For general discussion and debate.
Hoping you all had a great Thanksgiving, today's possible talking point is the official start of the holiday shopping season, or Black Friday.
As you are likely aware, the media Scrooges are once again forecasting a terrible Christmas. With that in mind, how are you feeling about this season? Are you merry or Grinchy? Are you going to spend more or less than last year? How much of your shopping do you do on the Internet? Finally, how do you feel about your personal business and finances for next year?
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November 23, 2007 - 11:40 ET by JDWTampabay- Let the shopping begin!
JDW
Sen Clinton: Distinguished Founder of Media Matters
Forgive me friends for I
November 23, 2007 - 11:25 ET by ricklailForgive me friends for I have sinnned. Last evening I got bored watching the Cowboys humilate the Jets. I turned to the evening news on ABC. They were showing the troops in Iraq eating Thanksgiving meals and playing flag football. I turned over to NBC and they were talking about how the surge was working. There were bus loads, yes that's plural, of citizens returning to Baghdad. It seemed to pain the news reader to have to report on the good news.
By the way we had a great Thanksgiving. Got to eat out our dinner on the deck. It was a chamber of commerece day here-high 79-warm SW breeze and partly cloudy. Thank goodness for global warming. Today it is cloudy and about 40 degrees 15 mph winds from the NE. Thank goodness for global cooling.
The wife and daughter left at 3:30 this AM to go to Greenville shopping. There is no way I am going to be caught near a shopping center today- NO WAY. Most of the sales were from 4 AM to noon.
Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
SO BAD!
November 23, 2007 - 11:39 ET by iveseenitallWent to the local supermarket to shop for Thanksgiving dinner; couldn't find a parking spot. The Mall--forgetaboutit! Went out to the local restaurant; no tables available. Most cars in my neighborhood are no more than three years old. "Retirees" by the millions are living as well or better than when they worked for a living. People are moving back to Bagdad and shocked at how good life is becoming there. Last time I looked, most Americans were thoroughly enjoying their safety and freedom in a land in which they can go as far as their dreams will take them and be anything they want to be. God Bless America!
Give a "liberal" 95% of want he wants and all he'll do is bitch about the other 5%.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
"Retirees" by the millions
November 23, 2007 - 17:15 ET by motherbelt"Retirees" by the millions are living as well or better than when they worked for a living - iveseenital
I agree. I know when Social Security was initiated, it was to keep our elders from living in poverty in their old age. That was before the days of IRA's, 401K's, and stock options. Currently, those over 65 are the wealthiest demographic group in this country. Granted, there are some who are hurting financially, but as a whole, that age group is doing very well.
When I lived in Florida, we would go out to eat, and see the seniors pull up in their Cadillacs towing huge motor homes, or in giant RV's, sit at a table and ask the waiter if they had a "senior citizen discount." Used to infuriate me. Many of them were also "Snowbirds" which meant they could afford to keep two homes, which made it even worse.
Not that I'm denying them anything (except the discount when they don't need it). I hope to live like that some day. I just get tired of the Liberals telling us that all our seniors are struggling over the decision to buy medicine or Alpo.
I am going to buy copies of
November 23, 2007 - 11:29 ET by Warner Todd HustonI am going to buy copies of "Whitewash" for all my friends and family! Available at Amazon.com now.
(Too much sucking up, do you think?)
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November 23, 2007 - 11:49 ET by dahliatraversNo, Warner, not enough. You should have included this review.
Warner you Butt
November 23, 2007 - 11:50 ET by Airforce_5_OWarner you Butt kisser. Working on a Christmas bonus?
The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.
