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Danger

It is fun to see how the Left fights among themselves regarding the whole Imus affair and how angry they must be that it wasn’t someone on the Right like Rush. In much of the punditry I have watched on the cable news programs they are quick to drag Rush and even Fox News into the debate when they are clearly not part of it. But we are also entering very dangerous territory. In yet another display of liberal hypocrisy, the Left is quick to say how Bush has violated the constitutional rights of Americans with the Patriot Act and other measures to protect this country, but now they are raising the issue of possibly abridging the First Amendment with restrictions about what can and cannot be said on the airways and in print.  Very dangerous ground indeed.

Man, I must have really overs

Man, I must have really overslept. I thought today was Thursday.

"I'd rather be bald than to pretend that I'm not!" --Mean Gene Dr. Love on comb-overs.

LOL. That's what I get for

LOL. That's what I get for staying up so late working on the server trying to make the speed improvements be permanent :)

You're good Gene, you're good

You're good Gene, you're good.  Thursday it is.  All day.  Somebody here at NB is rushin' the weekend..   and more power to 'em!

I'm bummed, yesterday was m

I'm bummed, yesterday was my birthday MightyMouth and nobody noticed! sniff.

And can someone tell me why google can celebrate Yuri Gagarin, but can't put an american flag up for the 4th of July?

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

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MM!!!!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MM!!!!!!!!!

You feel better dude????

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

Yeah! Thank you very much!

Yeah! Thank you very much! :-)

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

MM...Happy Birthday to you...

MM...

Happy Birthday to you...Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday dear Mighty...Happy Birthday to YOU!

....and many mooooooore!

Be glad you didn't hear my sing...I can't carry a tune with a heck!

I see we are the same age...and we act it too...huh?

Mine was about a month ago...didn't want to mention it...look at me now, I'm mentioning it, like the fool that I am at times.

Btw....I sent you a present!

LOL!

Music to my ears BT. Thanks

Music to my ears BT. Thanks. *eagerly awaits present, goody, goody*

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

No presents MM . But, happy

No presents MM . But, happy belated Birthday,and congrats on Your first annivery at NB.

Congrats back at ya nixon.

Congrats back at ya nixon. Looks like there are a lot of NB birthdays these first few months. Was there a nation wide black out about a year ago or something? :-p

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

Wow...I just noticed I have b

Wow...I just noticed I have been here a little over a year too....I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

In that case, let's quaff a f

In that case, let's quaff a few root beers in a salute to the celebrants, and to those who fought the good fight, and especially those who made our freedom possible, either today or in the past.

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

I'll toast you my Henry Wein

I'll toast you my Henry Weinhard's Root Beer! (Although I like their Vanilla Cream more).

"I'd rather be bald than to pretend that I'm not!" --Mean Gene Dr. Love on comb-overs.

Hey MM,I didn't see your birf

Hey MM,

I didn't see your birfday @ Wikipedia yesterday, so I missed it. Get your sh*t together and put yourself in ther, will ya? I mean, if it ain't in Wiki, it didn't happen!

"And now, today's &quo

"And now, today's "Mighty Mouth's birthday +1 edition" of the award-winning Shrub Report®:"

Thanks for the tribute big guy. I was happy with being top hit on google for "MightyMouth" :-) Now that I'm 1, maybe I should set my sites on wiki!

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

nappy birthday MM...oops sorr

nappy birthday MM...oops sorry for the mispell, imus be reading too much headline news today!

face piles of trials with smiles

LOL, may be time for me to

LOL, may be time for me to take a happy nappy after I slappy pappy, that sounds crappy don't it?

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

Yes it does MM - but happy bi

Yes it does MM - but happy birthday anyway!

Thanks Dee,And it's almost

Thanks Dee,

And it's almost time for me to go home and get some

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

MM...You rogue you...there ya

MM...

You rogue you...there ya go again..just can't help yourself can ya?

