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Thursday Open Comments

Peter Hitchens, brother of left-wing atheist Christopher Hitchens, relates a conversation he had with his brother in a public forum during which Christopher made the following challenge:

Can you name any moral action or ethical statement that could be made or performed by a believer but could not be made or performed by an unbeliever?

Turns out Christopher answered his own question, and actually admitted it:

Here is my attempt to win my own prize. When Lech Walesa was starting his work in the Polish shipyards and the Polish Militia and the outer ring of the Polish Army were closing in on Gdansk, he was interviewed with his then fairly small group, and he was asked: “Aren’t you frightened, aren’t you afraid? You’ve taken on a whole powerful state and army – aren’t you scared?” And he said: “I’m not frightened of anything but God or anyone but God.”

This came back to me, I thought, well, this meets my two criteria. It’s certainly a noble thing to have said, a distinguished thing to have said, and I certainly couldn’t have said it. So it does meet both my criteria.

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  1. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Imagine this – the city does not seem to want to give up the revenue stream from the red light camera system. Once again, us foolish voters just don’t know public safety when we see it. If everyone does like the did in other states and just stops paying, the vendor will come in and take them down.

    The Federal Reserve Bank is going to issue another $1 trillion in funny money since no one else on the planet will loan to us any more. I’m sure the economic impact of that move will hardly be noticeable, unless you eat or consume energy. Bernake was a liar and a crook before he came to the Fed and still is, but I’m certain that he would not make a move without Big O’s blessing. Another last ditch effort to kill off the dollar. While the Fed is supposedly “independent,” it is actually an arm of the Legislative Branch rather than the Executive Branch. Maybe someone on the Hill could look into their operations a little more closely – Hello Rand Paul?

    Have a good day, and think gold and silver.

  2. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Imagine this – the city does not seem to want to give up the revenue stream from the red light camera system. Once again, us foolish voters just don’t know public safety when we see it. If everyone does like the did in other states and just stops paying, the vendor will come in and take them down.

    The Federal Reserve Bank is going to issue another $1 trillion in funny money since no one else on the planet will loan to us any more. I’m sure the economic impact of that move will hardly be noticeable, unless you eat or consume energy. Bernake was a liar and a crook before he came to the Fed and still is, but I’m certain that he would not make a move without Big O’s blessing. Another last ditch effort to kill off the dollar. While the Fed is supposedly “independent,” it is actually an arm of the Legislative Branch rather than the Executive Branch. Maybe someone on the Hill could look into their operations a little more closely – Hello Rand Paul?

    Have a good day, and think gold and silver.

  3. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Hammy –
    There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

  4. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Hammy –
    There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

  5. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Funny they didn’t mention any of this during the campaign. All we heard was “red light cameras save lives!” and the perennial favorite of entrenched nanny state politicians “But its for the children!!!”

    Mayor Annise Parker acknowledged the referendum has exacerbated ongoing challenges with the city’s budget and noted HPD, which was the recipient of funds from the camera program, would be responsible for cutting its budget to make up for the immediate $10 million gap created by the vote.

    “We’re going to try to do it in a way that does not impact public safety,” she said, although she acknowledged that furloughs or layoffs of city employees may be necessary, a position she has maintained since passing the fiscal 2011 budget with more than $70 million of unrealized revenue and spending cuts.

    We already know the whine that RLCs make us safer is a lie. You can stop that now.

    Parker asked citizens for patience. “We don’t want to enter a situation where we have to litigate,” she said. “We want a peaceful resolution. We understand what we have to do. We ask all the parties to give us a little space as we work through this.”

    As to the “legally binding contract” argument for keeping the RLCs up, a former city attorney said it pretty clearly:

    The voters have now said, this option is now legally unavailable to you.

    Take the cameras down now.

  6. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Funny they didn’t mention any of this during the campaign. All we heard was “red light cameras save lives!” and the perennial favorite of entrenched nanny state politicians “But its for the children!!!”

    Mayor Annise Parker acknowledged the referendum has exacerbated ongoing challenges with the city’s budget and noted HPD, which was the recipient of funds from the camera program, would be responsible for cutting its budget to make up for the immediate $10 million gap created by the vote.

    “We’re going to try to do it in a way that does not impact public safety,” she said, although she acknowledged that furloughs or layoffs of city employees may be necessary, a position she has maintained since passing the fiscal 2011 budget with more than $70 million of unrealized revenue and spending cuts.

    We already know the whine that RLCs make us safer is a lie. You can stop that now.

    Parker asked citizens for patience. “We don’t want to enter a situation where we have to litigate,” she said. “We want a peaceful resolution. We understand what we have to do. We ask all the parties to give us a little space as we work through this.”