Warner
November 23, 2007 - 13:23 ET by Noel SheppardWarner,
Shameless brown-nosing. I'm sorry I didn't think of it myself!!! ns
You'all are Johnney come
November 23, 2007 - 17:21 ET by MightyMouthYou'all are Johnney come latelys! I already have my copy! nah nah nah!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Speaking of
November 23, 2007 - 11:29 ET by botgBlack Friday I've done slept in till 6:30, may do a little shopping if the crowds are not bad may not. I plan to watch LSU - Arkansas until the Longhorns take on A&M. Oh and I have about 4-5 hours of homework getting e-mails, RFIs, and job planning done.
I'll be spending more this year and should be about double that next year.
I look at the whole waiting in line for the supersales like this, if i wanted side work i could make a lot more doing that with less aggravation than I'd save fighting the crowds. Strange how when you put in the time to train yourself, your time becomes more valuable.
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
Does the winner of the Texas
November 23, 2007 - 12:46 ET by ricklailDoes the winner of the Texas -A&M game still get a free trip to the Chicken Ranch? All that Carolina and DOOK play for a stinking bell.
Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
well if the Longhorns win
November 23, 2007 - 12:56 ET by botgwell if the Longhorns win and OU losses UT gets a trip to play the Kansas-Mizzou winner for the Big 12 championship
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
Does the winner of the Texas
November 23, 2007 - 12:46 ET by ricklailDoes the winner of the Texas -A&M game still get a free trip to the Chicken Ranch? All that Carolina and DOOK play for a stinking bell.
Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Very Merry!
November 23, 2007 - 11:39 ET by Mark_for_SenateI don't see, nor do I expect any economic downturn for me personally in the near future. I believe I've probably spent more this year than prior as well. My most interesting discovery after visiting with family and friends (some quite liberal) is that practically all despise Hillary and will not vote for her for any reason. My most disturbing news is that my sister (a school teacher) wishes that Algore would enter the race, because she believes he would be a great President at this time. I asked her why, and discovered she has consumed the 'planetary disaster' scenario and believes something needs to be done now. My 2008 goal now is to save her. Have a great Holiday season all!
To know and not do, is to not yet know
New Year's Resolution
November 23, 2007 - 11:44 ET by iveseenitallMark, great New Year's Reolution. I always try to save one "liberal" at a time. Save your sister; it's God's work!
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Dear Abby
November 23, 2007 - 12:43 ET by ricklailMy sister won't shop at WalMart. Buys only organic stuff. And pulls for the Gamecocks. Probably will vote for Hillary Rotten. I figure she is beyond help. Any advise?
Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
rick
November 23, 2007 - 12:53 ET by botgwould that i could help, same thing here (except the gamecocks) yesterday my sister was talking about how the political sensibilities in Taxachusetts was so much more wonderful than the rest of the country.
So i plant seeds like 'enabling hurts people especially when the govt does it to whole groups' and 'if you think it should be done you do it don't steal my money, put your money where your mouth is'
Will they take root? God knows.
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
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November 23, 2007 - 12:58 ET by dahliatraversDear Ricklail:
AND she's going to vote for H.R. Clinton? She's perfect! Why would you want to change her?
Best,
Abby
Here I must separate the
November 23, 2007 - 11:42 ET by Indiana JoeHere I must separate the Christmas season from the shopping season. I can't imagine a terrible Christmas. I will enjoy it as the wonderful holiday it is, and as I always do.
Spotting Christmas items before Halloween in a local drugstore really soured me to the shopping season. Charlie Brown sure had it right, around 40 years ago! I'll buy gifts (online when possible), but with a mind to what a person needs or wants, not the priciest item available. Probably spend more than last year, because last year was financially weaker.
Finally, my financial outlook for the coming year is optimistic. It usually is. If one expects misery, one can probably find it.
God Bless us, every one!
Flying Pig Alert!!!
November 23, 2007 - 11:46 ET by motherbeltFlying Pig Alert!!!
On "Private Practice" Wednesday night, a group of cloistered nuns had typhoid, with supposedly no outside contact...except a priest who said he never went into the cloister. Turns out he was a carrier (from being exposed many years ago), and he finally confessed to the doctor that he had been sneaking in occasionally to visit the nun that first became sick. Are you ready for this? Not what you think....she was teaching him to COOK and they had become close friends.
