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Not one word about a flat head?
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Aloha, stranger. How are things in paradise?
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Can anybody get through to KSEV?
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For weeks Democrats and liberal media pundits have been stating that Paul Ryan and the GOP cut $132 million out of the budget for security for embassies and consulates.
The $132 million budget cut for state department security was specifically included in Hillary’s 2012 budget request, page 32. Her signature is on page xi:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/156215.pdf
Diplomatic and Consular Programs – Ongoing Operations
The FY 2012 request for Diplomatic and Consular Programs (D&CP) Ongoing Operations is $6,116,472,000, a net decrease of $1,755,889,000 below the FY 2010 Actual level. The decrease reflects the Department‘s intent to shift resources into a newly established Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) title for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan providing increased transparency for these critical resources (See OCO chapter for more details). The remaining request for enduring programs provides resources to promote diplomatic solutions, including positions for language and critical skills development and public diplomacy programs, and to provide for the domestic and overseas inflation, and other mandatory and high priority increases.
Diplomatic and Consular Programs – Worldwide Security Protection
The FY 2012 request for Worldwide Security Protection (WSP) is $1,453,730,000, a net decrease of $132,484,000 below the FY 2010 Actual level, which will provide funding for the protection of life, property, and information of the Department of State. WSP funding supports security staffing of more than 1,683 personnel and a worldwide guard force protecting overseas diplomatic missions, residences, and domestic facilities.
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As the curtain rises for the final act in our quadrennial production of political theater, the Tea Party Patriots have announced that they will be sponsoring live music at selected polling locations.
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G’Morning All
RIP JohnnyJohnny Horton dies
November 05, 1960
On this day in 1960, singer Johnny Horton died in a car accident in Milano, Texas. Though he was born in Los Angeles in 1925, Horton grew up in East Texas and graduated from high school in Gallatin. He attended junior college in Jacksonville and Kilgore and eventually went to Seattle University. He worked in the fishing industry in California and Alaska but embarked on a country music singing career in 1950. In 1955 Horton joined the Louisiana Hayride under the stage name “The Singing Fisherman.” Recognized for his honky tonk sound, he scored his first hit “Honky Tonk Man” in 1956 and achieved his first number-one country recording with “When It’s Springtime in Alaska” several years later. The singer had crossover appeal on both country and popular-music radio stations and songs such as “The Battle of New Orleans” attracted a wide audience.Springtime In Alaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA
Battle of New Orleans
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World’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, finishes final voyage home
The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ended its remarkable career at sea on Sunday when it pulled into its home port for the final time after participating in every major conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
The USS Enterprise began shutting down its eight nuclear reactors almost as soon as it arrived at its pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, where thousands of cheering family members and friends welcomed the ship home from its 25th and final deployment after nearly eight months at sea. The ship will never move on its own power again and will eventually be scrapped in Washington state, making its final voyage a sentimental one for those who have sailed aboard “The Big E.” -
From the no shame, unbiased press. (P.S. Romney drew an actual 30,000 at his outdoor gathering.)
Media Report 20K at Obama Milwaukee Event … in 12K Arena
by Ben Shapiro 4 Nov 2012
In their blatant attempt to pump up President Obama’s crowd sizes, the media has taken to inventing seats at arenas. Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported:
With help from pop sensation Katy Perry, President Barack Obama drew 20,000 people Saturday as he trumpeted his accomplishments in office and urged people not only to vote, but to volunteer in the closing days before the election.
“It’s good to be so close to home!” he shouted to roars inside the Delta Center in downtown Milwaukee.
That claim was also reported by the Hollywood Reporter and various other outlets.
Only one problem: the capacity for the Delta Center in Milwaukee is 12,580.
Oops.http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/11/04/Media-reports-20k-in-12k-arena
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Oletimer, you forgot to mention Horton was married to the widow of the late Hank WIlliams.
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Big Iron
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Got this in an email from a friend:
A man goes into the hospital for a vasectomy.
