they are accurate. Zoombie hunting for me.

    I guess I’ll jhave to drink beer to rehydrate. If water doesn’t work, how do we rehydrate? Is the gatoraid lobby at work.

    I can’t speak for them, but I know I am on my way. Still in Corpus. Enjoy the day.
    what happened to Kansas yesterday? omg

  97. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    I survive the bomb blast if they are accurate. Zoombie hunting for me.
    I guess I’ll jhave to drink beer to rehydrate. If water doesn’t work, how do we rehydrate? Is the gatoraid lobby at work.
    I can’t speak for them, but I know I am on my way. Still in Corpus. Enjoy the day.
    what happened to Kansas yesterday? omg

  98. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #36 – I studied the list of WM accomplishments carefully, and noted one glaring omission. If I’m not mistaken, the battery powered vibrator, which may serve as a back masseuse to relieve tension during periods of male absence, was also a product of the white male mind.

  99. El Gordo Avatar

    #36 – I studied the list of WM accomplishments carefully, and noted one glaring omission. If I’m not mistaken, the battery powered vibrator, which may serve as a back masseuse to relieve tension during periods of male absence, was also a product of the white male mind.

  100. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    They also left out the Declaration of Indepedence and the Comstitution.

  101. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    They also left out the Declaration of Indepedence and the Comstitution.

  102. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ……Not to mention the minor accomplishments of Shakespeare, Thomas Aquinas, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Ronald Reagan and Richard John Neuhaus.

  103. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    ……Not to mention the minor accomplishments of Shakespeare, Thomas Aquinas, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Ronald Reagan and Richard John Neuhaus.

  104. Hamous Avatar

    Here are some people who just made it onto my Special High Intensity Therapy waiting list.

    JONESBORO, Ga. (CBS Atlanta) – Police charge two caregivers at a Jonesboro facility with waterboarding an 89-year-old woman.

    Clayton County police said Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed held down Anna Foley after an argument that started over ice cream.

    Their names are published as well as where they worked. I think punishment from the cops is the least of their worries; FAMILY usually lives fairly close to their elderly who are no longer capable of taking care of themselves. This is not some ultra urban area like Los Angeles, no siree-Bob – this is right in the heart of redneck central. This could be an interesting story to watch.

  105. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Here are some people who just made it onto my Special High Intensity Therapy waiting list.

    JONESBORO, Ga. (CBS Atlanta) – Police charge two caregivers at a Jonesboro facility with waterboarding an 89-year-old woman.
    Clayton County police said Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed held down Anna Foley after an argument that started over ice cream.

    Their names are published as well as where they worked. I think punishment from the cops is the least of their worries; FAMILY usually lives fairly close to their elderly who are no longer capable of taking care of themselves. This is not some ultra urban area like Los Angeles, no siree-Bob – this is right in the heart of redneck central. This could be an interesting story to watch.

  106. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    G’ Sunday morning all

    15 Katfish says:
    November 19, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the good ole ‘Duck & Cover’ days eh?

    It was commonly agreed to in our family that Pop would be toasted (he worked ‘when in town’ @ Kirby & 59 in those days)

    I moved to Houston and went to work for Bechtel in 1969 at Kirby and 59. Did your dad work for them too? And please don’t tell me he worked for Pacifica Radio downstairs. About once a month they would have to evacuate the building because Pacifica got a bomb threat.

  107. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’ Sunday morning all

    15 Katfish says:
    November 19, 2011 at 10:51 am
    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh the good ole ‘Duck & Cover’ days eh?
    It was commonly agreed to in our family that Pop would be toasted (he worked ‘when in town’ @ Kirby & 59 in those days)

    I moved to Houston and went to work for Bechtel in 1969 at Kirby and 59. Did your dad work for them too? And please don’t tell me he worked for Pacifica Radio downstairs. About once a month they would have to evacuate the building because Pacifica got a bomb threat.

  108. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    We The People
    Over 6 million in just 4 days! This is “brand new”, not one you think you have seen already.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JVAhr4hZDJE&vq=medium#t=19%3E

  109. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    We The People
    Over 6 million in just 4 days! This is “brand new”, not one you think you have seen already.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JVAhr4hZDJE&vq=medium#t=19%3E

  110. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And let’s not leave out Willis Haviland Carrier, inventor of the most important machine in history – the modern air conditioner.
    🙂

  111. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    And let’s not leave out Willis Haviland Carrier, inventor of the most important machine in history – the modern air conditioner.
    🙂

  112. Hamous Avatar

    How about Eli Whitney, the creator of the concept of interchangeable parts, making the assembly line of Henry Ford possible? Bessemer and Carnegie the fathers of modern steel making? John Moses Browning, the creator of the best firearms in history!