No hanky-panky involved. Can you imagine that? On network TV, a priest and a nun, in a platonic relationship????
Somewhere, certainly, a pig is flying....and Hell just froze over.
It's hard not to feel a LITTLE "grinchy"
November 23, 2007 - 11:52 ET by sarcasmoWhen big government just stole some of my (First Amendment political speech related, and yes, I've contacted various groups left & right who claim to care) gifts, in what was obviously a politically-timed action. To top THAT off, then the antilibertarian-biased media decided to call what I wanted to do "illegal" without benefit of any trial (why bother, right?). But I'm sure I'll eventually get the Christmas spirit in me, if only because we always make the good GW-eggnog...
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
Sarc
November 23, 2007 - 13:12 ET by UphillI'm a bit lost on what you're getting at. Would you please elaborate?
The elaboration
November 23, 2007 - 14:14 ET by sarcasmoIs at the link. I hope you don't deny the obvious, that the medallions are political speech -- as they were that even before the expressly-political Ron Paul versions existed.
These people like my friend Bernard aren't dangerous criminals like the news media would have you believe. They simply want to peacefully compete-away the Federal Reserve with their barter/currency system. They'd been doing it for literally a decade with gold, silver, and platinum. But finally, Bernard started doing what frankly shoulda been done in 1982 (yes, Reagan wasn't a small-enough government guy for me) when the USA went from copper pennies to the zinc slugs we have now (which are now also worth more-than-a-penny due to inflation's dishonesty).
This peaceful political action was met with thuggery & immense media bias, as I've already outlined in the forums in gruesome detail. I hope that explains it, but if not, you might try asking more-specific questions. As it is, my political speech items have been confiscated by an obese government. It may not affect the rest of you much, but for me it has free speech implications, whether or not the ACLU, the ACLJ, EFF, the media, or anyone else claiming to care about the First Amendment cares to notice the obvious.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
Sarc
November 23, 2007 - 14:23 ET by botgand this will be brought up
More reason we need constructionists on the SCOTUS don't you agree?
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
That's where Bernard was smart.
November 23, 2007 - 14:42 ET by sarcasmo(And private currencies of more politically correct sorts abound, like airline miles & gift cards!). Anyway, Bernard never let me call his medallions "coins" for exactly this reason. They and his notes were "negotiable," but never "legal tender." The whole thing is a rather elaborate barter system that ended up getting a large quantity of silver into (very happy now...) private hands at prices below $10/oz. His customers are almost universally-happy about using his stuff, and they're happy to use FRNs if you refuse/dislike it.
That's why he's likely to eventually win the money-part of his case -- he'd already attacked the government over a bogus "warning" anyway. The government had just lost a motion to dismiss in that case when the theft was ordered, but it was ordered because of the delivery of the TWO TONS of copper medallions -- this had been going-on with other metals for years. The issue of 60K Ron Paul medallions had all SOLD OUT, so it was unlikely they'd ever trade at their $1 face value due to numismatic demand from collectors. Anyway, all of that for me is a side-note.
For me, this is my political speech, being taken away, and nobody in the news media noticing it except to point out -- pre legal case/judge/jury -- that it's "illegal." I'd be OUTRAGED if a bunch of Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney buttons were stolen by obese-government, BTW, just to make it clear that this might be a principles-issue beyond the personality of any politician I might like.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
well sarc
November 23, 2007 - 14:49 ET by botgi've come not to argue semantics, (let the lawyers do that) medallions, coins, a rose by any other name, it depends on what the definition of is is. Ad nausea.
All i ask is since this and many other issues of concern will be determined by the SCOTUS should we all not support the candidate (with a chance to win) who will appoint constructionists to the SCOTUS?
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
Like Harriet Myers?
