Thursday Echoes Open Comments

Stumbled across this interesting web site. I love what he’s done with the war pictures overlaid on the modern images. If only we could peel back the pages of time…
Echoes of War - sketching
Echoes of War - soldier-winner
Echoes of War - steps
Go check out all of the pictures. You can almost feel yourself peeling back a page and seeing the past right there. How many times have we walked down a street, oblivious to the history in that spot? If the stones could speak…


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  1. Dooood Avatar

    Hamous

    Did you know this ? I didn’t.

    Given how intimately their fundraising network is tied to Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion lobby, this is no surprise. But you see the power of this Democratic abortion absolutism in all sorts of places — even the quixotic 2004 presidential race of Dennis Kucinich.

    I’m revisiting this now because on Tuesday Kucinich lost the Democratic primary for his House seat. Here’s his story on abortion:

    Kucinich, as a state legislator was fully pro-life. As a congressman, he was totally pro-life. Then he started running for president, and The Nation ran a brief article headlined “Regressive Progressive.” Katha Pollitt wrote “In his two terms in Congress, he has quietly amassed an anti-choice voting record of Henry Hyde-like proportions.”

  2. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Hamous
    Did you know this ? I didn’t.

    Given how intimately their fundraising network is tied to Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion lobby, this is no surprise. But you see the power of this Democratic abortion absolutism in all sorts of places — even the quixotic 2004 presidential race of Dennis Kucinich.
    I’m revisiting this now because on Tuesday Kucinich lost the Democratic primary for his House seat. Here’s his story on abortion:
    Kucinich, as a state legislator was fully pro-life. As a congressman, he was totally pro-life. Then he started running for president, and The Nation ran a brief article headlined “Regressive Progressive.” Katha Pollitt wrote “In his two terms in Congress, he has quietly amassed an anti-choice voting record of Henry Hyde-like proportions.”

  3. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Good morning, Hamsterville.

    TT, I think someone posted a link to these images a while back, maybe last year — they look very familiar. Not a criticism! A memory test, that’s all.

  4. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Good morning, Hamsterville.
    TT, I think someone posted a link to these images a while back, maybe last year — they look very familiar. Not a criticism! A memory test, that’s all.

  5. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I have a question about image #7 on the topic link. The street scene in St Petersburg: What are all those wires criss-crossing the street at odd angles, and what are the objects centered over the street below those wires? I assume the wires are from the 2010 view.

  6. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I have a question about image #7 on the topic link. The street scene in St Petersburg: What are all those wires criss-crossing the street at odd angles, and what are the objects centered over the street below those wires? I assume the wires are from the 2010 view.

  7. Hamous Avatar

    Imagine if we had cameras in the time of Moses and could do the same thing with some real history behind it.. . . . . . .
    I would love to see the image of the Red Sea (actually the present day Gulf of Aqaba) split.

  8. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Imagine if we had cameras in the time of Moses and could do the same thing with some real history behind it.. . . . . . .
    I would love to see the image of the Red Sea (actually the present day Gulf of Aqaba) split.

  9. Tedtam Avatar

    The Daily Chaos editor displays ignorance yet once again. From his Twitter feed (I hope this works):
    http://media.hotair.com/greenroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/KosTweet01.jpg
    And then he jumped into that hole with both feet:
    http://media.hotair.com/greenroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/KosTweet02.jpg

    Really? I mean, really?

    Constitutional law and history needs to be taught at the high school level, where most every student will at least get a glancing blow at information.

    PS: Barf Kitty has finally given up trying to pitiful me into letting her onto my lap again. There’s something about that gentle paw touch and those huge begging eyes that’s more often than not, successful.

  10. Tedtam Avatar

    The Daily Chaos editor displays ignorance yet once again. From his Twitter feed (I hope this works):
    http://media.hotair.com/greenroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/KosTweet01.jpg
    And then he jumped into that hole with both feet:
    http://media.hotair.com/greenroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/KosTweet02.jpg
    Really? I mean, really?
    Constitutional law and history needs to be taught at the high school level, where most every student will at least get a glancing blow at information.
    PS: Barf Kitty has finally given up trying to pitiful me into letting her onto my lap again. There’s something about that gentle paw touch and those huge begging eyes that’s more often than not, successful.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Texpat – I knew of Little Denny Kuku’s conversion and unholy baptism into the bloody world of abortion when he ran for president:

    I’ve had a journey on the issue [of reproductive rights]. A year ago, before I became a candidate for President, I broke from a voting record that had not been pro-choice. After hearing from many women in my own life, and from women and men in my community and across the country, I began a more intensive dialogue on the issue. A lot of women opened their hearts to me. That dialogue led me to wholeheartedly support a woman’s right to choose.
    Source: 2004 House campaign website, Kucinich.org, “On The Issues” , Apr 1, 2003

    Just like Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and countless other Democrats before him, Kuku abandoning his core principles is a rite of passage into the ghoulish world of the church of abortion (aka the Democrat Party).

  12. Hamous Avatar

    Texpat – I knew of Little Denny Kuku’s conversion and unholy baptism into the bloody world of abortion when he ran for president:

    I’ve had a journey on the issue [of reproductive rights]. A year ago, before I became a candidate for President, I broke from a voting record that had not been pro-choice. After hearing from many women in my own life, and from women and men in my community and across the country, I began a more intensive dialogue on the issue. A lot of women opened their hearts to me. That dialogue led me to wholeheartedly support a woman’s right to choose.
    Source: 2004 House campaign website, Kucinich.org, “On The Issues” , Apr 1, 2003

    Just like Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and countless other Democrats before him, Kuku abandoning his core principles is a rite of passage into the ghoulish world of the church of abortion (aka the Democrat Party).

