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I'm going to start this thread for a change. First, I wanted to thank all NBers that have submitted article ideas through the feedback link, private messages, or e-mail. I'd say lately up to 25 percent of my ideas come from you. Thanks.

Taking this further, I also get ideas when I happen into the Open Thread, or other articles, and find links to interesting stuff. With that in mind, if you link an article in a thread because you think readers should see it, do writers here a favor and ping us through the feedback link, PM, or EM. This way, your fascinating article will be seen by many more readers.

Thanks for your attention, and please have a wonderful weekend.

ns

Mr. Sheppard

In the forum I posted something about 24 being the first series to go carbon neutral.  It is on their website.  Almost lost my appetite, still a little queezy.

You sure wouldn't know it

You sure wouldn't know it from the headline, but Rudy was involved in this relative-wrist slap. Good thing hyperwealthy pharmaceutical executives are treated just the same as doctors in our politi...er....legal system, eh?? I'm sure political donations have nothing to do with any of this (in a pig's eye!). The best rackets are always legal....
JMR

Cost is a major issue for

Cost is a major issue for those against the Iraq war. I checked the figures to find spending to be somewhere around $6ooB.

In theme with dem tunnel vision, if one considers another perspective, prosperity as a result of protection permitted by fighting abroad, $600B becomes minuscule. Markets are now at a $3 trillion level. Deficits are dropping faster than congress's approval ratings. The buildings where some of our most productive businesses operate have been safe from attack. And the DOW continues to set record highs.

Who with half a brain would cut the $600B from Iraq and redirect it to America's poor?

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

 

THE LIBERAL #$$%^*%^ don't

THE LIBERAL #$$%^*%^ don't understand just how important it has been for the country that we have not had a military campaign of substance in the continental united states for about 140 years.

in that period of time we have had only one "smoking hole in the ground" (911).

this is really important to a country.

first, we have not had to rebuild infrastructure to recover from that type of stuff.

second, we have not had the political/social diversion that those things cause.

third, we have not had the losses to our population associated with these happenings.

 

the enemies that we fight generally don't care about the "little people".

during the Korean war the americans forced the "north koreans" to the peace table by quite simply KILLING a lot of them. then they argued about the size of the table or some such thing. then the negotiations would stop for a period of weeks. during the night the "north koreans" would make mass attacks and the next morning our guys would find thousands of dead in front of thier positions. then the PRK would come back to the talks and argue about the size of the flagpoles, the color of the paint on the walls etc.

they have not signed a peace treaty yet!!!

look at the current situation.

the people that we backed, adopted a capitalistic society and government are rich, healthy, and generally happy.

the north koreans as a group have been on starvation rations so long that they are about 4" shorter than the same ethnic group/gene pool directly to the south. (no i cannot provide sites to this statement.)

In the case of Viet Nam.

look up the city of Wei. it was the Boston of Viet Nam. (a large city of colleges, hospitals, all the good stuff.) a population of approximately 3 million. the colleges were closed, (save the buildings they're important to use for the governments purposes,) reduce the population to 750,000 (we don't talk about how) and send the non essential of those left to the fields to help harvest rice.

there are many other examples of my point.

we have not had these things happen in the united states because of the lifetime work of many individuals. most of them have been military but a number have worn suites.

in this day and age our oceans are not the barrier that they once were. we now have weapons that certain individuals can wake up on a friday morning and in a fit of religeous frenzy push a button and in about thirty minutes we too can have a radioactive smoking hole in the ground.  because they are a dark ages society they will probably have stoned the people to death that could make the thing work and so the hole rather than being in the middle of new york city (where it richly deserves to be) would probably be in the middle of boondocks pennsylvania or some such other rural place.

the military will do thier damdest to stop the weapons, but you can't build a system that can "hit a bullet with another bullet" in twenty minutes or so and so they will take the blame from the liberals that handcuffed them since the carter administration.

 some of the stuff that they didn't tell the politicians about will actually work. and so we will see politicians that are still alive because the military flimflammed them holding hearings to castigate the military for keeping them alive. standard reward the guilty, punish the innocent govt. stuff.

gotta go. the guy with the 55 gallon drums of the pink liquid is here to make a delivery.  

