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not all kids nerdy video game players
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 12:13pm.
Here's a fun video of some farm boys doing a parody of a song by a current group called LMFAO.
These boys look like the boys I grew up with. Responsibility and hard work makes boys into men.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7zOQrX3U
Saw that the other day
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 2:13pm.
Didn't know the song they were parodying, but I doubt I'd have liked it as much. Farm kids know how to have a good time.
Good morning MA
Submitted by cocodrie on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:08am.
Thanks
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
The Troll Bloom on Disqus.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 1:42pm.
Did someone leave the door unlocked at the psych ward again?
Honestly, the trolls on Disqus are becoming more and more unhinged as time passes.
Tell me 'bout it, Doc.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 1:51pm.
They just hold their breath and have complete hissy fits over the biggest nothing.
I find it kind of entertaining myself. They are so easy to wind up.
Try it. It's fun when things are dull, and hot.
Disqus Suqus.
True bubba*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 1:56pm.
But I dont find them entertaining especially when they wish you dead..
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2012/07/03/open-thread-co...
Doc
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 3:33pm.
The Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh N&O the most liberal rags in this state use the same format. Boy are there trolls.
That troll infestation must be horrible!
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 5:28pm.
NC has the "People's Republic of Raleigh", and Texas has the "People's Republic of Austin". Why is it ALWAYS that state capitals have the infestation of moonbats? Must be some kind of weird geological phenomenon.
If you get a chance, take a look at the Chris Rock thread. A troll named "Sammy John 75" is going after anybody and anything. Make sure you wear your overall waders if you do. 'Scuse the technical term, but the dude is completely batcrap crazy.
I don't know whether it's Disqus or Disgus(t) that I am feeling towards the new comment system. Probably the latter.
Doc Sam
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:17am.
The trolls comments were still there last night. So much for Disqus moderating comments....
Just saw those posts.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 12:42pm.
Looking at his comments, he reminds me of another troll who ended up getting banned. "Sammy" looks a lot like Auntie Wingie with a big dash of Clevenaive. Or perhaps a foreign poster. Either way, the language was too florid and too many words were misspelled. He didn't seem to catch on to nuance, metaphor or any other advanced language construct either, leading me to believe his claims of having "graduated university" (definitely not an Americanized English idiom) were bogus. He also appeared to pick up my use of "histrionics" and he didn't seem to understand that posting the same response over and over again would make him look like a fool. Whether he is a formerly banned retread, a new non-US troll or a combination, I'm done with him. He takes every disagreement as some kind of sinister accusation, a phrase I'm sure he will "plagerize" (sic) to other posts.
Doc, he does remind me of Cleve.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 1:00pm.
However, I picked up on the "graduated university" too. Sounds like one of the left-wing, America-hating Brits or Canadians who occasionally show up to "explain" things to their less-nuanced colonist cousins.
Ahhhhh, the "good old days."
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 1:49pm.
http://freebeacon.com/putins-july-4th-message/
It's deja vous all over again! If you're an Oscar Foxtrot, you'll remember all the fun we used to have taking pictures of these ah, souls all the time.
Now Putin has Obama for his bitch, and he's slapping his silly ass right in the face (same thing, I guess)
bubba-
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 1:56pm.
This, from our '87 WestPac on the USS Germantown. Russian Badger off the coast of Vietnam. I know of that which you speak. ;)
How many ways is O'blowme, like Carter, need a list for that.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 2:50pm.
What's next one of these....A 3 hour soviet warship tour?
You Didn't Build That.
Real time upcountrywater*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 4:50pm.
No comment ..Read this and come to your own conclusion
http://freebeacon.com/putins-july-4th-message/
The Carter team was so relieved that the Soviets stayed out
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 12:44pm.
of the 3 mile limit, @1981.....
However they set course and ventured inside the 12 mile limit....
O'bama doing the lefty dance as a Carters' second termer.. Now we have the ruskies, dancing on the 200 mile limit,
At least they didn't go within the 12 mile limit @2012...