  13. Hamous Avatar

    TT: Trying to get hard-core libs to actually read and understand the original intent of the two foundational documents of our republic is like trying to get a bi-polar, paranoid schizophrenic with borderline personality disorder, to accept the fact that they are mentally ill; it simply is not going to happen. These people need meds in a big way to allow them to have the capacity to function in normal civilized society, but the paranoia will not allow them to understand that they are sick and that their family actually loves them and wants to help them. They refuse to take the meds because they think someone is trying to poison or control them or they take them for a while, start to feel good and then quit taking them “because they aren’t working”. Most people who are afflicted in such a way are homeless, unless there is substantial family money to allow some sort of life for them.
    I think Michael Savage is correct, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.

  14. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    TT: Trying to get hard-core libs to actually read and understand the original intent of the two foundational documents of our republic is like trying to get a bi-polar, paranoid schizophrenic with borderline personality disorder, to accept the fact that they are mentally ill; it simply is not going to happen. These people need meds in a big way to allow them to have the capacity to function in normal civilized society, but the paranoia will not allow them to understand that they are sick and that their family actually loves them and wants to help them. They refuse to take the meds because they think someone is trying to poison or control them or they take them for a while, start to feel good and then quit taking them “because they aren’t working”. Most people who are afflicted in such a way are homeless, unless there is substantial family money to allow some sort of life for them.
    I think Michael Savage is correct, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.

  15. Tedtam Avatar

    I read somewhere once that liberals are a bunch of co-dependent personalities. They want to fix everyone and solve everybody’s problems. Their lives are all about other people, and seldom about their own. These are the useful idiots.

    I’m sure this doesn’t work for the puppet masters at the top of the liberal food chain. They are just power-hungry, narcissistic control freaks.

  16. Tedtam Avatar

    I read somewhere once that liberals are a bunch of co-dependent personalities. They want to fix everyone and solve everybody’s problems. Their lives are all about other people, and seldom about their own. These are the useful idiots.
    I’m sure this doesn’t work for the puppet masters at the top of the liberal food chain. They are just power-hungry, narcissistic control freaks.

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    Bonecrusher, your post reminds me of a joke I heard last night:

    There’s a new bear at the zoo. The keepers aren’t sure what to do with him. Some days, he’s just fine and he enjoys his audience. He’ll play and fool around, waving at the people. Other days he just sits in a corner and doesn’t want to come out.
    .
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    Wait for it….
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    He’s a bipolar bear.

  18. Tedtam Avatar

    Bonecrusher, your post reminds me of a joke I heard last night:
    There’s a new bear at the zoo. The keepers aren’t sure what to do with him. Some days, he’s just fine and he enjoys his audience. He’ll play and fool around, waving at the people. Other days he just sits in a corner and doesn’t want to come out.
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Wait for it….
    .
    .
    .
    .
    He’s a bipolar bear.

  19. Hamous Avatar

    PANETTA: ‘INTERNATIONAL PERMISSION’ TRUMPS CONGRESSIONAL PERMISSION FOR MILITARY ACTIONS

    How much more blatant can they be? This concept, that international law trumps congress or the constitution, is just as absurd as the concept of “a living, breathing, automatically changing with the times constitution” which some SCOTUS and other judges hold to be true.
    Regardless how we may feel about the ‘stablishment Rs, or how out of touch Mitt for Brains is, whomever the R candidate it we must all vote for him because 1 more term of 0 will be the end of this country. One more term of 0 and we become Zimbabwe, our currency become virtually worthless and simply finding enough to eat becomes a full time job.

  20. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    PANETTA: ‘INTERNATIONAL PERMISSION’ TRUMPS CONGRESSIONAL PERMISSION FOR MILITARY ACTIONS

    How much more blatant can they be? This concept, that international law trumps congress or the constitution, is just as absurd as the concept of “a living, breathing, automatically changing with the times constitution” which some SCOTUS and other judges hold to be true.
    Regardless how we may feel about the ‘stablishment Rs, or how out of touch Mitt for Brains is, whomever the R candidate it we must all vote for him because 1 more term of 0 will be the end of this country. One more term of 0 and we become Zimbabwe, our currency become virtually worthless and simply finding enough to eat becomes a full time job.

  21. Hamous Avatar

    #9 TT: Do you know why there are no polar bears on the south pole and no penguins on the north pole? It is because the polar bears would eat all the penguins and they would be extinct, the food source that penguins represent would be gone and the bears would all starve to death and become extinct. The two are as far apart as they can be and both thrive because of it. Tell me that HE is not in complete control.

  22. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #9 TT: Do you know why there are no polar bears on the south pole and no penguins on the north pole? It is because the polar bears would eat all the penguins and they would be extinct, the food source that penguins represent would be gone and the bears would all starve to death and become extinct. The two are as far apart as they can be and both thrive because of it. Tell me that HE is not in complete control.

  23. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    RE: Roku box

    Saw a question on yesterdays threads about the Roku box. It is a small box that connects to your TV and then pushes internet content to your TV. It provides “apps” aka Channels to content providers. Mostly paid subscriptions like Netflix, Hulu+ etc. There is free content also. You go to the ROKU channel store after you hook the thing up and it is alacart as to what is available.