November 23, 2007 - 14:53 ET by sarcasmoI had to ask...And at this point, guess what? All the candidates on the ballot have a chance to win, like it or not. But my issue here isn't Ron Paul, it's the First Amendment, and maybe property rights, since my stuff was stolen, sans a trial.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
rather Ruth Bader
November 23, 2007 - 14:55 ET by botgGinsberg clones that the Dem winner will appoint
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
Like Harriet Miers?
November 23, 2007 - 15:22 ET by motherbeltLike Harriet Miers?
Please, we're trying to forget that episode. I don't know WHAT he was thinking, especially putting her ahead of Sam Alito!
Thanks for correcting
November 24, 2007 - 07:24 ET by sarcasmoMy rum-induced spelling. I may yet kill enough braincells to forget the incident entirely. :)
But my main point this thread is that my First Amendment political speech stuff has been stolen by obese (big no-longer works, sorry!) government in a politically-timed theft that SHOULD outrage any of you who actually believe in the First Amendment. I hope it does, because I'd sure as hell be outraged if YOUR 'dangerous speech' were the target of obese-government thugs with badges.
Yes, this means I'm now involved in TWO lawyer-welfare programs. I get to pay both sides' lawyers in TWO bogus cases about which the "mainstream" news media has proven not only to be monolithically-clueless, but blatantly-biased against capitalism and for obese government. Oh, joy.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul.
Unexpected...
November 23, 2007 - 14:34 ET by JDWDow closes short of 13,000
JDW
Sen Clinton: Distinguished Founder of Media Matters
Rational Responders?
November 23, 2007 - 12:10 ET by Clear thinkerWhat a site!
I have a basic understanding of how ads by google pop-up on the sidebars of the NB site (as well as others). Words and phrases can be picked out by their computers and an ad pops up on a page that has something similar in it.
Going to sarcs most recent forum post concerning Ross Perot a sidebar ad shows up for a site/org called Rational Responders. The ad catches your eye because it states in bold lettering "Beleive in God? We can fix that". It's a site for atheists so most of you here will have little interest in it, but I have to tell you it's a cross between being insulting and being a hoot.
Update...I just checked with other pages here on NB, an evidently it's showing up on more than one.
Just curious...has anyone else seen the ad?
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CT
November 23, 2007 - 12:13 ET by botgthe ads by Google rotate, they must have heard all the hubbub over t-shirt girl
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
botg...
November 23, 2007 - 12:16 ET by Clear thinkerI don't think the t-shirt gal ad has anything to do with it. It has more to do with using words like God or Atheism in a thread (I'm guessing).
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MoveOn’s idiotic Thanksgiving ad
November 23, 2007 - 12:58 ET by JDWMalkin- Obviously I cannot show the pictures yet this story is meaningless without them. I encourage you to use the link.
Bottom line, MoveOn Photoshoppeds pictures previously Photoshopped demonstrating their innate inability to rationalize with any common sense and to focus only in terms of an anti-American attitude.
JDW
Sen Clinton: Distinguished Founder of Media Matters
The Lame Cherry is always Merry
November 23, 2007 - 13:39 ET by Lame CherryTo answer the above, God has made me always merry............I never focus on the bad things, but trust in God to make them all well and good.
I believe in God so I believe in the season. Money will never solve things, you can't depend on politicians and believing God stops all the down turns as one can always rely on Him to work it out for the best.
I have no idea how much I will be spending, but I will invest my time more wisely as will my giving.
My shopping is indeed on the internet..........and I will be awaiting Amazon to tell me my stand mixer is really being offered to me on the sale block.........even though in the voting it is loosing.
Finances...........hope springs eternal in God always providing.
Finally, I have 2 suggestions for family holy days viewing. I somehow became addicted to that idiot Christmas Story with that kid and his Red Ryder bb gun...........I watched that in marathon and loved it more each time I saw it.