C

 

the people that we backed,


the people that we backed, adopted a capitalistic society and government are rich, healthy, and generally happy

Very true. And they are contributing to our economy.

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

 

Cost of the war

Cost is a major issue for those against the Iraq war. I checked the figures to find spending to be somewhere around $6ooB.

Tell those same people that the cost to Americans of the ILLEGALS here in this country is estimated to be between $300 to $400 billion a year and watch them say 'Yeah, but . . .uh, umm, err, . . . Bush is bad!!'.

D

I don't support our liberals or their mission.

That dem tunnel vision

That dem tunnel vision spins wasted taxpayer spending away to Iraq any opportunity available.

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

 

The cost issue is never an

The cost issue is never an argument I hear from people, it is alway that our soldiers should not have to die.  Blah blah blah...like they have made any sacrifice to make that decision for us all.  23 months my husband has been away from home.  He was bombed regularly.  I don't care about the money; all I care about is that something happens that benefits us (I believe they have done a lot of great work keeping the enemy busy and concentrated in the mid-east instead of in the US).  You would be surprised how many people complain to families of deployed soldiers, they think we will agree with them.  He is comming home very soon and now they all want to be out and celebrate his homecomming because it is a romantic event and it will lift them out of their depraved state, but all the while they spent bad mouthing his job and it makes me angry.  I would much rather pick him up and give them the finger.  There are many people who I am glad will be there too, but quite a few older people who think WW2 was the only noble war effort and they know all....I always ask them, "Why is it more noble to rescue Jews than to rescue Kurds or Iraqis?  Did you know there were concentration camps when you went there?  Isn't rescuing the Iraqis making it safer for Israel?  Isn't rescuing them creating a buffer zone between Iran and Israel???"  You can't win.  But no, it was noble to save the lives of all of the Jewish people and it is good that all of the Iraqis go sraight to he'l because that is what will happen if we leave, we will sentence them to death.

People with no brains employed by government. OFFICIAL.

Science has confirmed what conservatives have long suspected about the efficacy of those who work for the government...

And why it's not really a good idea for governments to run things: like Socialized National Heath Services

Finally, some light is shed on the US State Department and its brilliant "middle-east" "ideas."


A man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live an entirely normal life as a civil servant.

Scans of the 44-year-old man's brain showed a huge fluid-filled chamber took up most of his skull.

French researchers say it left room for little more than a thin sheet of actual brain tissue.

Ananova News Agency. 07/20/07

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

A quick Weekend Edition of the Shrub Report...

146 years ago today, the First Battle of Bull Run was fought.

US and Iraqi troops raided a prominent Baghdad Sunni mosque complex and detained 18 suspected militants on Saturday. Check out the acommpanying photo. Amazing.

The latest in the oh-so-honest attempt by the Left to rid us from dependency on foreign oil...

If there's raping and pillaging going on, you just know Peacekeepers are around!

Meanwhile, the non-war-on-terror continues to not-exist in Europe.

Anyone still think Ahnold is a Republican?

The US Senate is definitely flourishing under Democrat(ic) leadership...

Here in the 'Burgh, the temps were in the low 70's yesterday, and should only hit 75 today. Here is how the quite-left-of-center Post-Gazette reports it.

Today in history: 38 years ago, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first to walk  on the Moon.

Thank You Ever So Much, Rog

Today in history: 38 years ago, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first to walk  on the Moon.

I remember that....on the old black & white TV in the parentals' living room.

Okay, I guess I am now officially not a child.  I remember it like it was yesterday.

How cool is that?  Walking on the moon?

Finally, Rog....thanks for the Shrub Reports.  They're alot of fun....really appreciate your efforts in this regard, guy!

Blonde -- that's one small

Blonde -- that's one small step for a shrubb, a giant leap for shrubbkind.

But seriously, the Shrubb Reports are faked, written in an aircraft hangar in the Nevada desert.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Jack, Did you hear that

Jack,

Did you hear that the 'a' has been found after all these years? "That's one same step for (a) man one giant leap for mankind"

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

botg -- I arrogantly took

botg -- I arrogantly took the liberty of correcting one of the most famous quotes in the history of all mankind.

I think Mr Armstrong has admitted he fluffed the line. But then, he was stepping onto the moon! THE FRACKIN' MOON! 