  113. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    How about Eli Whitney, the creator of the concept of interchangeable parts, making the assembly line of Henry Ford possible? Bessemer and Carnegie the fathers of modern steel making? John Moses Browning, the creator of the best firearms in history!

  114. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #58 – OT not Bechtel – my Pop (God restim) worked for Baroid Oil Services from the time he brassed out of Blood & Guts Patton’s Army until 1984

  115. Katfish Avatar

    #58 – OT not Bechtel – my Pop (God restim) worked for Baroid Oil Services from the time he brassed out of Blood & Guts Patton’s Army until 1984

  116. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #57 Boney

    They gave us a sample of waterboarding in the Marines. I guarantee that it will break the will of anybody.

  117. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #57 Boney
    They gave us a sample of waterboarding in the Marines. I guarantee that it will break the will of anybody.

  118. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #62 Smells like fish

    I remember them well. I was almost convinced that we may have been old long lost friends, but I guess it was not meant to be.

  119. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #62 Smells like fish
    I remember them well. I was almost convinced that we may have been old long lost friends, but I guess it was not meant to be.

  120. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The first shuttle flight after Challenger was all white guys. I reckon being expendable over ruled diversity.

    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sts-26-crew.gif

  121. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The first shuttle flight after Challenger was all white guys. I reckon being expendable over ruled diversity.
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sts-26-crew.gif

  122. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Shannon
    Air conditioning is on the original list of good things invented by white men in #36.

  123. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #60 Shannon
    Air conditioning is on the original list of good things invented by white men in #36.

  124. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Barney

    Clowns

    Spandex

    Democrat Party

  125. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Barney
    Clowns
    Spandex
    Democrat Party

  126. Katfish Avatar

    Why you people hatin’ so much?

  127. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Why you people hatin’ so much?

  128. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Smart Car

    Disco

  129. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Smart Car
    Disco

  130. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Vuvuzelas

  131. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  132. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  133. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Green bean casserole.
    .
    Mmmmmmm.

  134. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Green bean casserole.
    .
    Mmmmmmm.

  135. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fresh sweet potatoes. Buttered.
    .
    Mmmmmmmmm.

  136. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fresh sweet potatoes. Buttered.
    .
    Mmmmmmmmm.

  137. Dooood Avatar

    The birth control pill, plastic surgery, Botox and champagne so women can party forever.

  138. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    The birth control pill, plastic surgery, Botox and champagne so women can party forever.

  139. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    the aqueduct

  140. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    the aqueduct

  141. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I had a friend who each year used to bring back a truckload of sweet potatoes from deep East Texas. They were huge. And excellent.

  142. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I had a friend who each year used to bring back a truckload of sweet potatoes from deep East Texas. They were huge. And excellent.

  143. Hamous Avatar

    We are celebrating an early Thanksgiving with the Addams Family (Mrs. Bonecrushers side). The menu is Brisket, broccoli rice casserole, sweet potato salad and pinto beans. I fully expect some overeating to be done.

  144. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    We are celebrating an early Thanksgiving with the Addams Family (Mrs. Bonecrushers side). The menu is Brisket, broccoli rice casserole, sweet potato salad and pinto beans. I fully expect some overeating to be done.

  145. Dooood Avatar

    Males may not have invented the sweet potato, but they did invent all the tools and vehicles to plant them, grown it, harvest them and get them to your local produce market, including the roads that make that possible. And the airplanes and ships that bring the cinnamon and nutmeg from the South China Sea, Vietnam and India to season them with.

  146. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Males may not have invented the sweet potato, but they did invent all the tools and vehicles to plant them, grown it, harvest them and get them to your local produce market, including the roads that make that possible. And the airplanes and ships that bring the cinnamon and nutmeg from the South China Sea, Vietnam and India to season them with.

  147. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’m working on my special Thanksgiving pico de gallo. The hardest part is slicing those Serrano peppers and getting all the seeds out. I do have some advice for any of you who might try doing this at home. First, make sure that you have a clean rag handy to wipe your eyes when they tear up because doing it with your hand will assuredly only cause more tears; and secondly, make sure you go to the bathroom before working with the peppers because doing so afterwards will assuredly cause more tears. Wait about 3 days after working with the peppers before touching anything sensitive.

    BTW, those cheap vinyl gloved don’t help a bit either.

  148. El Gordo Avatar

    I’m working on my special Thanksgiving pico de gallo. The hardest part is slicing those Serrano peppers and getting all the seeds out. I do have some advice for any of you who might try doing this at home. First, make sure that you have a clean rag handy to wipe your eyes when they tear up because doing it with your hand will assuredly only cause more tears; and secondly, make sure you go to the bathroom before working with the peppers because doing so afterwards will assuredly cause more tears. Wait about 3 days after working with the peppers before touching anything sensitive.
    BTW, those cheap vinyl gloved don’t help a bit either.

