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Whew! The Messiah almost

Whew! The Messiah almost potentially escaped possible injury had this terrorist act not occurred later in the day, the terrorist had been killed 200 yards closer to the hotel, and while The Messiah was NOT in Jordan. Thank Obama the media is not hyping this into some sort of attempt on The Messiah's life,.

I love these reporters

The first time this happened they called it a bulldozer when it was a quarry loader. Today they again called it a bull dozer when it was a backhoe. They need a little lesson in equipment identification.  

Be kind to your kids. They'll be choosing your nursing home.

Maybe it's just me... but

Maybe it's just me... but that arrogant little wingnut sounded like he's already assumed the mantle of POTUS in today's press conference. I can only hope the arrogance continues... 

http://politicsofdes...

I can only hope the

I can only hope the arrogance continues... And we can pray it does not become reality.

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

I dub it the Uh-bama press conference

Rush had a field day with the uh's in Barack's press conference.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw, 1944

Obama the Messiah

For anyone who doubts that Obama is the Messiah, I present to you the following (pay particular attention to the URL):

http://tinyurl.com/o...

SC State Senator Kevin Bryant

Sen Bryant is getting a lot of crap from this picture on his website As he says it is not worst than things that have been posted about the President and others. These Obama people are so sensitive.

Be kind to your kids. They'll be choosing your nursing home.

I used to wonder how that,

I used to wonder how that, with so much prophetic information available in scripture, the vast majority of the world will be suckered into believing that the Antichrist (soon to be revealed) is the Messiah. Needless to say, I wonder no more. Considering how people react to this Obama and have in times past and the present reacted to many a mere mortal clearly shows how easily people are duped.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31

NB site problems...

Anyone else besides me experiencing problems with the site today?

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

clear -- make that EVERDAY

clear -- make that EVERDAY using Safari or Firefox. Constant error pop ups about syntax, lines or other gobbledegook.

Forced to use IE7, which I hate, but no errors tagged.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

Clear...slower than the 7

Clear...slower than the 7 year itch here.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Hmmm, around 11:00 am the

Hmmm, around 11:00 am the site was acting as if it didn't even exist. Whenever I tried to get on the site it would just error out and no connection. I think todays problem is worse than usual.

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

I had trouble all morning

I had trouble all morning getting on, then when I did the formating was all screwed up. Seems better now. Sure am sick of hearing about Obama though. 

 

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

"Hmmm, around 11:00 am the

"Hmmm, around 11:00 am the site was acting as if it didn't even exist.
Whenever I tried to get on the site it would just error out and no
connection. I think todays problem is worse than usual."

Could be because Drudge was pointing to a thread here. He is pointing to Breitbart now instead.

Which thread was Drudge...

pointing to? 

 

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

---> Clear...

It was the one with Andrea Mitchell complaining about fake interviews.

 

i couldn't post nuttin all

i couldn't post nuttin all morning

it was like a DDOS attack

a link from drudge shouldn't shut NB down 

I'm starting to get

I'm starting to get suspicious.

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

It wouldn't be the first

It wouldn't be the first time a link from Drudge has slowed a site down, NBs included.

Having said that, there may have been something else going on. I actually lost internet access for an hour or so around the time things got slow here. I thought it was just me, but maybe it was something more widespread.

Me too Clear.....it took me

about 8 times just to get on the site, and another 6 try's to log in. 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

Oh yeah!!!

"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"

For FireFox

Try installing:

  1. Adblock Plus (additional ad lists)
  2. NoScript (addons.Mozilla )

Both have options for what is allowed or disallowed by site. NoScript is pretty aggressive out of the box - It blocks a lot of the commenting features on many sites until adjusted.

A little time spent setting options speeds up many sites.You can support(allow) advertising site by site.

And make sure you're running 3.01

Otherwise, no problems with XP and Suse/Ubuntu boxes.

 

Thanks,

I just did that, appreciate the help.

Ct, my privacy software has been going bonkers recently.

LOL-It appears that one or more of NB's new advertisers wants to know a little more about me than they need to.

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

Anyone here miss Leon...?

Believe it or not, he's one of the latest posters over at Real Climate. That should bring down the intelligence quotient for the site dramatically.

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

Who?

;-)

"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain

Ct,

That should bring down the intelligence quotient for the site dramatically.

LOL-Is that even possible?

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

You see. Post an anti Nutroot story

and the site goes kerplewy.

"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain

FYI - Global Warming

It is late July and I'm wearing a sweatshirt in the middle of the day. 

 <insert witty signature here>

DR_L Me too sweater in the middle of the day.

continued cold , I sure hope the growing season isn't cut short by an early frost. still no sunspots today not good.

fastest cooling trend


"This is the fastest temperature change in the instrumental record, and
it puts us back to where we were in 1930," Dr Chapman noted in The
Australian recently.