I'm out of here for awhile, the trolls will be invading soon....got to take a break for awhile and be prepared.

Check in later...I think!

LOL!

Stupid WYSIWYG editor! :-)

Stupid WYSIWYG editor! :-)

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

You get it the day after too?

You get it the day after too?  Don't tell Bill Maher cake only lasts two minutes in his house.  He will be jealous. 

Get what the day after? ohh

Get what the day after? ohhh... you mean CAKE yeah its cake!

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

Keith Overbite on his show la

Keith Overbite on his show last night made a list of people he thought should be next to go after Imus. These included:

 

Glen Beck

Rush

Bortz

Savage

 

Do you see a liberal?  HMMMMMMMMMMM.

Where is Jackson or Sharpton.

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

Don't  suppose Overbite ment

Don't  suppose Overbite mentioned WHY he thought they should go.  Just curious. 

I think he sighted "hate

I think he sighted "hate speech" and "racism".

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

Eye on the Prize.

Uncle Tom Sharpton has already been cornered into defending HipHop.  We need to keep pounding away at the Sharpton / HipHop / Masogyny connection.

I see a bunch of hicks in Texas have some kind of scene going with a horse and backhoe.  Will we hear from Sharpton on this?

Major Green Zone Explosion

Hello everyone....

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but I'm sure some of you have already heard from a vast array of media sources that a homicide bomber struck in the Green Zone in Baghdad. It appears the bomber detonated his explosives in the cafeteria of I think either the convention building or the parliamentary building that houses the MPs.

Eight have died including 3 MP's. Very sad. It's also interesting the different information floating through the air about how this happened. Different news sources have said it was a homicide bomber, one said a bomb was planted, and another reportedly said that witnesses saw a cash register explode. Some have even said that the explosion didn't take place in a cafeteria but in a restaurant.

Journalists may think that they're the smartest people in the world but it doesn't take a genius to determine that you shouldn't report a story until you get the what, who, where, and how down first. Oh, wait, I'm sorry this doesn't even apply to the MSM anymore.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

emgem..I have been following

emgem..

I have been following it too...I usually wait about three or more hours because the msm never gets a damned thing right in their rush to report the bad, sad news.

This makes the leftists happy....which in turn makes the terrorists our enemies happy, Wait a minute...they are both the same aren't they.

I pray for those that lost their lives, I pray we stay steadfast and determined to defeat them all.

Bless our military...and our President for his resolute.

I found this earlier: &quot

I found this earlier: "FBI search of Jefferson's office was Constitutional..."

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

If you are going to whine about spelling... get a life

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.................................

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

People have already admitte

People have already admitted bribing him yet the dems are focused on removing Gonzales?

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

If you are going to whine about spelling... get a life

And now, today's "Might

And now, today's "Mighty Mouth's birthday +1 edition" of the award-winning Shrub Report®:

Today is the 146th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War.

A Don Imus update.

Speaking of Imus, this story is just so topical..

And finally, will Al Sharpton demand Tony Blair apologize for telling the truth?

Fast Ed's Story Du Jour.

At least the Senate has their elbow firmly on the pulse of America. They are tackling the important issues!

Hell, I didn't even know this guy was still alive.

I wonder if he will celebrate his 53rd birthday by snorting whiskey and drinking cocaine?

Today's Global Warming update.

Dammit, Jim, you're a movie director, not a film historian!

Rosie responds to criticism.

Lady Pantsuit, not to be outdone by John Edwards' adding well-wishers of his ailing wife to his campaign mailing list, is starting an on-line petition to "support the Rutgers players." It also gives the petition signer the "option" of being added to Shrillary's mailing list. At least she isn't using racism as campaigning tool.

A Religion of Peace update.

 Red-faced, fists clenched, and pouting, Pinky and the Brain deign to meet with the President. Yes, Bush IS still the commander-in-chief, not you two.

Perhaps the Brain will ask President Tom about these if and when she meet with him?

Appeasement works!

