Recently, Southern Tragedy egged me on to compile a sequel to my “Ode to Chocolate” that was posted some time ago. I sent this to her, but never got a response, so I don’t know if she received it. I have decided to post it here. Just be warned – you probably shouldn’t read it out loud in front of children or in the workplace. Enjoy!
Morning Ode
My eyes are like my brain,
Groggy and slow.
I open them gradually
As I stretch my arms and back.
Sighing deeply, I stagger through my morning routine.
I feel no desire to move, but move I must.
I stumble to the kitchen,
Not knowing what I seek,
When – there! – I see my reward for leaving my bed.
Eyes widening,
Breath quickening,
Hands trembling,
I reach for my delight,
Stripping it clear from all encumbrances,
I giggle with glee!
I light a fire of anticipation,
And watch as my desire becomes more firm.
It glistens.
There is a scent in my nostrils that inflames my desire even more.
Impatiently, I snatch it,
I feel my fingers burning
As I touch it.
Gingerly, I bring it to my lips,
Tasting salt on my tongue,
I take it in my mouth,
I take it all,
In an orgy of restive want,
I take it in my mouth.
There is a dribbling on my chin,
And I wipe it with my fingers
And lick them, slowly, eyes closed.
Through my lips, my teeth,
I roll it on my tongue,
I cannot fight against it.
It fills something within,
Some deep need within me.
I groan with delight,
I hold back not,
Giving in to my base need,
I gratify myself until I am sated.
Sated, I sit in my chair,
At my table,
Near the window.
Did the neighbors see me?
I grin to myself with all the pleasure
Of an exhibitionist.
And I plan to do it again tomorrow.
I love bacon!
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I’ll never look at a rasher the same way again!
I’ll probably feel a little dirty every time I eat bacon from now on. . . . . .
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Oh, by the way. . . First!
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Whoa, Auntie, almost everyone likes bacon, but that is over the top.
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If there was nothin’ wrong with eating bacon it wouldn’t be as good.
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Regarding the $1 trillion coin, Obama cannot be pictured on it because US coinage is restricted to the deceased. Unfortunately, that also precludes the suggested profile of Ikea Monkey.
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#5 Plus, he’s Canadian.
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G’Morning All
Bacon Jam
1 lb good-quality bacon
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup coffee
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
Roughly chop the bacon and cook it in a heavy pot; transfer to a bowl using a slotted spoon, draining off most of the drippings.
Return the bacon to the pan, add the brown sugar, coffee and maple syrup and cook over medium heat for half an hour, or until deep golden and thickened to the consistency of jam.
Serve warm or cold. Keeps in a sealed container in the fridge for a week or two, if it lasts that long.
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Texas enters the high tech age
First telegraph company in Texas chartered
January 05, 1854
On this day in 1854, the first telegraph company in Texas was chartered. The Texas and Red River Company opened its first office in Marshall on February 14, offering patrons connections with New Orleans via Shreveport and with Alexandria, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi. Wires were strung from treetop to treetop, and in many instances telegraph operators closed the offices and rode along the lines to make repairs when the wind swaying the trees caused breaks in the wires. By 1870 there was an estimated 1,500 miles of telegraph wire in Texas. Expansion was rapid up to 1890 as the transcontinental railroads completed lines across the state. By 1943 the Western Union Telegraph Company, which had begun operating in Texas in 1866, was the only telegraph company still operating in the state. The company closed the Marshall telegraph office–the oldest in the state–in 1972. -
Gig’em Aggies!
Add Oklahoma to the teams that do not believe Johnny Manziel when he says he probably runs a 4.5 or 4.6 40-yard dash. He may join Robert Griffin III and Michael Vick as the only quarterbacks to break the list of the fastest 40 players to be legitimate NFL and FBS football players, and when he beat the Oklahoma defense with a 34-yard touchdown pass, the Cotton Bowl was over at 41-13. He finished with 287 yards on 34 passes (8.4 yards per attempt) to add to his 229 yards on 17 rushes (13.5 yards per carry). Manziel broke the Cotton Bowl record for most total yards. He also broke former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer’s record for most total yards in a season by a Heisman winner.