    BSue and I watch it mainly for movies on Netflix. If you are an Amazon prime subscriber you can get their “free” movies along with Amazon provided rentals. Hulu+ has it’s strengths too. Ya kinda gotta do your homework to see what fits your needs. A lot of services adding a lot of programming but not one fits the bill for everything.

    Once you pay for the Roku box and I suggest their top of the line model about $149 for wireless streaming, your recurring fees are the subscriptions you pay to the providers. BTW I have one box in the Bedroom and the wireless reception is really good.

    I cannot get cable here in the woods and I got real tired of paying full boat for Sat TV and watching 5 stations. I have over the air antenna which provides all the local stations. On the Roku box I have Netflix for Movies/News (Fox News sux over the internet btw)/Plenty of free content providers including movies. For sports NBA season pass and all the ESPN and ESPN 3 via a laptop hooked up to the TV. I have cut my Sat Bill down from $70+ a month to about $10 a month. When BSue wants her NBA we subscribe for +- $100.

    The only thing I mis from cable/Sat is Fox News when something major is going on. But LOL we get 24 hour coverage through Al Jazeera and a few other 24 hours world news shows. As fodder for discussion after watching English Al Jazeera and having watched Fox News it is my opinion their is not a hairs breadth difference in what is reported opinions and everything. Watch it and you will see what I mean.

    Duh womenz ain’t bad looking either. Woohoo.

    🙂 Oh yeah, and someone made the flip comment that “I know everything” or “I have the answer for everything”. Why yes I do. Ask Texpat 😉

  24. squawkbox Avatar

    RE: Roku box
    Saw a question on yesterdays threads about the Roku box. It is a small box that connects to your TV and then pushes internet content to your TV. It provides “apps” aka Channels to content providers. Mostly paid subscriptions like Netflix, Hulu+ etc. There is free content also. You go to the ROKU channel store after you hook the thing up and it is alacart as to what is available.
    BSue and I watch it mainly for movies on Netflix. If you are an Amazon prime subscriber you can get their “free” movies along with Amazon provided rentals. Hulu+ has it’s strengths too. Ya kinda gotta do your homework to see what fits your needs. A lot of services adding a lot of programming but not one fits the bill for everything.
    Once you pay for the Roku box and I suggest their top of the line model about $149 for wireless streaming, your recurring fees are the subscriptions you pay to the providers. BTW I have one box in the Bedroom and the wireless reception is really good.
    I cannot get cable here in the woods and I got real tired of paying full boat for Sat TV and watching 5 stations. I have over the air antenna which provides all the local stations. On the Roku box I have Netflix for Movies/News (Fox News sux over the internet btw)/Plenty of free content providers including movies. For sports NBA season pass and all the ESPN and ESPN 3 via a laptop hooked up to the TV. I have cut my Sat Bill down from $70+ a month to about $10 a month. When BSue wants her NBA we subscribe for +- $100.
    The only thing I mis from cable/Sat is Fox News when something major is going on. But LOL we get 24 hour coverage through Al Jazeera and a few other 24 hours world news shows. As fodder for discussion after watching English Al Jazeera and having watched Fox News it is my opinion their is not a hairs breadth difference in what is reported opinions and everything. Watch it and you will see what I mean.
    Duh womenz ain’t bad looking either. Woohoo.
    🙂 Oh yeah, and someone made the flip comment that “I know everything” or “I have the answer for everything”. Why yes I do. Ask Texpat 😉

  25. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    NOTE: You get your channels ON THE BOX. You do not have to go to a web page.

    BTW Hmous.org went down for a couple seconds. Is it sick? Has the owner not upgraded wordpressto, was it attacked by ANONYMOUTH or ANONYMOMMA or this guy.

  26. squawkbox Avatar

    NOTE: You get your channels ON THE BOX. You do not have to go to a web page.
    BTW Hmous.org went down for a couple seconds. Is it sick? Has the owner not upgraded wordpressto, was it attacked by ANONYMOUTH or ANONYMOMMA or this guy.

  27. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    LONG LIVE SQUAWKY-TOOTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  28. Katfish Avatar

    LONG LIVE SQUAWKY-TOOTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  29. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #10 Mr. Crusher,
    With regard to Mr. Panetta’s understanding of the right of the POTUS to conduct war regardless of Congressional opinion, he has obviously forgotten “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

    The fact that Mr. Panetta’s voice echoes the sentiments of the current and several previous occupants of the Oval Office gives credence to the passage immediately following the above citation, to wit “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”

    With the nearly unanimous passage of H. R. 347, it appears Mr. Panetta’s beliefs are shared by a majority of our “leaders” in the House and Senate.

    We have long ago arrived at and passed the time when government has become destructive. Those who freely took the enlistment oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic are surely spinning in their graves and gagging at the thought of suffering the likes of Mr. Panetta.

  30. timdenchanter Avatar
    timdenchanter

    #10 Mr. Crusher,
    With regard to Mr. Panetta’s understanding of the right of the POTUS to conduct war regardless of Congressional opinion, he has obviously forgotten “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
    The fact that Mr. Panetta’s voice echoes the sentiments of the current and several previous occupants of the Oval Office gives credence to the passage immediately following the above citation, to wit “That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
    With the nearly unanimous passage of H. R. 347, it appears Mr. Panetta’s beliefs are shared by a majority of our “leaders” in the House and Senate.
    We have long ago arrived at and passed the time when government has become destructive. Those who freely took the enlistment oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic are surely spinning in their graves and gagging at the thought of suffering the likes of Mr. Panetta.