  149. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    zombie flicks.

  150. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    zombie flicks.

  151. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Woman thinks:

    :idea:I want to get rid of the wallpaper in the hall bath and paint it. 💡

    Man thinks:

    Remove light fixtures (it’s dark now), bring in work light (it’s 120 degrees in there now), remove light swith plates, toilet tank, peel wallpaper, sand, peel more wallpaper, more sanding, tape, more taping, texture, paint.

    Remove tape, touch up where paint went with the tape, re-install light fixtures, toilet tank, light switch plates.

    Women thinks:

    I don’t think I like the color.

  152. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Woman thinks:
    :idea:I want to get rid of the wallpaper in the hall bath and paint it. 💡
    Man thinks:
    Remove light fixtures (it’s dark now), bring in work light (it’s 120 degrees in there now), remove light swith plates, toilet tank, peel wallpaper, sand, peel more wallpaper, more sanding, tape, more taping, texture, paint.
    Remove tape, touch up where paint went with the tape, re-install light fixtures, toilet tank, light switch plates.
    Women thinks:
    I don’t think I like the color.

  153. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    I think a wimmin invented wallpaper.

  154. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    I think a wimmin invented wallpaper.

  155. Hamous Avatar

    #80 EG: To slice the serranos first cut the ends off then slice them in quarters longways. When they are cut like this you can easily scrape all the seeds and white pith out; now grab a bunch and keep them all lined up and it only takes one more fine chop and your done. I can’t quite remember if it is lemon juice or milk that kills the pepper off of your fingers.

  156. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #80 EG: To slice the serranos first cut the ends off then slice them in quarters longways. When they are cut like this you can easily scrape all the seeds and white pith out; now grab a bunch and keep them all lined up and it only takes one more fine chop and your done. I can’t quite remember if it is lemon juice or milk that kills the pepper off of your fingers.

  157. Katfish Avatar

    Do the seed scraping under running water.

  158. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Do the seed scraping under running water.

  159. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Wallpaper is the devil’s work

    Simple

  160. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Wallpaper is the devil’s work
    Simple

  161. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The green bean/cheese casserole is more like in ornament that is stored in the freezer. Once a year it gets thawed out for everybody to look at then back it goes.

  162. gtotracker Avatar
    gtotracker

    The green bean/cheese casserole is more like in ornament that is stored in the freezer. Once a year it gets thawed out for everybody to look at then back it goes.

  163. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #70 Tim

    Vuvuzelas

    Now you’ve gone too far! Plus I don’t think these plastic tooters were invented by white males.

  164. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #70 Tim

    Vuvuzelas

    Now you’ve gone too far! Plus I don’t think these plastic tooters were invented by white males.

  165. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #74
    Texpat, there is a tinge of bitterness in there somewhere.

  166. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #74
    Texpat, there is a tinge of bitterness in there somewhere.

  167. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #82
    Tim, there is a tinge of bitterness in there somewhere.

  168. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #82
    Tim, there is a tinge of bitterness in there somewhere.

  169. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Hi Gang, just a quick drive-by; A Veteran Advisor’s Open Letter to the Occupy Wall Street Crowd.

    My first year selling (1974) my new wife and I made $11,000 total. The next year with a child I made $9,000. You could not live on the San Francisco Peninsula then or now on $9,000 or even $11,000. My days were unvaried. Each morning I would make two sandwiches one ham and cheese and one PBJ and have a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. At 6:30 am I began calling investors on the East Coast where it was 9:30 and I followed the sun west. I knew no one, I had no family money, I had no connections – I just had ten fingers and a voice. If you are an introvert like me there is no greater terror than picking up the phone and cold calling someone. I forced myself to do it 35 times a day, 5 days a week. My first sandwich was my lunch and the second my dinner as I called people in Hawaii. I was typically in the office, on the phone for 13 hours a day, five days a week or 65-hour weeks.

    As they say read the whole thing. 😉

  170. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Hi Gang, just a quick drive-by; A Veteran Advisor’s Open Letter to the Occupy Wall Street Crowd.

    My first year selling (1974) my new wife and I made $11,000 total. The next year with a child I made $9,000. You could not live on the San Francisco Peninsula then or now on $9,000 or even $11,000. My days were unvaried. Each morning I would make two sandwiches one ham and cheese and one PBJ and have a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. At 6:30 am I began calling investors on the East Coast where it was 9:30 and I followed the sun west. I knew no one, I had no family money, I had no connections – I just had ten fingers and a voice. If you are an introvert like me there is no greater terror than picking up the phone and cold calling someone. I forced myself to do it 35 times a day, 5 days a week. My first sandwich was my lunch and the second my dinner as I called people in Hawaii. I was typically in the office, on the phone for 13 hours a day, five days a week or 65-hour weeks.