Before the procedure a very attractive nurse comes in and takes his vitals, then tells him to take all of his clothes off. When he is fully undressed she instructs him to lie down on the table. The man obeys. The nurse then takes all of her clothes off and climbs on top and has her way with him.
Upon the completion of the act the man catches his breath and asks what that was all about.
The nurse informs the patient that studies have shown that before a vasectomy if the man has an ejaculation, he will be more relaxed and that the cord is easier for the surgeon to locate and sever, thereby making the surgery safer, more efficient and quicker. The nurse then wheels the patient to the operating room.
While they are going down the hall the patient looks through a window to the right and sees six men in a room masturbating. Curious, the man asks,” What are they doing in there”?
The nurse responds, ” They’re preparing for vasectomies too, but you have Blue Cross, and they have Obama Care.” -
#4 Big45: The number is 888-Texas-17. I have not attempted to call in, so I don’t know how hard it is to get through, I hope one of those answers the question you had in mind.
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As far as navigating the RCP map, ifn you can’t do that, how do you find your way to work every day? If I can do it, then anyone can.
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JugEars “revenge” comment over the weekend was illustrative in the questions is raises.
Revenge over what? The ultimate glass ceiling has been broken, why do we still need affirmative action?
Is this simply a feint to cover for “reparations for slavery” that is coming down the pike? I can see this happening via EO, particularly if Romney wins, during the lame duck period between his crushing defeat in the polls and inauguration day when the crack-head is finally removed from the premises of the white house. -
Best one-liner of the day award.
Mooshelle post on Twitter:
Michelle Obama asks ‘Imagine what Barack can do in 4 more years?’
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#18 OTL: The magnitude of the destruction possible is positively nauseating.
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#7 It’s kinda funny watching you hypocritical Cult Bobolicious Dick Nazis so freely use terms that are derogatory towards homosexuals but are all hunky dory when directed at conservatives. Not funny haha. Funny queer. Like your Tallywacker Trooper radio host telling his fellow homosexuals they should commit suicide if they’re voting for Romney.
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Hubby and Handsome helped me do some serious house cleaning yesterday. This place is just too big for me to take care of properly by myself. Plus – at least half the crap needing to be relocated was theirs. The place is looking better already. I had to some serious kitchen decluttering, which involved a lot of bending over and picking up/putting down stuff. And the floor cleaning. Sweeping and mopping have always stressed my back, no matter how careful I try to be with the process.
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#20: They are the most tolerant in the world as long as you agree and support all their causes/perversions.
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LIVING WILL FORM
I, __________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead partisan politicians who couldn’t pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it, or lawyers/ doctors/ hospitals interested in simply running up the bills.
If after a reasonable amount of time passes, and I fail to ask for: (Check appropriate items): a Martini___, a Margarita___, a Scotch and soda___, a Bloody Mary___, a beer___, a Gin and Tonic___, a Glass of Chardonnay___, a Steak___, Lobster or crab legs___, the TV remote control___, a bowl of ice cream___, the sports page___, Sex___, or Chocolate___, it should be presumed that I won’t ever get any better. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes, and call it a day. At this point, it is time to call the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come and do their thing at my funeral, and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had, and others we should have had.
Signature:_______________________Date:_________
P.S.: I hear that in Ireland there is a Nursing Home with a Pub. The patients are happier, and they have a lot more visitors. Some of them don’t even need embalming when their time comes. If anyone knows the name of this happy place, PLEASE pass it on.
Amendment #1:
Should I become incapacitated as described above, DO NOT PULL THE PLUG until after I have voted against Barack Obama by absentee ballot in the November 2012 election.
Amendment #2:
If the plug has been pulled in violation of #1 above, transport my body to Chicago so I can still vote against Barack Obama.Courtesy of Bruce Kesler, founder of the always erudite Maggie’s Farm blog
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“Barkeep, I’ll have a pitcher of margaritas. Keep ’em coming until I’m laying on the floor with someone looking down at me saying, ‘Hey buddy, you ok?’”