  31. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    I have always been for ABO (Anybody But Obummer). I am not thrilled with the frontrunner, Mitt Romney. I have been for Newt ever since he entered the race. With Romney, the Dummycrats will get to use “class warfare” to the max. It’s going to be the “rich” guy against the “poor” guy. What bothers me the most about Mitt is the fact that he had four years to polish up his campaign and somehow he still looks amateurish out there. He should have been able to anticipate the questions and problems they were going to throw at him. He has not been able to get more than 50% of the vote but a couple of times. And if you add up the votes the two conservatives got then he loses most of the time. So whoever the RINO’s put up, I’m voting for him. There is no way this country can survive four more years of Obummer. I do think there are plenty of pitfalls ahead of the election that could easily sink the Obummer ship. My pick is a possible book that vets Obummer like he should have been vetted the first time around.

  32. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    I have always been for ABO (Anybody But Obummer). I am not thrilled with the frontrunner, Mitt Romney. I have been for Newt ever since he entered the race. With Romney, the Dummycrats will get to use “class warfare” to the max. It’s going to be the “rich” guy against the “poor” guy. What bothers me the most about Mitt is the fact that he had four years to polish up his campaign and somehow he still looks amateurish out there. He should have been able to anticipate the questions and problems they were going to throw at him. He has not been able to get more than 50% of the vote but a couple of times. And if you add up the votes the two conservatives got then he loses most of the time. So whoever the RINO’s put up, I’m voting for him. There is no way this country can survive four more years of Obummer. I do think there are plenty of pitfalls ahead of the election that could easily sink the Obummer ship. My pick is a possible book that vets Obummer like he should have been vetted the first time around.

  33. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Rain on the way, you can feel it. Overcast and gloomy 70 this morning at 6; a trace of rain in the plastic gauge kept company with the cobweb and some mold at the edges. Digital gauge says 0.04″ for the last 24 hours so that’s what we record on the calendar. Put Color Star fertilizer in all the flower pots in advance of the promised rains to keep the blooms coming. They certainly brighten the patio on a gray day like today.

    Great find in those pictures above, TT. What was then enabled what is now to be.

  34. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Good morning Hamsters. Rain on the way, you can feel it. Overcast and gloomy 70 this morning at 6; a trace of rain in the plastic gauge kept company with the cobweb and some mold at the edges. Digital gauge says 0.04″ for the last 24 hours so that’s what we record on the calendar. Put Color Star fertilizer in all the flower pots in advance of the promised rains to keep the blooms coming. They certainly brighten the patio on a gray day like today.
    Great find in those pictures above, TT. What was then enabled what is now to be.

  35. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Squawk: Thank’s for answering the question. I am not a TV fan but there are days when it’s rainy and outside work can’t be done it would be nice. I see they are available at local retailers as well. I may check one out on the way home this evening.

    thanks again.
    Tex

  36. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Squawk: Thank’s for answering the question. I am not a TV fan but there are days when it’s rainy and outside work can’t be done it would be nice. I see they are available at local retailers as well. I may check one out on the way home this evening.
    thanks again.
    Tex

  37. Hamous Avatar

    #15 Timd: Did you read the comments section below the video? I can see as do some others, that we are rapidly approaching the point where civil war (what a great contradiction in terms) becomes unavoidable. There may be more than 2 sides to the war, but one will be those that think the constitution is outdated and really does not matter anymore, like the current usurping occupant in the WH and another will be those that insist that the constitution means what it says and deviation from what it clearly states equals criminal, treasonous behavior and should be treated as such. One big grievances could be welfare, those who refuse to work demanding more money from the taxpayer and those taxpayers refusing to continue to agree to being extorted.

  38. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #15 Timd: Did you read the comments section below the video? I can see as do some others, that we are rapidly approaching the point where civil war (what a great contradiction in terms) becomes unavoidable. There may be more than 2 sides to the war, but one will be those that think the constitution is outdated and really does not matter anymore, like the current usurping occupant in the WH and another will be those that insist that the constitution means what it says and deviation from what it clearly states equals criminal, treasonous behavior and should be treated as such. One big grievances could be welfare, those who refuse to work demanding more money from the taxpayer and those taxpayers refusing to continue to agree to being extorted.

  39. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    texanadian

    If you got anymore questions about Roku my super secret email addy is located on the bottom of this page. I will be glad to help. Setup is easy btw.

  40. squawkbox Avatar

    texanadian
    If you got anymore questions about Roku my super secret email addy is located on the bottom of this page. I will be glad to help. Setup is easy btw.

  41. Hamous Avatar

    Squawk, I sent you a request via e-mail.

  42. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Squawk, I sent you a request via e-mail.

  43. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    3 mharper42 says:
    March 8, 2012 at 7:38 am
    I have a question about image #7 on the topic link. The street scene in St Petersburg: What are all those wires criss-crossing the street at odd angles, and what are the objects centered over the street below those wires? I assume the wires are from the 2010 view.

    The wires are for the electric trolley buses. Image #4 shows both the modern and WW2 versions, and another modern version in image #12. I beleive the objects suspended below them are street lights. If you look at the images that have the wires, you won’t see any lamp posts on the sidewalks.

  44. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    3 mharper42 says:
    March 8, 2012 at 7:38 am
    I have a question about image #7 on the topic link. The street scene in St Petersburg: What are all those wires criss-crossing the street at odd angles, and what are the objects centered over the street below those wires? I assume the wires are from the 2010 view.