    As they say read the whole thing. 😉

  171. Hamous Avatar

    #91 M42: I know a guy whose wife insisted that the new carpet get changed three wissin times because she did not like the shade. Don’t ever forget that there are some wissin crazy wimminses out there.

  172. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #91 M42: I know a guy whose wife insisted that the new carpet get changed three wissin times because she did not like the shade. Don’t ever forget that there are some wissin crazy wimminses out there.

  173. Hamous Avatar

    #92 SD:

    Don’t miss your chance while squatting in some tent in a park, for a protest that no one will remember in 20 years. Don’t let yourself become immobilized by hatred and resentment as you scapegoat a class of people.

    There is no shame in success.

    The 1% aren’t keeping you down. We’re showing you the way.

    True words, rarely spoken and even more seldom heard and understood.

  174. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #92 SD:

    Don’t miss your chance while squatting in some tent in a park, for a protest that no one will remember in 20 years. Don’t let yourself become immobilized by hatred and resentment as you scapegoat a class of people.
    There is no shame in success.
    The 1% aren’t keeping you down. We’re showing you the way.

    True words, rarely spoken and even more seldom heard and understood.

  175. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #93 – Did that guy that you know ever grow a pair? Was he married to my ex-wife? That routine sounds vaguely familiar. Or are they all that way? It took me quite a while to figure out that it wasn’t my job to make someone else happy – if they were going to be happy, it was going to be up to them to do so.

  176. El Gordo Avatar

    #93 – Did that guy that you know ever grow a pair? Was he married to my ex-wife? That routine sounds vaguely familiar. Or are they all that way? It took me quite a while to figure out that it wasn’t my job to make someone else happy – if they were going to be happy, it was going to be up to them to do so.

  177. Tedtam Avatar

    I found out this morning that dear, dear man in our church passed away last night. Mr. and Mrs. G were founders of our parish, and their devotion and service will take some doing to surpass. Mr. G. made my husband a rosary made out of Job’s tears seeds for his entry into the Church. Mrs. G has been a sacristan for as long as I can remember. Both of them were adopted as honorary grandparents by Lovely Daughter and I, and they also reciprocated the feeling. Every Sunday I would walk into the nave and take the long way to my pew just so that I could give Mr. G a hug, kiss, and morning greeting. Their attendance at mass was like clockwork, and I looked forward to my “Sunday vitamins” from both of these lovely people. (I had to catch Mrs. G after mass, as she was usually busy preparing the altar beforehand.)

    Mr. G’s health has been declining lately, so when I walked into the nave and saw Mrs. G with one of her daughters, both with red eyes and sorrowful faces, I looked to Mr. G’s spot and could not see him sitting there.

    These two have been married for upteenjillion years, and have been wonderful role models for our parish for marriage and for faith. They have been incredibly devoted to the Church and to each other. I cannot imagine the vast void that will be part of Mrs. G’s life, now, as her helpmate and companion is gone.

    Rest in peace, Mr. G., and may God’s comforting hand rest on your lovely wife. You will be missed, though I anticipate the day that I see you again and can kiss your cheek.

  178. Tedtam Avatar

    I found out this morning that dear, dear man in our church passed away last night. Mr. and Mrs. G were founders of our parish, and their devotion and service will take some doing to surpass. Mr. G. made my husband a rosary made out of Job’s tears seeds for his entry into the Church. Mrs. G has been a sacristan for as long as I can remember. Both of them were adopted as honorary grandparents by Lovely Daughter and I, and they also reciprocated the feeling. Every Sunday I would walk into the nave and take the long way to my pew just so that I could give Mr. G a hug, kiss, and morning greeting. Their attendance at mass was like clockwork, and I looked forward to my “Sunday vitamins” from both of these lovely people. (I had to catch Mrs. G after mass, as she was usually busy preparing the altar beforehand.)
    Mr. G’s health has been declining lately, so when I walked into the nave and saw Mrs. G with one of her daughters, both with red eyes and sorrowful faces, I looked to Mr. G’s spot and could not see him sitting there.
    These two have been married for upteenjillion years, and have been wonderful role models for our parish for marriage and for faith. They have been incredibly devoted to the Church and to each other. I cannot imagine the vast void that will be part of Mrs. G’s life, now, as her helpmate and companion is gone.
    Rest in peace, Mr. G., and may God’s comforting hand rest on your lovely wife. You will be missed, though I anticipate the day that I see you again and can kiss your cheek.

  179. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #93 Bones

    Don’t ever forget that there are some wissin crazy wimminses out there.