    As to the “legally binding contract” argument for keeping the RLCs up, a former city attorney said it pretty clearly:

    The voters have now said, this option is now legally unavailable to you.

    Take the cameras down now.

  7. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tim

    Well a real neighbor friend would take the little guy in.

    No livestock allowed inside the city limits… Otherwise I would love to have a goat in my back yard…

  8. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tim

    Well a real neighbor friend would take the little guy in.

    No livestock allowed inside the city limits… Otherwise I would love to have a goat in my back yard…

  9. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Parker asked citizens for patience. “We don’t want to enter a situation where we have to litigate,” she said. “We want a peaceful resolution. We understand what we have to do. We ask all the parties to give us a little space as we work through this.”

    There already is a peaceful resolution to this. The voters decided on it this past Tuesday. If Parker doesn’t implement the voters’ decision then it is her and C.O.H. that is the impediment to a peaceful resolution. That is as much space as they need.

  10. The Dude Avatar
    The Dude

    Parker asked citizens for patience. “We don’t want to enter a situation where we have to litigate,” she said. “We want a peaceful resolution. We understand what we have to do. We ask all the parties to give us a little space as we work through this.”

    There already is a peaceful resolution to this. The voters decided on it this past Tuesday. If Parker doesn’t implement the voters’ decision then it is her and C.O.H. that is the impediment to a peaceful resolution. That is as much space as they need.

  11. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    #4

    Me too!

  12. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    #4

    Me too!

  13. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    RLC’s have been shown to reduce some collisions at intersections (cross-traffic), but have increased rear-end collisions by more. IIRC, Richmond VA recently installed RLC’s at an intersection where there had been no accidents in several years.

    If you’re really looking for safety (as Edd Hendee said on his pro-RLC ads), the two most effective things you can do are free:
    Increase the duration of the yellow light by 1/2 to 1 second.
    Have red show for 1/4 to 1/2 second in all directions in each cycle.

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    RLC’s have been shown to reduce some collisions at intersections (cross-traffic), but have increased rear-end collisions by more. IIRC, Richmond VA recently installed RLC’s at an intersection where there had been no accidents in several years.

    If you’re really looking for safety (as Edd Hendee said on his pro-RLC ads), the two most effective things you can do are free:
    Increase the duration of the yellow light by 1/2 to 1 second.
    Have red show for 1/4 to 1/2 second in all directions in each cycle.

  15. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Well a real neighbor friend would take the little guy in.

    No livestock allowed inside the city limits… Otherwise I would love to have a goat in my back yard…

    What’s the difference between livestock & a pet? Just name him “Fluffy” and teach him to fetch.

    btw – I worked at a refinery in Denmark where they used sheep to keep the grass short around their storage tanks. They had about 75 sheep wandering around the place. Sheep work for next to nothing, they don’t have occupational safety issues, and they don’t participate in labor unrest.

  16. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Well a real neighbor friend would take the little guy in.

    No livestock allowed inside the city limits… Otherwise I would love to have a goat in my back yard…

    What’s the difference between livestock & a pet? Just name him “Fluffy” and teach him to fetch.

    btw – I worked at a refinery in Denmark where they used sheep to keep the grass short around their storage tanks. They had about 75 sheep wandering around the place. Sheep work for next to nothing, they don’t have occupational safety issues, and they don’t participate in labor unrest.

  17. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    WB

    …and they don’t participate in labor unrest.

    …and they don’t file sexual harassment complaints.

  18. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    WB

    …and they don’t participate in labor unrest.

    …and they don’t file sexual harassment complaints.

  19. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Pyro, great story about sheep employed in Denmark — you don’t have to buy medical insurance for them either.

    Friend worked on a technical contract in India and sent back pictures of cows wandering around and through the plant. Not employed cows, they just had roaming rights there. That was 20 years ago but I’ll bet it is still the same today.

  20. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Pyro, great story about sheep employed in Denmark — you don’t have to buy medical insurance for them either.

    Friend worked on a technical contract in India and sent back pictures of cows wandering around and through the plant. Not employed cows, they just had roaming rights there. That was 20 years ago but I’ll bet it is still the same today.

  21. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 Bobby

    Sexual harrassment of livestock is more likely to occur in the Middle East than in Scandinavia, don’tcha think?

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #9 Bobby

    Sexual harrassment of livestock is more likely to occur in the Middle East than in Scandinavia, don’tcha think?