Wolfrem found this little gem of an article. The UN rocks!

Today in Liberalism History: Eight years ago today, President Clinton was cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in the Paul Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.

LMAO about Moore and her sad

LMAO about Moore and her sad tale with her color description... 

Sit on it!

Trial lawyers may hear about this one...uh-oh!

BOOM BOOM out go the lights!!

BOOM BOOM out go the lights!!!!!

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

"Today is the 146th an

"Today is the 146th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War."

Shrub, is there an "exit" strategy for that war yet?

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

Shrub, is there an "exit

Shrub, is there an "exit" strategy for that war yet?

MM...that is the funniest thing I have seen today!

ROFLMAO!

I do believe that "exit

I do believe that "exit strategy" began in Atlanta and ended in Savannah, if I remember my history correctly.  :p

Lincoln is redeploying to Can

Lincoln is redeploying to Canada and hoping the South will just give up.

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

During the Civil War, Linco

During the Civil War, Lincoln appropriated powers no previous President had wielded: he used his war powers to proclaim a blockade, suspended the writ of habeas corpus,
spent money without congressional authorization, and imprisoned 18,000
suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial. Nearly all of his
actions, although vehemently denounced by the Copperheads, were subsequently upheld by Congress and the Courts.

Sounds like a certain modern president we all know and love.

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

I could think of a couple of

I could think of a couple of Copperheads lying around Congress right now.  You know what we do to Copperheads in NC.  (hehe)

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

MM- re: copperheads

MM- re: copperheads--I prefer the term "butternuts".

(Be careful, all following comments may be off-thread. Hee hee!)

Where ’s the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land?

Sir Walter Scott

Oh no mr. bill!"nutter

Oh no mr. bill!

"nutterbutts" works too. :-)

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

You know Amond Joy's got nuts

You know Amond Joy's got nuts and Mounds don't.  Can't say if their butternuts.

By the way; Isn't the butternut a squash?

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

Thanks for the Gorby link R

Thanks for the Gorby link Rog. I also noticed that the Russians have a pretty good chance at this years bimbo fest.

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

Leahy: Bush's aides are lyi

Leahy: Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails. Vow to subpoena

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

If you are going to whine about spelling... get a life

Oh emails don't get lost...Bu

Oh emails don't get lost...

But boxes just disappear for three years containing information regarding Hillary and her billing records and such regarding Rose Law Firm...and all of the sudden just 'POOF' magically appear on a table in the White House...

Where was Leaky Leahy then?

He is a real piece of leftist work...what VP Cheney said to him...I say double.

That was one of the first e

That was one of the first examples that came to mind. How many answers to how many questions in how many circumstances was she unable to recall?

JDW

News media: Scoreboard for terrorists

If you are going to whine about spelling... get a life

JDW...144 is a figure that ge

JDW...

144 is a figure that gets bounced around here and there.... that we have heard of that is...lord only knows how many to the Grand Jury!

Really? I don't recall. Where

Really? I don't recall. Where? Nope, doesn't ring a bell. Office, records, umm, nope, oh, wait, thatum, guy, Livingstone or something like that, I presume, may have a lead.

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

Making whoopee without a stit

Making whoopee without a stitch of clothing on will get your marriage annulled.

"An Egyptian cleric's controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars."

 http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1859797,00.html

"Nothing is prohibited

"Nothing is prohibited during marital sex, except of course sodomy."

Ouch , that's gonna rule out any trips to Egypt for the Mayor of San Fransisco.

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

Other Islamic laws.

It is permitted for a man to massage his member between the legs of an infant, provided it is a female. (Known as thighing)

If a man has sex with a lamb, he may not kill it and eat it, nor may he sell it within his village.

He must sell the lamb in another village.

Two words; "Google it"

Sometimes TOO much informaito

Sometimes TOO much informaiton, it's enough to make you scream.

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

OH THANKS ED!!!  I just spit

OH THANKS ED!!! 