    I do know that, but seems to me you can pick out your paint color from the sample cards available at the paint store. Same with carpet samples. You bring home the samples you like best and make the final decision in situ. I can’t imagine that process going horribly wrong, unless we are talking about actual mental illness here.

  180. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #93 Bones

    Don’t ever forget that there are some wissin crazy wimminses out there.

    I do know that, but seems to me you can pick out your paint color from the sample cards available at the paint store. Same with carpet samples. You bring home the samples you like best and make the final decision in situ. I can’t imagine that process going horribly wrong, unless we are talking about actual mental illness here.

  181. Hamous Avatar

    #95, 97: The guy was kind of a head case as well. I would have put up with that kind of crapola for about a nanosecond.

  182. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #95, 97: The guy was kind of a head case as well. I would have put up with that kind of crapola for about a nanosecond.

  183. Hamous Avatar

    #96 TT: Sorry to hear about the loss of your loved one and adopted family member. He must have been getting up there in years, so Abba told him that his work here on the planet was through, time to come home and rest. Grieve for your loss of his company but rejoice for his victory and remember, as long as you walk the straight and narrow you will see him again soon enough.

  184. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #96 TT: Sorry to hear about the loss of your loved one and adopted family member. He must have been getting up there in years, so Abba told him that his work here on the planet was through, time to come home and rest. Grieve for your loss of his company but rejoice for his victory and remember, as long as you walk the straight and narrow you will see him again soon enough.

  185. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    hunnert.

  186. Hamous Avatar

    Boeing comes up with another real cool plane.

    Boeing unveiled its hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system during a ceremony in St. Louis on July 12. The demonstrator, which will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days, is powered by two 2-liter, four-cylinder engines that provide 150 horsepower each. It has a 150-foot wingspan, will cruise at approximately 150 knots and can carry up to a 450-pound payload.

  187. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Boeing comes up with another real cool plane.

    Boeing unveiled its hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system during a ceremony in St. Louis on July 12. The demonstrator, which will stay aloft at 65,000 feet for up to four days, is powered by two 2-liter, four-cylinder engines that provide 150 horsepower each. It has a 150-foot wingspan, will cruise at approximately 150 knots and can carry up to a 450-pound payload.

  188. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Bitter? Me? I love painting projects.

  189. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Bitter? Me? I love painting projects.

  190. Dooood Avatar

    I told Her Highness this was the best present she ever gave me. I use it almost everyday and it is absolutely essential to someone who likes to cook.

    And worth every penny.

  191. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I told Her Highness this was the best present she ever gave me. I use it almost everyday and it is absolutely essential to someone who likes to cook.
    And worth every penny.

  192. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Dang.

    I had no idea Doyle’s passing would upset everybody.

  193. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Dang.
    I had no idea Doyle’s passing would upset everybody.

  194. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #106 Sarge

    Dang.
    I had no idea Doyle’s passing would upset everybody.

    I’m guessin’, that pretty much none of us knew who he was?
    Folks are prolly getting ready for Turkey Day. 😉

  195. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #106 Sarge

    Dang.
    I had no idea Doyle’s passing would upset everybody.

    I’m guessin’, that pretty much none of us knew who he was?
    Folks are prolly getting ready for Turkey Day. 😉

  196. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    OK, do they really think that Rednecks are THAT stupid?…Yup I guess so. 🙁

  197. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    OK, do they really think that Rednecks are THAT stupid?…Yup I guess so. 🙁

  198. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #109 – SD – I’m a country music fan, and I looked at the list of entertainers. I had actually heard of a couple of them. James Taylor is “country” music?

  199. El Gordo Avatar

    #109 – SD – I’m a country music fan, and I looked at the list of entertainers. I had actually heard of a couple of them. James Taylor is “country” music?

  200. Dooood Avatar

    Doyle Bramhall was a top-notch musician and songwriter. He never achieved the fame his pal, Stevie Ray Vaughan, did, but then I think the drugs took a heavy toll over much of Bramhall’s life. Sorry to see a talented guy like him die at such a young age.

  201. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Doyle Bramhall was a top-notch musician and songwriter. He never achieved the fame his pal, Stevie Ray Vaughan, did, but then I think the drugs took a heavy toll over much of Bramhall’s life. Sorry to see a talented guy like him die at such a young age.

  202. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    The Obama administration is continuing with it’s policy of supporting American business:

    Late Thursday the Obama administration abruptly knocked Kansas aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft out of contention for a $1 billion project to make a fleet of lightweight counterinsurgency aircraft for the Air Force.

    and,

    By knocking Hawker Beechcraft out, the Pentagon has limited the “competition” to one company, a company that is not only not an American manufacturer, it’s a government-owned entity with ties to our enemies. The company is Embraer, which is controlled by the government of Brazil and has close ties to the government of Iran.