  23. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Too bad the city’s got a legal problem with the outfit they contracted with for the cameras. Perhaps their legal beagles should have anticipated something like this when they negotiated the contracts in the first place. Maybe they could raise water rates or something like that to pay off their legal obligations, or perhaps Boss Hoggwhite might have some left over campaign contributions that he could use to help offset the losses.

  24. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Too bad the city’s got a legal problem with the outfit they contracted with for the cameras. Perhaps their legal beagles should have anticipated something like this when they negotiated the contracts in the first place. Maybe they could raise water rates or something like that to pay off their legal obligations, or perhaps Boss Hoggwhite might have some left over campaign contributions that he could use to help offset the losses.

  25. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    In my neighborhood, some livestock is allowed. Our lots are large, and as long as it is kept 100 feet from any dwelling and the poop is scooped (stalls mucked regularly), you can have a goat or a horse. I’d take the goat – I could use one! – but my fence sucks and we really don’t have the money right now to fix it.

    And we’re inside the city limits.

  26. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    In my neighborhood, some livestock is allowed. Our lots are large, and as long as it is kept 100 feet from any dwelling and the poop is scooped (stalls mucked regularly), you can have a goat or a horse. I’d take the goat – I could use one! – but my fence sucks and we really don’t have the money right now to fix it.

    And we’re inside the city limits.

  27. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    THIS should be required listening for everyone on this site. As a semi-official haranguer (in my own mind) of this page I hereby decree that everybody must go to the site highlighted and listen, all the way to the end. Hermann Cain is really a swell guy!

  28. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    THIS should be required listening for everyone on this site. As a semi-official haranguer (in my own mind) of this page I hereby decree that everybody must go to the site highlighted and listen, all the way to the end. Hermann Cain is really a swell guy!

  29. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Eric Ericson over at Red State seems to have a little beef with the establishment Republican Senators trying to select their own running mates rather than relying on the primary process, and a few other concerns. read it here
    http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/04/recriminations/

  30. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    Eric Ericson over at Red State seems to have a little beef with the establishment Republican Senators trying to select their own running mates rather than relying on the primary process, and a few other concerns. read it here
    http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/11/04/recriminations/

  31. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Some people simply don’t get it! This POS Fattah wants to do this?!?

    I can’t help but believe that the “Slick Willie Coalition” paid/bribed him with a future position in the future Hitlery administration if he put forward the resolution.
    I guess the fact that Der Schlickmeister lied under oath (a felony) is irrelevant. That the whiney pussy Trent Lott refused to hold a genuine trial in the Senate is inexcusable. Had the Senate been forced to produce all the gory details in the open air of the Senate chamber, the D’s would have been forced to convict and we could have removed that stain from the Whitehouse. That trial would have established the precedent that the law applies to all, including the president; as it stands now, some presidents (like the current occupant, the foul “O”) may take the position that they are above the law and they can choose which to enforce on whom they please. Does the justice department’s dropping of the voter intimidation case (caught on camera) of the New Black Panthers Party come to mind?
    This guy Fattah is a POS. Did he get re-elected on Tues? I don’t think that he will get away with this stunt.

  32. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Some people simply don’t get it! This POS Fattah wants to do this?!?

    I can’t help but believe that the “Slick Willie Coalition” paid/bribed him with a future position in the future Hitlery administration if he put forward the resolution.
    I guess the fact that Der Schlickmeister lied under oath (a felony) is irrelevant. That the whiney pussy Trent Lott refused to hold a genuine trial in the Senate is inexcusable. Had the Senate been forced to produce all the gory details in the open air of the Senate chamber, the D’s would have been forced to convict and we could have removed that stain from the Whitehouse. That trial would have established the precedent that the law applies to all, including the president; as it stands now, some presidents (like the current occupant, the foul “O”) may take the position that they are above the law and they can choose which to enforce on whom they please. Does the justice department’s dropping of the voter intimidation case (caught on camera) of the New Black Panthers Party come to mind?
    This guy Fattah is a POS. Did he get re-elected on Tues? I don’t think that he will get away with this stunt.

  33. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Refineries here have been using “slow mowers” for decades. I’ve seen goats, sheep, cows and horses in amongst the tank farms.

  34. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Refineries here have been using “slow mowers” for decades. I’ve seen goats, sheep, cows and horses in amongst the tank farms.

  35. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #17 Hamous

    Refineries – makes me think. It’s unlikely that a goat will smuggle in a weapon or a bomb into the refinery area, isn’t it?

  36. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #17 Hamous

    Refineries – makes me think. It’s unlikely that a goat will smuggle in a weapon or a bomb into the refinery area, isn’t it?

  37. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Sexual harrassment of livestock is more likely to occur in the Middle East than in Scandinavia, don’tcha think?