I just spit popcorn all over my computer.

Reduce the U.S. Carbon Footprint.  Send Rosie to Iran.  Airforce_5_O 04/04/2007

Sumo?" 'Fred's Slacks' 

Sumo?

" 'Fred's Slacks'  is a winner!!"

fasted - in one shot--

fasted - in one shot--for the cause of celibacy than oath one may take!

Yes, but:

This is information the msm will not tell you because Mohammedanism is a religion of peace.

Not a chance you could warn me before I click on "Scream"

I hear angels singing! Nifong

I hear angels singing!

Nifong apologized! All is forgiven!

"All is forgiven"

"All is forgiven"

Not quite! What about the apology to all of US?

WE had to watch this non-stop circus on Fox every night!

Where's OUR apology?

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

Maybe you should be watching

Maybe you should be watching something besides a "news" channel and it's circus every night. I'm sorry for your choice of BS. There's your apology.

Yes, Fox is much too libera

Yes, Fox is much too liberal for me, but I can't stand the swill on the other "news" channels. Being an adult, I do like to know what's going on in the world. Apparantly you're happy with the "cartoon network" every night. Sigh, to each his own.

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

Diphthong apologizes

oy, oy, joy, joy

I think he also agreed to appear at the next Lacrosse party wearing nothing but a pony.

sweet mama, a win for the good guys!

sweet mama, a win for the good guys! Now the boys ought to sue the Duke staff that convicted them in the press.Actually, they should have their collective asses shipped to Imus' ranch for a couple of years. (Cleaning up manure like theirs behind the horses.)

Imus just got fired from CBS.

Imus just got fired from CBS.

Imus bites the DUST!CBS fired

Imus bites the DUST!

CBS fired him too.

Hello XM/Sirius

BT, where did you hear it? I

BT, where did you hear it? I heard it on a local radio show.

Hi Rog,Listening to Cavuto on

Hi Rog,

Listening to Cavuto on Fox...they broke in with it with their NEWS Alert stuff...it's on msnbc now too...

I think this has gone beyond the pale...just my opinion.

I detested Imus in the last years, caught bits and snippets, but I could always click it....

The hypocrisy is too much...oh well.

Part of me will always be very thankful for the fund raising he did every year for SIDS...I lost a son to this...and they fired him in the middle of a fund-raiser.

They could of at least waited until that was finished.

I hope he pulled his stock out of Viacom about last Wed....lol!

Blowing hot air?

I saw this in my gmail today "www.ClintonFoundation.org - Learn how Bill Clinton is making a difference in Climate Change battle" 

And I thought, "What, is he shutting his mouth?"

The great but troubled writer

The great but troubled writer Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday after a fall. Many people don't know it, but at one time he was Hairaldo Rivera's father in law!

"So be it."RR

"So be it."

RR

I can't make up stuff this good

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken.


face piles of trials with smiles

Hey that explains how God got

Hey that explains how God got them on the boat.  He shrunk them down first and gave em feathers.

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

LOL...well now, that strikes

LOL...well now, that strikes terror in my mind!! A 40 foot chicken stalking a duckbill dinosaur!!!

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Do "they" even read

Do "they" even read this stuff after they have written it?

"Hey Honey, guess what I did today at work?  Gather around kids and let daddy tell you how I figured out how a giant dinosaur is the great grandaddy of chickens!"

face piles of trials with smiles

NO

We just love the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Final proof was---

Final proof was---paintings on a cave wall--interpreted as "mmmm, tastes like chicken".

Poor Al

Does anyone have a list or a link to a list of Sharpton's advertisers for his radio show?

Uphill...Great IDEA!The Rappe

Uphill...

Great IDEA!

The Rappers/labels too....that use far worse...I heard some on Cavuto today.

The hypocrisy of this all...

http://www.sharptontalk.net/L

http://www.sharptontalk.net/

Looks like McD's is on board.

