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skipper dave 2/3/2013 2:56:01 AM Report
Good Morning Sweet Soo!
Just for "That Figures" from the bald one armed sailing skipper. I was looking for your response to my post yesterday and found it prophetic it would be the last of the day. Thank you for sharing about your surgery next week that took courage. Your sensitive thoughtful reponse was just what I was hoping for. If you let us in you will find for the most part a caring supportive understanding group of individuals who will sidle up real close to you if you let them. Keep letting us know of your progress so we can cheer from the sidelines.
Oh good it's close to three in the morn which assures me of success. "That Figures" if no one has told you today them let me be the first, you are loved and you are loveable take care!
Good Morning Sweet Soo!
Just for "That Figures" from the bald one armed sailing skipper. I was looking for your response to my post yesterday and found it prophetic it would be the last of the day. Thank you for sharing about your surgery next week that took courage. Your sensitive thoughtful reponse was just what I was hoping for. If you let us in you will find for the most part a caring supportive understanding group of individuals who will sidle up real close to you if you let them. Keep letting us know of your progress so we can cheer from the sidelines.
Oh good it's close to three in the morn which assures me of success. "That Figures" if no one has told you today them let me be the first, you are loved and you are loveable take care!
Spellchecker 2/3/2013 4:11:47 AM Report
Wicket, it got too hot for Hillary so she quit at the end of Obama's first term. I guess she thought any more blunders at the State Department might destroy her chances at the presidency next time. She decided to lie low for a while as her fans continue to idolize her and talk her abilities up for her final kick at the big prize.
Wicket, it got too hot for Hillary so she quit at the end of Obama's first term. I guess she thought any more blunders at the State Department might destroy her chances at the presidency next time. She decided to lie low for a while as her fans continue to idolize her and talk her abilities up for her final kick at the big prize.
Spellchecker 2/3/2013 4:20:56 AM Report
Speaking of lying low, we didn't even see much of her during her stint at State, until she finally had to emerge after the Benghazi debacle. Good thing for her that the Americans don't seem to care that their diplomats got killed over there. It was pretty easy for the administration to sweep it under the rug.
Speaking of lying low, we didn't even see much of her during her stint at State, until she finally had to emerge after the Benghazi debacle. Good thing for her that the Americans don't seem to care that their diplomats got killed over there. It was pretty easy for the administration to sweep it under the rug.
Wisenheimer 2/3/2013 8:08:35 AM Report
The adoration from the pundits, the press, and the politicians for Hillary, after her unremarkable stint at State is both laughable and telling.
The adoration from the pundits, the press, and the politicians for Hillary, after her unremarkable stint at State is both laughable and telling.
flyhawk25 2/3/2013 8:18:09 AM Report
Good morning Spelly...nice theory about Hillary.
Here's something to consider.
Mrs. Clinton went to more countries than any Secretary of State in history. She is tired.The proof of that was what happened recently.
Secondly - perhaps the lack of outrage over the deaths in Benghazi is just 'war fatigue' from the American people.
Since 9/11 there have been so many deaths at home and abroad that the people just can't muster the energy to scream as loudly as the Republican politicians were
during their post election angst.
One American writer posits that "Americans are addicted to war" and while it is sad when anyone dies by comparison to some of the things they see each day at home this is sadly not worth their getting as outraged as opposition politicians or some media shills you enjoy.
I hope this helps.
Throw another log on the fire and check the harbor.We have a date with the Skipper when it thaws.
Good morning Spelly...nice theory about Hillary.
Here's something to consider.
Mrs. Clinton went to more countries than any Secretary of State in history. She is tired.The proof of that was what happened recently.
Secondly - perhaps the lack of outrage over the deaths in Benghazi is just 'war fatigue' from the American people.
Since 9/11 there have been so many deaths at home and abroad that the people just can't muster the energy to scream as loudly as the Republican politicians were
during their post election angst.
One American writer posits that "Americans are addicted to war" and while it is sad when anyone dies by comparison to some of the things they see each day at home this is sadly not worth their getting as outraged as opposition politicians or some media shills you enjoy.
I hope this helps.
Throw another log on the fire and check the harbor.We have a date with the Skipper when it thaws.
theprotector 2/3/2013 8:50:24 AM Report
I guess because she was out there doing her job, far exceeding any other in that position makes her a target for the republicans and conservative morons.
Hey its nice to see harper's reforms are working...how many lay-offs this past week in the private sector? wake up you guys even his image consultants are having a difficult time with heartless brain dead tub of lard.
I guess because she was out there doing her job, far exceeding any other in that position makes her a target for the republicans and conservative morons.
Hey its nice to see harper's reforms are working...how many lay-offs this past week in the private sector? wake up you guys even his image consultants are having a difficult time with heartless brain dead tub of lard.
Grump 2/3/2013 9:07:40 AM Report
Well re Hilary while she wasn't even aware of what went down until later she took responsability for it and stepped down. I sure as hell haven't seen much else of that going on. That would be on either side of the border for a long while, certainly not a all on the Republican/ Neo-con sides. I can understand the problem you neo-cons have about principals after Bush and Harper. lol
Well re Hilary while she wasn't even aware of what went down until later she took responsability for it and stepped down. I sure as hell haven't seen much else of that going on. That would be on either side of the border for a long while, certainly not a all on the Republican/ Neo-con sides. I can understand the problem you neo-cons have about principals after Bush and Harper. lol
realitycheck 2/3/2013 9:07:47 AM Report
Spellchecker:
You always seem to let ideology cloud your judgment. Both Republicans and Democrats do some good things. You will note from the following that even someone from the Bush administration can acknowledge what Clinton did. Why is it so hard for you to do the same?
“Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good,” said Richard L. Armitage, deputy secretary of state during the George W. Bush administration. “But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.”
In an administration often faulted for its timidity abroad, “Clinton wanted to lead from the front, not from behind,” said Vali R. Nasr, a former State Department adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan who is now the dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Spellchecker:
You always seem to let ideology cloud your judgment. Both Republicans and Democrats do some good things. You will note from the following that even someone from the Bush administration can acknowledge what Clinton did. Why is it so hard for you to do the same?
“Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good,” said Richard L. Armitage, deputy secretary of state during the George W. Bush administration. “But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.”
In an administration often faulted for its timidity abroad, “Clinton wanted to lead from the front, not from behind,” said Vali R. Nasr, a former State Department adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan who is now the dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Spellchecker 2/3/2013 9:08:50 AM Report
You're right about the war weariness, flyhawk. The pride of their power has been broken (Leviticus 26:19) and they are spending their strength in vain. Even the little dictatorships are spitting in their faces now. North Korea and Iran are taunting them and China is encouraging it.
You're right about the war weariness, flyhawk. The pride of their power has been broken (Leviticus 26:19) and they are spending their strength in vain. Even the little dictatorships are spitting in their faces now. North Korea and Iran are taunting them and China is encouraging it.
Spellchecker 2/3/2013 9:16:09 AM Report
China and Japan are scrapping over some islands out there in the Pacific now. Watch the US back out of its commitment to its Japanese ally and send Japan into the arms of the forming Asian power bloc.
China and Japan are scrapping over some islands out there in the Pacific now. Watch the US back out of its commitment to its Japanese ally and send Japan into the arms of the forming Asian power bloc.
realitycheck 2/3/2013 9:26:11 AM Report
For anyone interested in climate change.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hC3VTgIPoGU?rel=0
For anyone interested in climate change.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hC3VTgIPoGU?rel=0
Grump 2/3/2013 10:01:42 AM Report
Spelly China and Japan have been fighting over territory prior to WW1 and the serious fighting stopped after WW 2. You may be one of the few who even gives it a notice.
Spelly China and Japan have been fighting over territory prior to WW1 and the serious fighting stopped after WW 2. You may be one of the few who even gives it a notice.
Pink Peony 2/3/2013 10:31:20 AM Report
Saw this link on another site. There's 4 videos regarding St. Mary's Paper. Pretty neat. I like the music they've chosen too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/huronstproperties
Saw this link on another site. There's 4 videos regarding St. Mary's Paper. Pretty neat. I like the music they've chosen too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/huronstproperties
right wing 2/3/2013 10:39:49 AM Report
Yes "they" just can't seem to make up thier minds on ice calving, a natural process that has been going on a long, long, long time.
Nasa reported on CBC News in November 2011 that a crack in the Pine Island ice shelf is widening by 1.8 metres each day. This is expected to break off an iceberg that is 50 per cent bigger than the city of Toronto by 2012.
"In this case, the process is considered unrelated to climate change — the Pine Island ice shelf is known to periodically calve off large icebergs, most recently in 2007.
However, the larger glacier that the ice shelf is part of shows what NASA calls "one of the most significant climate change response trends that scientists see worldwide."
The glacier was measured to have lost 46 gigatonnes of mass in 2010 or the equivalent of 46 trillion litres of water. That's a huge increase in its melt rate — in 2005, it lost just six gigatonnes."
So if "we" have seen it happen before and know it does occur then it is "considered unrelated to climate change", but if it's a "new" event (new to the observers) and bigger or faster than ever observed by man before than it is part of the climate change world wide.
Wow, now climate change is selective.
Well grant money is, that's for sure.
Yes "they" just can't seem to make up thier minds on ice calving, a natural process that has been going on a long, long, long time.
Nasa reported on CBC News in November 2011 that a crack in the Pine Island ice shelf is widening by 1.8 metres each day. This is expected to break off an iceberg that is 50 per cent bigger than the city of Toronto by 2012.
"In this case, the process is considered unrelated to climate change — the Pine Island ice shelf is known to periodically calve off large icebergs, most recently in 2007.
However, the larger glacier that the ice shelf is part of shows what NASA calls "one of the most significant climate change response trends that scientists see worldwide."
The glacier was measured to have lost 46 gigatonnes of mass in 2010 or the equivalent of 46 trillion litres of water. That's a huge increase in its melt rate — in 2005, it lost just six gigatonnes."
So if "we" have seen it happen before and know it does occur then it is "considered unrelated to climate change", but if it's a "new" event (new to the observers) and bigger or faster than ever observed by man before than it is part of the climate change world wide.
Wow, now climate change is selective.
Well grant money is, that's for sure.
northernmale 2/3/2013 10:43:03 AM Report
this was on the news site .. Hobbema reserve in Alberta South of Edmonton.. Had a shooting of a 16 year old boy, also in the last year a 3 year old and a 23 year old. Police believe it is gang related.Now here is the best part the chiefs of this reserve are passing a law that anyone suspected to be in a gang will be banned from the reserve.. What the hell is with that?? So then it becomes Edmontons or some other places problem.. I am sure every town would love to send there criminals some place else also. What a joke.. But send us more money.
this was on the news site .. Hobbema reserve in Alberta South of Edmonton.. Had a shooting of a 16 year old boy, also in the last year a 3 year old and a 23 year old. Police believe it is gang related.Now here is the best part the chiefs of this reserve are passing a law that anyone suspected to be in a gang will be banned from the reserve.. What the hell is with that?? So then it becomes Edmontons or some other places problem.. I am sure every town would love to send there criminals some place else also. What a joke.. But send us more money.