Guided by a computer with one hundreth the power of the chip running my fridge. 

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Jack

i was being serious, there was an article maybe six months ago where through computer analysis they really did locate the 'a' which had been lost in the transmission.

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Mea Culpa -- I thought you

Mea Culpa -- I thought you were kidding!

So apart from actually being the first human being to step on another planetary body, he also got his lines right.

A seriously over-used word but

AWESOME.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Jack, you DO know that,

Jack, you DO know that, just because you live in England, you can still be found, right?

Just ignore any parked vans outside your residence this weekend, ok?

 

LOL -- dude, I'm wearing my

LOL -- dude, I'm wearing my tinfoil hat as you track me down. That will stop your evil shrubb-control mind rays.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Me too. My parents (who had

Me too. My parents (who had both just quit working up here for the old, less-romantic version of the space program that had been concerned with landing a package on Moscow) woke me up in our Coconut Grove home and had me watch it on black & white. I'm glad they did, now, and they said I'd remember it forever. Even better, I got to see BOTH Voyagers launch in person.
JMR

Sarc, Don't you wish you

Sarc,

Don't you wish you owned your parents' Coconut Grove home now?  As well as the Barry Goldwater pin?

I guess you and I are the "spacers" here...being natives.

It's part of my DNA....so I can't imagine what it must have been like for you with your parents in the actual thick of things.

Fun stuff....I may have to go rent the Apollo movie to watch on this new plasma monster.

Can you picture the B&W pic of the big hop in your mind's eye?  I can.  I'd bet today's kids couldn't even tell you what it is.  How sad.

 

That was a very modest home.

That was a very modest home. Yes, it's now worth a fortune. :) Anyway, like I said, they were involved in some of the previous efforts during the post-Sputnik over-reaction (at least, I think it may have been, as Sputnik wasn't too much!) to Russia. Secrecy was rampant at the time, and you could lose your job for talking, but everyone around here knew when something was going on because the radars would be revolving that day. The house around here on the Banana River pre-Coconut Grove probably wouldn't be worth quite as much, but would be even more fun to own. But then I'd have to move...
JMR

Sarc, When is the next

Sarc,

When is the next Shuttle shot?

And is there a way to get VIP tix?

I'd really like to see one of those close up and personal.

I saw the second one from about five miles away...awesome!  But I'd really like to do the VIP thing once.  Just because.

 

I think it's early August,

I think it's early August, I"m going to be out of town and I don't have my base connections anymore, but if you call ahead they're generally pretty nice about it. The thing is, you might be stuck up here if the weather decides it's August. In fact, it's raining now. I just wish they'd reverse policy and allow night launches again, those were the best by-far. The problem is, you can't make a coolness-factor argument to safety-nazis, and in theory launching in the daytime might be 0.001% safer...Sigh...
JMR

Me three!!

Me too.

Well me three. I remember watching that. It was amazing.

I also remember silly me running to a dark room to look at the moon, hoping I would see a glint of a reflection from the orbiter. LOL

D

I don't support our liberals or their mission.

DFTT, Sweet memories,

DFTT,

Sweet memories, yes?

Again, thanks Rog!

 

i will remember we were at

i will remember we were at Boy Scout camp Yawgoo and got to assemble in the mess hall to watch this

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

as i remember, tricky dicky

as i remember, tricky dicky gave the federal government the day off to celebrate the event.

C

makes me wonder if years

makes me wonder if years from now will people know him as BJ Billy?

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Don't forget the picnics

One of the big "What If's?"  from the Civil War is if the South had kept their momentum and went on to D.C. after their victory at Bull Run aka Manassas.  That is a question many have asked.  Who knows what would have happened.  I think it would have been more difficult than some make it seem.  I think Gen Johsnston also said after the war that he didn't think it was possible.

 How about all those people who came from D.C. to watch the battle and have a picnic?  I'm sure Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancelorville, Fredricksburg, The Wilderness, etc etc.  all had nice picnic areas for those to come and watch as well.

 "Four score and seven years ago..."Abraham Lincoln

 

This just off the

This just off the wire:

Doctors examining President Bush's colon report that, as well as polyps,  they also found his head.

And, in other news, President Cheney has moved into the Oval Office, declared martial law, dismissed Congress, and declared war on Iran. 