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He may join Robert Griffin III and Michael Vick as the only quarterbacks to break the list of the fastest 40 players to be legitimate NFL and FBS football players
Whoa now, Aggies earned the right to stand up and moon the rest of us for doubting but maybe we can hold off on any NFL enshrinements just yet.
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Bacon Jam
1 lb good-quality bacon
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup coffee
1/4 cupmapleBlue Ribbon Cane syrup or honey
Slight Alabama Modification. 😉
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Plus, he’s Canadian.
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The Ikea Monkey is Canadian.
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One of my cousins and her husband standing in line at the Central Florida Gun Show this morning. Thanks, Bronco!
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No, this is not a parody:
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The actual article is about the Whiskeypalians and their infatuation with Central American Marxism in the 80s (Marxism with salsa) and how that led to their one-sided love affair with the “Palestinians”. As one commenter puts it:
The problem with the ancient church is that it trucked with absolutes with no concept of moral nuances or how situations affect ethics. Luckily, we have the Episcopal congregation to show us where Christ erred and how to strive for the perfection he would have preached about if only he knew better. Our modern theologians have learned that the Church can grow only if it’s not weighted down with all that Christianity.
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Hamous:
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This was the heyday of “Liberation Theology,” fruit of the fad at the time known as the “Christian-Marxist dialogue,” though I always thought the idea of “Christian Marxism” made about as much sense as Jewish Nazism, while “Liberation Theology” was best described as “Marxism with Salsa.”
Paging “Reverend” Wright
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#17 hamous
Sounds like the bubbleheaded priestess-wannabe needs to read up on Church Doctrine.
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For many years there has been no shortage of anti-Americanism in the Mainline Protestant churches, with the Episcopalians leading the way and the South American Catholics joining in.
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#20 Wagonburner
Also paging the Brothers Berrigan, those madcap purveyors of the Catholic Left from that era. Apparently their influence has not vanished completely in some quarters. Fits right in the Obama playbook. 🙁 -
New reality show to be aired on the Oxygen Network has one segment of the community all astir.
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Best friends graduating from medical school at the same time decided that in spite of two different specialties, they would open a practice together to share office space and personnel.
Dr. Smith was the psychiatrist and Dr. Jones was the proctologist; they put up a sign reading: “Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones: Hysterias and Posteriors”. The town council was livid and insisted they change it.
The docs changed it to read: “Schizoids and Hemorrhoids”. This was also not acceptable so they again changed the sign to read “Catatonics And High Colonics” – no go. Next they tried “Manic Depressives and Anal Retentives” – thumbs down again.
Then came “Minds and Behinds” – still no good. Another attempt resulted in “Lost Souls and Butt Holes” – unacceptable again! So they tried “Nuts And Butts” – no way. Freaks and Cheeks – still no good. “Loons and Moons” – forget it. Almost at their wit’s end, the docs finally came up with:
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I’m off to Hobby Lobby. Gotta get some stuff for making baby stuff. And stick my (middle) finger in the eye Obamacare.
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Ummmm….
LD’s the one who’s supposed to be nesting.
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TT’s ode above could work for chocolate too. 🙂
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This is how a BLT should be executed.
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#29 WB:
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#29 What he said; 😀
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Don’t drink and fly like an idiot.
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DAYAAM, my ship has come in; “Husain Abdulla Salman Mohamed
Shaikh” majed citizen of KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN, has a great business proposition for me, 35% of 20 million British Pounds! I can’t wait to send him my banking info. I mean CRAP with a name like that he’s gotta’ be the real deal. 😉 -
Don’t mess with Girls with Guns.