Wisenheimer 2/3/2013 11:00:07 AM Report
Kissinger's Shuttle Diplomacy makes Hillary's wanderings look anemic. She was thrown a bone by Obama and her tenure will not be historically significant. You're welcome.
Kissinger's Shuttle Diplomacy makes Hillary's wanderings look anemic. She was thrown a bone by Obama and her tenure will not be historically significant. You're welcome.
right wing 2/3/2013 11:18:11 AM Report
Wisen
But Hillary traveled more place than anybody and she is tired, just look what happened.
Flyhawk said so and he is buds with Obama.
I've read some sappy crap excuses for a politicians shortcomings before but that one is a huge pile of crap, pass the kleenex box I'm getting all teary eyed.
Wisen
But Hillary traveled more place than anybody and she is tired, just look what happened.
Flyhawk said so and he is buds with Obama.
I've read some sappy crap excuses for a politicians shortcomings before but that one is a huge pile of crap, pass the kleenex box I'm getting all teary eyed.
Bad Dawg 2/3/2013 11:21:23 AM Report
We do it with child molesters. They can't live in certain places why not with gang members??...... exile them to the north pole.
We do it with child molesters. They can't live in certain places why not with gang members??...... exile them to the north pole.
flyhawk25 2/3/2013 12:01:11 PM Report
" a huge pile of crap"...this from our site expert on all things but especially crap.
The fact is Hillary traveled more than any other Secretary of State.
My opinion of her is that she is policy pimp for the US global agenda.
I also believe she is one tough shrewd broad who has bigger balls than both her boss and the last guy in that office.
Like so many insecure males who snipe at her behind the screen of secrecy on here our neo-con eunuchs snipe, giggle and run.
Mrs. Clinton would treat them just like she treated those dummies at the hearing.
With the disdain they deserve.
" a huge pile of crap"...this from our site expert on all things but especially crap.
The fact is Hillary traveled more than any other Secretary of State.
My opinion of her is that she is policy pimp for the US global agenda.
I also believe she is one tough shrewd broad who has bigger balls than both her boss and the last guy in that office.
Like so many insecure males who snipe at her behind the screen of secrecy on here our neo-con eunuchs snipe, giggle and run.
Mrs. Clinton would treat them just like she treated those dummies at the hearing.
With the disdain they deserve.
right wing 2/3/2013 12:21:47 PM Report
No surprise there, Liberals usually marry tough shrewd broads who have bigger balls them them.
Where do you think the phrase "hiding behind a skirt" comes from.
So she traveled, big deal.
When the traveling got equated to "the poor thing is just exhausted...look what happened to her" the crap pile got real large.
No surprise there, Liberals usually marry tough shrewd broads who have bigger balls them them.
Where do you think the phrase "hiding behind a skirt" comes from.
So she traveled, big deal.
When the traveling got equated to "the poor thing is just exhausted...look what happened to her" the crap pile got real large.
Big Bad Bob 2/3/2013 12:25:55 PM Report
right wing
Although I have no opinions to offer on ice calving, I wish to make a few comments on your response to my post of yesterday.
1. As the old saying goes, “If you throw a stone into a pack of dogs, the one who yelps is the one who gets hit.”
2. My reference to the differences between the United States and Canada in the context of the rights of our First Nations was because of certain posters who insist upon talking about the history of Canada’s relations with the its native population as if it is identical to that of our neighbours to the south with theirs. A classic example of this was when one poster began yapping a few days ago about how our First Nations had been “conquered,” which is not the case. (No so-called “battle” like Wounded Knee ever occurred in our country.) Meanwhile, although the British “conquered “ the French in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, no Canadians born in our country ever conquered anybody as part of its internal history and development.
3. As for your red herring about “Quebec French” and “France French,” the point of which I fail completely to understand in the context of my post of yesterday, for me francophone Canadian citizens are every bit as Canadian as I am and anybody French, wherever he or she happens to live, is a citizen of France, which is something different. France, by the way, was not the only inadequately prepared European country to be overrun during Hitler’s blitzkrieg, and he was already preparing to move across the Channel to the United Kingdom until, fortunately for the United Kingdom and the rest of the world, he changed his mind and invaded the USSR where his armies continued to rampage until Old Man Winter bogged them down at Stalingrad (1942-43) and the tide began to turn.
4. As for the fact that I live in France, and the reasons why I do so, I would submit that this is my business and that of the French authorities who allow me to live in their country. By analogy, the same basic situation applies to all Canadian citizens living legally abroad, wherever it happens to be.
5. Finally, concerning the United States, need I, remind you that although the Second World War commenced in September, 1939, that country didn’t get into the act until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (December ,1941). I’m of course as grateful as anyone that they did get into the act, because the war would inevitably have been longer and its outcome in doubt if they hadn’t.
right wing
Although I have no opinions to offer on ice calving, I wish to make a few comments on your response to my post of yesterday.
1. As the old saying goes, “If you throw a stone into a pack of dogs, the one who yelps is the one who gets hit.”
2. My reference to the differences between the United States and Canada in the context of the rights of our First Nations was because of certain posters who insist upon talking about the history of Canada’s relations with the its native population as if it is identical to that of our neighbours to the south with theirs. A classic example of this was when one poster began yapping a few days ago about how our First Nations had been “conquered,” which is not the case. (No so-called “battle” like Wounded Knee ever occurred in our country.) Meanwhile, although the British “conquered “ the French in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, no Canadians born in our country ever conquered anybody as part of its internal history and development.
