Open Thread: NYC Union Delays Snow Removal Deliberately
Today's starter topic: Sanitation workers in New York City deliberately slowed down snow removal operations there in protest of cuts made to their budgets:
Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.
Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts -- a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned.
"They sent a message to the rest of the city that these particular labor issues are more important," said City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens), who was visited yesterday by a group of guilt-ridden sanitation workers who confessed the shameless plot.
Halloran said he met with three plow workers from the Sanitation Department -- and two Department of Transportation supervisors who were on loan -- at his office after he was flooded with irate calls from constituents.
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They should be tried as
Submitted by Darasen on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:59pm.
They should be tried as criminals.
And they wonder why people
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:41pm.
And they wonder why people think unions have too much power.
The family of that baby who died because the ambulance couldn't get through should sue their A$$ES off.
Just because an ambulance gets there doesn’t mean you can save a person,” the mayor said when asked about the incident. “Delivery of an ambulance doesn’t guarantee that medical help can get to do what you need to have done.” -Bloomberg
Uh, maybe not, Mr. Mayor, but the ambulance not getting there pretty much guarantees that what's needed won't get done!
But, of course, the union will say that even if they were plowing full force, that's no guarantee the ambulance would have gotten there in time.
If for no other reason, make the SOB's go to court and have to defend themselves!
They won't be tried
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 2:13pm.
I predict the MSM will tamp this down through lack of and biased reporting. I also suspect there will be no changes to union rule. The big city unions are much more powerful than any of the polititians -- and obama will makd damn sure no one tramples on their rights.
Just to be sure, I decided to select one MSM outlet to see what they had to say about the NYC unions. CNN. And guess what? CNN doesn't even mention the unions -- at least on their front page at CNN.com. Their only comment about the storm is here, and they only mention that Bloomberg is under fire.
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People died because of this
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:09pm.
Fire the whole sh*tload of them like Reagan did with the air traffic controllers*. It's not like there's not a couple hundred thousand people looking for work, and I doubt the learning curve is that big.
Oh yeah, and prosecute the bosses for accessory to murder.
*and ban them for life from the "sanitation field" as Reagan did with the controllers.
The union should be forced to pay for the cleanup itself
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:09pm.
That is the least that should happen. Their actions (or innaction) lead directly to the deaths and injuries of people. The union should have to pay back the city for the full costs of the cleanup and the union leadership should be tried on manslaughter charges and criminal malfeasance.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Fire their asses
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:12pm.
Every last f'ing one of them.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, that's "a$$e$".
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:22pm.
Dave, that's "a$$e$".
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
Dave, not only FIRE them........
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:58pm.
But charge the Union Bosses with manslaughter, and deliberate indifference.....both felonies!!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
These Union instigators
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:14pm.
These Union instigators should be drumed out of the union and their pensions stripped and given to those that were inconvienced.
The union contract should be thrown out, and the union with it. If the workers want to keep their jobs, fine. But with no union.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
i think these are hate crimes-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:19pm.
against tax paying citzens.
There shall be an investigation-criminal indictments-
trials with everything on TV.
Union bosses and those who followed their directions shall be accountable to tax payerrs loses.
Murder may be high on the list.
New York
Submitted by Gothampc on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:30pm.
As a New Yorker, I can tell you that the city is run by the union. A few years ago, the public transit system was stopped for three days because of the union. The union bosses for the transit system are smart because they keep renegoitating their contract to end a week before Christmas, knowing that that time period is the height of inconvenience.
In my opinion, New York has only itself to blame. The citizens allowed Mayor Bloomberg to run for a (illegal) third term. He is a pansy mayor that didn't even deserve a second term. When confronted with the snow removal issue, his response was "I'm angry too." But he doesn't have the right to be angry because he's the one in charge and the one that we've entrusted to get the job done.
As far as I'm concerned, New York you got what you voted for.
Doug Powers updates his Time Magazine cover article
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:34pm.
Update: Aw shucks, it’s been brought to my attention that the above is a Photoshopped cover from this 2007 issue of Time.
I'm glad to see that. I respect Doug Powers and when I checked the Times covers archives and realized that it was a photoshopped, I was really disappointed, thinking it was his own doing. Kudos to him for admitting he was taken in.