Interesting as hell...On Mond

Interesting as hell...

On Monday, the USA Today reported that the Army was adaquately recruiting enough active soldiers, but led with the headline that the reserve forces were encountering difficulties because most recruits were going active duty instead.

They stressed that potential bad news instead of the truly terrific news that was actually the headline winner.

Now today, the Army Times is reporting the following:

Army Guard hits 350,000 end strength
The Army National Guard has exceeded its end-strength goal of 350,000, the first time the component has hit that mark since September 2003.

How will the MSM find a way to make this bad news?

BD...You asked... How will th

BD...

You asked... How will the MSM find a way to make this bad news?

Don't be surprised if they re-invent the idea that they are now accepting High School drop outs and felons.

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

By reducing it's qualificatio

By reducing it's qualification standards, as it has been doing. And therefore reducing our field capabilities, which is happening.

Google it- you're smart enough. Or if not, here's a small sample: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2626032&page=1

This happened in my community. Now, consider the fact that ONE student did this as a project- random event- and got these results. Apply statistics. Extrapolate.  Truly an MSM spin, eh?

Yep, wea re now forced to acc

Yep, wea re now forced to accept kids who have never done a push up.  But by the end of Basic they are in better shape than most Ivy league sports teams, and they show discipline as well. 

I heard a blurb on KTRH (740

I heard a blurb on KTRH (740 AM) in Houston the other day about how more West Point graduates are separating than ever at the point of their completing their 5-year commitment.  Of course, absent from that is the fact that the service academies don't see any slackening in applications...

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Unsane:When I was a captain b

Unsane:

When I was a captain back in the dark ages that were the '90's we noticed that West Pointers dropped out of service in a much higher percentage than did ROTC and especially ROTC graduates.  There were a couple of reasons for that:

1.)  West Pointers had gone through four years of mental conditioning to get ready for an army that really did not exist.  When i was an instructor many of them remarked that what actually was happening around them did not fit the doctrinal world of what they had been told by West point would occur. 

THis was particularly unlike what the OCS grads who had spent years in service already knew.  THe ROTC grads also had access to NCO's in their formative years who usually told us what the diference between doctrine and reality was.

2.)  West Point provides a very valuable education, usually worth more than anythng coming out of the Ivy Leagues.  They can find jobs in the outside world soooo readily that they are in demand.

Okay Oblio....we're good to g

Okay Oblio....we're good to go here.

Choose your topic.

I will start with a simple one bonde

First topic, so we don't start things off on a sour note. How long have you watched Grey's Anatomy? I heard tonights show was just a recap. 24 and Prison Break are also some of my favorites.

Okay shawn,A simple one.I've

Okay shawn,

A simple one.

I've been watching Gray's Anatomy for this season.

You are correct, tonite was a recap.

But they had all of the totally foxy men on. 

McDreamy, McSteamy, and McDead.

As I said, I don't usually watch network tv.

Since you're new here, and wouldn't know this fact (which my fellow NB's mostly went ape over)....I love Nip/Tuck!  That is the only other thing I'll turn off the computer to watch.

I recommend a DVR

I am the total opposite. TV is my biggest vice. I also like SNL, Smallville, Ghost Whisperer. If you are embarrassed about NIP?Tuck, I am embarrassed that one of my favorite shows is the Justice Leauge on cartoon network. I have the DVR from comcast. It automatically saves new shows for me. No sarcasm here, but I figured you to be a 24 type of gal. Gray's Anatomy with its gay characters and other interesting patients tend to lean a little to the left.

Ok first question,what do you think about people in your own party like Newt Gingrich and Arlen Spector calling for the AG resignation?

On monolithic application

Oddly, you keep assuming that we all monolithically belong to the Republican party.  Not so.  Note that I do not refer to Leftist posters as Democrats, nor do i refer to the Dems as "their party".  Or "your party". 

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

Sorry Unsane

I should not make any assumptions about anybodys politic