    Finally,

    This is the Obama administration’s second billion-dollar giveaway to the Brazilian government in 2011; the first was its outrageous offshore oil loan guarantee decision in March. The two decisions siphon more than $2 billion and more than 21,000 jobs out of the US economy. Of the two, putting a foreign manufacturer with ties to our enemies in charge of a project to build anti-terror weaponry may be the most disturbing.

  203. fat albert Avatar
    fat albert

    The Obama administration is continuing with it’s policy of supporting American business:

    Late Thursday the Obama administration abruptly knocked Kansas aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft out of contention for a $1 billion project to make a fleet of lightweight counterinsurgency aircraft for the Air Force.

    and,

    By knocking Hawker Beechcraft out, the Pentagon has limited the “competition” to one company, a company that is not only not an American manufacturer, it’s a government-owned entity with ties to our enemies. The company is Embraer, which is controlled by the government of Brazil and has close ties to the government of Iran.

    Finally,

    This is the Obama administration’s second billion-dollar giveaway to the Brazilian government in 2011; the first was its outrageous offshore oil loan guarantee decision in March. The two decisions siphon more than $2 billion and more than 21,000 jobs out of the US economy. Of the two, putting a foreign manufacturer with ties to our enemies in charge of a project to build anti-terror weaponry may be the most disturbing.

  204. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I’m guessin’, that pretty much none of us knew who he was?

    Dang.

    Now I’m upset.

    Its like not knowing whi Mirabeau B. Lamar was.

  205. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    I’m guessin’, that pretty much none of us knew who he was?

    Dang.
    Now I’m upset.
    Its like not knowing whi Mirabeau B. Lamar was.

  206. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well here’s a surprise. The Super Committee will not be able to reach an agreement on spending cuts and/or tax increases by the required deadline, so theoretically, the default cuts kick in – in 2013 – Ha. And this committee was formed as part of the deal to get the House Republicans (including our very own CD22 Rep Pete Olsen) to agree to increase the debt ceiling. Everyone knew at the time this was a farce – spend now and figure out where to cut later, and once again the Republicans look like the fools they are to ever agree to this deal to begin with. Plus, the Dems will now blame the Reps for the failure of the Committee. Are our leaders dooming us to political suicide, our nation to fiscal suicide, or to their own political suicide. I don’t often swear, but I’ve just about had it with the Rep caving on every issue, no matter how important or how small, out of fear rather than being able to stand on principle. To hell with them.

  207. El Gordo Avatar

    Well here’s a surprise. The Super Committee will not be able to reach an agreement on spending cuts and/or tax increases by the required deadline, so theoretically, the default cuts kick in – in 2013 – Ha. And this committee was formed as part of the deal to get the House Republicans (including our very own CD22 Rep Pete Olsen) to agree to increase the debt ceiling. Everyone knew at the time this was a farce – spend now and figure out where to cut later, and once again the Republicans look like the fools they are to ever agree to this deal to begin with. Plus, the Dems will now blame the Reps for the failure of the Committee. Are our leaders dooming us to political suicide, our nation to fiscal suicide, or to their own political suicide. I don’t often swear, but I’ve just about had it with the Rep caving on every issue, no matter how important or how small, out of fear rather than being able to stand on principle. To hell with them.

  208. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I hear that black Friday is this week. When is white Friday?

  209. El Gordo Avatar

    I hear that black Friday is this week. When is white Friday?

  210. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good evening Hamsters. An unseasonably warm 72 and mugly at 6 followed by a sticky morning was not what one should endure on November 20th. Leaves flew all day and piled up here and there and in between they were more or less evenly distributed. But there was 1/10″ overnight in the rain gauge and wet leaves and grass on the way to the barn, a lovely early morning surprise.

    Three flowerbeds are embracing pansies now, with two more beds to plant. We seem to have wiped out most of the pansy supply of one local nursery; fortunately there’s a larger one a few miles in the opposite direction. Several other beds will have to wait for their flowers until the sprinkler system is installed. Rye seed has sprouted on most of the fill dirt in the yard thanks to sprinklers and the tidbits of rain that managed to find us. Doing the Snoopy Happy Dance over that.