Liberals62%


IranianUranium

ucw...

What part of the country are you in?

 

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

ucw...

Can you still surf in a sweater?

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

Thank God my CB will again

Thank God my CB will again work superbly due to lack of sunspots.  Remember back in the 70's the lack of sunspots made CB reception really good and created teh CB "good buddy" craze.  I guess the lack of spots also was cooling the earth.  So happy days are here again. 

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

A sad day for tax-funded censor fans...

A federal appeals court tossed the $550,000 'indecency' fine for Janet's saggy tit down the dumper, where it has always belonged.
JMR

The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.

No Green for Obama

Clothing, not environmental protection.

Apparently if they wear green, someone might mistake them for members of Hamas. (In their dreams!)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11935.html

Don't some of the military

Don't some of the military uniforms have green in them?  Stupid is as stupid does.

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

Phony Soldier Update

Sentenced.

http://www.whittierd...

Here's a little background, and also...
http://www.pasadenas...

"He also is being investigated by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for the potentially criminal act of signing up his ex-wife for district-paid health benefits."

Perhaps he should have been

Perhaps he should have been sentenced to earning his supposed medals?

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

New acronyms for the networks in honor of the boy "messiah."

ABC: All Barrack Channel. 

NBC: Nothing but Barack Channel.

C-BS: C-Barack Save us all network.

CNN: Crescent News Network. -After all, some things never change. :-)

 

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

C-Span coverage of hearing on Global Warming

C-Span coverage of   hearing on Global Warming(real player link - Otherwise go to C-Span and click under 'Recent Programs')

Sworn testimony starts at about :28 though opening remarks by the committee members are worth listening to; Dr. Spencer cites his own, unpublished, research (vetted by scientists at a 'Colorado conference) disputing IPCC reports as described by Dr. Trenberth. This is after Jason Burnett describes the process after Mass. v. EPA.

House of Commons releases Human Rights annual

It's worth a read, particularly starting at page 21 where it tackles the issue of "extraordinary rendition" and allegations of our use of that tactic to allow for torture of high value suspects.

We conclude that, given the clear differences in definition, the UK can no longer rely on US assurances that it does not use torture, and we recommend that the government does not rely on such assurances in the future. Link

That's embarassing.

blogo... I agree. The UK

blogo...

I agree. The UK should be ashamed.

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

I'm ashamed that we have so

I'm ashamed that we have so many morons like blogo in this country. Talk about embarrassing...

Irrelevant responses...

get my attention anyway because they do demonstrate a dangerous willingness to ignore reality. Life's better without the blinders.

"get my attention anyway

"get my attention anyway because they do demonstrate a dangerous willingness to ignore reality. Life's better without the blinders."

How would you know? Take your time, I'm sure the UK has released a report giving you the answer....

I ask you bloggy, is this

I ask you bloggy, is this torture thingy for the USA a rcent pheonomena or has torture always been there?  And if it has how can you live with yourself for letting it go on, why not do teh honorable thing and and end it all?  I mean that will stop it wont it?

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

so the UK has a few

so the UK has a few leftards on the rampage against the US - embarassing? I'm damn proud of it:)

Go adopt a terrorist already

The reality YOU ignore is that the country you are convinced is the greatest force for evil the world has ever seen is actually the greatest force for good the world has ever seen. 

Why can't you go adopt one of these harmless, cuddly terrorists and show us how it's done?  You have consistently shown more concern for them than the citizenry of the United States, after all...

Whoever casts a vote for Barack Obama is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against him is nothing more than a moral coward.

I'm sorry blogonator

But the UK has almost completely stopped being our ally. Gordon Brown sees us as yesterday's news and is more interested in being buddies with the Chinese. Getting critcism from them doesn't faze me one bit.

I have no respect for a PM who lets the Russian government murder a refugee in the middle of London and then - when presented proof of Russia's involvement - simply says it will strain their relationship.

Let them accuse us of whatever they want. At least we protect our citizens.

Concur, the Euro's are

Concur, the Euro's are slowly losing testosterone....Fast.
I had hoped the brits were the bullwark to this.

blogo

This comming from the country that developed the "rack", the "IronMaiden", the "Judas cradle" and other marvelous ideas. They are so guilt ridden with their past and now their "holier than thou" attitudes, who cares? Bunch of liberal weenies, unable to muster up the courage of Churchill, or the wisdom to recognize pandering for what it is.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Article 39?

Wow, blogonator, you are obsessed!  Why, if the detainees and terrorists aren't detained at the Waldorf Astoria and the aren't COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY PAMPERED AND BABIED with every conceivable goodie, that't TORTURE!!!