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I got some generically colored baby yarn for some booties and stuff. And some other yarn to make a shawl for church. That building can be a meat locker some Sunday mornings. I usually go with my pashmina (kinda a large scarf that can be used for head or shoulder covering) just in case, and one morning I actually had it over my head and ears, and as much of my shoulders as possible. I’m thinking I’ll be like my friend – she keeps one in her car all the time, so she’ll never be without one for mass.
As for nesting, it’ll be kinda hard. They plan on moving next June or July, and she’s due at the end of July. They can collect stuff, but setting up the new nest may be a bit of a challenge. If she’s like her Momma, she’ll need an extra dolly to carry her baby tummy around. -
Mother takes out home intruder with her
screams for help.38.But the man eventually found the family.
“The perpetrator opens that door. Of course, at that time he’s staring at her, her two children and a .38 revolver,” [Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman] told Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh.
The woman then shot him five times, but he survived, Chapman said. He said the woman ran out of bullets but threatened to shoot the intruder if he moved.Gun. Control.
Hitting body mass, running out of bullets, and keeping enough cool to threaten the bad guy with more punishment.“My wife is a hero. She protected her kids. She did what she was supposed to do as a responsible, prepared gun owner,” [the woman’s husband] Donnie Herman said.
Commenters have overwhelmingly agreed with the husband thus far– one Savannah Morning News reader even posting a similar story illustrating the importance of the woman’s firearm.
In the other report, after an unarmed woman’s home was robbed, she was the one who ended up in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.I wonder if he would have broken into their home with a crowbar if he knew she had a gun? Or would he have gone next door?
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Here’s one for the cat lovers. A cat sneaks into a Brazilian jail with contraband taped to its body.
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Yea for the Texans They live to play next week.
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All that BLT needs is a greasy fried egg, over hard!
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And mayo, baby.
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#39 #40 Yup, a man after my own heart. 😉
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Slater– who was taken to the hospital with punctured lungs, a punctured liver, and a punctured stomach….
The intruder attempted to flee in his car but crashed into a wooded area and collapsed..Hmmm. The .38 didn’t really get the job done.
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We sure could have used the Green Bay offensive line back when we played the Vikings.
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There were comments about the “aim”. I’m sure some of the commenters were right when they said she was probably nervous. I notice that she kept enough cool to continue threatening the creep even when she knew she was out of bullets.
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Squawk: That cat is much more attractive than Barf Kitty. I’m just saying.
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Lovely Daughter would be greatly offended.
Well, that IS one ugly cat.
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Low Information Voter thoughts. You have to read these!
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Green Bay lives to play next week, 24-10. On to San Francisco. 🙂 Vikings go home for the off season.
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Good morning, Hamsterville.
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Well Nancy Pelosi is talking to some old dead white guy on the tube and just blamed Bush for the crappy economy. Dang, I guess that it’s “Four More Years” of blaming bush! Unbelievable!!!
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#42 Shannon
The woman done good, keeping the thug from attacking her and her children, but she wasn’t a vey good shot.Ummmmmm
Slater– who was taken to the hospital with punctured lungs, a punctured liver, and a punctured stomach….
The intruder attempted to flee in his car but crashed into a wooded area and collapsedShe was a dang fine shot with a .38 revolver huddled in an attic. That’s at least 3 shots directly in center mass in a circle about 12″ in diameter, every one of them hitting a vital organ.
The .38 did not get the job done.
There’s a line I love in one of the Dirty Harry movies. Tyne Daily’s character says to Harry
“So you’re big bad Dirty Harry Callahan and his big bad .44 Magnum. Why do you carry that cannon when everybody on the force carries a .38 or .357?”
His reply:
“Because I hit what I shoot at.”
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#56 Sarge, he also said; “A 357 magnum is a good weapon, but I’ve seen 38’s bounce off of windshieds. No good in a city like this.”