Second, George C. Scott before he died portrayed Scrooge and it is the most fabulous rendition ever performed. I heartily suggest people rent it or buy a copy as it makes wonderful family time traditions..........besides Church and gathering for the roast beast on Christmas Day.
The Bible verse is simple, though the vines may dry up and all hope is lost...........I will trust in the Lord as the Lord God is my strength and He will make my feet like hinds feet and make me to walk upon mine high places.
The world does not matter for a Christian, because we are on God's side.............so I could not be more upbeat and content.
Merry Christmas to all the Newsbusters typers!
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
Forcasting a terrible
November 23, 2007 - 13:42 ET by Free StinkerForcasting a terrible Christmas?
All the stores near me in NJ are packed today.
Packed.
Shopping
November 23, 2007 - 14:26 ET by ricklailMy wife and daughter just returned from Greenville. They come back early because of the crowds, people being rude and running over them to get to a bargain. Yes it is starting out to be terrible Christmas shopping season.
Democracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Democracy: Three wolves
November 23, 2007 - 14:32 ET by Free StinkerDemocracy: Three wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty: A well armed Lamb contesting the vote. :-)
Fortunately, I don't have
November 23, 2007 - 15:03 ET by MikeBFortunately, I don't have to do too much Christmas shopping (that's Holiday shopping) for the hyper-sensitive souls [oops!] in the left-hand aisle here on NB). I am making indoor outhouses for the people to whom I wish to give a gift.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Tradition
November 23, 2007 - 14:49 ET by JDWShopping is always crowded prior to Xmas as well as more expensive. Out of tradition of normal tradition we provide the teenagers with cash on Xmas. They then have the opportunity to shop for whatever they desire at closeout prices and we are not forced to deal with returns.
We have arrived at a point where the ball is in their court. My daughter owns very elaborate photographic equipment and no doubt her money will be spent there. My son wants to do more with PC/DVR/TV integration and certainly he will be spending his there.
At this point, where, what, and how are up to them.
JDW
Sen Clinton: Distinguished Founder of Media Matters
Already decorating for Xmas
November 23, 2007 - 15:17 ET by SeptemberWith that in mind, how are you feeling about this season?
I'm on a tight budget but like to go with what our 16th prez once said/wrote:
"People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
After a certain point, since we control so little, our minds are one thing upon which we do have influence. One sure-fire way to avoid negativism: Stay away from the LMSM. Even the local news is obsessed with spinning stories in the most melodramatic way possible.
Rumor or Not?
November 23, 2007 - 16:26 ET by Emma GrumpWhile sitting around the turkey yesterday, one of my guests remarked that some MSM source (he couldn't say which one) , in an effort to downplay the significant reduction of American casualties in Iraq commented, "With fewer American soldiers dying in Iraq, gravediggers are feeling the pinch". I don't know if he was serious or not, but, if not, a new low has been achieved. Did anybody else out there hear this?
Not...
November 23, 2007 - 17:17 ET by BritcomYep, its a real story here is the link:
NBer Ken Shepherd also has this story on it:
Loaded headline
November 23, 2007 - 16:38 ET by nkviking75An AP story appears today on FoxNews.com with a very loaded headline: "Cardinals Discuss Pentecostal Threats". The story is about Vatican strategizing in response to a loss of church members to Pentecostal groups. Despite the tone of the headline, nothing in the story suggests that Pentecostals are threatening anyone. The closest thing to that in the article is a reference to "aggressive" evangelical movements. Entering that title in Yahoo Search under the News category did not yield an exact match, but did bring up the article in four places, all titled "Cardinals discuss threat from Pentecostal sects, Orthodox progress". It's hard to know who is responsible for the Fox News headline, but it's unnecessarily alarmist.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
The strategy allows Mrs. Clinton
November 23, 2007 - 17:19 ET by botgThe strategy allows Mrs. Clinton — who rarely holds press availabilities — to avoid taking questions from reporters who cover her campaign and who might have detailed follow-up queries to her carefully planned policy announcements.