Say, how do you feel about the detainees violating Article 39 of the Geneva Convention?  Here's betting you won't peep even a little bit about that.   

Whoever casts a vote for Barack Obama is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against him is nothing more than a moral coward.

Information on Sony

Folks,

I am compiling data regarding a recent move by Sony's motion picture distribution company. It appears that they have sent out bills to movie theaters collecting monies for the free tickets the theaters have given their employees and military personnel for the past four years. One theater had to pony up $1,800 just for the employee (and guest) tickets. This move was unexpected. Then, two weeks later they were sent a bill for the service men and women tickets. That particular action is what has me ticked off. It seems a bit cold hearted of Sony to want to profit from our service people in this way. Most American businesses have enough patriotism to offer our heroes a break.

If you know of anyone who works at a theater could you please ask them if they know of any bills sent from Sony regarding the collection for past free tickets?

Many thanks in advance! 

Well, its off to the big Rush show!

I will be leaving shortly to go see the guys play yet again for what has to be the umpteenth time in my life. I expect it will be their usual top-shelf performance, as they know no other way than to play all-out.  :-)

They will be performing at our newest venue here in Atlanta.

I'll be sure and let you all know how it goes.

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

RD, don't forget your pillow

My sons and I are huge Rush fans.  We saw the Snakes & Arrows tour last summer and really, it was kind of boring.  The light show and video stuff was cool and Neil gave a great solo but there was way too much new stuff and not enough old.  We don't like the new album and wish Rush would go back to their old sound.  When they came again this summer, we sat it out.

I love the Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres sound.  Anyway, have fun!

Jeff Lebowski

www.angrywhitedude.c...

WHAT???

Jeff, are you insane?  The show last summer was awesome specifically because as much as they played their new stuff (not enough, as far as I am concerned - one or two more songs from Vapor Trails or Counterparts would have been perfect!), they were playing old songs I never dreamed I would see live.  When they broke out "Digital Man" as the SECOND song, I knew I was in for a hell of a ride.  And I was right!

I just wish they hadn't played "Ghost of a Chance" in Vancouver.  Recent troubles with women, one in particular...(sigh) 

As stated below...Snakes and Arrows is STILL way better than 99% of what passes for rock these days!  In the meantime, I can't wait to catch these guys (and gal) when they hit TX early in the fall...

Whoever casts a vote for Barack Obama is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against him is nothing more than a moral coward.

Looks like Alex needs to

Looks like Alex needs to lay off the back bacon.

New Rush sucks. Old Rush kills!

 

Rog,

LOL.

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

Snakes and Arrows

Roger - You get nothing but tons of respect from me, but I have to disagree here...Snakes and Arrows might not be 2113 or Moving Pictures II, BUT to blows away 99% of what passes for rock these days! 

RD - Enjoy!  The Vancouver show ROCKED and I had a great angle at which to see the Professor at work!

Whoever casts a vote for Barack Obama is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against him is nothing more than a moral coward.

Since I am not much of a fan

Since I am not much of a fan of today's so-called "rock", I agree with you that, technically, Rush is still head-and-shoulders above the rest, but I just cannot get into any of their newer stuff, even that tribute EP they put out a couple of years ago. Actually, anything since "Signals".
It's cool that you are into their new stuff, and I wish I had remembered they were coming back in June and went to the show.

Media Bias

OK enough is enough. It's time we Republicans forget the fact that McCain is not our ideal candidate. We all need to get behind him and get out the vote, if for no other reason than to defeat the media. Compared to the media, Obama is only an annoyance.I'll be damned if cris matthews is going to pick MY president!

Good luck with that...

I prefer to see the media sink itself. 

45 Communist Goals for America http://www.nationmakers.com/com_goals.htm

Oops... So much for that VP slot

Edwards is banging Linda

Edwards is banging Linda Tripp?

 

You sure, Rog?

It looked to me in that pic that the Pony Boy's paramour was Camilla. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

→ I love it

Johnny Edwards "Honey, you know how I feel, and if I weren't so danged important to the country, of course I'd recognize the little bas.. er, I mean, child"

  • LYDSEXICS UNTIE

Hey adante.... Thanks for

Hey adante....

Thanks for the update...

Btw...it isn't newsworthy in the msm if it is a politico with a 'D' after their name.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Thnx

Thanks, I'll be waiting to see if the BSM will cover this as well as they would have if a married Republican VP candidate had gotten caught doing the tube-steak boogie while his wife battled cancer. 

 

"Why can't I just eat my waffle?" -- Obama, the next president?

Enquiring minds want to know!

Had this article come out a few years ago, I would have said it is a load of BS. Now the NE is the most respected newspaper you can get your hands on, whether or not there are alien sightings in Bill Clinton's pants. 