    The wires are for the electric trolley buses. Image #4 shows both the modern and WW2 versions, and another modern version in image #12. I beleive the objects suspended below them are street lights. If you look at the images that have the wires, you won’t see any lamp posts on the sidewalks.

  45. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Question for Hamsters out in the countryside north and west of Houston: What is the status of wildflowers so far? We’d love to take the kin coming from Wisconsin next week to the best viewing sites around here. Thank you.

  46. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    Question for Hamsters out in the countryside north and west of Houston: What is the status of wildflowers so far? We’d love to take the kin coming from Wisconsin next week to the best viewing sites around here. Thank you.

  47. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #23: Around my place, Waller – Grimes County line, they are just starting to come out. With the rain this weekend and if it’s sunny during the week next weekend there could be a bunch of them out.

  48. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #23: Around my place, Waller – Grimes County line, they are just starting to come out. With the rain this weekend and if it’s sunny during the week next weekend there could be a bunch of them out.

  49. Hamous Avatar

    Limbaugh is just now reporting that Dingy Harry Reid is happy that the Ds have the votes and will kill the Keystone amendment. Let everybody proclaim it loud and clear, the Ds are standing in the way of lessening our dependence on oil from hostile countries.

  50. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Limbaugh is just now reporting that Dingy Harry Reid is happy that the Ds have the votes and will kill the Keystone amendment. Let everybody proclaim it loud and clear, the Ds are standing in the way of lessening our dependence on oil from hostile countries.

  51. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #23 – MsAdee – along I-10 West last Sunday I saw but one patch between Flatonia & Luling (traditionally that spot pops first along the super slab in my recollections)

    I’m not sure if the recent wet weather will overcome the previous extreme drought conditions enough to result in a healthy or sparse batch this season…………..

  52. Katfish Avatar

    #23 – MsAdee – along I-10 West last Sunday I saw but one patch between Flatonia & Luling (traditionally that spot pops first along the super slab in my recollections)
    I’m not sure if the recent wet weather will overcome the previous extreme drought conditions enough to result in a healthy or sparse batch this season…………..

  53. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    #25 – my very first thought:”OOOO OOOO Mistah Kottah pick ME!”

    One has to wonder “what else” is tied to that there bill n’est ce pas?

  54. Katfish Avatar

    #25 – my very first thought:”OOOO OOOO Mistah Kottah pick ME!”
    One has to wonder “what else” is tied to that there bill n’est ce pas?

  55. Hamous Avatar

    #27 Whiskers: I’m gonna try and find out. Limbaugh was specific that they would kill the amendment, not the entire bill. That does not mean that it won’t come right back in conference committee.

  56. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #27 Whiskers: I’m gonna try and find out. Limbaugh was specific that they would kill the amendment, not the entire bill. That does not mean that it won’t come right back in conference committee.

  57. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    #25 Crusher
    Right behind that is the unfav-o-rite BoxHer with this.

    Rally round – November time is fast gettin here!

  58. CbR Avatar
    CbR

    #25 Crusher
    Right behind that is the unfav-o-rite BoxHer with this.
    Rally round – November time is fast gettin here!

  59. Hamous Avatar

    #27: I found this:

    At issue is an amendment to legislation funding transportation projects from Republican Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota that would authorize construction of the 1,661-mile (2,673-kilometer) pipeline. Environmental reviews required by law prior to construction would be deemed satisfied.

    There is more to the story, I have no idea what kind of shenanigans are buried in the “legislation funding transportation projects”.

  60. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #27: I found this:

    At issue is an amendment to legislation funding transportation projects from Republican Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota that would authorize construction of the 1,661-mile (2,673-kilometer) pipeline. Environmental reviews required by law prior to construction would be deemed satisfied.

    There is more to the story, I have no idea what kind of shenanigans are buried in the “legislation funding transportation projects”.

  61. Tedtam Avatar

    Bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes were on display on my trip back from Vernon. They should be in full bloom soon. The Ladybird Johnson center said this would be a good year, despite last summer’s drought.

    I noticed some on the stretch of 288 leading into downtown last week.

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    Bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes were on display on my trip back from Vernon. They should be in full bloom soon. The Ladybird Johnson center said this would be a good year, despite last summer’s drought.
    I noticed some on the stretch of 288 leading into downtown last week.

  63. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hambone

    Got my Tonidoplug. Works great wired. The wireless sucks. Reading the threads apparently primetime wireless is not yet due to drivers. I am considering blowing a gasket and then getting a cheap wireless access extender and moving this thing back to another room which is what I was gonna do anyway had the wifi part worked as it should.

  64. squawkbox Avatar

    Hambone
    Got my Tonidoplug. Works great wired. The wireless sucks. Reading the threads apparently primetime wireless is not yet due to drivers. I am considering blowing a gasket and then getting a cheap wireless access extender and moving this thing back to another room which is what I was gonna do anyway had the wifi part worked as it should.

  65. Dooood Avatar

    Ed Morrissey:

    Soledad O’Brien and her CNN panel manage to stumble into Contessa Brewer territory in this appearance by attempting to paint Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak as a racist for making a point about Barack Obama’s support for a proponent of “critical race theory” during his days at Harvard Law School. Joel ends up in an argument with a woefully unprepared O’Brien on the theory itself, but the actual facepalm moment goes to one of her panelists, who asks Joel why he’s so afraid of black people:

    Here is a campaign video from Joel Pollak’s run for a House seat. Meet Julia Pollak, Joel’s wife from South Africa, daughter of a Nelson Mandela appointee:

    The only intelligent comment from the panel comes from Amy Holmes, who asked why the media didn’t cover this in 2008, and why the MSM didn’t exhibit any curiosity at all about Obama’s days in college and his activism there. Holmes scolds the media for acting as gatekeepers in the service of protecting Obama, which is of course the Breitbart point in releasing these videos now. Of course, that’s probably because Amy Holmes is afraid of black people, or something.