The folly of 'government command/control'
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:33pm.
This of course comes as a surprise - only to liberals. Only liberals believe that unions are pure and holy. Everyone else knows that, whatever they were in their beginnings, however noble their intentions might have been, that unions are now nothing but pest-holes of graft, greed, violence, corruption, waste and criminality.
And it's the perfect illustration of the folly the idea that government can 'control' anything. Look at New York - it's the most heavily taxed state in the country. Bloom-butt and his thugs have soaked the residents of that state ruthlessly, plundering the working man's paychecks, confiscating private property, siezing possessions, money and goods. They tax everything that can be taxed. They even tax you for the taxes you pay - and before long they'll be taxing the taxes on the taxes.
And what have the citizens of NY gotten in exchange for all this taxation?
Bloom-butt, Obama and all their liberal Demorat ilk loudly boast that if people will just surrender all their money to the government, then they, the government, will use it to build a utopia. They'll make the perfect communist/hippie society where everyone will live forever in paradise on earth. They boast free health care - free houses - free cars - free food - free retirement pensions - everything, free, free, free. And that the people won't have to lift a finger to get it. You can even quit your job and live off unemployement forever. Just let the government take everything from everybody - put yourself in their hands - and they'll take care of you from 'cradle to grave'.
This blizzard, and other incidents like it, puts the burning light of truth to the lies of the liberal democrat left.
Because Bloom-butt and his thugs bought into that lie, and made the promise. They taxed everyone. And what did they do with those taxes? They set up corrupt, wasteful government offices that tell everybody when to spit and throw you in jail if you don't do exactly what Bloom-butt and his armies command you. They tell you how many calories you can have in a dessert. They set up armies to put down bake sales at schools if they try to sell cookies. They create an army of 'salt nazis' to attack restaurants if they have too many salt shakers on their tables.
They've taxed the snot out of NY to create a government gestapo to sieze control of every aspect of the lives of every man, woman, child, infant and unborn in their clutches.
But when a REAL crisis, like this blizzard, happens - they prove that all that tax money was wasted. They're helpless. They're useless. Bloom-butt is now scampering back and forth in his office, wetting himself, and blubbering, 'there's white stuff falling from the sky - what do I do? What do I do?' All the tax money he's plundered - all those billions, all the freedom and liberty he's squashed, and all it takes to turn him into mush is some snow.
When government tries to do everything, they wind up being able to do nothing. The time has come for every government official, Demorat or Republican, to fall on their knees before the American people and beg their forgiveness for their arrogance, their greed and presumption. The time has come for them to admit their failure, and to dissolve every government agency forthwith, and pare government down to only it's Constitutionally prescribed duties. All other agencies/committees/bodies must be immediately and aboslutely dismantled.
They thought they could control the galaxy if they could just tax us enough.
They can't even deal with a snowfall.
You're clearly not a
Submitted by mandrake on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:50pm.
You're clearly not a Canadian..just go outside and plunge your head into a snow bank for about a minute..trust me you'll feel better.
BTW.. This is shorts and T shirts weather for us :))
So will Bloomberg cave to any
Submitted by dscott on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:39pm.
So will Bloomberg cave to any claim of victimhood by the unions because IF YOU DO then who's next? The Police Union? Just imagine the police being vindictive leaving the citizenry to fend for themselves during a slowdown in 911 response OR fire department slow down to fires and medical emergencies.
It should go without saying that a criminal investigation be conducted to determine what culpability they (union leaders) had in the TWO deaths that occurred. A baby and a senior citizen died as a result of the EMS delays.
Charges: Depraved Indifference? Negligent Homicide? Involuntary Manslaughter?
The relatives of the TWO people who died as a result of this gross negligence have every right to sue the Sanitation Union as they were being vindictive. After all, they've got lots of money and deep pockets since they seem to have lots of money for campaign donations. It's time to share the wealth!
In the South we just shake
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:40pm.
In the South we just shake our haids and say Yankees. Those Yankees have screwed up where they live. Yall Yankees should just get rid of unions, fire the lot and hire new ones. Why do the companies even deal with the unions. They should say here is the deal, take it or leave it. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who really want to work.
Basic duties of a mayor.
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:45pm.
Everyone knows that the two most basic duties of the mayor of any city are to make sure the streets get plowed and the trash picked up.
If Bloomberg can't manage those two very basic tasks, there should be an immediate recall vote.
That used to be a personal responsibility
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:56pm.
It's interesting that you say that as, not too long ago, those used to be personal responsibilities and not civic responsibilities. The two main "duties" used to be fire and police protection.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Not any more
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 2:27pm.
Where I live, both the police and fire functions are contracted out to the county. Where of course, they stick us up for an ever increasing "share" to cover the "poorer" cities. Sweet, huh?
The problem is the government union. These employees can literally get away with murder, and unless there's a specific clause in their contract (obvious slow work), they get off scot free. As they will in this instance, the union bosses know those contracts inside and out.
Bloomie's no Reagan. He doesn't have the cajones to fire them all. It would be an interesting platform to unseat him next time around, unless that "rent is too damn high" guy starts making real inroads.
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Getting away with murder is
Submitted by dscott on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 3:47pm.
Getting away with murder is the real issue here. IF the NYC prosecutor or the NY Attorney General can't get their act together to launch an investigation and find enough to charge the union bosses with contributing to the deaths of at least two people then YES, union activity has become a license for MURDER. The fault of which rests squarely on the pols who enabled these thugs through past behavior to actually think that such tactics would work.
We shouldn't be surprised though that those charged with enforcement of the law are foot dragging since they set the precident for it when they refused to hold the union thugs accountable for beating up the black vendor at an ObamaCare event. Yes, it this incident was in a different state, however, we have seen a pattern emerging where union sponsored violence is unchallenged by the authorities in general.
By my estimate, we have conspiracy to commit extortion (maintain union wages and positions) of at least 6,000+ counts via a protection racket of NOT engaging in slow downs; we have contributory negligence of at least two deaths; we have Enterprise Corruption of the Union itself in that union officials via sanitation supervisors conspired to extort funds from NYC. That merits a RICCO case.
Not as long as Holder is AG
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 5:36pm.
Even if the NY AG had the stones for it, Holder would get involved to hold it up.
I can't wait for 2012.
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Let's see what the Ass Clown,
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 2:07pm.
Let's see what the Ass Clown, the same one that called about a black football player that electrocuted live animals for fun, has to say regarding this, taxpayer gets f@cked in the ass by the unions again, incident.............My bet is on NOTHING.
Unions, like Obama are a cancer on America which must be surgically removed before ObamaCare gets a chance to take hold, or this country, as us real Americans have known & loved her is DEAD & gone forever.
Same thing goes for that piece of crap Bloomberg too......
Barack_Must_Go.....
Just a suggestion*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:59pm.
B_M_G, your posts would be a bit more cogent and credible if you would refrain from the over use of profanity.
cajun I'm with you, but he's
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:17pm.
cajun I'm with you, but he's been told before and doesn't take well to being asked to tone down the profanity. I've stopped reading his posts because of it.
The profanity isn't nearly so
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:24pm.
The profanity isn't nearly so offensive as the unveiled racism which courses through so many of his comments.
Jer
Jer it's veiled just enough
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:47pm.
Jer it's veiled just enough to keep him from being banned. But I agree with you, the racism is also offensive.
Jer and Rad,
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 3:24am.
That's why plants are so dangerous.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Which one is the real criminal, here?
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 2:43pm.
Candidate #1: In Massachusetts, a man serving 3 concurrent life terms for a series of armed robberies, and with a history of violence, is released on parole because he told the parole board "he regretted robbing people to feed his heroin addiction and that he was new and different". He shot and killed a police officer last week.
Candidate #2: A standout North Carolina high school student is suspended for the remainder of her senior year and charged with a misdemeanor for having a small paring knife in her lunchbox. It was actually her father's lunchbox which she took to school by mistake.
In the first case, the typical liberal thinks that the criminal has been mis-understood all his life, and people have been mean to him, and he therefore deserves a second chance. It's also convenient to bend the rules here in support of the proven criminal. In the second case, this is an opportunity for the typical liberal to punish someone for being successful and trying to become someone. This is a chance to stand behind the stupid and totally wrong rigid rules, cut her down to size early in her life, and if her life is ruined enough, she would become dependent upon liberals for her care and keep, thereby garnering sympathy if she would just sink low enough.
In both cases, it's convenient for the liberal to completely ignore the facts, just so they can show everyone who's really the boss.
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“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
The young lady was a student
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 3:43pm.
The young lady was a student at Lee County HS in Sanford, NC. According to them she was not suspended. I don't believe much of anything that comes out of the mouth of an educrat. Why is the school board holding an emergency meeting tomorrow nigh?. They say the reason they checked her lunch box was she was caught with the wacky weed. Sounds like your typical educrat CYA. Why does she have a court date on the weapon charge? That infomation is right off the NC court calendar for Lee County. Notice no charge for possesion. The only way she gets charged is through the school. This superindent is flat lying.
She does have a court date for a speeding ticket. To see the charges click on the case #
GO ARMY
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 3:16pm.
Hey, it's bowl season. Army is playing SMU in Dallas-Armed Forces Bowl. ( Remember SMU raising hell about the Bush library being built there? Beat the snot out of them ARMY) The Army is honoring the 1st Cav. Makes me feel good to see the colors.
They talked to Gary Sinese (?) LT Dan about his work with the Diabled Vets. The Republicans would do good to get him as a fund raiser. He raised a cool million in one night for the DAV. He and the LT Dan Band are going to perform after the game. I wish more of the entertainment crowd was as gun-ho for vets and active duty personnel.
ARMY won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 5:53pm.
ARMY won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't beat the snot out of them but it was a win. First winning season for the Black Knights of the Hudson in a long time and first bowl win in over 25 years. Not exactly the days of Davis and Blanchard but at least a winning season. The ironic thing is that June Jones of SMU was the QB at Hawaii. Rich Ellerson' coach of ARMY, was his center. You know they had a personal relationship.
I caught the
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 5:57pm.
4th, touch and go there for awhile
Rick, did you see
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 8:15pm.
where the Ref ruined the K-State and Q's game? That was sad
To busy watching
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 8:17pm.
Your Heels tangle with the Vols I bet
K-State was robbed. The refs
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 9:46pm.
K-State was robbed. The refs are doing the same thing to my Heels so far. I wish Bob Davies would shut the hell up about Tenn. He keeps going on and on about how they won the last 4 games. The only team they played with a winning record was a 6-6 kentucky. The combine record of all 4 teams was 13-35. The only other games they won against UAB and Tenn-Martin. Oh yeah they did have a "moral" victory against LSU because they got beat by 2 point when the rest of their losses were butt whippings.
By the way, I watched Eric Highsmith play 4 years here at the HS next door, West Craven HS.
Tenn is getting hosed
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 11:32pm.
This is bad, the refs have gone bonkers.
tenn blew it....they have NO discipline
Submitted by porpoiseboy on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 11:43pm.
they committed 3 penalties in 40 secs at the end of a game they were ahead. they deserve to lose. plus, i want to see the holiday bowl....they are wasting MY TIME!!
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left
The best social program is a JOB...ronald reagan
WOO HOO RICK & THE TARHEELS!
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:13am.
Congrats!
Stick Boy and the Vols deserved to lose...and Stick Boy better not try that throat slash crap in the Swamp next year, we'll fold him up like a pretzel.
Spotty play, but the right team won in the end, even with all of the interference run by the refs....who did those zebras belong to anyway, the Big 10?
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Big 10 Stripes?
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:55am.
Why yes, you are correct!
You are hereby put on notice, Blonde...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:10am.
Go ahead and giddily indulge in your inevitable, delirious orgy of hatred against my beloved Vols--for whom my daddy would drive four hundred miles across the state so I--an 8-9 year-old, eager, wide-eyed lad--could watch my hero, All-American Johnny Majors, run the vaunted Tennessee single wing on brisk autumn Saturdays of the mid-50's.
Yes, the gods of the gridiron denied TN two victories this year--including last night's bowl game--after the refs had officially declared both contests over, with the Vols prevailing. The pain of loss is still raw. But the worm is turning. A new day is dawning. Your Gators are in disarray. And your cruel hoots and guffaws will not soon be forgotten.
Jer
tsk tsk Jer
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 10:42am.
All my counseling seems to have helped you none. After all this time at NB and you are dissing the Blonde's gators. Very dangerous activity and not a good way to start the new year.
Here is wishing you a Happy New Year.
Scold Blonde, not me...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:23pm.
I LOVE the Gators and have told Blonde so, yet she never misses an opportunity to trash TN. She leaves me no alternative but to strike back.
Happy New Year!
Jer
So thats what happened to
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:37pm.
The Vols yesterday? That was ugly
What? That they got
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:51pm.
What? That they got "hosed"? Nah...it was the correct application of a stupid rule.
Jer
12th Man?
Submitted by BuffNBone on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:03pm.
I think NC should have been penalized 5 yds for each additional person (beyond the allowed 11) that they had on the field.
To be perfectly honest
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:13pm.
LSU looses just about all of their games this way. Painful sometimes, especially that last one.
Catholics are killing the Convicts 21-0
True Jerster*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:51pm.
I will concede that one. Blonde does not like the "pumpkin pukes" almost as much as Tiger fans hate the "Tide". Have fun, the real world returns on Jan 2nd, 2011....;-)
cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 2:54pm.
I am first and foremost a fan of the SEC. I want to see them stomp every other major conference into the ground.
Jer
Ok Jerster*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:30pm.
A redeeming quality, who knew? Now if you say "stomp every socialist into the ground", you and I will then be best buds forever.
I will go this far, cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:47pm.
When an SEC football team plays the socialists at UCal Berkley, I hope they stomp their commie asses into the ground. How's that?
Jer
Whew*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:14pm.
Cajun almost got boxed into to that one. Well, Jer, maybe next bowl season...;-)
Not so fast, Jer
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:55pm.
Hmmmm....let me see, your Vols are on a six game losing streak to my Gators (couldn't even beat this Gator team, admittedly the worse team fielded in at least 20 years, at your place)....and you want to trash talk?
Pardon me, Jer. Will Muschamp turned down the Vols $3 million a year offer, one year ago, in about a nanosecond. And accepted an offer from UF, at a half a million less, in half that time. The only reason you haven't heard the rest of our coaching line up yet is so as not to upset the bowls....ours and others. No worries there.
The cherry on the top is that Florida is loaded with talent. Those ESPN idiots last night were carrying on about TN's "young" team. Here's a clue for you. Florida played 43 underclassmen this year. We are loaded with young talent. We've had top recruiting classes for the last five years. Volunteer recruiting has been subpar for a while, but after Lame Kitten raped and pillaged your program last year, you'll be lucky to get a top 25 class for the forseeable future, much less a top 5 like Florida has had for quite a while now.
So please, continue with the Volunteer whine of "wait until next year".
I guarantee if Stick Boy pulls that throat slash crap in the Swamp, my guys are going to break him in half just for the fun of it.
P.S. It's hardly the referees' fault that Tennessee's DC can't count. Too many men on the field is too many men on the field. LSU's was way funnier, because of Mad Miles' clock screw up (yet again). But I love the fact that Vol fans keep whining about "we wuz robbed".
Jer, just chalk it up as another Moral Victory, a la Lame, and move on.
P.S.S. It's not actually my hatred of the Vols, or actually some of their individual fans....but it's Voldom in general, their obnoxious and stupid fanbase (I understand it was quite ugly last night after the game in TN).
GO GATORS!!!!!
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Dream on, Blonde...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:27pm.
Although time doesn't permit a full rebuttal of your arrogant but desperate screed, I must remind you that not only are the recruiting fortunes of the mighty Orange clearly on the rise, but when augmented by the imminent return of several stars from unfortunate sojourns in various houses of correction, the stirring strains of 'Rocky Top' will once again herald the reign of champions.
Jer
Just a quick point
Submitted by 26CX on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:35pm.
While it might appear that they will benefit from the return of several players from "unfortunate sojourns in various houses of correction", those benefits will be somewhat muted by the inability of the returning felons to join in the huddle (convicted felons cannot associate with other felons without violating parole...)
Happy New Year! ;)
You guys are funny*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:21pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IonaBM3Ko&feature=related
How about...
Submitted by 26CX on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:33pm.
Jer after Blonde gets done with him...
(just funnin' around, Jer.)
That's LOW, CX...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:13pm.
Mygod...you could have picked the most vile organism on the planet--even a Rush Limbaugh--rather than a cat. Hate 'em.
Jer
OK Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:26pm.
Found you some help. But just ONCE, then you are own your own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE
Jer! You hate cats!?!
Submitted by 26CX on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:28pm.
How on earth can you hate an animal that's aloof, distainful, arrogant, plays with its prey before killing it, completely ignores its..... oh, wait. I get it now.
Never mind....
Jer~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:23pm.
Too funny.
I have to admit, I used to be creeped out by cats. I grew up with dogs. However, when I was forced against my will to take in a kitten (a fluffy, very cute orange-colored kitten with lots of pretty white markings), I pretty much raised him like a puppy. He's still a cat, of course; but he's just been trained differently.
Anyway, he's super smart, happy, content and adorable...and I can't believe how much I like the little guy. So the trick is for the kitten to look more like a puppy and to raise the cat like a dog. It works out great!
Yeah, this is hardly worth anyone reading. Sorry. Back to the Dawgs...
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! :)
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Rocky Flop
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:39pm.
Rumor now has it that we're going to have an NFL guy as OC....Charlie Weis, who's ressurected the KC Chiefs offense this year.
That ought to be interesting. Boom Muschamp is a D guy, and promised to bring in some NFL types. Think of the offensive recruiting we'll be able to do.
Wow!
Had to laugh at your "sojourns in various houses of correction" line....blame it on the Kiffens, baby!
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Admittedly, Blonde, it's a
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:02pm.
Admittedly, Blonde, it's a bit embarrassing for Big Orange fans, but looking on the bright side, the Athletic Department will save quite a sizable sum on uniforms.
Jer
Jer - what happened with the Kiffins?
Submitted by Agnostic on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:30pm.
Monty was such an oustanding DC and really just a nice, loyal and ethical man here in Tampa Bay. It is hard to imagine that Lane and he are even related. Monty will go down in the NFL history books as the architect of one of the great defensive dynasties in the NFL and the creator of the Tampa 2. Lane's legacy is looking pretty disgusting right about now.
I was really hoping that Monty would finally decide to give head coaching a shot and step in when Lane left Tennessee. Don't know if he would do well but it would have been worth seeing. Besides, his speaking style and connections in Florida would get a lot of those southern boys to sign with Tennessee and Tennesse could really use some of the speed that comes out of Florida.
Tell you when I get back.
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:59pm.
Tell you when I get back. Happy New Year one and all!
Jer
Back at ya, Jer
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:13pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
To all NB friends*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:37pm.
Hope this is the only fireworks we see in 2011.
A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Ov_ygQzGA
Well, Jer...
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:43pm.
I do believe you and I have set the bar for the appropriate way to trash talk.
Of course, being a Gator makes it a lot more fun, but the orange jumpsuits, I must admit, were a stroke of pure genius.
Happy New Year, my Volunteer pal.
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OK Rick
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:31am.
Since nobody else will post it I will!
Army Football Practice for Army/Navy Game Delayed
West Point (NY) -- Army football practice was delayed nearly two hours yesterday after a player reported finding an unknown powdery white substance on the practice field. New head coach, John Mumford, immediately suspended practice while police and federal investigators were called to investigate.
After a complete analysis by both the FBI and Army Intelligence, forensic experts determined the powdery white substance unknown to players was the goal line.
Practice was resumed after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.
(I know it's an old joke but it's still funny)
We Are The 53%
Denny,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:58pm.
LOL - I haven't heard that one in a while.
And it's still funny. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I hear some poor momma lost a 9 month old infant
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 3:26pm.
Because she was stuck in the snow for over 10 hours.
Someone needs to be charged with manslaughter.
Welcome to the Obama Mafia
Submitted by texusmc on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 4:01pm.
Not only paying off the Unions, but now appointing personel without Congressional approval.
"Cuz that's the Chicago Way!" - Sean Conner, The Untouchables.
Another Crooked Obama Appointee
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 4:04pm.
Former 'Car Czar' Rattner Agrees To Pay $10M To State Of New York"Steven Rattner, who served as the Obama administration's "car czar," will pay "$10 million in restitution to the State of New York and be banned from appearing in any capacity before any public pension fund within the State of New York for five years," the office of New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just announced.
As NPR's Jim Zarroli reported in October, Rattner had been accused of paying an associate of New York's state comptroller to steer state pension fund business toward his (Rattner's) private equity firm. Rattner previously agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle federal charges over the "pay-to-play" scandal."
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I wonder how much press this will receive. What if it were a Republican appointee? (rhetorical question)
Who stole tax money?
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 5:37pm.
Someone has lied! How can there not be enough money? The Messiah said that his stimulus bill would create 3,500,000 jobs and cap the unemployment rate at 8%. Also the Obamacare passage was supposed to be an instant creator of jobs. Both bills were supported by Mayor Bloomfarb.
Stupid
Submitted by Whoa on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 6:26pm.
If new yorkers are stupid enough to continue to live there, and maybe even believe in the utopian society that their tax dollars are creating in that megalopolis, then keep em!
the stupid new yorkers created their own problems
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 10:27am.
the stupid new yorkers created their own problems. They should stay in ny, learn from states that are not circling the drain and make the changes necessary to save their state. They should NOT take their problems and stupidity to other states (particularly TX).
Shocker
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 8:41pm.
So,,, how many bows and apologies with this cost us?
The new Obama wallet
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 9:50pm.
The new Obama wallet
Is this all he has to do?
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 10:11pm.
New Mexico governor Bill Richardson considering a pardon for Billy the Kid. His real name was Henry McCarthy from Hell's Kitchen in NYC. He was a ruthless cold blooded killer. He was charged in the killing of Sheriff Brady. It started over the killing of rancher Henry Tunstall. The movie Chisum was good theater but it is not he truth about the Lincoln County Wars. John Chisum was but a minor player not a major player as potraited in Chisum
What would the MSM say if this was GW Bush?
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 10:26pm.
Obama extends vacation -- now by two days. His daughters will miss 2 days of school as a result.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
prosecute those who conspired
Submitted by TerryWest on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 11:02pm.
Then they are responsible for a newborn infants death and countable of other medical emergency's , this is an outrage and every single one of the them who knowingly conspired and engaged should be fired and prosecuted. We cannot stand by and allow these Unions to become rouge dictators threatning lives because they dont happen to like the same cuts most American's are facing.The Mayor should also be held accoutable as he made excuse after weak excuse, if he didnt realize something was terribly wrong and it wasnt just the lack of snow removal equpiment then he needs to be fired as well for not knowing that his city's workers were not fuctioning as they well could have been, The majority of New Yorkers knew it!
Another snow job is coming, Bloomberg will now come to the aid of the Unions and try and sweap this one up with lightning pace.
Dave got a new pooter!
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:34am.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Woo Hoo Dave!
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 12:55am.
Good news for my NB pals then, tonight.
You have a new computer, and Rick's Heels beat Stick Boy and the Toothless Vols.
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Congrats!
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 1:00am.
Dave:
You do mean #6, right? ;-)
Thanks to Blonde for clarifying.
I'd like to have new pooter too. What did you get?
I would imagine it's a...
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:00am.
AMDayum Quad-Core 64BITch Dawg Scortcher with 8-GigaChomps DayumRAM, a DVD Read/Write/Troll Stomper and a 500 Giga-Keg High-Speed Mammary HDD, and surreal sound.
In classy Weber Black, of course.
Congrats Dave!
Giga-Keg, Surreal Sound, AMDayum...
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:16pm.
That is without a doubt the funniest component description I have ever read. LOL!
Thanks Rukus :-)
strat,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:42pm.
It's a juiced up HP that my brother had but doesn't need.
I have spent the last several days modifying it - new HD, more RAM, etc., and it's running really well.
It's still a work in progress, though.
I have enough spare parts laying around to build another one which I will be putting upstairs. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Happy Computing New Year!
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:14pm.
Sounds nice, Dave. Additional RAM or harddrive space is a good thing. Wishing you many happy hours on your new machine in the new year.
I'm still running a 4-5 year old machine that is about as maxed out as it gets. Next year I'm thinking new pooter because I'd like more power for photoshop and to try out one of the new games on the market.
Whenever I buy a new pc I
Submitted by Radical1979 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:29pm.
Whenever I buy a new pc I don't tell my husband. About six to nine months later he'll see it and ask where it came from. He can't stand how they become obsolete and tries to tell me I really don't NEED a new one...
I don't ask for jewelry for Christmas, I ask for technology.
Rad: You had me at
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 3:13am.
Rad:
You had me at "Whenever I by a new pc..." and sealed it with "I don't ask for jewelry for Christmas, I ask for technology." Your husband is one lucky man!
Happy New Year to both of you. :-)
Sure feel sorry
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 1:00am.
For the Bus you threw the old one under
Boudin,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:49pm.
Yeah, I pirated the parts that were still usable - ethernet port, RAM chips, exhaust fans, etc., and chunked the carcass.
I am going to regurgitate the HD and use it in a second machine I am building - once I get through tweaking this one.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Congrats Dave!
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:47am.
the Troll Stomper is Back!
We Are The 53%
To all my friends at NB
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:49am.
Happy New Year!
From Tomorrow Land!!
Ha ha! I am only 2 and a half hours from 2011 and wanted to be the first to say it!
Yes!! I win!!
Denny Crane
Unbelievable New Years Eve here.
Went snowboarding today and they closed down the slopes about 1pm. There was an avalanche and 4 people were killed. Worst snow storm I have ever seen here in over 4 years. When I got home there was 18 inches of new snow on the ground. In an area that snow only sticks to the ground a few times in Jan and Feb.
I have never seen more than 5 inches on the ground here, but we will probably have over 2 feet by the end of tomorrow.
Anyway, Happy New Year!!
We Are The 53%
Blame it on global warming
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:59am.
Blame it on global warming
Akemashite omedetou!
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 3:01pm.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Rukus
Submitted by Denny Crane on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 1:25am.
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu!
We Are The 53%
GO DAWGS!
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:36pm.
LOL - You know there are waaaaaaay too many bowl games when a team that is 6-6 gets invited to play in one.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
And you know your team really
Submitted by 26CX on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:39pm.
And you know your team really sucks when they're not playing in a bowl game this year...
Those Dawgs better hunker down
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 4:43pm.
UCF aint no joke.
I love the bowls, nice reward for the kids
~I really, really hate
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 5:21pm.
how difficult it is to find the right Open thread nowadays. That said.....
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Happy New Year to you, too, Bru
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:06pm.
:-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
My Dawgs stink
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:02pm.
:-(
Maybe I'll start drinking early. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dawgs and UCF
Submitted by Agnostic on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 6:14pm.
UCF is a lot better than many gave them credit for being. Several years ago they worked closely with the Navy training base in Orlando (at one time they were going to take over some of the base buildings when the base downsized - don't know if that ever happened) so maybe they got some tactical help.
Oh Lawdy! My Dawgs fall to UCF!
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:57pm.
What a fitting end to a positively sh***y season.
:-(
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Bye Bye
Submitted by jdlybrand on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:30pm.
A.J. ?
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Man that was sad Dave
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:01pm.
SEC 0-2 so far
Boudin, I knew the game was lost when the Dawgs drove 96 yds...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:34pm.
...on their opening drive, yet elected to kick the FG instead of going for the 1st down or the TD. That had to be demoralizing to the team, and I don't think they ever recovered from it.
This state consistently produces some of the best football talent in America. I know many of them wind up playing in Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee, but still, with the calibur of the players we had this year, we should have won ten games.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
USC is stinking it up also
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:52pm.
This sure dont look like the same team, Ol ball coach had better get them moving pretty danged quick
Happy New Year to my NB
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:10pm.
Happy New Year to my NB friends.
Be safe.
The year 2011 is upon us,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:14pm.
and whether it will bode well, or the opposite; I appreciate the fact that there are fine people here at NB's to share the good with, and to hunker down with through any bad times that may come along.
MD
Lets skip it, and head right on to
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:19pm.
2012
Happy New Year, wish us luck
EXPAT seems to be alive again.
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:07pm.
Right on time.
Happy New Year everyone!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
All the best everyone. Happy
Submitted by bkeyser on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:10pm.
All the best everyone. Happy new year. -bk
You'd think they would at least give us a fresh OT to play with
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 9:36pm.
Not that I am complaining or anything.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November