I always remembered it because it’s so simple, yet a lot of people wouldn’t think about it. The low velocity 38 hitting a hard slanted windshield was not a good plan. 😉 -
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My daighter bought a .38 Sp + P.
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G’Morning All
48 squawkbox says:
January 5, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Uhhhh tedtam
Have you checked on barf kitty lately?Best cat pic ever!
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Abbott lays it on the line:
WOAI LOCAL NEWS
Texas A.G. Abbott: I’ll Go to Court to Block Any Congressional Gun Ban
Friday, January 4, 2013
Jim Forsyth
Congress may be ramping up to consider gun restrictions in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says the proposals being discussed now are unconstitutional, and he says he will ask the courts to throw them out if they are approved, 1200 WOAI news reports.
“I’ve been to the Supreme Court twice,” Abbott said in an interview with 1200 WOAI’s Joe Pags.. “I can tell you that these laws that try to restrict our gun rights violate the Second Amendment guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms. The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken on this issue twice.”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) has already indicated that she will try to ban the ownership of so-called ‘assault weapons.’ U.S. Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-New York) is proposing bill to ban high capacity magazines. President Obama has indicated that he plans to fast track a gun restriction, even though the White House hasn’t said what proposal it will support.
Abbott says whatever is passed will be a waste of taxpayers time and money, because it won’t pass Constitutional challenges, and he says gun restrictions are ‘illogical,’ pointing to the twin cities of El Paso Texas and Juarez Mexico.
“Guns are banned in Juarez, guns are legal in El Paso,” he said. “But El Paso is far safer than Juarez.”
He says there has not been any effort ever to restrict gun ownership in the United States which has resulted in a reduction in street violence. In fact, he pointed to Chicago and New York City, both of which have among the country’s most restrictive local gun regulations, as examples.
“Two places that are two of the most dangerous cities in the United States are two places which have tried to place serious restrictions on guns, to no effect, to no consequence,” he said. “It is clear that gun restrictions are not successful.”
Abbott said the logic behind anti gun measure escapes him.
“For something like the past eight or nine years, there have been more people killed by clubs and hammers than there have been by rifles,” he said.http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=119078&article=10672432#ixzz2HCpVXj9F
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Obama Begins Push for New National Retirement System
A recent hearing sponsored by the Treasury and Labor Departments marked the
beginning of the Obama Administration’s effort to nationalize the nation’s
pension system and to eliminate private retirement accounts including IRA’s
and 401k plans, NSC is warning.
The hearing, held in the Labor Department’s main auditorium, was monitored
by NSC staff and featured a line up of left-wing activists including one
representative of the AFL-CIO who advocated for more government regulation
over private retirement accounts and even the establishment of
government-sponsored annuities that would take the place of 401k plans.
“This hearing was set up to explore why Americans are not saving as much for
their retirement as they could,” explains National Seniors Council National
Director Robert Crone, “However, it is clear that this is the first step
towards a government takeover. It feels just like the beginning of the
debate over health care and we all know how that ended up.”
A representative of the liberal Pension Rights Center, Rebecca Davis,
testified that the government needs to get involved because 401k plans and
IRAs are unfair to poor people. She demanded the Obama administration set up
a “government-sponsored program administered by the PBGC (the governments’
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation).” She proclaimed that even “private
annuities are problematic.”Much, much more in detail:
http://www.nationalseniorscouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:obama-begins-push-for-new-national-retirement-system&catid=34:social-security&Itemid=62 -
Remember, the next someone tells you, “go fly a kite”, think about this !
The guy flying the 3 kites is in his 80s, and he’s from Canada. He comes to the Washington State International Kite Festival every year. His skin is like leather as he normally flies with his shirt off. He is deaf, so when he flies people hold their hands up and wave them for applause. He flies 2 with his hands and the 3rd one is attached to his waist.
You gotta watch to the end to see the amazing landing of that last kite! I would have those kites so tangled up, you could never get them separated again! And of course, make sure the volume is turned up because the music is wonderful and totally reflects the soaring of the kites. Be sure to watch on full screen.
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The best thing that ever happened to pistol technology was when the Army started issuing .38 caliber revolvers to the troops.
Unfortunately, the decision was the worst thing to happen to troops trying to defend themselves against crazed Muslim suicide terrorists in the Phillipines—the round just wasn’t taking them down.
God is to be thanked for giving us John Browning who took the Army’s request for a semi-automatic pistol to compete with European designs and combined it with a round that posessed power that, at the time, nobody thought advisable to use in such a platform. The birth of the Colt M1911 and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) round gave soldiers and civilians a pistol and a cartridge that was, and remains, superior to all others as a personal defense firearm. Countless lives have been saved as a result.
Women in particular should be drawn to this weapon for self defense. Any advice given to a woman that she should use a cartidge of lower power because of her sex should be given the same treatment one would give if the advice were to walk on hot coals to treat athlete’s foot. There is absolutley nothing to be afraid of with the M1911 or the .45 ACP cartridge that practice and training cannot defeat. -
Yeah, well, the daughter couldn’t pass up a good deal on the .38 from a friend in a financial bind.
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Well;
When it comes down to brass tacks, anything that will puncture lungs, livers, and stomachs is likely to make the recipient cease his hostile intent. But to rely on that in a situation where your life literally hangs in the balance, demolishing lungs, livers, and stomachs is a better course. -
But to rely on that in a situation where your life literally hangs in the balance, demolishing lungs, livers, and stomachs is a better course.
Piercing foreheads works pretty darned well.
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Center mass—always. As long as the perp is more interested in getting to the hospital once things get punctured—like the one in question was, she’ll be OK.
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Hobby Lobby overrun.
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Yeah, I’ll just tell her it’s got to be a head shot.
Several.A couple of shots to center of mass to slow the perp down then a little focus to stop it, permanently. A hot lead lobotomy, if you will.
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Taken from police dashboard cameras. Y’all drive safe now, ya hear.
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Sarge, the reporting on this case is all over the place, but many said and still say the perp was hit in the face and neck. Don’t you aim for the chest to bring him down?
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January 6, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Sarge, the reporting on this case is all over the place, but many said and still say the perp was hit in the face and neck. Don’t you aim for the chest to bring him down?You aim for what’s called “center mass”. That’s the portion above the gut and below the shoulders. It presents both the largest (therfore easiest to hit) part of the body and it contains all of the vital organs. But this is also where cartidge power comes into play as center mass, when presented to you the same way an attacker will, is protected by bones and heavy cartelidge. The bullet must first defeat the ribs and associated cartelidge in order to do damage to the vital organs. One way of doing that is mulitple shots into the same area. The first shot theorhetically stops or slows forward motion along with breaking the bones, the second and subesquent shots then, again theorhtically, have an easier time getting through to the vitals.
The perp in question had vital organs that were “punctured”. Without know for sure, I would surmise that given the round in question at least a couple of these punctures were caused by broken bones rather than bullets.
Let it be said that any firearm that causes physical damage to an attacker is to be preferred over not having one at all. Training and practice is really the key. Knowing your weapon an its capabilities and how to employ them to thier greatest effect will actually be more effective than anything else. The Zodiac Killer did all his killing with a punky .380, which under most circumstances is a poor self defense weapon. But he knew how to employ it so as to deal a fatal blow almost every time.
That being said, having a weapon that will make up for any nervousness or unanticipated conditions only adds to the chances of survival and may possibly overcome any lapses in training.
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8 more years?
WELCOMEH.J.Res.15 – Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.J. Res. 15 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 15
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the
limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2013
Mr. Serrano introduced the following joint resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the
limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
“Article–
“The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the
United States is hereby repealed.”.
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8 more years?
Zero chance they could get 3/4 of the states to ratify it.