  66. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Ed Morrissey:

    Soledad O’Brien and her CNN panel manage to stumble into Contessa Brewer territory in this appearance by attempting to paint Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak as a racist for making a point about Barack Obama’s support for a proponent of “critical race theory” during his days at Harvard Law School. Joel ends up in an argument with a woefully unprepared O’Brien on the theory itself, but the actual facepalm moment goes to one of her panelists, who asks Joel why he’s so afraid of black people:

    Here is a campaign video from Joel Pollak’s run for a House seat. Meet Julia Pollak, Joel’s wife from South Africa, daughter of a Nelson Mandela appointee:

    The only intelligent comment from the panel comes from Amy Holmes, who asked why the media didn’t cover this in 2008, and why the MSM didn’t exhibit any curiosity at all about Obama’s days in college and his activism there. Holmes scolds the media for acting as gatekeepers in the service of protecting Obama, which is of course the Breitbart point in releasing these videos now. Of course, that’s probably because Amy Holmes is afraid of black people, or something.

  67. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    #15 We’ll just call you Tim …………

    Good point on HR347, those who should be paying attention to civil liberties have been distracted by shiny objects and strumpets. But do not despair, others have noticed.

    A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would expand existing anti-protest laws that make it a felony—a serious criminal offense punishable by a lengthy prison term—to “enter or remain in” an area designated as “restricted.”

  68. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    #15 We’ll just call you Tim …………
    Good point on HR347, those who should be paying attention to civil liberties have been distracted by shiny objects and strumpets. But do not despair, others have noticed.

    A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would expand existing anti-protest laws that make it a felony—a serious criminal offense punishable by a lengthy prison term—to “enter or remain in” an area designated as “restricted.”

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Adee,
    I can only speak to the situation in Washington County.
    Like everything else plant-wise, it’s a strange year. The bluebonnet cycle is uncharacteristically spread out.
    In some areas they are peaking. In other areas they are about halfway there.
    Formerly reliable areas are sparse – perhaps 50% of a normal year.
    And the rains seem to have boosted vegetative growth (stems and leaves) but there are less blooms per plant.
    And Indian Paintbrush is rarely seen. But they might come on after it warms up some more.
    I could still get surprised, but my predication is for a sorry year up there in East Washington County.

  70. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Adee,
    I can only speak to the situation in Washington County.
    Like everything else plant-wise, it’s a strange year. The bluebonnet cycle is uncharacteristically spread out.
    In some areas they are peaking. In other areas they are about halfway there.
    Formerly reliable areas are sparse – perhaps 50% of a normal year.
    And the rains seem to have boosted vegetative growth (stems and leaves) but there are less blooms per plant.
    And Indian Paintbrush is rarely seen. But they might come on after it warms up some more.
    I could still get surprised, but my predication is for a sorry year up there in East Washington County.

  71. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    A nice puff piece on Barbara and Laura Bush from the MSM last week. I liked the fact that Barbara Bush was able to re-purpose the Nancy Reagan beauty parlour into an office.

    “I loved my little office because it was — besides being Nancy Reagan’s beauty parlor, which she didn’t like me to say, but it was — the dogs were born here and you could look out the window at Jackson Place and Lafayette Square and you could see all sorts of wonderful things,” Barbara Bush said.

  72. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    A nice puff piece on Barbara and Laura Bush from the MSM last week. I liked the fact that Barbara Bush was able to re-purpose the Nancy Reagan beauty parlour into an office.

    “I loved my little office because it was — besides being Nancy Reagan’s beauty parlor, which she didn’t like me to say, but it was — the dogs were born here and you could look out the window at Jackson Place and Lafayette Square and you could see all sorts of wonderful things,” Barbara Bush said.

  73. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    But it’s still some of the prettiest country on the planet.

  74. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    But it’s still some of the prettiest country on the planet.

  75. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #33;

    I tried to watch that clip a couple of days ago but due to a lot of lag in my internet connection that day I simply gave up on it so I’m glad you posted it here. The panelist who asked Pollack about being afraid of blacks was quite apologetic (arguing in favor of) judging Pollack based on the color of his skin. As for amy Holmes, if I’m not mistaken, she participates in panel discussions with Glenn Beck and his crew of panelists. I never watched any of them but they are available (though they do seem to be taken offline rather quickly after release) to anyone who cares to see any of them.

  76. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Texpat #33;
    I tried to watch that clip a couple of days ago but due to a lot of lag in my internet connection that day I simply gave up on it so I’m glad you posted it here. The panelist who asked Pollack about being afraid of blacks was quite apologetic (arguing in favor of) judging Pollack based on the color of his skin. As for amy Holmes, if I’m not mistaken, she participates in panel discussions with Glenn Beck and his crew of panelists. I never watched any of them but they are available (though they do seem to be taken offline rather quickly after release) to anyone who cares to see any of them.

  77. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #22 Sarge
    I see what you mean about the trolley wires in pix where you can actually see the trolley cars. Thanks for the explanation — I was totally stumped by #7.

  78. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #22 Sarge
    I see what you mean about the trolley wires in pix where you can actually see the trolley cars. Thanks for the explanation — I was totally stumped by #7.

  79. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    For those interested in the White House, regardless of the occupant. The White House page carries a picture of the day of the Presidents activities, photographed mostly by Peter Souza. I’m sure there was one for the previous occupant, I don’t recall seeing it on their web page. The monthly photographs are the most interesting, and portray the kind of openness that folks living in foreign lands don’t see in their government except on special occasions.

    Photo of the Day

  80. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    For those interested in the White House, regardless of the occupant. The White House page carries a picture of the day of the Presidents activities, photographed mostly by Peter Souza. I’m sure there was one for the previous occupant, I don’t recall seeing it on their web page. The monthly photographs are the most interesting, and portray the kind of openness that folks living in foreign lands don’t see in their government except on special occasions.
    Photo of the Day

  81. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    39 mharper42 says:
    March 8, 2012 at 8:04 pm
    #22 Sarge
    I see what you mean about the trolley wires in pix where you can actually see the trolley cars. Thanks for the explanation — I was totally stumped by #7.

    The neat one is #8, and what’s missing in the modern version.

  82. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    39 mharper42 says:
    March 8, 2012 at 8:04 pm
    #22 Sarge
    I see what you mean about the trolley wires in pix where you can actually see the trolley cars. Thanks for the explanation — I was totally stumped by #7.

    The neat one is #8, and what’s missing in the modern version.

  83. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #40

    I just got through reading O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln that was given to me for Christmas. It reminded me how open the White House was, and still is to a point, people laying about all along the halls when Lincoln walked to the Oval Office in the mornings, waiting for a meeting with him.

    Greatest nation invented on earth.

  84. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #40
    I just got through reading O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln that was given to me for Christmas. It reminded me how open the White House was, and still is to a point, people laying about all along the halls when Lincoln walked to the Oval Office in the mornings, waiting for a meeting with him.
    Greatest nation invented on earth.

  85. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Here’s Thomas Sowell’s take on Derrick Bell:

    Thomas Sowell Hammers ‘Despicable’ Derrick Bell; Compares To Hitler

    What got my interest is Sowell’s mentioning of how Bell attacked a fellow law professor at Harvard who openly questioned the conclusions made by the likes of Bell. There’s no time markers on the video so if you desire to queu it up, its about 60% the way through the clip. The fellow law professor’s name is Randall Kennedy (sp?)

  86. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Here’s Thomas Sowell’s take on Derrick Bell:
    Thomas Sowell Hammers ‘Despicable’ Derrick Bell; Compares To Hitler
    What got my interest is Sowell’s mentioning of how Bell attacked a fellow law professor at Harvard who openly questioned the conclusions made by the likes of Bell. There’s no time markers on the video so if you desire to queu it up, its about 60% the way through the clip. The fellow law professor’s name is Randall Kennedy (sp?)

  87. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Wow, didn’t see this coming.

    This week, Houston’s Iman Academy, an Islamic school is hoping to gather enough national media coverage to force TAPPS to accept their application for membership. The Iman Academy is hoping national attention will turn the application request, which was denied, into a religious freedom movement with the same results as Beren Academy.

  88. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Wow, didn’t see this coming.

    This week, Houston’s Iman Academy, an Islamic school is hoping to gather enough national media coverage to force TAPPS to accept their application for membership. The Iman Academy is hoping national attention will turn the application request, which was denied, into a religious freedom movement with the same results as Beren Academy.

  89. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    #41 sarge

    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but other than the artillery piece and the soldiers, what do you believe is now missing?

  90. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    #41 sarge
    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but other than the artillery piece and the soldiers, what do you believe is now missing?

  91. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but…..

    Keep watching the Breitbart releases and you’ll soon get it, I’m sure of it.

  92. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but…..

    Keep watching the Breitbart releases and you’ll soon get it, I’m sure of it.

  93. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Now you’re getting the hang of it GJT, both Breitbart and Sergei Larenkov produce edited photos. 😉

  94. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Now you’re getting the hang of it GJT, both Breitbart and Sergei Larenkov produce edited photos. 😉

  95. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    CSI: Coralville

    So that’s what they’re calling it these days

    Coralville Man Arrested at Grocery Store for “Criminal Mischief With The Cheese”

  96. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    CSI: Coralville
    So that’s what they’re calling it these days

    Coralville Man Arrested at Grocery Store for “Criminal Mischief With The Cheese”

  97. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    They are out of Control in Flatead County

    6:11 p.m. Someone on Highway 2 West reported that the driver of a white car kept turning the blinker on but made no real effort to turn.

  98. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    They are out of Control in Flatead County

    6:11 p.m. Someone on Highway 2 West reported that the driver of a white car kept turning the blinker on but made no real effort to turn.

  99. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    45 shamaal says:
    March 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm
    #41 sarge

    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but other than the artillery piece and the soldiers, what do you believe is now missing?

    somethng that will bring a tear to your eye.

    The statue of Stalin.

    But you probably thought wished it was still there

  100. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    45 shamaal says:
    March 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm
    #41 sarge
    Normally I have a good eye for these missing stuff type pictures, but other than the artillery piece and the soldiers, what do you believe is now missing?

    somethng that will bring a tear to your eye.
    The statue of Stalin.
    But you probably thought wished it was still there

  101. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Having been to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall several times, I assure you that the statue of Mayakovsky is still there. I suspect Larenkov adjusted the size and perspective to get the pictures to overlap correctly.