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HamousJane, you ignorant slut. In the first place I don’t know anyone but hypersensitive republicans who consider the term “Teagabbing” to be derogatory. In the second, it is not an exclusively homosexual activity.
As for the left wing loony tune on the fringe of satellite radio, I agree. He’s a toad, and it’s good that he is insignificant (except to people like you, of course.) I could easily name a dozen or more religious right wing republican fascists with broadcast empires, million dollar budgets, and audience numbers that exceed that of the Gelatinous Blob. They are significant, and the control the base of the republican party. That’s why I’m no longer a republican. The party just plain stinks. -
“Barkeep, keep this glass of Crown Royal on the rocks full as long as I remain conscious”
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“Barkeep, keep this glass of Crown Royal on the rocks full as long as I remain conscious
and remember that I am not drunk so long as I can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth”
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They are significant, and the control the base of the republican party. That’s why I’m no longer a republican. The party just plain stinks.
Not sure they control the base or if they are simply broadcasting what the base wants to hear. The reason lefty radio tends to be much less popular is that nobody wants to listen, not that the left is more immune to mind control.
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I’m sure grateful that I don’t have to do that anymore.
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That’s why I’m no longer a republican.
I sure as heck don’t see a line of Republicans forming at your door trying to get you back. Why don’t you move to the Castro in SanFranFreako, you would be much more at home there.
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#30 Why don’t you move to Iran? They may not share your specific mythology, but at least it’s a theocracy, and you seem to be fond of that form of government.
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#28 WB, the two are not mutually exclusive, are they?
Not sure they control the base or if they are simply broadcasting what the base wants to hear.
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Speaking of moving, I might be headed to Colorado next year. It’s cold, but it’s a lot closer than where they’re moving my job to–India.
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#20 Hamous Jane, you ignorant slut. In the first place I don’t know anyone but hypersensitive republicans who consider the term “Teagabbing” to be derogatory. In the second, it is not an exclusively homosexual activity.
I never saw it as derogatory because of any homosexual connections. Rachel Maddow was very happy to giggle like a little girl because of the sexual connotations. And anyone uses that term on a regular basis means to use it as a put-down. And anyone who claims to not know it’s use as such is wissin’ idiot or a flaming troll.
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And I totally forgot to take my mother to her kidney doctor appointment, so now must scramble. YIKES!
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I thought it was because it’s peevish and boring.
Which is why they can’t get much of an audience.
#28 WB, the two are not mutually exclusive, are they?
Moreso than you think.
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You know it’s bad when the Austin American-Statesman refrains from making an endorsement in the race for president.
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That’s why I’m no longer a republican. The party just plain stinks.
I guess that explains it smelling a little better lately.
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Bobozo, try to get this concept through your foggy brain: Every single law ever passed is a legislation of morality. Once you can get your spindly arms around that concept then you have to ask the question: which morality are we going to base our laws on? That which is established and constant for 4,000 years or so or that which changes with the wind?
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#39 Shannon: Are you serious, they really refrained from endorsing JugEars? I have heard of black pastors telling their flocks to stay home if they can not bring themselves to vote R; the enthusiasm gap between R and D is enormous; and we know that if the D does not get 90 +% of the black vote they do not win. I still think it is going to be an electoral blowout in favor of Romney; the only places JugEars will carry are the inner city welfare wards. When the RCP map comes out showing how every county votes, we will see a sea of red.
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Once you can get your spindly arms around that concept then you have to ask the question: which morality are we going to base our laws on? That which is established and constant for 4,000 years or so or that which changes with the wind?
I’ll go with “That which an elitist know-it-all says it is for $200”, Alex.