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Zero chance they could get 3/4 of the states to ratify it.
There was a time when I would have whole heartedly agreed. I doubt with the pubbies in the congress right now that it will go much further than committee, but I tell ya Hammie this is not the America we knew even 8 years ago. I did not think Obama would be re-elected for a second term either.
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Also, Serrano has introduced the same resolution every session since 1997. “Referred to committee” = never see the light of day.
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Yabbut in the past there was zero zilch nada news play. Yanno how these things go, float it in the news punch bowl and see who drinks. If it gets a favorable reaction the push begins.
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Squawk – I have no doubt we are well on our way to some bastardization of aristocracy and socialism where idiots like Bronco fancy themselves as “elite”. A repeal of the 22nd probably will come. Not in our lifetimes, though.
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Yanno how these things go, float it in the news punch bowl and see who drinks.
Yanno like throw a bunch of speedos against the wall and see which sticks.
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Let’s run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it
Let’s drop it in the pool and see if it makes a splash
Let’s put it in a saucer and see if the cat licks it up
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A repeal of the 22nd probably will come. Not in our lifetimes, though.
Again, in days past I would have whole heartedly agreed. There has soooo much happen that even I said “never in my lifetime” has come to pass. Hell Broncoco AND the Republicans have tossed the Constitution out the window why bother with a formal amending of the Constitution now? I do not trust this Congress to block anything even this easy to block. Just my pessimistic point of view.
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I can actually envision a lawsuit before the supremes saying that the Constitution is not Constitutional and Roberts giving the majority opinion that the American people have spoken and he is trying to adjust bad law.
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I can envision a bounty on Justice Roberts, possibly in my lifetime.
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mharper42
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Why? There really was not that big of a fuss when Roberts declared and amended OhBroncoco care. Sure there was some grousing but where is the outrage today? I am still urinated off about it, but most folks have adopted a we are screwed attitude and moved on. Just like the new tax hikes, all we are left with is laughing at the idiots that are now waking up to reality. An “I told you so” victory don’t mean much and we have been telling them so for the past 5 years and yet here we are. -
BTW I AM NOT ARGUING ANYTHING HERE. Just sharing my thoughts.
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We have enough low information, taking members of society of the right color or supporting the right color (i.e., white guilt, liberal elitist) that I fear this will get some play.
Don’t know that it will succeed, but I agree with the above. I didn’t think TBO had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting reelected. Life is stranger than fiction. -
Re: car accident compilation
I saw that video some time ago. The explanation I saw with it was that it was from Russia, where bad roads and bad driving are so common, and the insurance agencies so reluctant to pay off claims, that many cars now have dashcams so they can prove their case to the insurance companies for payment on claims.
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I stayed up late watching “Red Corner” on TV. (I have a hard time going to bed in the middle of a movie.) For a movie on the subchannel 2.2 (This TV), it was pretty good. Gere played an American businessman trapped in the Chinese “justice” system after being framed for murder. His court appointed advocate was a female, the actress’ name was Bai Ling. It drove me nuts all during the movie, trying to figure out where I’d seen her before. I could see her face, in a very emotional outburst, but I could not figure out what I was “seeing” her say or where I’d seen her say it. It was driving me just a little crazy. I just looked it up, and now I know – she was Tuptim in “The King and I” starring Jodie Foster. I have that DVD, and have watched it several times.
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Tedtam
RE: Hairy scary accident vidiot
Watching the tractor trailer accidents in that show makes me count my blessings. I thank God that with all the years I was in trucking the worst thing that ever happened to me was a fender bender in a parking lot. I came seriously close to a couple of those things happening to me but God’s grace and mercy prevailed. I say that because in all rights i should have been involved.
Let me push home a couple points
1. NEVER cruise on the right side of a truck. Because most truckers are right handed and if trouble occurs they will pull to the right to escape. Truckers have a longer blind spot on the right.