    Thanksgiving dinner for us will again be at a nearby wonderful restaurant’s holiday buffet. Had to make reservations a month in advance since as the area has grown it becomes necessary to make them earlier each year for Thanksgiving and for Easter buffets. We aren’t out in the sticks any more. 🙂

  211. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good evening Hamsters. An unseasonably warm 72 and mugly at 6 followed by a sticky morning was not what one should endure on November 20th. Leaves flew all day and piled up here and there and in between they were more or less evenly distributed. But there was 1/10″ overnight in the rain gauge and wet leaves and grass on the way to the barn, a lovely early morning surprise.
    Three flowerbeds are embracing pansies now, with two more beds to plant. We seem to have wiped out most of the pansy supply of one local nursery; fortunately there’s a larger one a few miles in the opposite direction. Several other beds will have to wait for their flowers until the sprinkler system is installed. Rye seed has sprouted on most of the fill dirt in the yard thanks to sprinklers and the tidbits of rain that managed to find us. Doing the Snoopy Happy Dance over that.
    Thanksgiving dinner for us will again be at a nearby wonderful restaurant’s holiday buffet. Had to make reservations a month in advance since as the area has grown it becomes necessary to make them earlier each year for Thanksgiving and for Easter buffets. We aren’t out in the sticks any more. 🙂

  212. Hamous Avatar

    #114 EG: Based on what I heard on the radio last week, the Ds walked away from almost everything that was in their initial demands. What the Rs are so incredibly inept at is getting the wissing truth out. The Ds have willing accomplices in the LSM, the Rs have yet to figger out that they have to work hard to get the truth out.

  213. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #114 EG: Based on what I heard on the radio last week, the Ds walked away from almost everything that was in their initial demands. What the Rs are so incredibly inept at is getting the wissing truth out. The Ds have willing accomplices in the LSM, the Rs have yet to figger out that they have to work hard to get the truth out.

  214. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    About the interview with Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform on 60 Minutes tonight:

    But Norquist says the success of any product requires relentless monitoring and diligent quality control to protect the brand, whether it’s Coca Cola or the Republican Party.

    Norquist: ‘Cause let’s say you take that Coke bottle home, and you get home, and you’re two thirds of the way through the Coke bottle. And you look down at what’s left in your Coke bottle is a rat head there. You wonder whether you’d buy Coke ever again. You go on TV, and you show ’em the rat head in the Coke bottle. You call your friends, and tell them about it. And Coke’s in trouble. Republicans who vote for a tax increase are rat heads in a Coke bottle. They damage the brand for everyone else.

  215. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    About the interview with Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform on 60 Minutes tonight:

    But Norquist says the success of any product requires relentless monitoring and diligent quality control to protect the brand, whether it’s Coca Cola or the Republican Party.
    Norquist: ‘Cause let’s say you take that Coke bottle home, and you get home, and you’re two thirds of the way through the Coke bottle. And you look down at what’s left in your Coke bottle is a rat head there. You wonder whether you’d buy Coke ever again. You go on TV, and you show ’em the rat head in the Coke bottle. You call your friends, and tell them about it. And Coke’s in trouble. Republicans who vote for a tax increase are rat heads in a Coke bottle. They damage the brand for everyone else.

  216. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    But I’ll buy the Coke bottle with the rat head in it ’cause at least it’s not a Dr. Pepper with a rat head in it!!

  217. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    But I’ll buy the Coke bottle with the rat head in it ’cause at least it’s not a Dr. Pepper with a rat head in it!!

  218. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    According to the 60 Mins story, all of the GOP candidates except Huntsman have signed the pledge not to raise taxes.

  219. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    According to the 60 Mins story, all of the GOP candidates except Huntsman have signed the pledge not to raise taxes.

  220. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Oh yeah, Tony Stewart. NASCAR Sprint Cup 2011 Champion. Came down to the last race, 3 points separating him from Carl Edwards. Car problems caused Tony to have to come from the back of the field twice, while Edwards was leading. Tony wins the race outright, championship ends in a tie. Tony owns tiebreaker with 5 wins. Best championship ever.

    Yes!

  221. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Oh yeah, Tony Stewart. NASCAR Sprint Cup 2011 Champion. Came down to the last race, 3 points separating him from Carl Edwards. Car problems caused Tony to have to come from the back of the field twice, while Edwards was leading. Tony wins the race outright, championship ends in a tie. Tony owns tiebreaker with 5 wins. Best championship ever.
    Yes!

  222. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tim, did you see Michele O get booed at a NASCAR event?

  223. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tim, did you see Michele O get booed at a NASCAR event?

  224. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    mharper

    No, I saw she was there. ST ordered me a couple weeks ago to put a stop to it but a hostile takeover ensued. If she swayed any voters I doubt they’ll remember on votin’ day. Besides it was in Florida and you know them types.

  225. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    mharper
    No, I saw she was there. ST ordered me a couple weeks ago to put a stop to it but a hostile takeover ensued. If she swayed any voters I doubt they’ll remember on votin’ day. Besides it was in Florida and you know them types.

  226. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #123

    Ha! The cats freak out and the dogs are like, Yall got’ny bacon?