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Latest Tweet from New York daughter Reesa
It’s true, we new Yorkers curse a lot. But this week we sound like a gated turettes community. -
We may have touched on this over the weekend but it is worth a re-visit. Harry “pencil neck” Reid has promised to obstruct whatever Romney may want to try and accomplish.
“Mitt Romney’s fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass
his ‘severely conservative’ agendaanything is laughable,” Reid said.This, from the man who led the Senate to pass exactly Zero budgets in the last 4 years; what a friggen disgrace!
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Good morning Hamsters. Foggy again and 62 this morning at 6, and how nice to see Dawn’s rosy fingers at that hour instead of midnight at the museum.
The gist of my late last night comment: the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison has endorsed Romney-Ryan (with a few reservations to undoubtedly placate the far left crowd, which won’t work); the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, in a fit of civic duty and resolve, did not endorse anybody for president. 🙂 And thereby pleased nobody. -
#41 You never cease to amaze, and entertain.
“Established?” By a group of largely illiterate paternalistic goat herders who believed: That the earth was flat and the center of the universe; That their tribes were favored by the violent, immoral deity they created; That bushes that burn infinitely; That diseases caused by sin and demons; And that all females are cursed for eternity because a talking snake conned a naked hippie chick (that was made from some dude’s rib) into eating a freaking apple.
“Constant? If there was any constancy associated with the Bronze Age mythologies that you would have governing everyone, then I would still be able to sell my daughters’ hands in marriage for two goats and a cow. In the tragic event that one of them was impregnated as a result of rape, not only would she be forced to give birth to the “seed” of her attacker, she’d have to marry him.
I respect your right to believe crazy stuff is true, but you can not factually support the nonsense you spout about it being true in any context of the term, nor can you support your contention that it is, or should be, the exclusive source of morality for all of mankind. Human morality was around for a very long time before your ignorant goat herders created your god. -
…the answer my friend is blowing in the wind,…
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I’ll take the source of my morality over yours any day.
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I’ll go with “That which an elitist know-it-all says it is for $200″, Alex.
And you got the Daily Double!
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#49 Wagonburner
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I know that new bands will play at the drop of a hat anywhere, anytime. This band has gone over the edge, but their audience is totally enraptured by their music.
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“The power is not with us anymore,” Obama reminded his cheering supporters. “The planning, everything we do doesn’t matter because now it’s up to you.”
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Yet another reason lefty media fails to garner huge audiences: their supporters are clueless buffoons whose math abilities fail to reach even the low bar set by Calypso Louie.
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#49 WB, several things.
What makes your source any more plausible than any other?
I find scientific discoveries to be more valuable and plausible than intermittent nonsensical revelations of theoretical deities. The former need only be proven wrong by additional research to admit it in a reasonable amount of time. Supporters of the latter source stubbornly and consistently have continued to believe non-facts for hundreds of years before they find a way to wiggle away from their previously declared “absolute truths.”
No one I know has ever seriously stated the following:“Matter poofed in from somewhere, but we don’t know where or how it got there. Then it combined and somehow sentient beings were formed.”
We know that in our observable-so-far universe, matter has existed for at least ~14.7 billion years, how stars produce basic elements and then scatter them when they nova, how clouds in space condense to form solar systems, etc., and how life on this planet has changed over the past ~couple billion years.
To simply declare that which we do not yet know to be “magic,” and to further specifically define the magician in terms of “His” (lol) intents, means, and motivations is neither necessary nor beneficial to the growth of knowledge. -
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#55 bob42
Where was the matter 14.8 BYA?
How did it get there?To simply declare that which we do not yet know to be “magic,” and to further specifically define the magician in terms of “His” (lol) intents, means, and motivations is neither necessary nor beneficial to the growth of knowledge.
I’ve never used the word ‘magic’ in that context. You seem to be pretty closed-minded about first causes for someone who claims to be so inquisitive.
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So much for the tolerance of the left. . . .
When a heckler jacks with the LLMD they shout “fo mo yeahs” when a heckler interrupts Romney, he lets them heckle a bit then the audience chants “USA” . What a difference between the 2 camps. -
WB, I know that you do not believe in magic. I’m personally equating the word with our lack of understanding of the supernatural. There doesn’t have to be a magician/creator or “first cause” (infinite regression…) in order for the universe, matter, and time to exist. Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t. I don’t claim to know.
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Rmoney draws 20 – 30,000 in PA.
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I also don’t claim to know where or what matter was >14.7 BYA or how it got there, or why, and I certainly do not assign a personality to it’s existence.
Why not? What makes your ignorance and lack of knowledge any better or more valid than anyone else’s? You don’t know how it got here but you absolutely KNOW it could not have been a “First Mover” because that wouldn’t fit into your libertine cult’s dogma. I’ll tell you what it is – you’re an elitist plick.
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#55 Bob:
I find scientific discoveries to be more valuable and plausible than intermittent nonsensical revelations of theoretical deities. The former need only be proven wrong by additional research to admit it in a reasonable amount of time. Supporters of the latter source stubbornly and consistently have continued to believe non-facts for hundreds of years before they find a way to wiggle away from their previously declared “absolute truths.”
Really? In what way do scientific discoveries provide direction for your life?
According to your posts you have a deep and abiding love for your children. Please name the scientific discovery which defines love and it’s source (and for that matter it’s usefulness).We know that in our observable-so-far universe, matter has existed for at least ~14.7 billion years, how stars produce basic elements and then scatter them when they nova, how clouds in space condense to form solar systems, etc., and how life on this planet has changed over the past ~couple billion years.
Excuse me sir, but you KNOW nothing. You have a set of theories which seem to confirm the currently available data. The theories are valid only until more data arrives which cannot be explained with the current theories. This process happens on a regular basis.
And still you are left with a lack of “First Cause”. Where did the universe come from? Why? Why are we here? Do we have a purpose? If so what is it?
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He’s just pissed that he’s not god.
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I just hope we have a clear win for Romney tomorrow night, no recounts or lawsuits.
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If, in a cosmological, metaphysical convergence of majestic historical magnitude, Mitt Romney wins the state of New Jersey by one vote…
I hereby claim all, and I mean all, of the credit.
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#61 Hamous, what part of “I do not claim to know” do you not understand?
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I’ll be posting the RCP maps as the Open Comments thread tomorrow.
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Fat Albert, I share your natural and commendable curiosities. To answer your questions, let’s just say that I’m here for the ride, and try my best to be “Mostly Harmless.” Douglas Adams puts it even better.
Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
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#61 Hamous, what part of “I do not claim to know” do you not understand?
What part of “What makes your ignorance and lack of knowledge any better or more valid than anyone else’s?” do you not understand?
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I just returned from Mom’s kidney appointment and a clandestine lunch acquired from Church’s. (She insisted on eating it all before returning back to the nursing home.) This doctor just blows me away when I see him – he’s the Indian (Asian Indian) version of my baby brother. Mannerisms, voice, face, everything.
Good news: kidney function is stable.
Bad news: Her kidney function is not reduced to the point where it explains the gosh-awful itching that she’s experiencing. We’ve ruled out the laundry detergent and bed bugs, they’ve cut back on the seasoning in her food (which helped a little bit).
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Oh, and the heckler should have had a drum. Without a drum, hecklers at lib events are just incomplete and not understood.
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I had a dream this morning. There was some kind of spy activity, but at the end I was standing on a street corner with Lovely, and she told me she was pregnant. Just after that I woke up, which is probably why that’s the only part of the dream I remember.
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and try my best to be “Mostly Harmless.
Militant atheists with a god complex like you are responsible for over a 100 million deaths in the last century alone. I’m not suggesting you’re on your way to following in the footsteps of shining examples such as Mao and Stalin but your cult doesn’t have a real good track record of being “mostly harmless”.