  102. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Having been to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall several times, I assure you that the statue of Mayakovsky is still there. I suspect Larenkov adjusted the size and perspective to get the pictures to overlap correctly.

  103. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Multi Hehs.

    The intense campaign to cut advertising to “The Rush Limbaugh Show” took another turn Thursday when one of the first companies to pull its ads reportedly asked to return to the radio show — only to be told by Team Limbaugh that the conservative host no longer would give his endorsement.

    I noticed this morning that Carbonite is still running a Limbaugh voiced ad on KTRH in the mornings. This might be why.

  104. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Multi Hehs.

    The intense campaign to cut advertising to “The Rush Limbaugh Show” took another turn Thursday when one of the first companies to pull its ads reportedly asked to return to the radio show — only to be told by Team Limbaugh that the conservative host no longer would give his endorsement.

    I noticed this morning that Carbonite is still running a Limbaugh voiced ad on KTRH in the mornings. This might be why.

  105. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    HTML tags- 1
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    Hate it when a good punch line goes to waste. 😛

  106. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    HTML tags- 1
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    Hate it when a good punch line goes to waste. 😛

  107. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Having been to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall several times, I assure that the statue of Mayakovsky is still there. I suspect Larenkov adjusted the size and perspective to get the pictures to overlap correctly.

    Guess I’m not as versed in obscure Soviet Heroes as you are.

  108. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Having been to the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall several times, I assure that the statue of Mayakovsky is still there. I suspect Larenkov adjusted the size and perspective to get the pictures to overlap correctly.

    Guess I’m not as versed in obscure Soviet Heroes as you are.

  109. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    You thnk that’s a hammock?

    THIS is a hammock

  110. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    You thnk that’s a hammock?
    THIS is a hammock

  111. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Well Tchaikovsky did write a famous overture, or for some folks who are unversed The Quaker Puffed Rice Song …………….. This is the cereal that’s shot from guns …………

  112. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Well Tchaikovsky did write a famous overture, or for some folks who are unversed The Quaker Puffed Rice Song …………….. This is the cereal that’s shot from guns …………

  113. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

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    Que?

  114. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    HTML tags- 1
    Sarge- 0

    Que?

  115. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Sarge

    #50, you meant to delete thought istead of italicizing it. Jus’ playin’.

  116. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Sarge
    #50, you meant to delete thought istead of italicizing it. Jus’ playin’.

  117. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Sarge

    #50, you meant to delete thought istead of italicizing it. Jus’ playin’.

    Nah.

    I meant to do that.

    It’s art I tell ya. Art.

  118. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Sarge
    #50, you meant to delete thought istead of italicizing it. Jus’ playin’.

    Nah.
    I meant to do that.
    It’s art I tell ya. Art.

  119. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Aah ……….. That would explain the confusion about whose statue is in Malakovsky Park. 😉

  120. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Aah ……….. That would explain the confusion about whose statue is in Malakovsky Park. 😉

  121. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another coyote carcass up on the barb wire fence.
    A few more of these and the coyotes will start noticing,

  122. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Another coyote carcass up on the barb wire fence.
    A few more of these and the coyotes will start noticing,

  123. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Keep ’em coming!

    Is Kevin Brady or Pete Olson running unopposed?

  124. shamaal Avatar
    shamaal

    Keep ’em coming!
    Is Kevin Brady or Pete Olson running unopposed?

  125. Tedtam Avatar

    #49 Shammy

    Those are too funny. I used to intern for a newspaper in Bryan. I was scandalized by the fact that they hospital admissions were listed in the newspaper. “Doesn’t that violate the patients’ privacy?” I asked. “Well, when we tried to stop it, we got a lot of complaints.” was the reply.

    Oy vey.

  126. Tedtam Avatar

    #49 Shammy
    Those are too funny. I used to intern for a newspaper in Bryan. I was scandalized by the fact that they hospital admissions were listed in the newspaper. “Doesn’t that violate the patients’ privacy?” I asked. “Well, when we tried to stop it, we got a lot of complaints.” was the reply.
    Oy vey.

  127. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    While Limbaugh advertisersare trig to get back on his rogra, Democrats are having to pull some of thiers.

    In contrast to Obama, Carney and Axelrod, Democrats in Alabama are downplaying a planned fundraiser that was scheduled to take place just prior to a Maher comedy show in Huntsville on March 17.

    Alabama party officials had planned to sell fifty $100 tickets for a party event, after which the party members were scheduled to attend Maher’s show. Once The Daily Caller exposed the event, however, state party members took the invitation off their website.

  128. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    While Limbaugh advertisersare trig to get back on his rogra, Democrats are having to pull some of thiers.

    In contrast to Obama, Carney and Axelrod, Democrats in Alabama are downplaying a planned fundraiser that was scheduled to take place just prior to a Maher comedy show in Huntsville on March 17.
    Alabama party officials had planned to sell fifty $100 tickets for a party event, after which the party members were scheduled to attend Maher’s show. Once The Daily Caller exposed the event, however, state party members took the invitation off their website.

  129. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    A year or so ago the local weekly from Tomball mentioned in its police beat report the Burger King was robbed at gun point, from the drive-thru, and what the take was. No explanation on how that could happen or why they couldn’t duck.

  130. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    A year or so ago the local weekly from Tomball mentioned in its police beat report the Burger King was robbed at gun point, from the drive-thru, and what the take was. No explanation on how that could happen or why they couldn’t duck.

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