3. As for your red herring about “Quebec French” and “France French,” the point of which I fail completely to understand in the context of my post of yesterday, for me francophone Canadian citizens are every bit as Canadian as I am and anybody French, wherever he or she happens to live, is a citizen of France, which is something different. France, by the way, was not the only inadequately prepared European country to be overrun during Hitler’s blitzkrieg, and he was already preparing to move across the Channel to the United Kingdom until, fortunately for the United Kingdom and the rest of the world, he changed his mind and invaded the USSR where his armies continued to rampage until Old Man Winter bogged them down at Stalingrad (1942-43) and the tide began to turn.
4. As for the fact that I live in France, and the reasons why I do so, I would submit that this is my business and that of the French authorities who allow me to live in their country. By analogy, the same basic situation applies to all Canadian citizens living legally abroad, wherever it happens to be.
5. Finally, concerning the United States, need I, remind you that although the Second World War commenced in September, 1939, that country didn’t get into the act until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour (December ,1941). I’m of course as grateful as anyone that they did get into the act, because the war would inevitably have been longer and its outcome in doubt if they hadn’t.
right wing 2/3/2013 12:27:24 PM Report
....and flyhawk25, Helen Reddy would be very disappointed if she knew you used the word "broad".
(although there are certain aspects of Hillary where the use of the word "broad" does work)
Your membership to her fan club would be immediately revoked.
....and flyhawk25, Helen Reddy would be very disappointed if she knew you used the word "broad".
(although there are certain aspects of Hillary where the use of the word "broad" does work)
Your membership to her fan club would be immediately revoked.
right wing 2/3/2013 12:30:32 PM Report
Big Bad Bob
Hahahaha....you wrote all of that cause I teased you about the French running.
O.K. I'm sorry I should have talked about how the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often.
Big Bad Bob
Hahahaha....you wrote all of that cause I teased you about the French running.
O.K. I'm sorry I should have talked about how the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often.
Brianne 2/3/2013 1:13:23 PM Report
Rw, don't you get tired of fighting to be on the right? Continually having to try, and try, and try to get your point across to the lefties, and they never listen ! That must be a great source of frustration, all that fighting !
;)
Rw, don't you get tired of fighting to be on the right? Continually having to try, and try, and try to get your point across to the lefties, and they never listen ! That must be a great source of frustration, all that fighting !
;)
right wing 2/3/2013 1:45:11 PM Report
Ah..."the bug"...
What would we do without the bug.
This room is bugged.
My computer has a bug in it.
Cute as a June bug.
Eyes were bugging out.
bed bug
bugaboo
bugbear
flu bug
travel bug
don't let the bedbugs bite
put a bug up your a**
don't bug me
bug off
stomach bug
Ah..."the bug"...
What would we do without the bug.
This room is bugged.
My computer has a bug in it.
Cute as a June bug.
Eyes were bugging out.
bed bug
bugaboo
bugbear
flu bug
travel bug
don't let the bedbugs bite
put a bug up your a**
don't bug me
bug off
stomach bug
flyhawk25 2/3/2013 2:29:22 PM Report
Here's a bit of reality for the anti-Obama disciples of nonsense reasoning.
1.The US economy is improving.Apparently in spite of this president but when it tanked it was his fault.
2.Guns don't kill people any more than spoons make people fat.
3.Even as the GOP is beginning to realize from within its elected ranks that they have become the Party of No some still think obstructing every idea this two term president has is good and the will of the people.
4.Global warming is just a cyclic problem and now apparently it is our turn to be dinosaurs.
5.While they continue to act as the police for countries with resources they covet they think that armed citizens in America will keep them safer than trained police professionals.
6.Opening controlled avenues to citizenship for immigrants will be too costly for taxpayers but no one wants to pick his own strawberries.
7.Raising the minimum wage will cause the economy to stop growing but moving jobs offshore is a good idea.
8.When taxes increase it is because of the unrealistic demands of civil servants.
9.Universal health care will ruin America.
10.God is white, male and has blessed America because most of them look like him.
I probably missed another ten but that should pull some of the swamp dwellers away from the Super Bowl mania to froth through their con cueso dip - another truly red blooded American delicacy.
Here's a bit of reality for the anti-Obama disciples of nonsense reasoning.
1.The US economy is improving.Apparently in spite of this president but when it tanked it was his fault.
2.Guns don't kill people any more than spoons make people fat.
3.Even as the GOP is beginning to realize from within its elected ranks that they have become the Party of No some still think obstructing every idea this two term president has is good and the will of the people.
4.Global warming is just a cyclic problem and now apparently it is our turn to be dinosaurs.
5.While they continue to act as the police for countries with resources they covet they think that armed citizens in America will keep them safer than trained police professionals.
6.Opening controlled avenues to citizenship for immigrants will be too costly for taxpayers but no one wants to pick his own strawberries.
7.Raising the minimum wage will cause the economy to stop growing but moving jobs offshore is a good idea.
8.When taxes increase it is because of the unrealistic demands of civil servants.
9.Universal health care will ruin America.
10.God is white, male and has blessed America because most of them look like him.
I probably missed another ten but that should pull some of the swamp dwellers away from the Super Bowl mania to froth through their con cueso dip - another truly red blooded American delicacy.
mallet 2/3/2013 2:32:56 PM Report
Big Bad Bob...
Sorry, old chap, but I cannot let that one go, Hitler did not change his mind on invading the U K. I think you will find that the R A F had a bit to do with that, in that the Luftwaffe did not have control of the sky over the intended landing areas. You may wish to get the film "The battle of Britain" or any of the book regarding that topic.
Big Bad Bob...