The Newsbusters Comments Crew: Saving the Environment - One Ribeye at a Time! h/t Dr_Liberty

I thought I would read the

I thought I would read the article a little closer and found this... LMAO.

The former senator attended a press event Monday afternoon with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the topic of how to combat homelessness.

They obvoiously cannot discuss how NOT to get caught.

The Newsbusters Comments Crew: Saving the Environment - One Ribeye at a Time! h/t Dr_Liberty

Obama and Iraq

 I can not understand Obama and his take on the success in Iraq.  Even with his own eyes he can’t bring himself to say “The surge worked”.  When asked if the surge was the reason for the success, he meal mouthed around and never gave the credit to the troops.  He gave credit too Alasdair and to the Sunni upraising against Al Quita.  He gave a little credit.  “anytime you put 30,000 US troops on the ground it is going to make some difference.”  Well excuse the hell out of the US Military Barry.  OMG what a frigging idiot the Dems have picked for a candidate. 

The soldiers on the ground and the airman in the air are what made this successful.  They put their life on the lines and force the peace with Ally boy.  They gained the trust of the Sunni’s that they were not invaders and showed that Al Quita was.  That lead to the sunni upraising Barry baby.

He with the Lib MSM  will try to rewrite History to show that it was not the boots on the ground that did the job.

 

But what do I know? I am bitter and cling to my religion and guns.

Michael Savage

Looks like the hacks at Media Matters are making another assassination attempt. I rarely listen to Savage and he is a bit obnoxious. But not nearly as obnoxious as the clowns at media matters. I would think the people in charge of these stations are now immune to organized liberal hissy fits by now. One protestor was quoted as saying "This is a trend in talk radio to attack autism". That’s not a direct quote but from memory. So that should set off the alarm bells that this really isn’t about autism at all but another Media Matters smear of all talk radio. I don't think I've ever heard any mention of autism on radio. Of course the attack was not on autism but on the misdiagnosis of it and other illnesses.

Oh ho...another under-the-bus-candidate for Barry

This is rich.....

Bill O'Reilly is reporting on Rep. Rob Wexler (for those of you in Loma Linda....democrat idiot from Palm Beach, and CHAIR of Obambi's Florida campaign).

The lovely and ethical Wexler (he, who has had an "Impeach Dick Cheney" running gig on his website since last fall) apparently DOESN'T OWN A HOME in Palm Beach County.  Nor does he live there!

His mother-in-law lives in Delray.  In a 55 and over community.  Where children are only allowed to stay for two months a year.

Yet the "honorable" Rob Wexler lists this as his home of record, while his children are all enrolled in school in....you guessed it....Maryland.

So, he's representing a Florida district, chairing a presidential candidate's campaign for Florida, while not being a resident of the great state of Florida?

Hmmmmm.......

Can anyone give me a countdown on how quickly it will take Barry to toss this moron under the bus?

(And in all fairness, I'll be cheering like mad when the Hussein O. does it).

Oh.....the irony! 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Thanks Blonde. I haven't

Thanks Blonde. I haven't been able to listen to Rush lately.

It wasn't from Rush

Oddly enough...but I'd imagine El Rushbo will have this on, and often.

Rob Wexler is a hypocrite of the worst order.  I'm not sure if he was in on the Rush persecution, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Oh, how the mighty liberals crash. 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

My Apologies

Loma Linda was shades of Rio Linda so I jumped to conclusions. It was so good I thought it was his.

Geez, coco

You got me good!

You are so right...and I am sooooo tired.

Too funny.  I think I was thinking of lomo lomo salmon, or somesuch!  LOL  :)

But the point remains, the lib Wexler is going DOWN! 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

well then

Looks like yet another friend of Obama's who will we quickly be told "is not the same person he was when Obama met him."

**trollish remark alert**

On the bright side, working for Obama means he'll only end up under the bus and not taking a nap at Macy Park.

(yes, that was off topic and firmly tongue-in-cheek. I will now go back to being my lovable self...just couldn't resist)

candance

This under the bus toss is going to be great...from my perspective.

Wexler is an idiot of the worse sort.  A liberal carpetbagger, sheesh...not from New Yawk....but from Maryland.

This would be like some Humphrey getting toasted in Minneapolis.

I'll keep you posted.  It's going to be great!

Fort Marcy Park, huh?  I thought Hillary was far out of this race...but then again, maybe not!  :) 

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

 

Hats off to Alex, Geddy and Neil for an awesome Atlanta show!

Big fun, that was!

BTW, for you hardcore Rush fans, Entre Nous (which they had never played live until last summer) was replaced on this tour with Red Barchetta.

:-)

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz