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The March Iguana update.

The March Iguana update.

The boyz found a damn basketball (really a golf ball).  I've been ducking rim shots for about three hours.

Well, here's how its going.  The boyz have discovered Spring Break madness.  They have been 'beachin' it for about two weeks and I'm told it only ends with the Easter week stuff.

Then they spend a lot of time rationalizing between beers how the 'church' in Mexico has screwed up everything.

I do not get involved in these heavy theological discussions because in April, we have the 'roundup'.

Now, the burro is complaining that he doesn't have enough work.  Can you imagine?  The burro complains.

Geez.

Aside from that, the banana leaf boats are all currently in dry dock.  (thanks to Global Warming, I'm sure) and the boyz are all tarring and planing the hulls.  I've tried to explain that 'eating' the hulls doesn't make for a good boat, but they give me those old 'You gave up on me eye looks - and you are human - how in the hell could you possibly understand grins'.

Well, that's about it except for the guy who almost drowned.  I'm still trying to figure out how that worked?

ACA

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I'd give my right arm to be a

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous

Actually, Riled One, that is my favorite grafitti. ACA

Actually, Riled One, that is my favorite grafitti.  ACA

And I have posted it here before...

Na na Naw Na Na.

ACA

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Gotta set some rules ACA - fo

Gotta set some rules ACA - found this guy down the block. As far as being beached, they might need these, to get some exercise. Speaking of that, these two need to get a room! What kinda place are you running??

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

I told ya, Spring Break is outta control.. :-) ACA

I told ya, Spring Break is outta control.  :-) ACA

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aca, does this mean we will

aca, does this mean we will start seeing this on a regular basis?:

The Monthly Iguana Update®

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Hey, MM, Iguanas got their rights - huh?

Hey, MM, Iguanas got their rights - huh?

ACA

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Only if they also have thei

Only if they also have their green cards. :-)

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

They be green. Unless they are black, red, brown, or yellow?

They be green.  Unless they are black, red, brown, or yellow?

There are over 200 species of Iguanas.  I have the black 'rock' type.  They are green for a while, then turn yellow then black with white spots.  (the males have a lot of mottled white stuff).

Makes it hard to photograph them.

But they are still the most playful group on the planet.  They have an agenda.

1.)  Go for Global Warming.

2.)  Go for old ladies who plant flowers.

3.)  Go for anything that kills cats.

4.)  Go for anything that bothers me.

ACA

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For all you pompous Prius drivers out there.

I'm posting this for the benefit of our resident enviro-kook fern-fondlers. It seems that the car of choice for us (their choice, not ours) isn't as environmentally friendly as they would have us all believe.

Imagine that!

This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.- Neal Boortz.

If I had the cash handy, I'd

If I had the cash handy, I'd get a dark GREEN  H3, or when they show up on the "after market" an M1A1 and squish those little Prius's. Just call it a speed bump.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

OK, I have a comment.I know

OK, I have a comment.

I know you NB admins have heard this before. But, the site seems to be getting slower and slower. What needs to be done to rectify this? Would a <gulp> donation from me help?

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Oh, whine whine whine - MM.... ACA :-)

Oh, whine whine whine - MM....  ACA :-)

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Sombody say wine??? oh, diffe

Sombody say wine??? oh, different spelling - never mind.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

Reminds me of the woman's favorite wine.

Reminds me of the woman's favorite wine...

"I want, I want... I WAnt... I want.

ACA

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You know me, normally I don

You know me, normally I don't whine. I'm a biness man with biness to take care of, and the LAST thing I wanna do is wait for the internet! It's just biness, yaknow.

:-o

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Check out this letter to the

Check out this letter to the editor in the new issue of the far-right publication TIME Magazine:

"I subscribed to TIME some years ago because I thought it was a balanced newsmagazine. Now you regularly feature the neocon chickenhawk William Kristol in addition to the ultraconservative Charles Krauthammer, both mouthpieces for the Republican National Committee. So much for balanced coverage"

(No mention, of course, that both gentlemen are opinion columnists, not people actually reporting the news. Anf of course, the cover story this week is "How the Right went wrong")

What do Liberals believe in?