2. NEVER cruse closer than 10 car lengths behind a truck. You may think you can stop in time under ideal conditions should the truck slam on its breaks, but his inability to slow quickly does work against you if you are behind. Trust me on this one.
3. Avoid cruising on the left side. It is natural when looking in a mirror to look to the rear of the truck first “over” looking vehicles in the center of the trailer. You do it too when you look in your mirror. Your first glance is to the rear of your car and you miss the car or vehicle that is on the outside edge of your view in the mirror.
4. SWALLOW your ego and if the truck goes by you, slow down and let him get way ahead. If you pass a trucker get several car lengths in front of him, you DO NOT want him on your bumper without 5 cars in between you especially if you are doing 55+ mph.
Best rule of thumb about trucks is STAY AWAY FROM THEM. In a wreck you are gonna lose. -
Our neighbor is a trucker. Hubby has to pull a gooseneck trailer with backhoe and other equipment. If a trucker has his blinker on, I slow down and let them into the lane. I feel so sorry for them – they need so much room and the four-wheel drivers are so rude. I never underestimate the trucker’s ability to maneuver or stop.
I also don’t underestimate the stupidity of the driving public. We had a guy working for us who had a fender bender with a woman who cut in front of him during rush hour and then slammed on her brakes. He tried to stop straight, and he did, but in spite of his relatively slow speed he still bumped her rear bumper. She actually told him “that since his vehicle was bigger, she thought he had bigger brakes and could stop faster”. That incident also almost made us get dashcams for our vehicles.
I’ll bet she’s a LIV (low-information voter). Or a OV (Obama voter). The terms are interchangeable. -
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Best rule of thumb about trucks is STAY AWAY FROM THEM. In a wreck you are gonna lose.
Yep. The laws of physics are not suspended for your stupidity, rudeness, or lack of judgment.
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Rand Paul for President?
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If Paul Rand thinks we need someone a little more Libertarian, how does he explain how that party including Papa Rand has never won more than a few %?
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#100, cuz I gots more to say: What hit me about those high-speed crashes was how the vehicles disintegrated into small rubble. The one-wheeler looks stable in easy traffic but you would prolly be a goner if someone in a car or truck creamed you.
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Yep. The laws of physics are not suspended for your stupidity, rudeness, or lack of judgment.
I’m afraid to say many times they are. Lots of seasoned idiots out there.
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Crushed unicorn dreams, or Obama: The Sequel – Eyes Wide Open. Finally.
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So, uh, uh, that unicorn methane isn’t really a rainbow??
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Well my water heater gve up the ghost for the 2nd time in less than 8 years – DAMMIT! It looks like I am about to drop a couple large on a tankless water heater and a whole house water softener. My attic is a place designed in the darkest pits of hell and I do not envy anyone having to work up there.
Word of caution to all: If you have the slightest bit of claustrophobia do not go to the Ikea on I-10 and Silber! When you decide to leave and get off the 2nd floor you will still have to make at least 25 turns to find an exit and walk the length of the store at least 3 times. The fire marshall needs to shut them down, the place is a friggen hazard and it is abusive to the customers by design. It has seen me for the last time. -
Bones: See any monkeys looking out into the parking lot while you were there?
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Great kite video. If I was in that competition I would have folded my kites and gone home. Totally wonderful.
I could share a few near miss stories from my days behind the wheel of the big rig but to someone who’s been there they would be – “yep, been there, seen that,” and to someone who hasn’t lived the life it would “BS” that doesn’t happen. BTW – ice road truckers, BTDT and that show is BS. A tree faller buddy and I actually met because of Axe Men. It was on TV where we were and I was laughing out load and he looked T’ed off. He asked was I was laughing and I said the show was BS, he was mad because that’s what he did for a living and the show was disgusting him with it’s phoniness. -
Too weird.
My water heater is going, too.
But I figure I have a 2-3 more months.
Problem is, I don’t think I can pack ’em in and out myself this time. -
RE the inherent dangers of big rigs (trucks)…………if I could youtube from my mind’s eye only all the pieces, parts, even complete WHEELS I’ve seen come loose from large trucks thereby becoming instant missiles of mahyem (when there was no ongonig accident taking place) more folks would understand to just stay clear of and as far from trucks as safely possible.
I won’t pass a truck at all until traffic ahead clears far enough for me to completely pass a truck from back to front and in a hurry -
RE: water heaters in attic
All builders who put water heaters in attics should be lined up and shot. Or at least smacked roundly. By every plumber who has to change ’em out, and every homeowner whose home has been flooded by a failed attic water heater.
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Tedtam:
I once refused to buy a house because it had an attic water heater. Everything else was perfect, but the stupid water heater was a deal breaker. I told the seller that I would buy immediately if they would move the stupid thing to the garage, or discount the selling price by the necessary amount. They said I was crazy, so I walked away. -
All builders who put water heaters in attics should be lined up and shot.
Unless it’s a tankless.
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I talked to Lovely earlier. She’s discovering her “pregnancy foods”. You know, the ones that push the upchuck button.
When I was pregnant with her, I felt nauseous off and on all day, never threw up, but I lost all interest whatsoever in Chinese food. I loved it, would eat it every day if I could, and then overnight – pfft. It didn’t make me feel sick, I just didn’t want it. -
You wimmins are weird.
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I’ve heard it said that pregnant women are so different, we’re like a third gender.
As for being weird, you try redesigning your body and dealing with the rampaging hormones. Tell you what, even better, go stand in front of Lovely or any other pregnant woman, and tell her you think they’re weird. You won’t be standing long. -
I think he meant weird generally.
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what he said
Tell you what, even better, go stand in front of Lovely or any other pregnant woman, and tell her you think they’re weird.
When Yellow Hair was gestating one of the fruits which sprang forth from my loins, I made what could be considered an indelicate remark. The resulting chase scene resembled a concrete truck chasing down an SUV. None of it was pretty.
I learned a very important lesson that day – one which I have passed along to many pre-fathers. Pregnant wimmins lose very little speed when they are in a family way. They do lose significant cornering capability.
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Late hello Hamsters. Been watching the playoff games today and Downton Abbey tonight.
About those attic water heaters…. We learned they are a hazard when it leaked in our first house and the overflow pipe in the pan it sat in was plugged with insulation. Result was waterfall down the cupboard doors in the front bathroom and ruined wallpaper. Current house that we built has the water heater in the garage; also a 10-gallon heater under one sink in the master bathroom that is at the opposite end of the house from the main heater. It supplies hot water long enough for hot water to get to the master bath from the garage. We also have the well water holding tank in the garage instead of sitting out in a little shed. And I guess the smartest thing we did was have two septic systems, one for the kitchen/half bath/laundry end ot the house and the other for the bedroom side.
That has been a life saver several times when one side was not functioning. -
From RealClearMarkets:
There were 3.3 million fewer Americans working last month than there were back in November 2007, which was more than five years ago. In the interim, America’s worlking age population grew by 11.4 million.
So, how were the December employment numbers? They were terrible. December was an awful month, capping a horrendous first Obama term in office. The current jobs situation could only be seen “good”, or even “OK”, by someone drunk on Obama’s “new normal”.
December, America’s working-age population went up by 176,000. On the margin, only 15.9% of these people found jobs. For Obama’s first term as a whole, our adult population increased by 9.3 million, and (incrementally) not one of these new potential workers found a job. In fact, total employment actually declined by 64,000 over the past four years.
In America’s entire post-war history, nothing like this had ever happened before. The record for the fewest jobs created in a presidential term had been held by Bush 43. In his first term in office, total employment rose by only 1.82%. During Obama’s first term, the total number of jobs fell by 0.04%.
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