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#74: Let’s not forget the 30 million unborn babies sacrificed to the demon choice on the altar of convenience. Roe v Wade was fraud from the beginning as Roe was never pregnant nor did she want an abortion. More lies from the cult of the Bobozo Dick Nazis.
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Those weren’t actual babies. They were baby carrots.
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The text below – the link to same here:
A brief word to third-party voters this cycleEvery four years, the media love to walk through third-party scenarios that might decide the presidential election — especially in 2000, when it actually did drive the results in one state, Florida, which turned out to be the epicenter of the election. McClatchy delivers the formulaic nod to this cycle’s Don (and Dona) Quixotes, paying homage to the flinty American independence and usually utter futility they represent. With a race this close, though, this scenarios aren’t entirely out of the question:
If Tuesday’s election is as close as polls suggest, the presidency might be decided by someone named Gary Johnson. Or Virgil Goode. Or Jill Stein.
They’re third party candidates for president. While none has a real shot at winning the White House and few Americans watched their debate Sunday evening, any one might draw just enough support in a battleground state to throw the results to President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney. It’s happened before, and recently. In 2000, Green Party nominee Ralph Nader’s drew 1.6% of the vote in Florida, forced a recount and the eventual election outcome in favor of Republican George W. Bush. …
[Johnson’s] standing could be pivotal in Colorado, where voters are closely divided between the two major party candidates. A Nov. 2 Denver Post poll found voter split 47-45 for Obama over Romney. A CNN poll the day before tested Johnson’s support and found 4 percent of likely voters leaning his way.
His support could be tied to a ballot initiative that would allow limited marijuana use for those 21 and older. While the Libertarian message of minimal government usually resonates with Republicans, in this case, Johnson knows he’s drawing from the Democrats. “I take more votes away from Obama than Romney,” he said. “I am more liberal than Obama when it comes to civil liberties,” Johnson said, adding that he supported marijuana legalization when he was governor.Video: A brief word to third-party voters this cycle
posted at 1:21 pm on November 5, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Every four years, the media love to walk through third-party scenarios that might decide the presidential election — especially in 2000, when it actually did drive the results in one state, Florida, which turned out to be the epicenter of the election. McClatchy delivers the formulaic nod to this cycle’s Don (and Dona) Quixotes, paying homage to the flinty American independence and usually utter futility they represent. With a race this close, though, this scenarios aren’t entirely out of the question:
If Tuesday’s election is as close as polls suggest, the presidency might be decided by someone named Gary Johnson. Or Virgil Goode. Or Jill Stein.
They’re third party candidates for president. While none has a real shot at winning the White House and few Americans watched their debate Sunday evening, any one might draw just enough support in a battleground state to throw the results to President Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney. It’s happened before, and recently. In 2000, Green Party nominee Ralph Nader’s drew 1.6% of the vote in Florida, forced a recount and the eventual election outcome in favor of Republican George W. Bush. …
[Johnson’s] standing could be pivotal in Colorado, where voters are closely divided between the two major party candidates. A Nov. 2 Denver Post poll found voter split 47-45 for Obama over Romney. A CNN poll the day before tested Johnson’s support and found 4 percent of likely voters leaning his way.
His support could be tied to a ballot initiative that would allow limited marijuana use for those 21 and older. While the Libertarian message of minimal government usually resonates with Republicans, in this case, Johnson knows he’s drawing from the Democrats. “I take more votes away from Obama than Romney,” he said. “I am more liberal than Obama when it comes to civil liberties,” Johnson said, adding that he supported marijuana legalization when he was governor.
Frankly, I’m not sure that this scenario plays out anywhere else but in Colorado. A number of readers have expressed concerns over Virgil Goode’s presence on the Virginia ballot, but I suspect that people who want Obama out of office are not going to be interested in casting protest votes for Goode. Johnson is a different case, with a different constituency and the endorsement of a small but still recognized political party, the Libertarians. Even so, I suspect that Johnson’s going to end up with significantly less than 4% in Colorado as protest voters reconsider their choice at the ballot box.
If you are a third-party voter, Bill Whittle wants to have a word with you. Rather than challenge your principles, though, Whittle wants to appeal to them. Elections come down to realistic choices, and in this election, the two choices are very distinct. Even if you don’t think either of the two candidates represents your values and principles, one of them comes closer than the other:
Bill published this last week, but I deliberately held it to today. He makes a good argument that should be one of the last voters consider before they go to cast their ballots — especially if they want to cast it for a third-party candidate, or not cast it at all. -
Striving to be Mostly Harmless.
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I don’t collect stamps. I’m a non-stamp collector. So were Stalin and Mau. Why is that? 😉
Militant atheists with a god complex like you are responsible for over a 100 million deaths in the last century alone.
It’s worse than you think. We all eat babies.
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So you’re a non-stamp-collecting militant atheist with a god complex. Got it.
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Bob:
To answer your questions, let’s just say that I’m here for the ride, and try my best to be “Mostly Harmless.”
Fair enough.
But just to make things clear – your point of view is no more valid or supportable that is mine. And, your militant desire to rid the government of every single discernable vestige of religion is no more valid than our desire for a government that reflects our world view. In fact, considering the antecedents to the Constitution our POV is probably more valid than yours.
We can certainly disagree and argue about the structure and content of our government.
Such discussions can be both entertaining and beneficial (as that book you don’t believe in says “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”)
But here’s the thing. You, by your own admission, are just as clueless as you make us out to be. So, get off your high horse, stop acting so superior, and start acting like something other than an abject a$$hole. -
So, get off your high horse, stop acting so superior, and start acting like something other than an abject a$$hole.
I don’t think the zebra in question has the capacity nor the will to change his spots.
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I don’t think the zebra in question has the capacity nor the will to change his spots.
Any more than the leopard has the capacity or will to change is stripes 😉
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I just wanted to see ifn y’all were paying attention; in a Yogi Berra sort of way.
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Time for me to go back to the zoo. I haven’t been in forty years.
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#85 Shannon
When you come up here, I’ll take you to the Bronx Zoo.
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#86: They have been calling the Bronx a zoo for a long time.
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Much soothsaying going on amongst the pollsters today. Interesting the differences between the honest ones and the Obama pushers. Predict there will be lots of egg to cover the fakers tomorrow, and that includes media types who have been pushing Obama since 2007 or earlier if they reside in IL. And now cautious George Will predicts an overwhelming win.
Obama did not draw a huge crowd in Madison today, reported to be smaller than John Kerry did in 2004. Hmmm. 🙂
Sorry I can’t recall where, but there was a picture of a coal barge moving down the Ohio River from coal country, flying a Gadsden flag. 🙂 Anybody wonder what the sentiments are of folks who live and work in coal country? -
#88 BC
Contrary to conventional wisdom, there are a number of beautiful places in the Bronx. If I had to live in the city, I’d probably find a place in the old Riverdale section, in the northwest Bronx, high above the Hudson River. The views are terrific.
This is a west facing aerial photo of both the Henry Hudson bridge, the famous old Spuyten Duyvil railroad swing bridge historically called Smugglers’ Switch, and the Hudson River beyond. When we approach the bridge by boat, we have to call the operator on the marine radio and get him to swing it open. This is the mouth of the Harlem River (like the Comal River in New Braunfels – very short) that dumps into the East River along the eastern shore of Manhattan. -
Well you got me there, Texpat, that view is in fact spectacular; particularly the trees starting to molt. So the views are great from some locations, that I will grant you, but what do you do about the fact that the place is lousy with Yankees ?
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#85 Shannon
Time for me to go back to the zoo.
Be careful, and do NOT fall into the African spotted dogs exhibit.
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They’re not as bad as you think. Some of them are great people and more than most assume are actually conservatives.
I believe in 2000, something like 28% of the voters in NYC voted for GWB. It may be a pronounced minority, but that’s a lot of folks in a place teeming with 8 million residents. If there were 3.5 million votes cast, that means there were one million folks who voted for Bush in the liberal capital of the Western Hemisphere. -
Whatever anyone’s take on Rudy Guliani may be – he is DEAD on the MONEY here:
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I’m not sure what good 800 Kw generators are going to do. As Texpat pointed out The problem is that all the lines are down. How are you supposed to get power from the generators to the houses? You can’t just energize the grid indiscriminately, all the down wires would be an incredible hazard. What’s needed is hundreds and hundreds of small 5Kw units, one per house. Frankly, every responsible homeowner should have one for emergency use.
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#95 – large generator = power up a LARGE building (or 2 or 3 – hello shelter!) – not to mention run a gross of pigtails off of it to power cell phones laptops ipads etc…………I was not implying a big KW genset is meant for running individual homes……………and there’s no excuse for not having portable drinkin water to everyone (unless someone is still buried under debris)
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If TBO is good for correcting the sea level and climate Armageddon, surely he can manage connecting a few generators. Just a wave of the hand, and it shall be done.
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There are not a lot of huge buildings suitable for this type of disaster recovery operation available in the Rockaways of Queens or on Staten Island. They need localized, neighborhood oriented, heated tent facilities like we have done overseas for earthquake and tsunami victims.
Beds, clothing, heat, showers, medical care and most of all, absolute security for their property.
Bloomberg is an idiot. There are areas raging with gang chaos and he is worried a National Guard soldier might accidentally shoot some thug wannabe.
Totally and completely misguided and mal-focused efforts.
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Hunnered! 😀
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Missed it by *that* much.
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cuz you tha man SD.
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#99 – Well I know I aint there and you ARE Brother – but why can’t a big tent (or multiple tents) be as useful as a big building?
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The incompetence in recovery from Sandy is mindboggling. Rudy certainly is qualified to criticize. Doubt it will take President Romney long to assess what needs to be done in cleaning Homeland Security’s house. But in the meantime….
The nor’easter is birthing here to swing through the SE and grow into another devastating storm as it picks up moisture and energy for its landfall effectively in Sandy’s footprint. I think there’s a whole lot more to worry about than the election tomorrow, as it is supposed to arrive sometime Wednesday. Several somebodies with brains and experience have to assume command up there or it can be another disaster. Sure seems that Gov. Cuomo is not a candidate for that.
With so many millions more people affected, sadly this makes Katrina look rather small in comparison. And Baracky is gone on his merry way, all the photo ops used up, thinking only of himself. 🙁
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I fully understand “practicality” – but IMHO during extreme times like this not ONE pc of equipment be it large or small should be sitting idle!
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Got this from a buddy…
Want free birth control? Just hang a picture of Pelosi in your bedroom
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I going to build one of these.
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#108 TexCan
Might work in far West Texas. Houston doesn’t have the hot,dry climate for it. -
Mharp, fellow West Texan, you beat me to it. When I was a kid everyone used Evaporative Coolers (Swamp Coolers) for AC, heck we lived in a pretty good sized house that had one mounted on the roof and the air was ducted throughout the house. Most have gone to central air systems but there are still a lot around.
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Raining on my parade. Oh well,tomorrow the happy dance. 😉
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Dang, RMoney being interviewed on Monday Night Football. I assume The Obama is or has been as well.
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speaking of happy dance
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
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#112 – at least by the way Boomer concluded that segment it’s implied that both got to speak
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At least RMoney didn’t fall for the all-the-rage-right-now-libtard-pansie-player safety option for the most concern in sports today. It’s FOOTBALL dadgummit!
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But was he wearing pink? If not, he’s some kinda cancer lover. Hey, look over here boys, we got us a cancer lover!
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No pink that I noticed, it’s November now anyway, Octobopink is over. 😀
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Sleep well tonight, everyone.
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