I am interested in understanding what a liberal actually believes in. I have reviewed the Democratic platform off their website, but it does not explain what a liberal believes in. That is, in a liberals mind, what is their utopian view of a liberal society? Is it socialism or some combination thereof? How would they change things? How would they act in the best interest of all Americans? I would really like to know. I would be willing to participate in a dialogue if it was objective.

Unfortunately, all I see in the media is insults, accusations, innuendo, supposition, and generally an all out attack on everything not aligned with liberal thought (whatever that is).

So, in an effort to be fair and balanced, I am soliciting input from liberals regarding "what does a liberal believe in".

I'm gonna give you the Conservative view of what Liberals belie.

I'm gonna give you the Conservative view of what LIberals believe.

Lberals believe that everyone inside is 'good'.

Um...

Thinking...

That means what?

ACA

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Roman, **WARNING** scary cont

Roman, **WARNING** scary content; This link my enlighten your point of view without their (liberals/dimorats) having to acknowledge it (to which they won't).

h/t to Glenn Beck

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

I refer you to Crash Davis' s

I refer you to Crash Davis' speech from Bull Durham.

Newsbusters isn't really the

Newsbusters isn't really the best place to find liberals to tell you what they believe. But, I'll throw in a thought or two of my own as a non-liberal.

As stated by Mr. John Derbyshire in a National Review article, "A liberal, in the current sense of the term, is a person who favors a massive welfare state, expansive and intrusive government, high taxation, preferential allocation of social goods to designated 'victim' groups, and deference to international bureaucracies in matters of foreign policy."

On a more practical level, there are a number of long lists of individual beliefs attributed to liberals (with varying degrees of accuracy), such as: Forcing an increase in the price of tobacco or gas will reduce consumption, but forcing an increase in a minimum wage will not reduce hiring by businesses. A law-abiding American citizen in possession of a gun is more dangerous than a dictator in possession of nuclear weapons. Sex and violence in the media don't have any negative affect on children, but scenes depicting torture of bad guys make our soldiers into torturers. Conservatives are racists, but saying “black people couldn’t make it without your help” is not a racist statement.

Lee T.

U.S. Navy (ret.) / Hillsboro, Oregon

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life. Unless I buy something.

An oldie but a goodie

HOW WE'RE TAUGHT TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
1. You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.
2. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S.
nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese communists.
4.You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the earth's climate, and more affected by yuppies driving SUVs.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.
7. You have to be against capital punishment but support abortion on demand.
8. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who've never been outside of Seattle do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
11. You have to believe the military, not corrupt politicians, start wars.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, General Robert E. Lee or Thomas Edison.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't.
16. You have to believe Hillary Clinton is really a lady.
17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried, is because the right people haven't been in charge.
18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and sex offender belongs in the White House.
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites and bestiality should be constitutionally protected and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese is somehow in the best interests of the United States.

Wow, you guys are right, the site is running slow. I posted this in 1999.

If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons

The latest from the war on

The latest from the war on property rights...
JMR

Skimmed the article and it do

Skimmed the article and it does not lay out the reasons for the easement.  Government probably has valid reasons for an easement across the land, most likely access to governmnet land.  I deal in these easement type issues all the time and most of the time people dont understand teh reasdons for teh easement and what it entails.

The governmnet may have dropped teh ball but by not recording the easement but that does not preclude teh need for such easement.  If the government can prove prior use then they will win.  I have seen many such arguments solved when some infrastructure in the ground is on a persons property and teh easement was probably 100 years ago a handshake.

An easdement usually just guarentees taht the governmnet can access it any tim,e without prior approval.

The real problem is between the seller who did not disclose prior agreements with teh buyer.

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.

No, the real problem is tha

No, the real problem is that big government is once-again abrogating property rights. They (big government) and the prior seller may have screwed up by not-recording the easement, but that's not a valid reason to impair the current owner's property rights, and if prior use constituted an actual easement we both know that big government could just take him to big government's own court rather than harassing the property owner as they're doing instead. If they wanted a new easement, they can damn well pay for it like anyone else. This is even more dangerous than Kelo, and I'm amazed -- but less & less surprised these days -- that nobody else here objected to your comment. "Being a government" does not trump individual rights, including but not limited to property rights.
JMR

Well its seems like they are

Well its seems like they are going to court.  It is not thegovernments perogative to go to court to obtain an easement they already have.  Money or some form of compensation changed hands with the former owner.  In a court of law prior use will triumph in this case.  In reading the article there were many complaints about governmnet preventing access to the property.  I did not research this but it sounds like an access road that may be required for all the properties to be connected to a bigger road, probably paved.

I deal with this type of situation quite often in that people are complaining about legal property and the fact wemake them have access to a major road.  They dont want to provide such because they feel they dont need it, when in fact it is because the ywill "land lock" thenmselves and have no access for part of the property.  This is most prevalent in cases where a property is subdivided and all property has one owner.  What people dont consider if they sell off the land locked property or the properties change owners and the new oner will not allow acess then there are problems.

Remember the government is looking out for all the people not just a few.  In this case

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.

Good God, man, what in the

Good God, man, what in the world are you reading?? It's their victim that's taking the government to court, not the other way around like the government would do if they thought they had a chance of winning it legally! And I'll go point by point...

1. Unless the alleged easement was recorded, and it wasn't, the government most certainly DOES NOT "already have" it, despite your strange allegation to the contrary. Go learn something about the law!! They had it and then they lost it. Too bad.

2. You are making things up about money or compensation changing hands. Nowhere in the story does it say that, at all. As far as we know, this easement was a verbal agreement between the local feds and the previous landowner, who is not the current landowner they're trying to take property rights from with no compensation via harassment.

You need to quit imagining and start reading. You can't just make things up in an argument because it makes mocking you so-easy it's like shooting fish in a barrel. I repeat, this case might be even more dangerous than Kelo. And needless to say, I'm not a big Kelo fan. And this has nothing to do with the irrelevant cases you mentioned where people do various dumb things with easements. I know plenty about that issue, too. This is a case of big government wanting to steal an easement instead of paying for it because they screwed up & didn't record it back when they actually had it. There's no other (honest) way to describe it.
JMR

Sarcasmo I deal in this all t

Sarcasmo I deal in this all the time, I know a lot about government and ROW/Easements as I explained earlier. What do you know about it???? I know the property owner is the one taking this matter to court. From reading the article he is doing this because the government is using the easement and he doesnt like it. The propblem is the article leaves out many facts an I surmised some. I drew on my 25+ years dealing with such problems. It looks like sometime before the present property owner bought the property in 93 the previous owner granted in some form or fashion an easement to the government. Now I have been in situations where an easement was implied by use and there is no recorded easement that can be found. In teh old days sometimes all taht was needed was a handshake and an undrstanding teh government had the right to he easement. Since the articvle does not mention any details then this may be one of them. By prior right and use teh government has the right of use. Summing it up more facts are required. The government will win. The government is not trying to steal it if there was an easement eirth implict or implied by use from teh previous owner.

 

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.

Dan the Man 2 - easements are the stickiest of contracts.

Dan the Man 2 - easements are the stickiest of contracts.

Wait until you have a property owner put a lock on a gate that keeps the other owner from accessing his land, as he had in the past. That costs real money to fix.

ACA

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If they were as confident a

If they were as confident as you are, they'd be the plaintiffs instead of the defendants. And I stand by all my words, I have plenty enough experience in this field to tell you when you're making things up that aren't at-all in evidence in the article, and if you're going to make up facts YOU need to label them as made-up, or else I'm gonna do it in my usual way, so please keep that in mind. People here should NOT believe either of us, go read the article and judge for yourselves who's right. Since it starts-out by quoting Ronald Reagan, very tellingly I might add, I'm confident the jury's gonna go my-way, at least here on NB. And not to disparage our thousands & thousands of government employees in any way, but I think it's appropriate to point out at this point to newcomers that your "experience" on this issue is as a government employee, and that fact may color your thinking on this issue.
JMR

I read the article and the linked article sarcasmo

I read the article and the linked article sarcasmo. Seems to me the government was a bully and decided to harrass the guy into complying as best they could. Of course that's the biggest problem I have with the whole issue. The rest of it hadn't settled, and I certainly don't know which way it will go. A friend told me how he found some ( I think he said Bureau of Land Management) dudes - at 2am on his property in their pickup truck. They just turned off the road and drove right up through and onto his field and parked in the middle of the night. Well,my friend is no daisy, and he went out there with the .44 and a 10,000 candle - snuck up on them, and blared their eyeballs with it before they knew what was going on. To make a long story short, it was all supposedly about catching "deer poachers" ,and the punks in the truck made the threat that they would arrest my friend for assualt ( the 10k flashlight ) for shining it in their eyes. (LOL ) So, my buddy made a phonecall and chewed some government fascist at the office. I guess I would just say if my friend shot them dead in their pickup truck, I would have no problem with it. Since when does the government have the "right" to sneak up into a private citizens property at 2am in their vehicle - not even announced. NEVER. Hey, if they want to argue " reasonable suspicion " - good luck with that. Just exactly how is the general public supposed to be aware that the government suspects a supposed deer POACHER in the area ?(deer poacher - now that's pretty funny around here) It seems to me the government should make a phonecall - and ask nicely, and if they don't get cooperation they can scout around from the PUBLIC ROAD with their greenie night vis binocs. I suspect though it has gone far, far beyond that, and I'm sure the BLM claims full access rights under any and all circumstances any time of the day or night for any reason they have on their endless list of reasons. Yep, they will show up unannounced and just drive right over your property for whatever reason they feel like doing it for at the time. If you check who the hell is on your property - ( with a powerful cordless light and a loaded .44 for your own personal protection from thieves and vandals ) - they threaten "to arrest you for assualt". Doesn't sound too far from commieville to me. I thought there was at least some concept of rights against search and seizure. I guess the BLM got that special permanent WARRANT that covers ALL private property for ALL their reasons for ALL TIME. Gosh, that's quite an issue.

I think all of us country boys have the same story.

I think all of us country boys have the same story.

Before I grew up I was living on the family Ranch.  We had put together a 'preserve' under the State Laws of Kansas and posted the property correctly.

We'd get these people from the city down who treated the Ranch like it was a 'park' or public property.

That cost money to fix.

But we got one guy poaching quail from his car.  Drive down the section road, find a covey of quail, shoot them on the ground.

We 'arrested' him.  I remember this well.  The guy had a heart attack during his trial (he was found guilty) and the family sued us over the fact that the guy died.

Now, we won that case, but again, it cost money.

As a result, I had to scrub floors to go to college (not really, but it sounds good, huh?).

ACA

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Heh. When I predicted I'd h

Heh. When I predicted I'd have the NB jury, I wasn't thinking of this juror! And I can confirm, from personal almost-arrest experience, that law enforcement officers dislike when a citizen-unit's flashlight outshines theirs. (Rude bastards started it and then didn't like how "Candlepower" and I finished it with a direct-hit on their own retinas. Then they turned theirs off & I turned-off "Candlepower." Served 'em right.)
JMR

&quot;Worse than Kelo?&qu

"Worse than Kelo?" is probably how I should have described this attack on private property rights...This case is dangerous, and the media do not want you to notice what's going on and the precedent it sets.
JMR

Do I have to do everything around here?

Alright NB Staff, the site slowdown seems to be one of your advertisers. Specifically http://harvast11.adg.... very annoying. waaaaaaaaaaa!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

My scriptblocker blocks 'em

My scriptblocker blocks 'em as "suspicious."  :)  Maybe, fewer and less-complex but more-expensive ads might be the answer. I've always been surprised that TV walks in almost-exact lock-step WRT ad-minutes, to the point of editing Simpsons shows when they later decided -- despite VCRs & other such commercial-avoidance devices -- that viewers should be subject to even-more ads. Want more ad revenue? How 'bout charging more for ads instead of making your ads even less bearable?? And I say that to both NB & TV.
JMR

What are you using for scri

What are you using for scriptblocking sarc? Norton?

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

It's a Firefox plugin calle

It's a Firefox plugin called "NoScript." I like it a lot.
JMR

Thanks sarc, I just install

Thanks sarc, I just installed that and it makes a world of difference!!!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Sure, but at least for me,

Sure, but at least for me, the NB site's still-slow at times, especially when they have WYSIWYG (which I like) turned-on so that html becomes nontechnical. If I were them, I'd forbid any flash or java or javascript in ads along with charging more for fewer of them, but that's just me. Now that we're talking ads, I wonder what a site like this brings-in? Probably not much, if my own clicking and buying habits are any judge...
JMR

I have used the program for a

I have used the program for a long time. Not only does it eat bugs but, for simplicity sake, in opens memory in your computer.

JDW

Wounded skier, beware of mistakes.

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

sarc.. help!

http://harvast11.adg....

yes, that's what i see all the time waiting while the damn site loads in Firefox...

I already run CA anti-virus, anti-spam, adware, and pop-up blocker -- that's not the right thing for this then?

Sorry to bug ya sarc, but do you know about IE7 as well?

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

I'm totally clueless on IE, a

I'm totally clueless on IE, and whatever I'm doing -- even though it blocks that site somewhat -- does not help the NB site's occasional maddening slowness in Firefox!
JMR

IE7 is still attempting to co

IE7 is still attempting to correct problems and remains behind FireFox in it's capabilities. While IE7 catches up FireFox continues to move ahead.

JDW

Wounded skier, beware of mistakes.

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

Jack,I use or have upgraded i

Jack,

I use or have upgraded if that is the correct word to IE7 too...I have never had a problem before...I have all the things you mentioned too...

I too tried to see if FireFox would help with the slowness ect...which it hasn't.

So I am staying back to where I was because I am not computer savvy like you guys, but I know the only site I have trouble with is this one...

And MM...I have donated...can't say a huge amount, but I try to donate every now and then since I have been here when I can...and this site keeps going slow!

Dang it all!

Grrrr....

BT -- NB does seem to be th

BT -- NB does seem to be the slowest site I ever access

And it's those damned ad sites which NB is forever waiting to contact whcih seems to be the major problem.

I just installed the plugin sarc recommended. Haven't had chance to see if it's made much difference.

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

Thanks Jack... Please let me

Thanks Jack...

Please let me know later if it helps in the long run as I just got everything set the way I want this morning...again...lol!

Btw...seems to be moving good now...cross my fingers!

Jack, just make sure you en

Jack, just make sure you enable script for the NB site or you will lose the WYSIWYG editor! Keep all others blocked and viola only the slow ass NB servers will slow you down. :-)

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Now for some really GOOD news

Now for some really GOOD news of the day. They found Michael Auberry alive.

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

Kill, the baby Polar Bear Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill the baby.

Kill, the baby Polar Bear Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill the baby.  Kill, kill...

:<(

ACA

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ACA...If you wait a year, he

ACA...If you wait a year, he will make a much better rug for the floor by the fireplace.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

animal haters

Does PETA know about this?? I tried to call them and let them know, but the message on the machine stated they were busy defending their workers in court for killing stray dogs.

This is called a post-partum abortion.

This is called a post-partum abortion.

ACA

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Calling PETA? The People Eati

Calling PETA? The People Eating Tasty Animals? They should do well with the sharks in the legal profession.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

aca -- surely Polar Bears h

aca -- surely Polar Bears have as much right to alternative lifestyles as the rest of us?

The answer is socialism. But only if the question is:

"What's the fastest way to impoverish, enslave and destroy people?"

* straight - check out these

* straight - check out these guys who want to join the Navy! and what's this nosense about GW with respect to polar bears?

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

aca, you better hope they do

aca, you better hope they do Kill him, with all this global warming, the polor bears may migrate south and eat the Boyz lounging by the pool then take over the pool for their own recreation. :-) 

"To bad Ignorance isn't painful..."

That would be when the boyz get their machine guns. :-) ACA

That would be when the boyz get their machine guns.  :-)  ACA

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Not to worry - these guys are

Not to worry - these guys are way laid back to care.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

Well, IMHO animal &quot;rig

Well, IMHO animal "rights" idiots that want to kill baby polar bears should instead be put to sleep. That way, we won't have to suffer their existence!

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

&quot;Neo-conservatives and r

"Neo-conservatives and religious conservatives have hijacked this administration, and I consider myself on a personal mission to destroy both." - Joseph Wilson, <sarc> conspiracy victim. </sarc>

Iran is not paying, Russia fo

Iran is not paying, Russia for their work on the nuk power plant. Iran has BOOTED the inspectors..  It's because they DO NOT want a power plant.

It's about gas centrifuges that is all they are interested in,  making cute small nuks.

Canadians - what nerve, eh?

Canadians - what nerve, eh?

How non French of them.Save a

How non French of them.

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

LOL! And I thought the only

LOL! And I thought the only thing the US could learn from Canada is how NOT to support it's allies and benefactors.

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

Just in this morning: Saddam'

Just in this morning: Saddam's former deputy was hanged.

JDW

Wounded skier, beware of mistakes.

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

JDW...I heard that too....and

JDW...

I heard that too....and to think he was sentenced to life...just waiting for the msm to come out with some kind of blame for this on us...the bad guys here in the US...blame Bush/Cheney/Rove...

I imagine Rosie or KO will have some kind of conspiracy about this too given enough time.

LOL...

The President is about to mak

The President is about to make some kind of a statement in about a half hour...are we ready for the media blather?

I know even last night watching the Global Warming Waxman hearing they tried to get to Cheney(Haliburton) and Rove somehow...it was maddening.

I wonder if he is going to make any statements about the subpoenas sent from the house and Senate...claim executive privilege and such.

I just hope he makes some kind of a strong statement whatever it is...for once! 

bt,Bush will fold like an umb

bt,

Bush will fold like an umbrella.  Let's face it, the man just doesn't have it. And he ain't gonna find it, either.

I am, however, rather happy that that worthless excuse for an Attorney General appears about to be hitting the road. Should have happened a long time ago. Tom Tancredo feels the same way, for most of the same reasons.

This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.- Neal Boortz.

Afternoon Dave... Well, you k

Afternoon Dave...

Well, you know well how I feel about Gonzales and have for months...it is just too bad it is over this...instead of the NYT's and WaPo releasing classified info during a time of war and aiding and abetting the enemy IMO.

 I too expect for President Bush to act as he always does...weak.

I will be disappointed again.

What makes me sad is this issue is a non-issue..a non-scandal, two of the guys replaced were in voter fraud states NM and Wa....big-time and they did nothing about it...them saying they didn't have enough evidence...yeah right...

When pig's fly!

BT & Dave R

BT & Dave R-- I think Dave is right, GW will fold. He needs to go in for a cojone transplant. I have staed out of the firing of US Attorney blogs, because I felt it was just a boss firing employees that wouldn't toe the mark. He has the right to do it. If he had cojones he would attack the entire issue, point out how many other Presidents have done the same thing and in front of the whole USA say that he is ashamed of so many public officials playing politics in one of America's most trying times.

and GW says "PS you jerks, I am not letting the AG go!".

An ugly American is one who does not support his country.

misterb...Well so far it was

misterb...

Well so far it was a strong statement...I was surprised.

I was glad he brought up voter fraud like I stated, and illegal immigration...although I do not think he said illegal...I just wished he wouldn't of taken any questions from the msm so far....

I detest the rabid leftist twits.

I think he is giving the dem's warning so far...

Bring it on if you choose...the next move is yours.

Btw...I can just see the Headlines tomorrow!