    Or Scotland. According to Billy Connolly, if you want to harass a sheep, you take him to the edge of a cliff so he’ll push back harder.

  38. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Sexual harrassment of livestock is more likely to occur in the Middle East than in Scandinavia, don’tcha think?

    Or Scotland. According to Billy Connolly, if you want to harass a sheep, you take him to the edge of a cliff so he’ll push back harder.

  39. Robert M Avatar
    Robert M

    Hello? tap…tap…tap….ahem ™

    I tried the goat thing about 4 years ago. Goats are bad news. They eat everything good before they will eat the grass. They dented up my car and pooped and pee’d everywhere’s. Trust me, you don’t want those nasty things. Ever tried to trim their hooves? (yes, you hafta trim them) I’d take the goat but just letting you know that it will be going to the slaughter house. along with the hog (named Pork Chop) and the steer (named Freezermeat #5).

    Thanks for your suggestions yesterday about starting up a conservative women PAC. I’m still discussing it with my “partner in crime”.

  40. Southern Tragedy Avatar
    Southern Tragedy

    Hello? tap…tap…tap….ahem ™

    I tried the goat thing about 4 years ago. Goats are bad news. They eat everything good before they will eat the grass. They dented up my car and pooped and pee’d everywhere’s. Trust me, you don’t want those nasty things. Ever tried to trim their hooves? (yes, you hafta trim them) I’d take the goat but just letting you know that it will be going to the slaughter house. along with the hog (named Pork Chop) and the steer (named Freezermeat #5).

    Thanks for your suggestions yesterday about starting up a conservative women PAC. I’m still discussing it with my “partner in crime”.

  41. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I don’t rent pigs. Goats neither.
    Gus McCrae: Well we don’t rent pigs and I figure it’s better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is… he’s hard to stop

  42. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    I don’t rent pigs. Goats neither.
    Gus McCrae: Well we don’t rent pigs and I figure it’s better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is… he’s hard to stop

  43. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #19 WB, or Georgia.

    AC: “You had sex with animals?”

    NH: “Absolutely. I was a fool. When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule.”

    AC: “I’m not so sure that that is so.”

    NH: “You didn’t grow up on a farm in Georgia, did you?”

    AC: “Are you suggesting that everybody who grows up on a farm in Georgia has a mule as a girlfriend?”

    NH: It has historically been the case. You people are so far removed from the reality… Welcome to domestic life on the farm…”

  44. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #19 WB, or Georgia.

    AC: “You had sex with animals?”

    NH: “Absolutely. I was a fool. When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule.”

    AC: “I’m not so sure that that is so.”

    NH: “You didn’t grow up on a farm in Georgia, did you?”

    AC: “Are you suggesting that everybody who grows up on a farm in Georgia has a mule as a girlfriend?”

    NH: It has historically been the case. You people are so far removed from the reality… Welcome to domestic life on the farm…”

  45. El Gordo Avatar
    El Gordo

    a man that does like to rent pigs is… he’s hard to stop

    A dude such as myself doesn’t have much occasion to encounter pig renters. Guess I should count myself lucky.

  46. The Dude Avatar
    The Dude

    a man that does like to rent pigs is… he’s hard to stop

    A dude such as myself doesn’t have much occasion to encounter pig renters. Guess I should count myself lucky.

  47. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #19 WB, or Georgia, if you’re a candidate for governor.

    AC: “You had sex with animals?”

    NH: “Absolutely. I was a fool. When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule.”

    AC: “I’m not so sure that that is so.”

    NH: “You didn’t grow up on a farm in Georgia, did you?”

    AC: “Are you suggesting that everybody who grows up on a farm in Georgia has a mule as a girlfriend?”

    NH: It has historically been the case. You people are so far removed from the reality… Welcome to domestic life on the farm…”

  48. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #19 WB, or Georgia, if you’re a candidate for governor.

    AC: “You had sex with animals?”

    NH: “Absolutely. I was a fool. When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule.”

    AC: “I’m not so sure that that is so.”

    NH: “You didn’t grow up on a farm in Georgia, did you?”

    AC: “Are you suggesting that everybody who grows up on a farm in Georgia has a mule as a girlfriend?”

    NH: It has historically been the case. You people are so far removed from the reality… Welcome to domestic life on the farm…”

  49. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    The organization, UNESCO, must have LOST THEIR FREAKING MINDS!

  50. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    The organization, UNESCO, must have LOST THEIR FREAKING MINDS!

  51. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well FWIW, my stock portfolio is up ‘Bout $6K overnight. Now that’s “Hope and Change” I can believe in. 😉

  52. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well FWIW, my stock portfolio is up ‘Bout $6K overnight. Now that’s “Hope and Change” I can believe in. 😉

  53. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Originally intended to empower government to “keep us safe,” NSLs have been used to demand everything from massive amounts of private financial records related to legal gambling, to “sneak & peek” searches of non-violent domestic drug dealers. All under the secretive veil of National Security.

    Before the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI could only use so-called National Security Letters for securing the records of suspected terrorists or spies. But under PATRIOT the FBI can use them to get telephone, Internet, financial, credit, and other personal records about anybody without any court approval as long as it believes the information could be relevant to an authorized terrorism or espionage investigation.

    A National Security Letter can be issued by any FBI agent with the rank of Field Supervisor or above, at their discretion–Not even a rubber stamp from judge, and absolutely no probable cause is necessary. If that isn’t a scenario that invites abuse, I don’t know what is.

  54. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Originally intended to empower government to “keep us safe,” NSLs have been used to demand everything from massive amounts of private financial records related to legal gambling, to “sneak & peek” searches of non-violent domestic drug dealers. All under the secretive veil of National Security.

    Before the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI could only use so-called National Security Letters for securing the records of suspected terrorists or spies. But under PATRIOT the FBI can use them to get telephone, Internet, financial, credit, and other personal records about anybody without any court approval as long as it believes the information could be relevant to an authorized terrorism or espionage investigation.

    A National Security Letter can be issued by any FBI agent with the rank of Field Supervisor or above, at their discretion–Not even a rubber stamp from judge, and absolutely no probable cause is necessary. If that isn’t a scenario that invites abuse, I don’t know what is.

  55. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Well the Boy got hitched on October 24 and went to Mexico for his honeymoon and the day after he got back, (yesterday) he took off for the SEMA Show in Vegas he’s sent me a few of these on his phone. 😀

  56. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Well the Boy got hitched on October 24 and went to Mexico for his honeymoon and the day after he got back, (yesterday) he took off for the SEMA Show in Vegas he’s sent me a few of these on his phone. 😀

  57. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    4 great reasons to go to the SEMA Show 😉

  58. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    4 great reasons to go to the SEMA Show 😉

  59. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #27 I’m clearly in the wrong industry. The gals at our conventions are mostly geeks (but there are some cute geeks too.)

  60. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #27 I’m clearly in the wrong industry. The gals at our conventions are mostly geeks (but there are some cute geeks too.)

  61. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #27 SuperD

    He just got married? And he’s sending those pics? Must be an understanding newlywed wife!

  62. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #27 SuperD

    He just got married? And he’s sending those pics? Must be an understanding newlywed wife!

  63. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #25 Bonecrusher

    I shall suspend my “kind of no cussing rule” after reading that story: W T F ! ! ! ! ?
    /rule back on

    UNESCO is merely the stuff that backs up when the toilet called the UN doesn’t function properly. Which is all the time.

  64. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    San Francisco must have all its real problems taken care of.

  65. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    San Francisco must have all its real problems taken care of.

  66. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

    I’ve had enough of Obama’s “transparency”. I’m ready for some real see-through-ness to visit this administration.

    And it’s a Texas boy. Hopefully he knows how to stick to his guns.

  67. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

    I’ve had enough of Obama’s “transparency”. I’m ready for some real see-through-ness to visit this administration.

    And it’s a Texas boy. Hopefully he knows how to stick to his guns.

  68. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Lovely Daughter texted me earlier. She landed safely in Chicago for her business competition. While there, she’ll interview a local restaurateur or hotel manager (I can’t remember which on this trip), which is part of an assignment for her entrepreneurship degree.

    It’s still sinking in that she’s about to start her final semester. Not year – semester. Then she’ll get a job, an apartment, possibly a husband… /head on arms

  69. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Lovely Daughter texted me earlier. She landed safely in Chicago for her business competition. While there, she’ll interview a local restaurateur or hotel manager (I can’t remember which on this trip), which is part of an assignment for her entrepreneurship degree.

    It’s still sinking in that she’s about to start her final semester. Not year – semester. Then she’ll get a job, an apartment, possibly a husband… /head on arms

  70. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #35 Tedtam, it seems like yesterday.

  71. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #35 Tedtam, it seems like yesterday.

  72. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Someone digging into Bob’s stash again.

    Bob42, keep a lock on that stuff, will ya’?

  73. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Someone digging into Bob’s stash again.

    Bob42, keep a lock on that stuff, will ya’?

  74. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #37 My stuff is clearly inferior.