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
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November 23, 2007 - 17:37 ET by dahliatraversExcerpt:
When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to get a message out, her presidential campaign handpicks news outlets. Or, in some cases, bypasses the media entirely.
The New York Democrat's third-quarter fundraising blowout was leaked to the Drudge Report. She made sure an Iowa newspaper printed her comments that she found Sen. Barack Obama's answer to a foreign-policy question "irresponsible" and "naive." She also uses her "Hillary Hub" campaign creation to break news.
Do we want a President so adept at dodging questions and the media?
[Also: "Hillary Hub" ... ?]
hi D
November 23, 2007 - 17:42 ET by botgDo we want a President so adept at dodging questions and the media?
that's rhetorical right?
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
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November 23, 2007 - 18:02 ET by dahliatraversHi, Botg. Good article.
Yes, except apparently it's not rhetorical for many members of the self-same media, who inexplicably seem to have no problem being stiff-armed by a Presidential candidate.
stiff-armed
November 23, 2007 - 18:12 ET by botgor partnering?
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
This too
November 23, 2007 - 19:59 ET by JDWWSJ- Mrs Clinton will not answer certain things: If I reveal my positions I will be ripped apart by the republicans
JDW
Sen Clinton: Distinguished Founder of Media Matters
NB - fascinating article.....
November 23, 2007 - 17:27 ET by MrShyhttp://www.washingto...
"MY end justifies THAT mean." - Shakespeare (not really)
Yes, it's interesting, but
November 23, 2007 - 17:33 ET by motherbeltYes, it's interesting, but it's also old news. I've also seen studies (but not recently, so I can't produce any on demand) that show, even if you consider the actual Senators and Congressman, more of the Democrats are wealthy, and even millionaires, than Republicans.
And the Clintons, the nouveau riche, just can't stop telling us how much money they have now. The Beverly Hillbillies had more class.
motherbelt
November 23, 2007 - 17:51 ET by MrShyOh, well, I'm sooorrrrry then. Guess I'm just a tad behiiiiind all the more hip/up-to-date NB'ers as yourself.
:p (big hug, as I'm being thoroughly sarcastic and silly :))
But yeah, the Clintons, ugh.... and, hmm, the Kerry's/Heines's, the Kennedy's, and the list goes on. We don't call the lefties elitists for nothin'.
"MY end justifies THAT mean." - Shakespeare (not really)
Mr. Shy, I put that badly.
November 23, 2007 - 20:12 ET by motherbeltMr. Shy, I put that badly. I meant that the democrats have talked for years about "Rich Republicans" in spite of the fact that they have been the home of the more affluent.
I hope you really meant it when you said you were being sarcastic and silly; because I really didn't mean it in a snarky way.
But it is interesting to know that it still holds true. Even their donors tend to be among the wealthiest Americans.
OK, maybe I'm just being
November 23, 2007 - 17:29 ET by motherbeltOK, maybe I'm just being oversensitive, or a paranoid Catholic. But on the Drudge Report today is a story headline: "Pope to purge the Vatican of modern music." I don't have a problem with the story. But with all the pictures of Pope Benedict XVI, am I wrong in thinking that the one used with that story was chosen and cropped as it is, deliberately, to make him look gleefully sinister?
LOL
November 23, 2007 - 18:47 ET by KC MulvilleHe has that look all the time.
Not a big deal, but instead of a headline that talks about a "purge," I'd have preferred something like "Mozart welcomed back." Many of the great composers got their start composing sacred music. Maybe we can sow the seeds for a new crop of great composers.
Well KC, you have to admit;
November 23, 2007 - 20:17 ET by motherbeltWell KC, you have to admit; cropping it that way really gives him a sinister look. (Oh, they changed it! It's a different picture now.)
And I agree..the word "Purge" has a ring of "censorship" about it. "Returning to traditional roots" is another option they could have chosen.