Btw misterb...in reference to the Pres. growing a spine, I called the Washington Journal the 14th early and got through to Asa Hutchinson...and said somewhat the same thing....I was mad and told him so, I got a lot off my chest, but was cut off once he started talking...you can catch it if you want on the archives of C-Span (there was about a half hour subject before the Gonzales issue with Asa Hutchinson), I am about the third caller I think fromm Mt. it preceded a very hectic disappointing day from Walter Reed, then Gen. Pace and his comments and then the President using the word migration instead of immigration in Mexico...so I was hot and had not been to bed at all from the 13th one of those very rare things....lol!

Bush warns dems: No partisan

Bush warns dems: No partisan fishing expedition...

JDW

Wounded skier, beware of mistakes.

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

JDW - how's this scenario play?

JDW - how's this scenario play?

Cheney is back in the hospital.  Again.  Um.. that's what 'back' means, I guess.

Cheney really has to step down for heatlh reasons.  I wouldn't blame him at all.

Condi becomes VP... for 16 months.

Now?

ACA

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Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

From the AP:WASHINGTON - Th

From the AP:

WASHINGTON - The White House offered Tuesday to make political
strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for
congressional interviews — but not testimony under oath — in the
investigation of the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

Do you think anyone from the White House will ever testify under oath??

WhichWing?

WhichWing?

Um...

Why should they?  And what exactly would you like to see them testify to under oath?

You'd like them to reveal that their strategies all rely on whether a 'law is broken' to be a good plan?

You'd like them to reveal that the War on Terror is a thinly veiled scam to steal Iraq's oil?

You'd like them to say, "We hate the Democrats."

You'd like them to testify for what under oath?

You know WhichWing, you are like that idiot Sheen who was the fake President in the West Wing series.  Stupid, but powerful.

Oh well.

ACA

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Maybe Bush and Cheney could

Maybe Bush and Cheney could have testified under oath to the 9/11 commission?

And if you noticed, I didn't ask that they testified to anything in particular. I think that would be up to the people asking the questions. What exactly is your objection to them testifying under oath? Or what do you suppose their objection is?

You know WhichWing, you are like that idiot Sheen who was the fake President in the West Wing series. Stupid, but powerful.

I've been referred to as an idiot by many of you, but this is first time you've called me powerful. I do appreciate it. Also, I gotta think that statement fits the actual president quite well.

I'm sorry I mentioned idiot and stupid to you WhichWing.

I'm sorry I mentioned idiot and stupid to you WhichWing.

Rehab starts tomorrow.

I don't have any objection to Rove or anyone else testifying under oath.

Just not at a Kangaroo Democrat Committee Hearing that is loaded to make the Bush Administration look bad and has as its agenda only domestic political gain.

See, I'm one of those really stupid people who think the 'People's' business in Congress should be something else.

But, that is just me.  Now, as far as Clinton's little purjury error for which he was impeached, lost his license to practice law and was generally disgraced as a President, I believe that was in front of a Grand Jury.

So, I personally think you need to realign your loyalties.  I'd start with putting my country first and my politics second.

I don't expect you to do that since I have a lot of acquaintences like you.  Some of them actually believe their insanity.  But what the hey?  It's America, right?  I will never expect the Liberal Left Democrat Party to put their country first.  They are simply too selfish.

ACA

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I have an objection WhichWing

I have an objection WhichWing. In this over litigious political circus atmosphere, it would behoove the American public to correct the congress and let them know there is such a thing as separation of powers, and that if they want to impeach a President,there is a procedure. So many morons screaming the President should not be above the law, haven't got a clue what the law is to begin with, so they want to remake everything that has gone before for their new stupid end run politico crap, and somehow claim it's grade A stuff.

Did you notice the congress rescinded their Patriot Act provision whereby the Attourney General could appoint empty US attourney spots for 120 days without the congress getting their political attack the appointee airtime ? I heard the vote to cancel the particular PAct provision in the Senate was 96-2,and it was cancelled.
That's what this is really about. The congress voted in a law, before they voted it out, and is all upset they were too stupid to get it correct the first time, and went nearly insane over their self-abdicated loss of power and playtime,when it appeared their new crap was actually going to get used.

Instead of standing up like men and women,and saying, ok, we corrected our screw up - the democrats deci