    Bob42, keep a lock on that stuff, will ya’?

    I’d kinda like to get in their stash. But don’t worry, I won’t make any videos.

  75. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    #37 My stuff is clearly inferior.

    Bob42, keep a lock on that stuff, will ya’?

    I’d kinda like to get in their stash. But don’t worry, I won’t make any videos.

  76. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #38 Bob

    #37 My stuff is clearly inferior.

    😀

  77. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #38 Bob

    #37 My stuff is clearly inferior.

    😀

  78. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We just got a good gust of wind. I went out this morning and only picked up a handful of pecans from the street and driveway. There are still tons of pecans up in the air. I shall have to endure the fresh air and sunshine, and take my pecan picker-upper outside this afternoon. Hopefully these gusty winds will knock most of ’em down.

    We have stubborn nuts this year.

    Kinda like the Dems in denial.

  79. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We just got a good gust of wind. I went out this morning and only picked up a handful of pecans from the street and driveway. There are still tons of pecans up in the air. I shall have to endure the fresh air and sunshine, and take my pecan picker-upper outside this afternoon. Hopefully these gusty winds will knock most of ’em down.

    We have stubborn nuts this year.

    Kinda like the Dems in denial.

  80. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Ah ya gotta love ole Dennis Miller

    “I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a LONG time”

  81. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Ah ya gotta love ole Dennis Miller

    “I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a LONG time”

  82. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    *cricket cricket*

  83. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    *cricket cricket*

  84. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    Bubble, bubble.

  85. bob42 Avatar
    bob42

    Bubble, bubble.

  86. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    goo goo ga-joob

  87. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    goo goo ga-joob

  88. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Yall GOTTA check this lil Lady out! We can only hope her little self grows big enough to get a lungful of air sufficient to get all the way through one line without taking a breath!

    I N C R E D I B L E voice!!!!!!!!!!

    AMAZING GRACE

  89. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Yall GOTTA check this lil Lady out! We can only hope her little self grows big enough to get a lungful of air sufficient to get all the way through one line without taking a breath!

    I N C R E D I B L E voice!!!!!!!!!!

    AMAZING GRACE

  90. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #31 Tedtam

    He just got married? And he’s sending those pics? Must be an understanding newlywed wife!

    The Boy’s Bride is very, very pretty but not at all pretentious, She has all the curves in the right places, so She has the same attitude as my Daughter, LQQK BUTT DON’T TOUCH!
    Of course she would NEVER approve of him going to a bar where mostly Nekked girls danced on the poles, and thankfully the Boy doesn’t approve of those kinda places either. 😉

  91. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #31 Tedtam

    He just got married? And he’s sending those pics? Must be an understanding newlywed wife!

    The Boy’s Bride is very, very pretty but not at all pretentious, She has all the curves in the right places, so She has the same attitude as my Daughter, LQQK BUTT DON’T TOUCH!
    Of course she would NEVER approve of him going to a bar where mostly Nekked girls danced on the poles, and thankfully the Boy doesn’t approve of those kinda places either. 😉

  92. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    That was a quick “Drive By” Cuz I took off work @ 2 and even as we speak I’m packing up the ole Pick-um-Up to head up to Center and search for Bambi along Flat Fork Creek. 😀

  93. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    That was a quick “Drive By” Cuz I took off work @ 2 and even as we speak I’m packing up the ole Pick-um-Up to head up to Center and search for Bambi along Flat Fork Creek. 😀

  94. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #13 TT

    Dunno where you live but I found this in the Houston city ordinance online website:

    It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain within the limits of the city one or more hogs, swine, pigs, or goats, other than milch goats.

    Even if the city allowed goats, our subdivision’s deed restrictions don’t. It’s stinky enough with the number of residents who walk their dogs w/o taking poop bags.

  95. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    What the heck is a milch goat and why do they get a pass?

  96. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    What the heck is a milch goat and why do they get a pass?

  97. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It’s a female goat that provides milk for people. Sounds archaic, don’t think doctors prescribe goat’s milk these days.

  98. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    It’s a female goat that provides milk for people. Sounds archaic, don’t think doctors prescribe goat’s milk these days.

  99. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    What if I need camel’s milk?

  100. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    What if I need camel’s milk?

  101. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47 Dave

    Does this mean it was YOU that shot Bambi’s mother?

  102. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #47 Dave

    Does this mean it was YOU that shot Bambi’s mother?

  103. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    For camel’s milk, move to Saudi Arabia.

  104. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    For camel’s milk, move to Saudi Arabia.

  105. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    Scientists examine space peanut with spewing gas jets.

    More cool video.