I love the old Gregorian Chant...I still know all the Latin versions I learned in grade school....I would like hearing more of it (I'm dating myself, aren't I?)
Yes...
November 23, 2007 - 22:56 ET by BritcomYes, apparently your rebelious teen years were spent sometime in the 8th century. :)
Mother, I enjoyed the
November 24, 2007 - 00:32 ET by MikeBMother, I enjoyed the Gregorian chant scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
PROOF: Science has been replaced with insanity.
November 23, 2007 - 17:29 ET by BritcomThis is not another expose' on climate change, its.. well, "out there"...you have to read it.
Source: The Telegraph
h/t Drudge
OMG!!! The universe is going
November 23, 2007 - 17:35 ET by motherbeltOMG!!! The universe is going to die in 10 billion years instead of 15, and it's all my fault!!! The horror!! The horror!!
Yeah, read that. This
November 23, 2007 - 18:39 ET by MikeBYeah, read that. This would be a good April 1 paper. Surely those two know quantum physics and the uncertainty principle better than that. The uncertainty principle works on the sub-atomic level because an observer needs to apply energy to a particle in order to make an observation. The energy applied changes the energy of the particle. Therefore, it is impossible to know precisely both the position and the velocity of the particle. In order to make an observation on the macroscopic level such as they were talking about, the observers pointed telescopes toward what they wanted to observe and captured some of the energetic photons. It did not shorten the life of the universe by any measurable amount. The only way it could have possibly shortened the life of the universe was by the amount of energy they used to power the telescopes and computers that was lost to heat. That amount was, I suspect, less than the amount of hot air those two yoyos put out reporting this nonsense.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I'm as merry as can be.
November 23, 2007 - 18:21 ET by misterbee241I'm as merry as can be. For several years now my wife and I have contributed to the terrible Black Friday economic news by donating what we would have spent on useless gifts to the Salvation Army. Some folks in the community who are not as well of as we will get a hot meal this Christmas.
I heard a talk show host on WMAL this morning say that as long as he can remember there was always bleak economic news for the retailers between Black Friday and the end of the year, but they always post record profits. Cry me a river.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Clubbing Undocumented Aliens and using N-words
November 23, 2007 - 22:42 ET by BritcomThe State of the Nanny State:
Author: Ann Coulter
Source: WorldNetDaily
Bill Moyers Gets a Thrashing on His Own Show... By a Christian
November 24, 2007 - 09:12 ET by BritcomFor Socially Conservative readers, This one is worth sitting through
just to see Moyers get smacked for expecting a black Christian
theologian to agree with his Atheist Marxist ideals.
If
Moyers had been sitting across the table from Al Sharpton or Jesse
Jackson, I am sure the discussion would have centered around how the
government and the nanny state is the answer to racism; but James Cone
was having none of that, he invokes God and Faith and accepting
responsibility as the path to the answer that Moyers is looking for.
Then Cone really makes Moyers look like a fool after Moyers says that
if he were black, he doesn't think he would be able to forgive white
people for lynching blacks in the Old South. Then Cone goes off on him.
Here's the video >>
Source: PBS
NYT watch, will they report
November 24, 2007 - 11:21 ET by botgon this particular, and will the results be respected? And if not will that get negative press?
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
and why isn't the goracle
November 24, 2007 - 11:24 ET by botgrunning down there to prevent voter fraud????
Yes, you are even more annoying than Blonde. the EYE
finances
November 25, 2007 - 10:51 ET by Reality CheckI am recently unemployed, laid off with two week's severance from my employer of 13 years.
And I couldn't be more optimistic about the immediate future.
The people that WE put in charge with OUR votes created this juggernaut growth economy, which has been able to withstand war, corporate scandal, and questionable lending. Unemployment is still under 5%, and government tax rates are low while revenue is high.
We did our job, and I'm about to have my pick of 20%-increase jobs because of it.
Now go buy presents.
Reality Check