Thursday “Are you smarter than a 9th Grader?” Open Comments

PreConf Puzzle Jan 2013
PreConf Puzzle clues Jan 2013
It’s not the best copy, but here’s what my class had to do last night. Can you complete the puzzle?
Click on the image to enlarge.
HInt: I’m Catholic. I’ll even give you one. I pull a lot of articles from Envoy magazine. You’re on your own with the rest.
UPDATE: We found a typo, dang it. The intersecting square of 2 Down and 8 Across is both E and I. I guess that’s what I get for doing this late at night. Anyway, that’s your second hint.
And I didn’t even include sola fide or sola scriptura….


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  1. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    So which 9th grader found the typo?

  2. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    But Miss Crazy Aunt, this is too hard.

  3. Hamous Avatar

    Patty, the last surviving Andrews Sister has died.

  4. Tedtam Avatar

    #4
    Wussy.
    I started giving answers out toward the end of class, and when I got to “magisterium” I heard the comment “That was the easiest one!”
    And there’s another answer for the Couch.

  5. Hamous Avatar

    The first policy fiction is a secure border. The White House will claim the border is secure. The Republicans will claim it is not. The border will never be made impenetrable and we will proceed down this distracting, argumentative line to no end.
    The second policy fiction is premised on the “jobs Americans won’t do” which is more accurately described as “jobs Americans won’t do at that price point.” Employers must prove that no American could be found to do the job the illegal alien would otherwise do. This is impossible, absurd, and turns employers to liars in the pursuit of running their business. The aggrieved can turn on the employers and potentially cost them all sorts of civil and criminal penalties.
    The most significant policy fiction is premised on the idea of reform. The plan does nothing to address the black market for unskilled, low cost migrant work. It does nothing to deal with the long delays in the present immigration system. It does nothing to actually solve our immigration problems, but hides behind the construct of “comprehensive” reform. Along the way, it potentially adds more people to already overwhelmed entitlement programs, but then that too is another kicked can.
    The desire to “just do something” overwhelms Washington too much. This immigration plan gives orgasmic relief to that desire, but in all the hype and show does nothing to address the real needs of employers and the hopes and dreams of those still longing to come to United States whose wait will now most likely be extended and grow even more complex.
    Immigration is an issue that keeps hispanic voters from trusting the GOP. Many call it a “gateway” issue. I get that. But pandering in the name of a solution does not actually fix the problem. This is just another policy debate the Democrats can use to get the GOP to fight itself. The GOP should pivot to actually fixing the immigration problem, not just addressing the here and now.

  6. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    Oh c’mom Hamous. Be reeeeesonable, not raaaaaacist. I mean look at how diligently the Government of both parties has enforced current immigration law. Its just unreeeeeeesaonable (but raaaaaacist) to even THINK that they wouldn’t enforce any reeeeesonable new laws.
    Jeez.
    You Conservatives are so unreeeeeeeeesonable.
    And raaaaaaacist.

  7. Tedtam Avatar

    If y’all remember, we briefly housed a young man who then went into the Army. He’s now at West Point, and he posted this on his Facebook page. He assures us it is much harder than it looks. He used bleeped out words to describe it.
    I think I’d be falling down about 15 seconds into this.

  8. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It’s really pretty shocking when you think about how much crap is peddled out there as “settled science” and “confirmed by overwhelming concensus”. Atmosperic carbon dioxide, human caloric intake, the mere presence of inanimate firearms increases danger, carbohydrates and sugar are harmless things…yada, yada, yada.

    But a new study at Petach Tikvah’s Beilinson Hospital says that for the elderly, higher levels of cholesterol mean a longer life, not a shorter one. A five year study of elderly patients with an average age of 82 showed that those with higher cholesterol levels, including higher LDL levels, lived longer than those with lower levels.
    Those taking part in the study were being treated at Beilinson for a range of conditions – not including heart problems or other cholesterol-related problems, and none were given any cholesterol-reducing drugs. All patients in the study were suffering from diseases that are common among individuals in later old age, and all were considered having an equal chance of surviving by doctors.Thus, the study isolated cholesterol as a factor that could be studied independently.

    From the new Dr. Steve Sinatra & Dr. Jonny Bowden book:

    MYTH: High cholesterol is the cause of heart disease.
    FACT: Cholesterol is a fairly insignificant player in heart disease.
    MYTH: High cholesterol is a good predictor of heart attacks.
    FACT: High cholesterol is a lousy predictor of heart attacks. Half the people admitted to hospitals with heart disease have normal cholesterol, and plenty of people with elevated cholesterol have perfectly healthy hearts.
    MYTH: Lowering cholesterol with statin drugs will prolong your life.
    FACT: There is no data showing statins have any impact on longevity.
    MYTH: Statin drugs are perfectly safe.
    FACT: Statin drugs have significant side effects, including loss of memory and libido, muscle pain and fatigue, and approximately 65 percent of doctors don’t report those side effects, according to a 2007 study.
    MYTH: Statin drugs are appropriate for men, women, children and the elderly.
    FACT: The only group in which statins have been shown to have even a modest effect is in middle-aged men who’ve already had a heart attack. If you’re not in that group, you’ve got no business on a statin drug.
    MYTH: Saturated fat is dangerous.
    FACT: Saturated fat is mostly neutral and may even have some health benefits. A recent peer-reviewed study has shown no association between saturated fat and heart disease.
    MYTH: The higher your cholesterol, the shorter your lifespan.
    FACT: In the Framingham Study, the people who actually lived the longest had the highest cholesterol.
    MYTH: A high-carbohydrate diet protects you from heart disease.
    FACT: Diets that substitute carbohydrates for saturated fat may actually increase the risk for heart disease.

  9. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #10 Texpat: Big Pharma makes billions by promoting things that keep people unhealthy and in need of medication, but not dying. Cholesterol is produced by the body as a response to systemic inflammation. This inflammation is typically caused by sugars, alcohol, white flour and overly processed foods. Other causes are infections. Cholesterol is analagous to firemen responding to a fire; sending the noisy firetrucks and firemen home may make things quieter for a while but it does nothing about the fire. Having a cholesterol reading below 100 is like running your car on 3 quarts of oil instead of 5.

  10. Hamous Avatar

    #8 Sarge
    This sums up what’s wrong with the entire political class:

    The desire to “just do something” overwhelms Washington too much.

    We heard it yesterday in the gun control debate. It’s a tried-and-true script: parade out children with sad clown faces, aggrieved minorities, sad puppies with yellow matter custard dripping from their eyes, brain-damaged ex-congresswomen, etc., pack the gallery with last night’s Lilleth Fair audience, then put on your best sad Sarah McLachlan face and plead “Won’t YOU do something??? If not now, when? If not you, who?” while playing a pensive soundtrack in the background.

  11. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Some more hints:
    7 across: “wagon”
    22 across: “graveyard”
    42 across: “oldnun”
    3 down: “dontsmitemelord”
    10 down: “buzzkill”
    27 down: “Jewish”

  12. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Are ya nuts? Expecting non-Catholics to work a Catholic vocabulary puzzle?

  13. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Most of it is intuitively obvious to casual observers.
    The rest is easily looked-up here. 😉

  14. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Arabs get their panties in a bunch again.
    Over a Coca-Cola ad.

  15. Katfish Avatar

    #10 – BLESS you Brother!!
    “Hello Domino’s? This will be for delivery…………..”

  16. Hamous Avatar

    I’ve had what is considered extremely high cholesterol (above 250) for about 25 years that I know of. For 15 years I’ve listened to doctors, friends, and family tell me I must get on statin drugs immediately because my cholesterol is high. And yes, they all put on their sad clown faces and plead “But we don’t want you to die!!!” I don’t want to die either but I’ve steadfastly resisted. A couple of years ago, independent of my doctor, I paid to have a whole battery of tests run focused on my circulatory system. The verdict? No sign of heart disease. No high blood pressure. No sign of blockage. No plaque build-up. No risk of stroke. The only outlier they could find? High cholesterol.

  17. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    #10: Excellent post. When I had a couple of strokes a few years back the docs prescribed a ton of medication. After researching what they had told me to take I told them to go pound sand. My weight is good, I exercise by default on the land, and eat right. Blood pressure is 135/80 and cholesterol is darn near 200 which used to be normal. The docs keep lowering the numbers to sell more drugs. What was normal 5 years ago is considered high now. I take no drugs and I won’t see 55 again and am healthier than people half my age.

  18. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    They’d have more success sending a buncha Southern Louisiana residents in, telling them they’re really tasty, and telling them there’s a bag limit of two.

  19. Katfish Avatar

    #16 – I hate to give huffpo any pub but here’s the ad
    (pretty funny if ya ask this old white trash raaaaaaaaaaaacist Texan cracker)

  20. Tedtam Avatar

    My students last night were fascinated with the crochet work I was doing while they were focused on their puzzles. They’d never seen it up close before. Poor, deprived kids. They can play on their smart phones all day, but can they do anything with their hands?

  21. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    The desert-dwelling arab has no chance to win because he is still living in the 11th century, while the other zany contenders are not?

  22. Tedtam Avatar

    28 Across: Suffering
    Because I feel sorry fer ya.

  23. Hamous Avatar

    #22 I guess they haven’t heard of the Cobra Effect.

  24. Hamous Avatar

    My students last night were fascinated with the crochet work I was doing

    Was it a snood?

  25. Hamous Avatar

    I’m gonna hafta bust out my Les Dudek vinyl.

  26. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #29 hamous
    bikini

  27. Tedtam Avatar

    My DRE is expecting a grandson in May. It’s a baby blanket.
    /facepalm

  28. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    s/b #28
    oopsie

  29. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    G’Morning All

    Brewmeister opens hotel and future landmark
    January 31, 1859
    On this date in 1859, William Menger opened his hotel, now a landmark, on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. In partnership with Charles Philip Degen, he also operated a brewery on the site. The hotel is one of the best-known lodging houses in Texas. Its guests have included O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), Ulysses S. Grant, and Theodore Roosevelt. The building has been remodeled many times and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Menger continues to serve as a center for meetings and other social affairs.

  30. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    #7 Hammie

    The White House will claim the border is secure.

    The truth is out there.

    WATCHDOGS TODAY: Secret government study exposes infiltration attempts by Mexican drug cartels
    The internal study was conducted by the Homeland Securities and Analysis Institute, which is an internal think tank for DHS. The study has been kept under wraps for more than a year, according to CIR. The study’s authors said there may have been many more attempts by drug cartels to infiltrate the U.S. government in addition to the 15 discussed in their document.
    “As part of lie detector tests, prospective hires have admitted to drug trafficking, human smuggling and other illegal activity, according to examples the agency previously provided to the Center for Investigative Reporting,” CIR said.
    “One applicant told examiners that he smuggled 230 people across the border and shuttled drug dealers around border towns so they could conduct their business,” CIR said. “Another admitted to various crimes, including transporting $700,000 in drug money and 50 kilograms of cocaine across the Southwest border.”
    A total of 146 agency officers and agents have been charged with or convicted of corruption-related offenses since Oct. 1, 2004. Among the offenses charged were accepting bribes to allow drugs to enter the U.S. and stealing tax money.

    http://washingtonexaminer.com/watchdogs-today-secret-government-study-exposes-infiltration-attempts-by-mexican-drug-cartels/article/2519960

  31. Hamous Avatar

    #34 And they make a good martini.

  32. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Real quick here. I did the best I could with Tedtam’s puzzle. I did not bother to look at the squares available for each answer. Here goes:

    Across:
    3. Gabriel
    5. 12
    7. Saint
    8. ?
    14. Old Testament
    16. Pope
    20. Advent
    21. ? (I knew this recently but I’ve forgotten)
    22. Purgatory
    23. Sin
    24. Apostolic
    25. Temptation
    28. ? (“Basement” 🙂 )
    31. Baptism (I’m pretty sure tha’s wrong. If wrong I actually did read about the sacraments this in the catechism on the Vatican’s website last year and I think it has to do with the desire to repent and come unto God)
    32. ?
    33. ? (I’ve no idea what the Triduum is)
    34. Mortal sin
    35. Prayer
    37. Mary (If correct I learned that from Hamous)
    39. Exodus
    40. Cross
    41. Green
    42. Saint
    43. ? (“Blessed” – lol)
    44. Aaron
    Down:
    1. Four
    2. Priesthood
    3. ?
    4. Seven (?)
    5. Trinity
    6. (Ummmmmmmmmm…I’ll go with “Envoy”? 😉 )
    9. Sanctification
    10. Doctrine
    11. ? (I should know this)
    12. Incarnation
    13. ? (“Solicitation” ?)
    15. Chapel
    17. Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts
    18. Holy
    19. Good Friday
    26. ?
    27. ?
    29. Catholic Church
    30. Gabriel
    34. Moses
    36. Red
    37. Glory

    So, am I ready to become a Catholic or what? 🙂

  33. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Hamous;
    I’ve taken a personal vow not to talk about immigration reform here until Monday. Nos veremos entonces.

  34. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    22 wagonburner says:
    January 31, 2013 at 9:11 am
    They’d have more success sending a buncha Southern Louisiana residents in, telling them they’re really tasty, and telling them there’s a bag limit of two.

    You mean like this?
    http://www.perceptivetravel.com/issues/0309/new_orleans.html

  35. OletimerLin Avatar
    OletimerLin

    This was done by Daughter Reesa’s theater group.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=47e3vjA_4uc

  36. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    And, finally, I must advocate, on behalf of our benevolent government, that, if a crazy gunman comes to your workplace with a gun, you can always cut your way through to overcoming him.
    Homeland Security has advice for confronting mass murders: scissors

  37. Tedtam Avatar

    Across:
    3. Gabriel – correct
    5. 12 – correct
    7. Saint – correct
    8. ? – I don’t accept punctuation as a valid response 😉
    14. Old Testament – close
    16. Pope – WRONG
    20. Advent – WRONG
    21. ? (I knew this recently but I’ve forgotten) – yeah, well, forgetting is no excuse!
    22. Purgatory – correct
    23. Sin – correct
    24. Apostolic – correct
    25. Temptation – correct
    28. ? (“Basement” 🙂 ) – I gave you this one up above. Go fish.
    31. Baptism (I’m pretty sure tha’s wrong. If wrong I actually did read about the sacraments this in the catechism on the Vatican’s website last year and I think it has to do with the desire to repent and come unto God) – correct
    32. ? – Again, I don’t accept punctuation
    33. ? (I’ve no idea what the Triduum is) – try looking here
    34. Mortal sin – close, very close
    35. Prayer – nope
    37. Mary (If correct I learned that from Hamous) – very good!
    39. Exodus – correct!
    40. Cross- nope
    41. Green – those are secular colors for the season, I need a liturgical color.
    42. Saint – nope
    43. ? (“Blessed” – lol) – not even close! (and that’s a hint)
    44. Aaron – correct
    Down:
    1. Four – easy peasy
    2. Priesthood – close but no cigar (I actually used this answer up above)
    3. ? – nope
    4. Seven (?) – very good!
    5. Trinity – correct
    6. (Ummmmmmmmmm…I’ll go with “Envoy”? 😉 ) 😀
    9. Sanctification – nope – hint: It’s a number
    10. Doctrine – very good!
    11. ? (I should know this) – I know, it’s all Greek to you by now, eh?
    12. Incarnation – very, very close – check the spaces and get back to me
    13. ? (“Solicitation” ?) – close
    15. Chapel – nope, looking for a more specific place than that
    17. Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts – BIBLE! – Look again, and I want one word.
    18. Holy – they are, but that’s not the answer
    19. Good Friday – nope. Actually, you should have the answer by now.
    26. ? – ?
    27. ? – try again. Find a Catholic Bible and check the TOC. Usually they are labeled.
    29. Catholic Church – Three letters. Abbreviation.
    30. Gabriel – Excellent!
    34. Moses – right
    36. Red – wrong, wrong, wrong
    37. Glory – nope, and this should be (38 down), in case you look at the puzzle
    Not bad for a non-Catholic. I’d take you in my class any time.

  38. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #39 otl
    “bayou pig” 😀

  39. Tedtam Avatar

    Darren – on second thought, I’ll give you “mortal sin”. It’s actually “mortal” because that’s what fits in the puzzle, but you had the right idea.
    I’m too dang easy.
    Oh, and you get candy.

  40. Hamous Avatar

    I noticed this in the story about what I’m sure the Obama/Media complex will classify as a Crazy Cracker:

    The gunman, identified by neighbors as Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, was known around the neighborhood as a menacing figure who once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe …

    I’ll defer to the resident plumber but I think the chances of the pipe actually being lead are very slim. More likely it was galvanized steel.
    There are other common misnomers we use frequently. Like “tin foil”. When is the last time you really had a roll of tin foil?
    A bit of trivia – the word “plumbing” comes from the fact that ancient Rome did use lead water pipes. The Latin word for the element lead is Plumbum (chemical symbol Pb).

  41. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #46 CouchMaster:

    Page Not Found
    The page you are looking for has either moved or is no longer available, but you may be interested in the content below.

  42. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    via Drudge:

    HEADLINE: Kaufman County Judge identifies assistant district attorney shot dead
    A Kaufman County assistant district attorney was shot dead outside the courthouse Thursday, spurring a complete lockdown of the grounds and an active search for the two shooters.
    /snip
    Investigators are combing through his caseload to find any suspects who may have held a grudge.

    Someone who may have held a grudge against a prosecutor?!? Are you kidding me, I mean seriously, holding a grudge against someone trying his best to lock you up for a long time? I have heard horror stories of prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense just so they can boost their own conviction rate; the actual guilt or innocence, the crucible of truth, etc are irrelevant.
    Any prosecutor who withholds exculpatory evidence from the defense and sends an innocent person to jail needs to face the death penalty.

  43. texanadian Avatar
    texanadian

    Texas D.A. shot and killed.

    A Kaufman County assistant district attorney was shot dead outside the courthouse Thursday, spurring a complete lockdown of the grounds and an active search for the two shooters.
    Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Pat Laney said the suspects ambushed the assistant DA on his way in to court and shot him multiple times at about 8:50 a.m. They then fled the scene. The courthouse was locked down and later closed for the day.

    http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Sheriff-Kaufman-County-employee-shot-near-courthouse-189198001.html

  44. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    #18 Hamous

    The only outlier they could find? High cholesterol.

    That one outlier is costing me money. I switched life insurance carriers last year and I could not get the super duper supreme class rate because of my 247 cholesterol. All my other stats were and are great so I was only bumped down one rate class. Meanwhile on the medical insurance front I opt to take some baseline health screen test to see if I can qualify for a lower monthly premium. Once again the only outlier is cholesterol so I do not get the maximum deduction possible.
    I can guarantee that I am in better overall shape than 80%+ of people in both ability and medical test results, but I still can not get the best rates. In the interim, I will continue to wait for the day that the conventional wisdom doctors finally realize their mistake of the past 50 years regarding low fat diets and the push towards a higher carbohydrate diet. I still believe it is 80% diet and 20% exercise.

  45. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #46 Hamous, Midland City Alabama is about 15 miles from my old farm house. I’m surprised that this store not getting more national media coverage. My sister drives by the scene every day going to her shop, says there’s a bunch of media vans parked out by the hiway.

  46. squawkbox Avatar

    Somebody help me out here. What is wrong with this picture?
    Must be a source of international pride.

  47. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    A comment seen elsewhere, on Hillary Clinton:

    Why not use “so what”? It was such a devastating argument in high school against parents. It’s a purely natural place to go when you are flustered and your back is against the wall, and you just don’t want to deal with it any more. It’s not like they have morality or a set definition of truth to refute the argument. Even sophistry gets exhausting after a while, the poor dears.
    It is also the words of someone in charge. Kind of like “let them eat crust [cake],”… For all that they enjoyed fighting the power, they love even more to wield it, and completely fail to see the disconnect in their own set of strictures.

  48. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Sola scriptura… isn’t that where the doctor only absentmindedly listens to your symptoms and then writes you a prescription so he can clear out space for the next patient?

  49. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Must be some kind of big doin’s over herein NO soon. Limos lined up in a big lot out by the rental car center. Lotsa dudes in baggage claim holding signs. Crazy people (more than usual) everywhere in costumes.

  50. Sarge Avatar
    Sarge

    38 Darren says:
    January 31, 2013 at 9:47 am
    Hamous;
    I’ve taken a personal vow not to talk about immigration reform here until Monday. Nos veremos entonces.

    I’ve heard that there’s going to be some time allowed to digest all of the Conservative arguments this week, then some time will be spent composing a new Talking Points Memo for distribution sometime Saturday night.

  51. Tedtam Avatar

    Ash Wednesday doesn’t start until the 13th. Maybe they’re getting in some practice beforehand.

  52. Tedtam Avatar

    Oh, crap, got my timelines screwed up again. I guess Mardi Gras time is, like, CLOSE?

  53. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #52 Squawkster
    Mondo Bizarro! 1st link yapping about 24 fingers is Arab press. Guess they don’t know the English word for both fingers and toes is digits, not fingers. 2nd link of Cuban with polydactyly does seem to be the same man as the Arab. Maybe they have sloppy journalists too.

  54. Katfish Avatar

    #56 – lessee ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm perhumps the SUPER BOWL then Mardi Gras?

  55. Katfish Avatar

    #50 – TM I realize you are discussing life ins – but as for medical coverage BEWARE!
    I recently touched base with BC/BS TX just curious if I might be able to ‘juggle’ different (read higher) deductible or coverage packages in the interest of potentially lower premiums………….sadly I learned very quickly that since the advent of ‘Oduma$$care’ ANY POLICY changes will guarantee MORE expenditure as all previous ‘grandfathered in’ caveats in place from PRE O-care go right out the window and force one into whatever madness is currently the law – SO – I’m sittin down and shuttin up and maintaining my previous coverage

  56. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    O-Care, the ACA, or better known as a big stinking pile of $#izzle; this monstrosity is forcing insurance and healthcare decisions away from professional insurance agencies and DOCTORS to DC beaurocrats, what could possibly go wrong? They did so well with Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, Post office, balancing the budget . . . . . . oh wait, never mind.

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Fat Tuesday is the final day of Mardi Gras.
    Lent begins Ash Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 and ends on Maundy Thursday, Mar 28.
    Lent is a 40 day period of reflection, penance, fasting and other observances leading up to Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Lent is observed by traditional Christian denominations – Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, among others.

  58. Tedtam Avatar

    And Shannon just hinted at another answer….

  59. Tedtam Avatar

    And I know it’s a sacrilege, but I plumb forgot about Super Bowl this weekend.
    /hiding in a corner

  60. Tedtam Avatar

    Rush just announced that Jackson has proposed seizing retirement pension funds.
    Brace yourselves…2014 can’t come quickly enough.

  61. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    New Orleans must be an absolute zoo.

  62. Tedtam Avatar

    Say it isn’t so!! The NYT would NEVER post doctored photos!!

  63. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #67 TT:

    Rush just announced that Jackson has proposed seizing retirement pension funds.

    THat lead balloon was attempted to be floated over a year ago and it was quickly shot down. Constitutionally I can’t fathom how they could justify it, further, any one who votes in favor of it puts thier very survival at risk, political and otherwise.
    Could this be the thing they will attempt to cause the armed insurrection and declare martial law?

  64. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #70: Mark Levin sounded the alarm about this on 29Nov2012.
    How can anyone but a government TN call the nationalization of 401Ks anything other than outright theft?

  65. Hamous Avatar

    but I plumb forgot about Super Bowl this weekend.

    The Super Bowl is lead-free 😉

  66. Katfish Avatar

    #72 – GEEZ Hammy – Pyro apparently aint ‘punnin’ you enough? 🙂

  67. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #67 TT
    Got a link? Who is “Jackson”? Jesse?

  68. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Tedtam #43;

    I’d take you in my class any time.

    If I had the time and resources (it’s a big travel distance) I think I’d love attending your classes.

  69. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    76
    Me, too.
    Keep the bouncers busy.

  70. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #57;

    I’ve heard that there’s going to be some time allowed to digest all of the Conservative arguments this week, then some time will be spent composing a new Talking Points Memo for distribution sometime Saturday night.

    I’ll use this time to explain my vow and myself.
    You listen to strange birdies. Have you been sipping my tea? (Crap, now I’m sounding like bobo 😯 ). I simply concluded that the tension got too high around here. I hve had lots more things to say after dropping some shrooms in me tea but my sense was to “let it go’ for now. I got a clear sense that posting my thoughts about immigration reform Just taking a break. During that break I’ll continue to do as I have been and look into depth the details of the immigration reform. Ive read through several pros and cons regarding the proposed bill an, of course, Senator Rubio. That included Erick Erickson’s piece as posted above. Right now I’m looking into the constitutional powers granted regarding immigration which I assume Marco Rubio is well aware, and to be fair, so does Mike Lee (I’d be extremely shocked if eitehr of them didn’t). This is the website I unload my politics. Other sites is for spiritual thoughts and others like facebook and my own blog (which I almost never use) for spiritual, family, and social purposes. I want to keep politcs ut of my posts from there as much as possible though I have no inherent oppostion to getting political on facebook. In fact, I enjoy the political posts here and there I do get.
    So, in the meantime, I’ll collude with demons and see where my reading takes me. If there are good talking points on a memo somewhere, I wouldn’t mind a link to it.

  71. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Shannon #64;

    Fat Tuesday is the final day of Mardi Gras.

    You know, Shannon, when I hear Mardi Gras I can’t help but to automatically think of slothful drunkeness and fornication. That’s so sad considering the origin of Mardi Gras and how powerful fasting and prayer is to building a relationship with God.

  72. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    When our neighborhood cable system goes out ( it’s nothing more than basic Direct TV cabled in from the landlord’s dish) I hook back up to the old antennae
    which gets most of the the Houston digital stations. I’ve decided to leave it that way so i can have HD for the game Sunday.
    Now I know where y’all are watching Twilight Zone and some other oldies.

  73. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    We bailed on Comcast cable last year and now I am just watching over-the-air stations using some little gadget my husband hooked up for me.

  74. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Has anybody seen anything in the LSM about Sen Menendez and underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic?

    Dominican prostitute: Sen. Bob Menendez ‘likes the youngest and newest girls’

  75. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Now I know where y’all are watching Twilight Zone and some other oldies.

    I loved that show. Netflix has it in instantstream format. I may sit with the kids sometime and watch a couple of episodes.

  76. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Katfish;
    Right from your link:

    Just stick him in the vault and lock the door.

    LoL

  77. Hamous Avatar

    I think I’m in love with the Direct TV Genie.

  78. Katfish Avatar

    #88 – seriously Hammy? (bubba you need an appt at Eyemasters STAT)

  79. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    My eyesight is fine too, but in this case the young lady’s face bears a strong resemblance to one of my daughter’s friends… who is only 13… changing the subject now.

  80. Katfish Avatar

    #90 – now in THAT example (with no putty knife needed to carve thru the makeup)………………………….not bad!

  81. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Geraldo in the Senate?
    It really is over, gang.

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