  106. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Scientists examine space peanut with spewing gas jets.

    More cool video.

  107. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hammie

    Funny they didn’t mention any of this during the campaign. All we heard was “red light cameras save lives!” and the perennial favorite of entrenched nanny state politicians “But its for the children!!!”

    Ummmm that is not exactly right. In Edd Hendee’s commercial he mentioned who benefited monetarily from it, cops, fd and hospitals. That damn commercial played like everywhere dude. Seems to me Mattress Mack’s commercial said the same thing.

  108. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Hammie

    Funny they didn’t mention any of this during the campaign. All we heard was “red light cameras save lives!” and the perennial favorite of entrenched nanny state politicians “But its for the children!!!”

    Ummmm that is not exactly right. In Edd Hendee’s commercial he mentioned who benefited monetarily from it, cops, fd and hospitals. That damn commercial played like everywhere dude. Seems to me Mattress Mack’s commercial said the same thing.

  109. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    #55 squawkie-tooter

    In Edd Hendee’s commercial he mentioned who benefited monetarily from it, cops, fd and hospitals

    Just like the pro-lottery people said lottery proceeds would provide better funding of our schools.

    If there was any money left over after it got cycled through the General Fund.

  110. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #55 squawkie-tooter

    In Edd Hendee’s commercial he mentioned who benefited monetarily from it, cops, fd and hospitals

    Just like the pro-lottery people said lottery proceeds would provide better funding of our schools.

    If there was any money left over after it got cycled through the General Fund.

  111. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Wagonflamer

    Actually that is not true either. When the cameras were put in back during the White era one of the arguments for, was that the money would go to fund the areas I mentioned above. If memory serves the state even got involved and said hospital emergency rooms would benefit and I can tell you from first hand knowledge, they did.

  112. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Wagonflamer

    Actually that is not true either. When the cameras were put in back during the White era one of the arguments for, was that the money would go to fund the areas I mentioned above. If memory serves the state even got involved and said hospital emergency rooms would benefit and I can tell you from first hand knowledge, they did.

  113. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    I’ll take your word for it, but you still gotta admit that it would be atypical gov’t behavior.

  114. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    I’ll take your word for it, but you still gotta admit that it would be atypical gov’t behavior.

  115. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Agreed

  116. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Agreed

  117. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Squawkie – All I saw were the TV commercials with firefighters and doctors telling me they saved lives and how many children died in car accidents (not how many died in car accidents caused by red light runners). Edd and Mattress weren’t on my iPod or XM radio.

  118. Hamous Avatar
    Hamous

    Squawkie – All I saw were the TV commercials with firefighters and doctors telling me they saved lives and how many children died in car accidents (not how many died in car accidents caused by red light runners). Edd and Mattress weren’t on my iPod or XM radio.

  119. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    Hammie
    Well there ya go, technology has blinded you from the truth . 😉

    Seriously, Edd listed out who got the cash. Also a little birdie provided me with a flyer from a well known hospital explaining how they had received funds directly from the red light camera fines and while they wanted everyone to vote their conscience don’t forget that little factoid.

  120. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Hammie
    Well there ya go, technology has blinded you from the truth . 😉

    Seriously, Edd listed out who got the cash. Also a little birdie provided me with a flyer from a well known hospital explaining how they had received funds directly from the red light camera fines and while they wanted everyone to vote their conscience don’t forget that little factoid.

  121. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I was aware that Edd supported RLC but did not see/hear any blitz of commercials for Prop 3, nor any MMac spots anywhere for it. Been busy, prolly listening to less radio than usual.

  122. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I was aware that Edd supported RLC but did not see/hear any blitz of commercials for Prop 3, nor any MMac spots anywhere for it. Been busy, prolly listening to less radio than usual.

  123. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    mharper42

    Been busy, prolly listening to less radio than usual.

    A sane person!!!!!! I had heard about people like you but had never talked to one. 😉

  124. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    mharper42

    Been busy, prolly listening to less radio than usual.

    A sane person!!!!!! I had heard about people like you but had never talked to one. 😉

  125. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, the top line is true, anyway! If I were a blonde, I might believe the rest of it!

  126. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Well, the top line is true, anyway! If I were a blonde, I might believe the rest of it!

  127. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    tedtam – Just for you!

  128. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    tedtam – Just for you!

  129. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Squawker, we are missing your artwork and now that LST is closed down, no way to even see the good old stuff. My favorite was your Obammy on the Road collage.

    As we enter this brave new world with House Republicans fixin to reverse (we hope) the damage inflicted by the Foul O and his crowd, can we occasionally see some stunning visual satire from your shop? I assume you have full privilege here on Hammy’s couch ™ and could post images?