Sorry, old chap, but I cannot let that one go, Hitler did not change his mind on invading the U K. I think you will find that the R A F had a bit to do with that, in that the Luftwaffe did not have control of the sky over the intended landing areas. You may wish to get the film "The battle of Britain" or any of the book regarding that topic.
shakespeare 2/3/2013 3:09:26 PM Report
mallet: according to Rommel's papers left after his forced suicide, the Churchill speech "We shall fight them on the beaches ..." had a palpable effect on Hitler, as well.
mallet: according to Rommel's papers left after his forced suicide, the Churchill speech "We shall fight them on the beaches ..." had a palpable effect on Hitler, as well.
old-cat33 2/3/2013 3:19:12 PM Report
"We shall fight on land, in the air and on the sea." Famous words of Sir Winston Churchill.
"We shall fight on land, in the air and on the sea." Famous words of Sir Winston Churchill.
mallet 2/3/2013 3:37:47 PM Report
Flyhawk25...
RE. Obama..
#1 No he was not to blame but I don't think his ways of dealing with it were 100% right.
#2 I have yet in my lifetime to see a gun itself shoot anyone. It's a piece of wood and metal, and has no ability to do anything unless a human being is holding it.
#3 I think they realise it is not going to work to derail all Obama's ideas.
#4 I think that there are cycles to weather patterns like "el Nino and El Nina" and that warming will be followed by another Ice Age, I think they have found fossils of tropical plants in the Artic.
#5 Not quite sure I understand that question??
#6 Yes. I understand that the Latino/Mexican birthrates are much higher than the other ethnic groups and will cost more than the lower wage earners will pay in taxes.
#7 Yes and No. Raising minimum wages has always been seen as a bar to lower wage hiring, you not heard the screams from businesses here on that, and no sending jobs off shore has never been a good idea as far as the country goes.
#8 No. raising taxes has always been due to demands for services that are not always necessary.
#9 Yes I think so. We only have to look at the cost of health care in our country to see how much of every tax dollar it costs..
#10 I do not know, I have never met that Diety yet, but tell you what, if I meet him first I will come back and tell you, if you do first you come back and tell me... on second thoughts a foto will suffice...
Flyhawk25...
RE. Obama..
#1 No he was not to blame but I don't think his ways of dealing with it were 100% right.
#2 I have yet in my lifetime to see a gun itself shoot anyone. It's a piece of wood and metal, and has no ability to do anything unless a human being is holding it.
#3 I think they realise it is not going to work to derail all Obama's ideas.
#4 I think that there are cycles to weather patterns like "el Nino and El Nina" and that warming will be followed by another Ice Age, I think they have found fossils of tropical plants in the Artic.
#5 Not quite sure I understand that question??
#6 Yes. I understand that the Latino/Mexican birthrates are much higher than the other ethnic groups and will cost more than the lower wage earners will pay in taxes.
#7 Yes and No. Raising minimum wages has always been seen as a bar to lower wage hiring, you not heard the screams from businesses here on that, and no sending jobs off shore has never been a good idea as far as the country goes.
#8 No. raising taxes has always been due to demands for services that are not always necessary.
#9 Yes I think so. We only have to look at the cost of health care in our country to see how much of every tax dollar it costs..
#10 I do not know, I have never met that Diety yet, but tell you what, if I meet him first I will come back and tell you, if you do first you come back and tell me... on second thoughts a foto will suffice...
mallet 2/3/2013 3:50:09 PM Report
Shakespeare and Old Cat...
Old Winnie always did have a nice turn of phrase, his "I have nothing to offer except blood, sweat, toil and and tears" was one of his most raising in my opinion. I do not think there has been an orator of his likes in the U K since, maybe Maggie, but I don't think she every was as good. I would put M L King in the same rank as Old Winnie and maybe J F K, but never was a fan of his old man. But today I don't think there are any with the same rousing ways, except of course dictators who have no one to quiet them...
Shakespeare and Old Cat...
Old Winnie always did have a nice turn of phrase, his "I have nothing to offer except blood, sweat, toil and and tears" was one of his most raising in my opinion. I do not think there has been an orator of his likes in the U K since, maybe Maggie, but I don't think she every was as good. I would put M L King in the same rank as Old Winnie and maybe J F K, but never was a fan of his old man. But today I don't think there are any with the same rousing ways, except of course dictators who have no one to quiet them...
shakespeare 2/3/2013 4:40:26 PM Report
On the issue of guns killing people, I'm sure glad the Vancouver stabber didn't have a gun!
On another note, I would think the last place I would be going with a PTS victim would be a firing range with any kind of gun.
On the issue of guns killing people, I'm sure glad the Vancouver stabber didn't have a gun!
On another note, I would think the last place I would be going with a PTS victim would be a firing range with any kind of gun.
T-rat 2/3/2013 4:43:26 PM Report
re: rw
Had to cut out early yesterday, so I missed the later gems posted. Going on today I couldn't believe the pathetic,attempts at humour by rw in labelling the French military, (soldiers) in blanket fashion as cowards.
"How the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often." - rw
"France French shoot over their shoulders while they run." - rw
Wow. I couldn't believe that somebody could make remarks like that that are in such poor taste.....and all in a terribly failed attempt to show off his cutting wit.
FYI: In WW I, France mobilized more than 8.4 million military (mostly army). By 1918, there were more than 1,357,800 dead, an additional 4.266 million wounded, and 557,000 missing or taken prisoner. That's 6.16 million casualties (about 74%), the highest of any nation in that war. And the rate is so high not because they ran but because they obeyed the orders of idiotic and inept field marshalls and generals who thought they could defeat the Germans through attrition by ordering massive head-on attacks straight into the onslaught and against deadly machine guns and poison gas. Human flesh doesn't handle machine gun bullets very well.