  227. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #123
    Ha! The cats freak out and the dogs are like, Yall got’ny bacon?

  228. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    but then I think the drugs took a heavy toll over much of Bramhall’s life. Sorry to see a talented guy like him die at such a young age.

    That’s always sad.

  229. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    but then I think the drugs took a heavy toll over much of Bramhall’s life. Sorry to see a talented guy like him die at such a young age.

    That’s always sad.

  230. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    El Gordo #114;

    Super Committee will not be able to reach an agreement on spending cuts and/or tax increases by the required deadline, so theoretically, the default cuts kick in – in 2013 – Ha. And this committee was formed as part of the deal to get the House Republicans (including our very own CD22 Rep Pete Olsen) to agree to increase the debt ceiling. Everyone knew at the time this was a farce – spend now and figure out where to cut later, and once again the Republicans look like the fools they are to ever agree to this deal to begin with.

    Yup. Whenever you allow government to get what it wants with a later promise to give the people what they want, you’ll pretty much guarantee that the government will quickly do what it wants with utterly no regard to fulfilling its own promises to the people.

    I do not know of anyone who elected Republicans in 2010 just ot outsource their responsibilities on some supercommittee. These Republicans were elected in order to stand firm against excessive spending. Now the result of their supercommittee idea, we have more spending, new record debt, and highly potential cuts where they are not needed. Furthermore, there’s clear talk of raising taxes in order to generate new revenue for the government.

    Pathetic.

  231. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    El Gordo #114;

    Super Committee will not be able to reach an agreement on spending cuts and/or tax increases by the required deadline, so theoretically, the default cuts kick in – in 2013 – Ha. And this committee was formed as part of the deal to get the House Republicans (including our very own CD22 Rep Pete Olsen) to agree to increase the debt ceiling. Everyone knew at the time this was a farce – spend now and figure out where to cut later, and once again the Republicans look like the fools they are to ever agree to this deal to begin with.

    Yup. Whenever you allow government to get what it wants with a later promise to give the people what they want, you’ll pretty much guarantee that the government will quickly do what it wants with utterly no regard to fulfilling its own promises to the people.
    I do not know of anyone who elected Republicans in 2010 just ot outsource their responsibilities on some supercommittee. These Republicans were elected in order to stand firm against excessive spending. Now the result of their supercommittee idea, we have more spending, new record debt, and highly potential cuts where they are not needed. Furthermore, there’s clear talk of raising taxes in order to generate new revenue for the government.
    Pathetic.

  232. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #96;

    I’ve no doubt Mr. G’s resting at pease before God. Friendship for Mrs. G’s right now would be invaluable as well.

    May God bless the G family.

  233. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #96;
    I’ve no doubt Mr. G’s resting at pease before God. Friendship for Mrs. G’s right now would be invaluable as well.
    May God bless the G family.

  234. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Welfare Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was honored 10 November 2011 along with other community leaders by Catholic Community Services of Utah (CCS). The Deseret News reported on the event.

    In addition to the Church, other honorees included The Sisters of the Holy Cross, The Sisters of St. Benedict and Katherine Mahoney, a volunteer at the Parish Refugee Resettlement Ministry at St. John the Baptist in Draper and Jon and Karen Huntsman.

    Presiding bishop of the Church, H. David Burton, accepted the honor in behalf of LDS Welfare Services during CCS’s annual Humanitarian Awards dinner. Bishop Burton said it has been an honor to serve as partners with Catholic Community Services for many years.

    In a prerecorded statement about the Church’s welfare department, the Most Rev. John C. Wester, bishop of the Salt Lake Catholic Diocese, said, “They’re always there where the need is. They’re motivated by the gospel of Christ.”

    That’s a happy note to end on.

    Good night all.

    Catholic Community Services Honors Salt Lake Humanitarians

  235. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Welfare Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was honored 10 November 2011 along with other community leaders by Catholic Community Services of Utah (CCS). The Deseret News reported on the event.
    In addition to the Church, other honorees included The Sisters of the Holy Cross, The Sisters of St. Benedict and Katherine Mahoney, a volunteer at the Parish Refugee Resettlement Ministry at St. John the Baptist in Draper and Jon and Karen Huntsman.
    Presiding bishop of the Church, H. David Burton, accepted the honor in behalf of LDS Welfare Services during CCS’s annual Humanitarian Awards dinner. Bishop Burton said it has been an honor to serve as partners with Catholic Community Services for many years.
    In a prerecorded statement about the Church’s welfare department, the Most Rev. John C. Wester, bishop of the Salt Lake Catholic Diocese, said, “They’re always there where the need is. They’re motivated by the gospel of Christ.”

    That’s a happy note to end on.
    Good night all.
    Catholic Community Services Honors Salt Lake Humanitarians

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