Better hide Spacely the

Better hide Spacely

the Chenopo will be by to round you up soon

 

First they came for the

First they came for the Jews.  Then they came for the gypsies. . .   And, then, Oh My God!, they came for ME.

You might want to consider making any controversial statements useing an alias, change your phone number frequently, and get a new social security number.

You know what,

You know what, Space?

You're even more boring now than you were as Johnbo.

 

Yawn . . . BEEELCH!!

Yawn . . . BEEELCH!!

Well...that's just exactly

Well...that's just exactly your speed.

Slow and stupid.

 

That's what you are, what am

That's what you are, what am I . . . ?

Nyaa, nyaa, nyaa 

You are

You are Lame'O.

QED.

For the non-latin translators here, "the facts speak for themselves"...or somesuch.

 

Ooooh, latin.  I am. like,

Ooooh, latin.  I am. like, so impressed - especially considering your sheltered existence in your mom's basement.

No they'll come for you

No they'll come for you first.  The jews and gypsies are part of the conspiracy along with the RNC, the non-MSM media, Ann Coulter, Major League Baseball, NRA, the entire VRWC and anyone, group or set comprised as not a member of DU or KOS 

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Good one, botg.  You're

Good one, botg.  You're well on your way to a wild-eyed, delusional state of parnoia.

Maybe some good meds would help. 

Ooooooh, Johnbo, That

Ooooooh, Johnbo,

That rapier wit of yours needs some sharpening.

 

No matter how sharp, it

No matter how sharp, it would be wasted on you, bro.

You're obviosly an idiot. 

You're obviosly an idiot.  And obtuse.  "BRO"

 

Blonde -- and he doesn't

Blonde -- and he doesn't even rise to the level of useful idiot. What a waste.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Ah, Jack Bower -

Ah, Jack Bower - NewsBuster's own Ahab in eternal wild-eyed search for the elusive great white "liberal".

You definitely qualify as someone who knows something about being a "useful idiot". 

Nu?  

Nu?

 

I warned you, but would you

I warned you, but would you listen? Nooooo, you had to hang around

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Hola, Senor Bauer. I

Hola, Senor Bauer.

I suspect this is a "thing" which ought to be referred to the "Woodshed", per our new wonderful NB site.

You are surely correct (as I'd expect each of my Brit friends to be).

I usually have Useful idiots clean my house and mow my yard.

Okay...ball is in your court....I need a really great "Britspeak" put-down here. 

Thx, Jack!

 

And you say Noel has no

And you say Noel has no sense of humor?

You are dismissed

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

then, Oh My God!, they


then, Oh My God!, they came for ME.

And unfortunately while the lights were on, there was no one home.

You've seen the spoof. Now see the spoof of the spoof on YouTube: The Clintpranos: Bada Bong

Space

Space,

A few weeks ago, you expressed surprise and dismay at how folks here refer to you as a troll. When you open a thread with such a statement about the President, is it any surprise you are characterized as such? Moreover, when the mob, carrying torches and bats, begins to pound you for your disrespect, are you going to feel they're to blame?

Just curious. ns

Noel, you've just confirmed

Noel, you've just confirmed - as if I had any doubts - that you are severely humor impaired.

But, that's Ok.  I've been brought up as a good liberal not to laugh at the laugh impaired.  Besides being politically incorrect, it's a double negative

P.S.  Isn't this blog open to various political points of view - even sarcasm and ridicule?  I certainly see plenty of pointed - even vicious - remarks about "liberals".  

P.P.S.  When I put up a post for serious discussion, that's what I'm looking for.  When I feel like making snarky remarks about, oh, I don't know, our idiot president, then, please, feel free to snark right back.  Who's afraid of a little snarkfest?

So am I, then, because I

So am I, then, because I keep looking above for any funny jokes and not finding one...And it's not like I'm thrilled with either Bush or the various RINOcandidates...
JMR

but spacey its beneath mr.

but spacey its beneath mr. sheppards principals to fight a battle of wits with a half armed man.

C

Um, PK, there was something

Um, PK, there was something "witty" in Noel's post???

And, that was exactly my point.  Noel seems incapable of wit and banter. 

YOU ask this? There is

YOU ask this?

There is certainly nothing ever witty in any of your posts, Johnbo.

Sheesh.

 

Yeah, but you gotta admit,

Yeah, but you gotta admit, he's got the "banter" part mastered, to the exclusion of all else. Including wit...
JMR

Hey, GOOD sarcasm, em,

Hey, GOOD sarcasm, em, sarcasmo.  You named yourself well.

Maybe you could evolve from

Maybe you could evolve from "Johnbo" and "Space Cowboy" to something more accurate. I suggest "Troll." But what we've all been saying is that you're not funny. Not all lefties are. You should leave humor to the professionals, like Colbert and Stewart and the writers for SNL. You're not up to their level with the banter, there's no wit/humor and yet for some reason (called "chutzpah") you're calling someone else "humor impaired." I get to make fun of that. In fact, it's often my only freakin' job around here.
JMR

Hey, thanks for pointing

Hey, thanks for pointing that out, Blonde.  I'll start looking at your posts for some pointers.

 

As well you should,

As well you should, troll.

 

Em, still looking. chirp,

Em, still looking.

chirp, chirp . . .

I do like the crickets but where's the wit and banter? ? ?  

Since you are utterly

Since you are utterly stupid...I guess you shall be looking until the cows come home, Johnbo.

Can you say "gone"?

 

Ok, now in the interest of

Ok, now in the interest of my education in wit and banter, was your post above 1) wit or 2) banter or 3) both or 4) non of the above.

Please make the answer simple so I can understand it.

Thanks, BORE, er, I mean, BRO. 

truly Blonde If it is not

truly Blonde

If it is not simple Spacely can't understand it.  That's why he is a lib

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Slip my next post (down) on

Slip my next post (down) on your foot, Bruce.

Even a vegetable would understand it....well, maybe not Johnbo.

I suspect he has the IQ of asparagas.

 

Um, Johnbo... Since you

Um, Johnbo...

Since you are obviously most galactically stupid....let me leave a trail of ALPHABET SOUP for you here.

You are BANAL and unbelievably BORING.

And not worth anyone's time here.

Keep it up....and you will be gone (YET AGAIN) from this site.

Ta ta, troll!

 

 

(sigh) Another surrender

(sigh)

Another surrender monkey leaves the field of battle. 

Thank you Johnbo, for

Thank you Johnbo, for another insight into the liberal mind.

Sheesh.  You are TOOOO bloody stupid for words.

 

Blonde Watch, now that i

Blonde

Watch, now that i have made it clear that i won't respond Spacely will be brave enough to post to me.

"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."     Einstein

Spacely,Make that

Spacely,

Make that three.  (which is also the number of my posts you avoided)

Three of us who refuse to continue to respond to idiocy.

Victory is yours

You are the KING OF IDIOTS

we abdicate any claim to a position which is undisputedly yours

 

Uh, thank you. Uh, thank you

Uh, thank you. Uh, thank you very much.

better luck next time, cowboy

Well, better luck next time, cowboy. Maybe someday you will find a friend. Must be lonely.

Actually, you're just not

Actually, you're just not very funny, or snarky.  You are, however, not unlike the dozens of whiny crybaby humor-impaired lib trolls who have come here in the past. Like it or not, you are a stereotype. Congrads.

 

 

 

Thanks, Shrub.  Just trying

Thanks, Shrub.  Just trying to keep it lively here in the NewsBuster echo chamber.

Say, you aren't related to The Shrub - AKA George Bush - are you?  And, does his genetic disposition regarding his head and his rectum by any chance run in the family?

Hey Johnbo, How's the

Hey Johnbo,

How's the therapy working for you? I see it hasn't been very effective, you still writing as if it is Jan 1, 2005.

It must get tiresome for your mom to hear you crying yourself to sleep every night.

But, hey, you have 2 1/2 years to catch up on, so suck it up and keep that double-chin up high, ok, buttercup?

No

"I've been brought up as a good liberal not to laugh at the laugh impaired.  Besides being politically incorrect, it's a double negative"

Where is the double negative?

Is it "I was brought up" and "good liberal" =  I'm feral and bad liberal?

Is it "I was brout up" and "laugh impaired" = I'm feral and laughing? 

Is it "good liberal" and "not to laugh" = bad liberal and laughing?

Is it "not to laugh" and "laugh impaired" = laughing at laughing?

Is it "good liberal" and "laugh impaired" = bad liberal and laughing?

This post is not about your political humor, just your grammar.

The double negative is 1)

The double negative is 1) the "politically-correct" dictate NOT to make fun of someone who is, 2), NOT able to understand humor.

Say, you aren't my old english teacher, Mr. Stratemore, are you?

You SAID you'd follow me to the ends of the earth to make sure I understood what a "double negative" was, and now I believe you. 

Classic versus Novel

In the traditional sense, double negatives combine (some say cancel out) to form an affirmative.  In this definition, your statement would translate as 'a good liberal will laugh at those that laugh'. 

Then there is the current missappropriation of multiple negatives to reinforce a negative, though this was popular in Shakespeare's time.  An example would be 'you don't say nothing' to actually mean 'you didn't say anything'.  This is not currently acceptable grammar. 

What your sentence structure and word selection appears closer in relation to double negatives is best said by this explanation:

Readers will also assign an affirmative meaning to constructions that yoke not with an adjective or adverb that begins with a negative prefix such as in- or un-, as in a not infrequent visitor, a not unjust decision. In these expressions the double negative conveys a weaker affirmative than would be conveyed by the positive adjective or adverb by itself. Thus, a not infrequent visitor seems likely to visit less frequently than a frequent visitor.  (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/double%20negative)

Unfortunately, 'laugh impaired' does not fit this category precisely either since it functions as a noun phrase.  More appropriate would have been '...a good liberal to never not laugh at the laughing impaired' or '...a good liberal to not laugh at the never can't laugh impaired". Regardless, your sentence would still translate as 'a good liberal will laugh at those that laugh'.

What you needed to have was an understanding with your audience that you were using dialectical or nonstandard speech in order for this to be considered differently. I understand your conceptualization, but, the ultimate problem is that there are no multiple negatives in your sentence to consider the presence of double negative.

BTW, I spoke with Mr. Stratemore and he will be coming to tutor you.  For some reason I get this image of Mr. Hand appearing at Jeff Spicoli's home in the movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High".  Absolutely classic! 

Now I'm thinking about Phoebe Cates.  Yes! 

Umm.  What were we talking about?

Stratman, that was the best

Stratman, that was the best post ever!  I don't know what you're smoking but I want some too.  And, I think I'm going to run out and rent "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" so I can see who some of these characters are you mention.

And, you're right about my lame attempt to turn my "NOT laughing at people who are UNable to see humor" into a double negative.  Or, as you would say, ". . .  a good liberal to never not laugh at the laughing impaired' or '...a good liberal to not laugh at the never can't laugh impaired".  Stratemore would have been proud of you.  And, thanks for the excellent dictionary reference.

I guess I'm going to have to get stoned to make sense of this. 

 

Spicoli was

Jeff Spicoli was stoned through most of the movie and even until today. There is no reason you should not be stoned, too.

 

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

Sounds like the way to watch

Sounds like the way to watch the movie as well as to read Stratman's post.

Do it straight up

The movie is very funny straight, think you will miss things if you are stoned.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

dag, I loved that

dag,

I loved that hilarious flick!

Still do.

Space

Space,

You come to a conservative website making a derogatory joke about a Republican president and have the nerve to suggest that I'm humor impaired?

Excuse me, but part of being a good comedian is to know your audience. You don't make gay jokes in front of the Rainbow Coalition. You don't make slave jokes in front of the NAACP. You don't make Jewish jokes in front of the ADL. And, you don't make Bush jokes to conservatives, unless your goal is to be a troll.

Amazingly -- or maybe not so -- you have once again demonstrated to all present your extraordinarily limited grasp of reality, and how it really does seem your goal to just infuriate people here. As such, I'm done with you. I believe I've tried to have civil discourse with you over the past few weeks, and all I get in return is invective. As such, you're not worth my time anymore. Adieu. ns

Funny, the name Sheppard

Funny, the name Sheppard doesn't SOUND French.

Oh, well, guess you don't have to be French to be a "surrender monkey". 

Surrendering is all I here

Surrendering is all I here democrats talking about lately.

That's CHEESE EATING

That's CHEESE EATING surrender monkey, please.

 

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