Same bs different year.
You Didn't Build That.
The Kenyan Kow Krap Kreepy
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 2:20pm.
The Kenyan Kow Krap Kreepy Kommunist is on full 'in your face' mode these days..................first he flatly stated that he makes 'no apologies' for HIS healthcare bill, and that it is 'here to stay', and even in the face of continuing poor economic and employment news, he won't take any responsibility of it, and even stated that 'most people know I've been working hard'...............
so they should vote for him based on the fact that he's got 'more work to do'. Well, to me that's like flipping the bird with both hands while shouting 'F**K YOU' at us........................yet there are countless (and worthless) idiots who still believe him.
And I also read that the owner of an Ohio restaurant that Boy Baraka visited the other day died a few hours after he showed up.
My condolences to the family, but in reality, we can relate to the same thing, as a nation.....................because he showed up at our house too, and we have been dying ever since.
Great analogy, Killa!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 3:19pm.
Not bad for someone from American Asia's 57th state, who (along with the rest of us) has been declared to be one of Obama's bitches.
Check this out, where the USMC band disses the dumb bastard and he probably didn't even recognize it at the time.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/236237-marine-band-play...
Also notice how he has to remind them, "So as your Commander in Chief ...," when blessing them with his bountifulness.
I've always found that most really good leaders never had to spend much time continually reminding their subordinates of the fact. Not so with Obummer.
A great general once said, "In a society where it is necessary that one person be superior, and another be subordinate, the superior, if he is a gentleman, never thinks about it; and the subordinate, if he is a gentleman, never forgets it."
I guess we know what a fine gentleman Obama is, huh?
Yeah, I'm sure that Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 3:43pm.
Yeah, I'm sure that Boy Baraka and Mooooooochie Imelda would've rather been doing anything besides hosting some military function - at THEIR house!!! And I'd also be willing to bet that a majority of military 'folks' would disagree with Pvt. Black/White/Red/Yellow being either their Commander in Chief OR being an American.
Your quote reminds me of my own father, the Col. - who was a WW2, Korean War, and Vietnam veteran. Although he basically considered me to be a surf-bum, and rock'n'roll rebel, and a skirt chaser (hell, the way HE adored women, I never figured out what that was all about!!! Hahhahaha!!!), I think he also admired my independant spirit - and I did learn a lot from him, although probably not enough!!! But I used to walk around with him at Schofield Barracks Military Base on Oahu, when I was a teenager, and he would always 'wave off' the enlisted men and junior officers when they were set to salute him - if we were in the PX or Commissary or just somewhere else, and he was in uniform. He knew the difference between 'official' and 'unofficial' protocol.
And I also remember him making derogitory comments about 'boot-lickers' and 'brown-nosers' that he knew and/or worked with, because he was super straight and ethical and figured that hard work and good results should be enough for a man (or woman) to stand on.
And he was one of those 'love your country, but beware of your government' kind of guys - and since he was in G2 - Army Intelligence - I'm pretty sure that he knew what he was talkin' (Obamaspeak) about...................
Schofield Barracks Military Base on Oahu, Been there a few times
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 4:47pm.
Great short cut to Nanakuli, the Kolekole pass, I did that twice pre 9-11...
When heading west off the main base, the road is almost level then drops off down the hill into Nanakuli. The Waianae mountains on both side of the road is a fairly narrow fly zone.... wow filled with zeros...years ago...
Schofield liked (still does) to host concerts for cheap prices..... Of course the entrances to the concert were more stringent than entering the base in the first place.... Crowd control training for sure, Just think those Heroes that searched me went to moslemlands to frisk explosive folk. Thanks for Your Service...
I still get a chuckle out of you mentioning Imelda all the time....Guess one needed to live Hawaii eh!
You Didn't Build That.
Yeah, I've been over the
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 7:57pm.
Yeah, I've been over the Kolekole pass a couple of times - to surf Makaha on the west side. I've also flown through it on a small plane, which was pretty cool. As I'm sure you know, there used to be a big cross up near the top of the pass, so that it could be seen from many miles.............and some ACLU type of protest organization made the military take it down years ago. I guess it was 'offending' someone!!!
Ahhhh - those concerts at the circular Conroy Bowl, up near the main movie theatre..................when I was a teenager, I went up there a lot, being a music fan and all!!! I saw Bo Diddley - with Jerone Green on maracas, a number of other pop artists who were popular in the early to mid 60's - I can't remember all of their names, and also some do-wop groups, since there was a good sized 'black' contingent in the enlisted segment of Schofield...............of course, I don't remember there being too much 'race' crap in those days. Hell, I've been inside the barracks - as a teenager - playing guitar with some young soldiers that I met.............it was all cool.I just remember that my Dad wouldn't buy me a pair of Ray Charles sunglasses!!!! Hahahahaha!!!
But the best concert I ever saw there was the great Jackie Wilson - and I was standing about 10 feet from him, on the side of the stage. The guy could dance, sing, and perform...........and the chicks were going crazy for him too!!! I was thinking that was a pretty good gig!!! The poor guy died onstage, basically - when he collapsed in the middle of a song and never recovered - but that was a few years after I saw him.
Mooooooooooochie and Imelda have a lot in common, that's for sure!!!
Great pix, UCW!!
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 8:47pm.
Wow. Those landscapes are beautiful.
Bubba
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 5:34pm.
I wonder if the Marine band played Romney's song in part to protest Obama's forcing the Marine Corps to play at the White House first ever gay pride LBGTQ BBQ? (I heard IHOP catered, served BLT's but it was BYOB)
You know Obama and handlers purposefully selected the Marine Corps band to mock them and display dominance over them.
What goes around comes
Submitted by kent g on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:02pm.
What goes around comes around. Semper Fi
Christianity, No. Islam? Sure!
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 2:41pm.
Democrat Rep. Andre Carson has the cure for failing schools!
They should be modeled after Madrassas....with the Kr-ahn as their foundation!
Oh, wait!! I'm sure Carson means that just like Madrassas are founded on the Kr-ahn, American schools should be founded on the Bible.
Ya think?
If you live long enough ...
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 9:21pm.
I remember when madras was popular in the late 60s. I never thought it would make a comeback a half-century later, and among black Noo Yawkers at that! Whoo knoo? < g >
Yeah, and I thought it was
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 10:06pm.
Yeah, and I thought it was pretty lame back then................................and it's gone downhill ever since. Plus, I think that madras came from the Hindoooo section of India, and not the 'piece and love' moooooooooooooooooooooooooslems.
The brilliance of David Burge
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 8:54pm.
Many of you may know David Burge by his nom de Web, Iowahawk. He's nothing short of a brilliant parodist and satirist. And now he's outdone himself.
This is a spectacularly funny post. Read it and weep tears of laughter.
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/
Superb satire, carbon
Submitted by stratman on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 9:09pm.
Superb satire, carbon dioxygen!
You should follow him on
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 1:54pm.
You should follow him on Twitter, his tweets are hilarious!! Examples follow:
Scientists at NERC confirm existence of Higgs' Noobs, the "Dog Practical" #NewsforDyslexics
Feb 14, 1927: 7 people killed in Chicago, a worldwide news event made into countless movies. Now, Chicago refers to this as "Thursday,"
DC without power? Excuse me, I have to wipe a tear of joy from my eye.
If your college promises to "teach you how to think," they should probably also teach you how to operate a deep fat fryer.
"Anti-intellectual": someone who opposes 18 year olds going $100k+ in govt-issued debt for degrees in Pop Culture Studies.
Think we'll see elections in November?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:15am.
Over on Drudge is a story about an EO issued on July 6, giving BO complete control over communications in case of an "emergency". I thought the Emergency Broadcast System was set up for the purpose of keeping citizens informed during an emergency. Do you think this is for a different purpose?
The king doesn't want to give up his crown.
As much as I think Obama
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:33am.
As much as I think Obama capable of such, I dont think he can pull it off. The people will definitely rise up in response to any disruption.
Dan the Man
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 12:10pm.
I don't know, Homeland Security bought a whole lot of bullets...
Well we will see wont we.
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:09pm.
Well we will see wont we.
For pete's sake, Rad...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:21pm.
It was a renewal of the same contract for the identical ammunition previously utilized by Homeland Security and other agencies.
And the EO was an adjunct to orders originally issued by Reagan.
But Drudge makes a dramatic announcement and ominously highlights CRISIS and CONTROL, and the conspiracy crowd comes out of the woodwork.
Jer
Ahh, a different opinion from the ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 6:19pm.
left.
Now there's a novelty for you.
MD
renewal
Submitted by kent g on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:40pm.
If it is a renewal contract, doesn't that mean the 1st contract was fulfilled? Where is all the ammo going or is it just being paid for to somebody?
kent g
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 6:29pm.
Yes, but that doesn't mean x amount of ammunition was manufactured and the entirety of x was purchased and expended [or preserved] by the contracting government agencies.
I suspect this is some form of a requirements contract between the feds and the manufacturer wherein the parties agree that the latter will be the sole supplier of the product in quantities specified by and delivered to the former on an "as needed" basis.
Or it may be a predetermined quantity based on past usage and future projections.
What it doesn't mean is that massive amounts of ammo are being acquired and stockpiled under one contract and then additional surpluses accrued pursuant to the contract's renewal.
Jer
Rad, assuming there will be an election in November...
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:53am.
...it may not matter, as the votes will be tallied by a company HQ'd in Spain, and from what I have read, a recount will be next to impossible.
As for the congressional repubes standing up to the Kenyan potentate, I have totally given up on them, as they have caved at every point the Dear Ruler could have been stopped.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Ditto, Dave
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:56am.
I have as well, there's nothing to hope for from these Republicans, at least in the leadership capacity.
At least some of the others are showing some gumption, especially Allen West, who came on F&F this weekend which I just happened to catch where he talks about slavery.
I just don't understand how people just don't see the danger that this country is in. Unless something is turned around and I mean right f'ing now, we're going to be having a repeat of Germany plus other countries at the beginnings of their dictatorships in WW2. And what would come after would be an Islamic nightmare because this dictator is Islamic through and through.
I can't tell you how much trouble I've been having sleeping at nights because of this.
-Jon
Jon~
Submitted by GG_NB on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:10pm.
We're in danger, no doubt about it.
We fight on, but I may have to change my name to Dave2. I have been hanging onto the hope that people can actually see the neon flashing signs reading: "DANGER! DANGER! ONE LAST CHANCE TO TURN BACK! DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" I find it nearly incomprehensible to imagine people would do something so dumb twice.
Dave has always been skeptical about that.
If America can't see this, America is no more. November will tell.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Goodness gracious, jon...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 6:53pm.
Look, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and give you my personal assurances that this nation isn't on the brink of a Hitlerian Islamofascist dictatorship.
If you're having trouble sleeping now, you must have been a total insomniac during the Nixon presidency when his administration was perilously close to making mincemeat of the Constitution. Fortunately the system worked then, and it will continue to work.
Dedicate yourself to electing your preferred candidates. But relax.
Jer
Jer's personal assurances?
Submitted by 26CX on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:10pm.
Now I'm really worried, too!
Seriously,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:36pm.
I am sure the constitution shredding Obama admin is giving assurances also? Good grief.
Oh, alright, CX...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:25pm.
If I'm wrong I'll issue a heartfelt public apology and also donate 50 dollars to NewsBusters.
Jer
Right, Jer.
Submitted by 26CX on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:02pm.
As if anyone will be able to verify that after Obama has shut down the internet and we're all barricaded in our homes trying to protect what's left of our personal belongings.
(by the way, are you willing to adjust your $50 donation for what, by then, will be raging inflation? We could be talking thousands of dollars...)
What makes you think
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:14pm.
You'll still have 50 bucks, or it will be worth anything?
Media refuse to hold Obama accountable for lies.
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:57am.
Yeah, I know, let me show you my shocked face!
But John Nolte at Breitbart has an impressive list of lies recently told by Dear Leader, that have gone un-fact-checked, un-challenged, and otherwise ignored by the watchdogs of our political system.
Oh wait!! They ARE watchdogs....Obama's watchdogs!
.....Obama runs around the country a proven liar about his own biography, Romney's record at Bain Capital, and his own record, and what do his Media Palace Guards do?
They just keep guarding his palace.
Good dog.
Be seein' y'all in church
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 12:15pm.
This is just too funny not to share.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
LePage said the court decision has "made America less free."
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 1:10pm.
We the people have been told there is no choice," he said. "You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the IRS."
"Even more disheartening is that reviving the American dream just became nearly impossible to do," he said. "We are now a nation which supports dependency rather than independence. Instead of encouraging self-reliance, we are encouraging people to rely on the government."
Ahhh, Maine...The rest of the lefty opinion piece is here...
You Didn't Build That.
I like this guy!!! Of course,
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 3:06pm.
I like this guy!!! Of course, we'd NEVER get anyone like that over here in Asia/Hawaii - purported birthplace of the Great King Baraka Hussein Obama. And I'm sure you noticed the article about all of the states who elected Republican governors in 2010 who have IMPROVED their employment rates, while everyone else's has basically been going down. I'm sure that Axelgrease and Boy Baraka have a good explanation for that, or a plan to halt it!!!
Okay, I'm a huge Roger Federer fan, but...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 3:14pm.
if you could listen to Andy Murray's tearful remarks--after coming close but failing to become the first Brit to win the Wimbledon [men's] championship in 75 years--and not get a lump in your throat, you have a heart of stone.
Jer
Roger, then Andy
Submitted by mom_rox on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 4:24pm.
I told my husband when the tournament started that if it couldn't be Roger holding the trophy, then I'd love to see Andy win it - so I was glad to see both meet each other in the finals.
It wasn't an epic match, but Andy perfomed so much better (both in play and attitude) than in the other finals - and under such pressure.
mom_rox...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:36pm.
I don't know if it had been shown earlier, but prior to the Tennis Channel highlights beginning at 7 pm tonight, they showed several of the London newspapers, tabloids, etc. and the front page of each would display a full page picture of Murray overlaid with gigantic headlines such as "Make Us Smile, Andy", "We're Praying For You, Andy", "All of Britain Depends on You, Andy".
The pressure was immense. I'm surprised and relieved he performed as well as he did.
Jer
And, in other news from across the pond,
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 7:40pm.
The UK Daily Mail has their panties in a bunch. Because an American Apache pilot managed to help some "farmers" dig a hole to plant their "crops". Yup, the Daily Mail thinks that "innocent farms(sic)" plant their crops in the middle of the road. Now, I know us folks in flyover country are not nuanced enough, but none of my neighbors plant anything in the road. In the Stan, I can only think of one thing that gets planted in roads, it begins with an I and ends in ED. The video is at TAH.
Oh, they're also vexed that the pilot supposedly sang "Bye, Bye American Pie". Personally, I think the tape was edited by Liveleak, probably with a hand from NBC.
COMPUTER VIRUS PROTECTION...IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 2:04am.
I meant to mention this earlier. Maybe someone else has already. In any event, there is a destructive virus that could affect and prevent internet access for thousands of computers sometime Monday. The virus is already embedded in the at risk computers, but its presence is completely unknown to the users.
The chances of infection are relatively small, but the consequences to those vulnerable can be significant. So, go to this website:
www.dcwg.org
...where you will be directed to a second test site. There is nothing to download. If you are OK, you'll see a green panel. Otherwise, a red one.
Jer