Keep up the cheap shot sniping about everything 'left' but keep your vile, derogatory and misguided humour about millions of dead and wounded French soldiers to yourself, et mange la merde!!
re: rw
Had to cut out early yesterday, so I missed the later gems posted. Going on today I couldn't believe the pathetic,attempts at humour by rw in labelling the French military, (soldiers) in blanket fashion as cowards.
"How the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often." - rw
"France French shoot over their shoulders while they run." - rw
Wow. I couldn't believe that somebody could make remarks like that that are in such poor taste.....and all in a terribly failed attempt to show off his cutting wit.
FYI: In WW I, France mobilized more than 8.4 million military (mostly army). By 1918, there were more than 1,357,800 dead, an additional 4.266 million wounded, and 557,000 missing or taken prisoner. That's 6.16 million casualties (about 74%), the highest of any nation in that war. And the rate is so high not because they ran but because they obeyed the orders of idiotic and inept field marshalls and generals who thought they could defeat the Germans through attrition by ordering massive head-on attacks straight into the onslaught and against deadly machine guns and poison gas. Human flesh doesn't handle machine gun bullets very well.
Keep up the cheap shot sniping about everything 'left' but keep your vile, derogatory and misguided humour about millions of dead and wounded French soldiers to yourself, et mange la merde!!
Snobank 2/3/2013 4:58:37 PM Report
`Found on the `net: ``Let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools even though I don`t personally have a kid in school.
I don`t like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people.``
`Found on the `net: ``Let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools even though I don`t personally have a kid in school.
I don`t like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people.``
Pegasus2 2/3/2013 5:09:22 PM Report
Keep up the cheap shot sniping about everything 'left' but keep your vile, derogatory and misguided humour about millions of dead and wounded French soldiers to yourself, et mange la merde!!
T-rat:
Second that.
Keep up the cheap shot sniping about everything 'left' but keep your vile, derogatory and misguided humour about millions of dead and wounded French soldiers to yourself, et mange la merde!!
T-rat:
Second that.
shakespeare 2/3/2013 5:13:37 PM Report
T-rat: similar to the "terribly failed attempt at cutting wit" in yesterday's last post with the inordinate number of hysterical haha's and the hilarity at my "indignance". It's funny, I've never heard that word. I think he'll laugh at your "indignance", too. T-rat.
T-rat: similar to the "terribly failed attempt at cutting wit" in yesterday's last post with the inordinate number of hysterical haha's and the hilarity at my "indignance". It's funny, I've never heard that word. I think he'll laugh at your "indignance", too. T-rat.
Snobank 2/3/2013 5:21:41 PM Report
Since no one seems to disagree that right wingers make better soldiers, wouldn`t it make sense to draft them and send them to the front in time of need.
Since no one seems to disagree that right wingers make better soldiers, wouldn`t it make sense to draft them and send them to the front in time of need.
statusquo 2/3/2013 5:40:40 PM Report
T-rat,
"How the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often." - rw
"France French shoot over their shoulders while they run." - rw
You have to understand the pathological ineptitude of rw in order to understand him.
The old adage about the French as surrender monkeys or the Italians for that matter is pure bullshit...but it's catchy and garners an audience.
The French had no other choice but to surrender in WW2.
They were outsmarted and overrun by superior German tactics.
The Italians never were prepared for war and were under-equipped and could not wait for the whole spiel to be over.
But rw likes Hollywood and Ronald Reagan.
As the saying goes..."The victors write history". But in war there really isn't any victor. Everybody loses to some extent.
When you're dealing with someone that thinks FOX has a "News" channel and Rush Limbaugh has more salience than "Jersey Shore" you have to adjust your response accordingly.
T-rat,
"How the French get sunburn on their hands from holding them up in the air so often." - rw
"France French shoot over their shoulders while they run." - rw
You have to understand the pathological ineptitude of rw in order to understand him.
The old adage about the French as surrender monkeys or the Italians for that matter is pure bullshit...but it's catchy and garners an audience.
The French had no other choice but to surrender in WW2.
They were outsmarted and overrun by superior German tactics.
The Italians never were prepared for war and were under-equipped and could not wait for the whole spiel to be over.
But rw likes Hollywood and Ronald Reagan.
As the saying goes..."The victors write history". But in war there really isn't any victor. Everybody loses to some extent.
When you're dealing with someone that thinks FOX has a "News" channel and Rush Limbaugh has more salience than "Jersey Shore" you have to adjust your response accordingly.
mallet 2/3/2013 5:53:34 PM Report
Snobank...
There was a suggestion put up that those that start wars (i e Politicians) be the first invited to fight, but of course that was turned down, and the person who put forward the suggestion was sent to a mental institution for the rest of his life. He was of course a social activist and liberal thinker.
Snobank...
There was a suggestion put up that those that start wars (i e Politicians) be the first invited to fight, but of course that was turned down, and the person who put forward the suggestion was sent to a mental institution for the rest of his life. He was of course a social activist and liberal thinker.
statusquo 2/3/2013 6:00:18 PM Report
Shakespeare,
"indignance" is right next to "refudiate" and "Russia".
Also worth reading is the second edition of "Biblical Truths"...a collection of oxymorons .
It tackles weighy subjects such as " The Global Warming Lie" and the "Fallacy of Evolution" and how to save more and live better by shopping at Walmart , switching your Netflix account to an U.S version so you can watch "Swamp People, unedited" and a plethora of other gems.
Worth every penny!
Shakespeare,
"indignance" is right next to "refudiate" and "Russia".
Also worth reading is the second edition of "Biblical Truths"...a collection of oxymorons .