  130. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Squawker, we are missing your artwork and now that LST is closed down, no way to even see the good old stuff. My favorite was your Obammy on the Road collage.

    As we enter this brave new world with House Republicans fixin to reverse (we hope) the damage inflicted by the Foul O and his crowd, can we occasionally see some stunning visual satire from your shop? I assume you have full privilege here on Hammy’s couch ™ and could post images?

  131. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #65 WB

    It’s good to know who my friends are! (^o^)

  132. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    #65 WB

    It’s good to know who my friends are! (^o^)

  133. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I am going to play hooky tomorrow and go to the quilt show with some friends. I used to go every year with my daughter, but she’s all grown up and doin’ her own thing now. /sigh

    I’m just worried that my back isn’t going to hold out. It’s been trying to glitch up all day.

  134. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I am going to play hooky tomorrow and go to the quilt show with some friends. I used to go every year with my daughter, but she’s all grown up and doin’ her own thing now. /sigh

    I’m just worried that my back isn’t going to hold out. It’s been trying to glitch up all day.

  135. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tedtam, we all reach the point where we need a walker — has your time come?

    Me, I’ve reached the point where if I have a friend using a walker — especially a fancy walker with partial wheels, goody baskets, and some even have a built-in seat — I ask if I can try it out. Getting personal experience so I’ll know what features I want on mine….

  136. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Tedtam, we all reach the point where we need a walker — has your time come?

    Me, I’ve reached the point where if I have a friend using a walker — especially a fancy walker with partial wheels, goody baskets, and some even have a built-in seat — I ask if I can try it out. Getting personal experience so I’ll know what features I want on mine….

  137. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    If I need a walker, I’ll steal one from my mother. /evil smile

  138. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    If I need a walker, I’ll steal one from my mother. /evil smile

  139. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    You gotta get one with one of those old-time bicycle horns with the rubber bulb you squeeze.

    Also some sweet rims on the wheels. Maybe those spinny ones.

  140. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    You gotta get one with one of those old-time bicycle horns with the rubber bulb you squeeze.

    Also some sweet rims on the wheels. Maybe those spinny ones.

  141. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We turned on our floor for the first time this season. We have radiant tubing in the floor, but it’s not tied to a thermostat yet, so we have to step into the mechanical room to turn the boiler on and off. It’s starting to feel toasty in here, and the floor has enough thermal mass to throw heat well into tomorrow, so I guess I’ll have to turn the boiler off soon.

    At least the boiler room is finally closed off. Try going out there when a north wind is blowing through… brrrrrrr!

  142. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We turned on our floor for the first time this season. We have radiant tubing in the floor, but it’s not tied to a thermostat yet, so we have to step into the mechanical room to turn the boiler on and off. It’s starting to feel toasty in here, and the floor has enough thermal mass to throw heat well into tomorrow, so I guess I’ll have to turn the boiler off soon.

    At least the boiler room is finally closed off. Try going out there when a north wind is blowing through… brrrrrrr!

  143. bweldon Avatar
    bweldon

    mharper42

    I assume you have full privilege here on Hammy’s couch ™ and could post images?

    Nope.

    After LST closed up I really have not had any interest in formal political blogging. I had a good run of 5 years at LST and that time meant bunches to me but frankly I am burned out.

    I occasionally update my own site with pictures I take here and there, but that is about the extent of my formal blogging. Maybe after Christmas I might open up a separate photoshop political blog. The presidential race will begin shortly after the new congress is seated and maybe by then I will catch my second wind.

    But thanks for the thought.

    You have a couple good people posting front page here with Hammie. They write good stuff. I think it is good that the character and personality of Hammie’s blog is not a mirror of LST.

  144. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    mharper42

    I assume you have full privilege here on Hammy’s couch ™ and could post images?

    Nope.

    After LST closed up I really have not had any interest in formal political blogging. I had a good run of 5 years at LST and that time meant bunches to me but frankly I am burned out.

    I occasionally update my own site with pictures I take here and there, but that is about the extent of my formal blogging. Maybe after Christmas I might open up a separate photoshop political blog. The presidential race will begin shortly after the new congress is seated and maybe by then I will catch my second wind.

    But thanks for the thought.

    You have a couple good people posting front page here with Hammie. They write good stuff. I think it is good that the character and personality of Hammie’s blog is not a mirror of LST.

  145. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    test

  146. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    test

  147. Katfish Avatar
    Katfish

    http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2008/11/hello-kitty-color.gif

  148. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/style/files/2008/11/hello-kitty-color.gif

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