It tackles weighy subjects such as " The Global Warming Lie" and the "Fallacy of Evolution" and how to save more and live better by shopping at Walmart , switching your Netflix account to an U.S version so you can watch "Swamp People, unedited" and a plethora of other gems.
Worth every penny!
flyhawk25 2/3/2013 6:09:27 PM Report
mallet...thank you for a thoughtful and reasoned response.
I hope to comment later after Super Bowel XXXLLLCC901...but for now - if I see Ray Lewis praise Jesus one more time I will pule purple.
mallet...thank you for a thoughtful and reasoned response.
I hope to comment later after Super Bowel XXXLLLCC901...but for now - if I see Ray Lewis praise Jesus one more time I will pule purple.
shakespeare 2/3/2013 7:00:00 PM Report
Shakespeare on conservative soldiers:
PRINCE HENRY
I did never see such pitiful rascals
FALSTAFF
Tut, tut, good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder. They’ll fill a pit as well as better. Tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.
Henry IV, Part 1
Shakespeare on conservative soldiers:
PRINCE HENRY
I did never see such pitiful rascals
FALSTAFF
Tut, tut, good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder. They’ll fill a pit as well as better. Tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.
Henry IV, Part 1
Pink Peony 2/3/2013 7:23:17 PM Report
Flyhawk
"I hope to comment later after Super Bowel"
Super Bowel, what's that? Is that a disease?
Flyhawk
"I hope to comment later after Super Bowel"
Super Bowel, what's that? Is that a disease?
mallet 2/3/2013 7:30:32 PM Report
T Rat...
A quick History lesson...
The First World War was the first war fought in the mechanised age, all before were foot and horse wars, and the Generals who commanded the troops had no idea of the way to do things differently. The Machine gun and magazine rifle ruled the battlefields until such time the Tank came along, and helped the foot soldier. Came WW2 and the allies having been starved through the Great depression of funds for Armies, Navies and Airforces played or tried to play catchup to Hitlers Germany which had used those years to build up armed forces which no one at the time could match. Why? well at any one time the Armed Forces/Industrial base makes up approx 25% of the countries work force, and Hitler had to put the country to work to make his dreams come true after the Versille Treaty had cost Germany most of its industrial base. Then of course in 1941 you could buy a Chevy easier in Berlin than you could in London, until December the 7th, and then Hitler made the mistake of Declaring war on the U S of A. Then of course it was a whole different war. The Canadian debacle at Dieppe, not Canadas fault, but one that was made to show Stalin that a second front could not be undertaken at that time (politics again) however the RAF and the USAF were doing their airwar over Germany at great cost (see the USAF memorial just outside Cambridge). Then of course comes D Day and the liberation of Europe, a few hiccups along the way Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden. And then the division of Europe into East and West for a few decades.. And now Europe is one big market/trading area, with a single currency, except the U K, which has kept the pound.. This year is the 70th annivesary of the Battle of Stalingrad, which was the basic turning point in the war on the Eastern front for both Russia and Germany being the loser. I have left out the campaigns in North Africa and Italy as they did not really have any real affect on the outcome...
T Rat...
A quick History lesson...
The First World War was the first war fought in the mechanised age, all before were foot and horse wars, and the Generals who commanded the troops had no idea of the way to do things differently. The Machine gun and magazine rifle ruled the battlefields until such time the Tank came along, and helped the foot soldier. Came WW2 and the allies having been starved through the Great depression of funds for Armies, Navies and Airforces played or tried to play catchup to Hitlers Germany which had used those years to build up armed forces which no one at the time could match. Why? well at any one time the Armed Forces/Industrial base makes up approx 25% of the countries work force, and Hitler had to put the country to work to make his dreams come true after the Versille Treaty had cost Germany most of its industrial base. Then of course in 1941 you could buy a Chevy easier in Berlin than you could in London, until December the 7th, and then Hitler made the mistake of Declaring war on the U S of A. Then of course it was a whole different war. The Canadian debacle at Dieppe, not Canadas fault, but one that was made to show Stalin that a second front could not be undertaken at that time (politics again) however the RAF and the USAF were doing their airwar over Germany at great cost (see the USAF memorial just outside Cambridge). Then of course comes D Day and the liberation of Europe, a few hiccups along the way Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden. And then the division of Europe into East and West for a few decades.. And now Europe is one big market/trading area, with a single currency, except the U K, which has kept the pound.. This year is the 70th annivesary of the Battle of Stalingrad, which was the basic turning point in the war on the Eastern front for both Russia and Germany being the loser. I have left out the campaigns in North Africa and Italy as they did not really have any real affect on the outcome...
flyhawk25 2/3/2013 8:21:57 PM Report
Pink Peony...used for a purpose.
It is half time and of the 70,000 in attendance I'm guessing 50,000 are drinking, 10,000 are waiting to get more food and 10,000 are lined up at a washroom.
In bars and homes around the world 1.4M are flushing at the same time while the half time show is ignored.
God bless America.
Pink Peony...used for a purpose.
It is half time and of the 70,000 in attendance I'm guessing 50,000 are drinking, 10,000 are waiting to get more food and 10,000 are lined up at a washroom.
In bars and homes around the world 1.4M are flushing at the same time while the half time show is ignored.
God bless America.
T-rat 2/3/2013 8:30:48 PM Report
Mallett: you're preaching to the converted. I do know my war history, which is why I could never forgive the idiocy of both French and British commands during WW I. While they quickly learned that cavalry and colourful red and blue uniforms....and no steel helmets were no match for what the Germans were throwing at them, they showed no tactical genius, and never learned that repeatedly throwing thousands of brave mean directly into the face of dug-in,belching machine guns was a complete waste of human life. But hey, decisions made safely back at the chateau, miles from the fighting caused them no pain. Hell, the first and foremost tactician in that bloody shambles of a war was a Canadian, Sir Arthur Currie, who involved all of his officers and NCOs and took a little hill called Vimy Ridge that both the British and French commands had wasted tens of thousands of lives on.
Mallett, if you're facing west on the shore of Superior or thereabouts, I think we're almost neighbours.
Mallett: you're preaching to the converted. I do know my war history, which is why I could never forgive the idiocy of both French and British commands during WW I. While they quickly learned that cavalry and colourful red and blue uniforms....and no steel helmets were no match for what the Germans were throwing at them, they showed no tactical genius, and never learned that repeatedly throwing thousands of brave mean directly into the face of dug-in,belching machine guns was a complete waste of human life. But hey, decisions made safely back at the chateau, miles from the fighting caused them no pain. Hell, the first and foremost tactician in that bloody shambles of a war was a Canadian, Sir Arthur Currie, who involved all of his officers and NCOs and took a little hill called Vimy Ridge that both the British and French commands had wasted tens of thousands of lives on.
Mallett, if you're facing west on the shore of Superior or thereabouts, I think we're almost neighbours.
nanag 2/3/2013 8:40:41 PM Report
Skipper, Pink Peony and everyone else on here that have no love of football..
I have waited for two weeks for this game..
and I am SOOOO disappointed in this game :(
I have been working ,driving, doing more since Thursday than I have for weeks and I still have 8 days of this house sitting horse sitting kid sitting as well as a full week of work to do and this thing I was looking so forward to watching is a huge disappointment.
I think I will go give the horses some oats and clean out there stalls cuz this game SUCKS
I just wanna go home and sleep in my own bed with my favorite pillow and blankey
Skipper, Pink Peony and everyone else on here that have no love of football..
I have waited for two weeks for this game..
and I am SOOOO disappointed in this game :(
I have been working ,driving, doing more since Thursday than I have for weeks and I still have 8 days of this house sitting horse sitting kid sitting as well as a full week of work to do and this thing I was looking so forward to watching is a huge disappointment.
I think I will go give the horses some oats and clean out there stalls cuz this game SUCKS
I just wanna go home and sleep in my own bed with my favorite pillow and blankey
skipper dave 2/3/2013 8:46:00 PM Report
Fly my son in-law is a marketing exec with that little beer company out of St Louise, wonder if he has the same viewpoint as yours. As an ex drunk the taste of american suds was right up there with the stench of their fags. Think it had to do with a blend of greek or turkish? I would use their beer as a mix to go with my vodka and valium. Mixed about half and half wasn't half bad and made for a short night. I would stay away from events like super bowls - didn't have the sense to pace myself and was thrown out of the game for drunk and disorderly. I mean didn't you folks drink to get falling down pissed face? Maybe thats one of the reasons I never got invited back to peoples homes?
Fly my son in-law is a marketing exec with that little beer company out of St Louise, wonder if he has the same viewpoint as yours. As an ex drunk the taste of american suds was right up there with the stench of their fags. Think it had to do with a blend of greek or turkish? I would use their beer as a mix to go with my vodka and valium. Mixed about half and half wasn't half bad and made for a short night. I would stay away from events like super bowls - didn't have the sense to pace myself and was thrown out of the game for drunk and disorderly. I mean didn't you folks drink to get falling down pissed face? Maybe thats one of the reasons I never got invited back to peoples homes?
Mr. Poster 2/3/2013 8:51:35 PM Report
WHY DOES THE HALF TIME SHOW have entertainment suited to teenyboppers. There must be someone more middle of the road than BEYONCE. All she did was run around the stage as she screamed out her music,
WHY DOES THE HALF TIME SHOW have entertainment suited to teenyboppers. There must be someone more middle of the road than BEYONCE. All she did was run around the stage as she screamed out her music,
shakespeare 2/3/2013 8:59:03 PM Report
The Superbowl is an Advertizing Main Event interrupted briefly by The Beyonce Show and a few trussed up guys who bump into each other and then generally stand around and do nothing.
Skipper: it's enough to drive anyone to drink!
The Superbowl is an Advertizing Main Event interrupted briefly by The Beyonce Show and a few trussed up guys who bump into each other and then generally stand around and do nothing.
Skipper: it's enough to drive anyone to drink!
nanag 2/3/2013 9:07:45 PM Report
Mr Poster
I agree.. all she did was run around and shake her ample butt
I know, I know most of the guys out there were probably glued to the t.v. watching her.. they should have just given her a hooker dance pole. That was crappy entertainment
Mr Poster
I agree.. all she did was run around and shake her ample butt
I know, I know most of the guys out there were probably glued to the t.v. watching her.. they should have just given her a hooker dance pole. That was crappy entertainment
old-cat33 2/3/2013 9:12:19 PM Report
A power outage to go with a boring game!! RATS! Missed the half time show due to a call out. Crap!
My hockey chums across the ditch would exchange chili recipes in the dressing room just for this crazy game!
A power outage to go with a boring game!! RATS! Missed the half time show due to a call out. Crap!
My hockey chums across the ditch would exchange chili recipes in the dressing room just for this crazy game!
nanag 2/3/2013 10:10:08 PM Report
well well well... after a bit of fresh air i am feeling much better about the game.. PVR is a great thing.. didn't miss a heartbeat
well well well... after a bit of fresh air i am feeling much better about the game.. PVR is a great thing.. didn't miss a heartbeat
Snobank 2/3/2013 10:41:16 PM Report
Referring to my way earlier post, it was just my attempt to cull the gene pool.
Referring to my way earlier post, it was just my attempt to cull the gene pool.
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