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- By Phillip Brownlee
- Posted July 12, 2007 at 8:52 a.m.
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Farmgrrl,
Do you think the stalker will arrive in a “black Escalade?” Or my bet: a 1985 Ford Escort with the door panels rusted out.
Does anyone besides me think the bankrupcy of WILD WEST WORLD is a premonition of what is to come for the PROPOSED WHITE ELEPHANT DOWNTOWN ARENA?
The big difference, of course, is that the downtown arena being an ill-advised county government project will be an albatross around Sedgwick County taxpayers’ necks and will be subsidized for years for humongous operating costs, parking facilities, utility expenses for heating, air conditioning, ice preparation, several $75,000 Zambonies, glass breakage insurance, staff, management fees, etc.
Of course, the people who are currently enjoying making the decisions about the arena, choosing the colors, size of seats, etc. will mostly be gone by the time the arena opens and starts bleeding money.
Local school districts and colleges shouldn’t be called upon to support the downtown arena … this would drain their operational money from their education mission and dry up contributions from the public.
At least, Thomas Ethridge lived his dream through mostly private investors.
I believe two problems exist for these so-called recreational venues, public or private. One is the ticket cost when applied to large families.
#2 is the TIME factor. Everybody I talk to adults and students have trouble finding time to do everything they want or need to do. I have a list that I am not getting done. I want to research several subjects to write reports/stories for various publications. The last thing I need is government trying to make me feel guilty about not supporting yet another “recreational venue.”
We need to get our elected officials back to the basics of improving sewers, water supply, roadways, bridges, etc. In a very few years, the I-135 reinforced concrete flyover entering Wichita from the north to Kellogg will have to be remodeled if not replaced … millions of dollars!
Hopefully, hold-over county commissioners, Dave Unruh, Tom Winters and Tim Norton will find other jobs in the near future to allow Sedgwick County to once again be productive.
Today’s Bush Family Evil Empire: Scandal Du Jour is short but not sweet.
Turns out that the man in charge of enforcing our nation’s law has committed a FELONY by telling Harriet Mieres to ignore her subpoena.
18 U.S.C. Sec. 1505 : … Whoever corruptly … influences, obstructs, or impedes … the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House, or any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress … shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years … or both
18 U.S.C. Sec. 1515(b): As used in section 1505, the term “corruptly” means acting with an improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, including … withholding, or concealing … information.
But that’s what it means to be Bush–one set of laws for him and another for the rest of us.
This has been your BFEE: Scandal Du Jour.
Wrong Capn. The Mieres matter is a dispute between the Dems in Congress and the President. Executive privilege is being claimed. And I’m sure attorney-client privilege as well.
“Does anyone besides me think the bankrupcy of WILD WEST WORLD is a premonition…”
Would that be like a “gut” feeling?
outlander, I think you are correct about the dispute being between two co-equal branches of government. I agree Executive Privilege is being claimed. The claim of Executive Privilege does not excuse Ms Meirs’ attendance at the committee, notwithstanding Mr. Bush’s directions to the contrary. Thus, facially, it would seem the criminal statutes cited by Capn America would be applicable.
IIRC, Ms Meirs is no longer an employee of the federal government, and I would submit that the President has no lawful authority to order her to not attend.
To my mind, the correct way to conduct this would be for her to attend, be sworn, and then refuse to answer on the basis that the President has asserted Executive Privilege. For her to not attend, of course, subjects her to Contempt of Congress charges.
Fleetwood: That would be like a solid prediction of failure … or “gut feeling” if you wish. Either way, the arena is a bottomless pit for taxpayers.
“At least, Thomas Ethridge lived his dream through mostly private investors.”
The WE says $2 mil in public money. And I dont know, but I bet that doesnt include loan guarantees. I didnt see the SCKED group listed either, and I am pretty sure that is public money.
When all the forensic accounting is done, or maybe even after the first creditors’ meeting, you may see ALL the public risk involved here.
heheheeh Tom. I’m betting public transportation…
Good luck with that out here!
Where’s the nearest Greyhound stop? Hays? I bet we’ll see some sad, pathetic figure trudging hopelessly down the back roads between Hays and your farm.
“I bet we’ll see some sad, pathetic figure trudging hopelessly down the back roads between Hays and your farm.”
Dont you mean “limping” toward my farm?
Ok, I know. That was a cheap shot… :)
Hee hee hee hee. He may actually be the ONE person on the planet even I could outrun.
Or out limp. ‘Cause I limp too!
Hey, maybe I need to go blog over at “grouchy old cripple” like jm?
KFG- Is there a bounty up there for varmits? Think of it as a public service thing.
Limping, crawling, jogging, slithering, whatever. The image in my mind is “hopeless.”
Out of the loop on this visit/varmit thing. What is up?
hee hee hee hee Steven!
Tom is going to be in my neighborhood soon (west of Salina is my ‘hood!) and is going to visit the farm here.
jm/khan half asses threatened to find us, using “court documents” and gps, and come here driving a black Escalade.
For a group hug.
Other posters wondered if he is stalking or threatening us.
As you can see, Tom and I are not overly worried….
“What is up?”
The members of the Party of Compassion are making fun of crippled people.
Steve,
The troll had a major meltdown overnight. Look for 1am/2am-ish posts on 7/11 Open Thread, “Vitter,” and “Surgeon General.” I think there were a couple others, but you’ll get the idea.
Fleettwood,
People who are sick of being viciously attacked by a troll are mocking said troll’s very public meltdown. “Cripple” in this case is the troll’s mental state. I doubt the troll served a single day in uniform, and I would wager its “disability” is all in its head.
Thank you. It has been a while since that happened before.
Yeah Steven. A rhetorical question, but what do you think about the timing of his “cycles”.
Ok. Sorry. I’m just being mean now.
GPS technology.
Oh, brother.
If he wants to find FarmGrrl in WaKeeny, all he has to do is ask someone walking down the street.
I guess that’s not as much fun as playing Rambo Ranger on the “internets.”
Limping, crawling, jogging, slithering, whatever. The image in my mind is “hopeless.”
Posted by: Tom | July 12, 2007 at 10:21 AM
“Cripple” in this case is the troll’s mental state. I doubt the troll served a single day in uniform, and I would wager its “disability” is all in its head.
Posted by: Tom | July 12, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Doesn’t pass the bullshit test Tom. You are talking about his physical state.
Reminds me of the story about Ewing Kaufman’s (sp?) beginning in the business world. Of course, later Mr. Kaufman owned the Kansas City Royals and his company, Marion Laboratories (named after his wife), became Marion Merrill Dow Pharmaceutical Company, a highly successful company based in Kansas City with hundreds if not thousands of employees.
In the early 1960’s, Ewing and his wife would drive to a seashore to collect sea shells which they took back to Kansas City. They ground the shells in the basement of their modest house to make calcium pills to sell locally to friends. As the business began to grow, Ewing needed money to finance the growth so he asked a number of friends to give him $1,000 “on a handshake” as I recall the story.
Over the next several years, he paid his friends back making them all millionaires for having trust in him.
Some dreams succeed, some fail.
Also reminds me of that old Theodore Roosevelt quotation something to the effect the credit belongs to the man who tries, fails but tries again until he succeeds. Note this quotation doesn’t apply to government bureaucrats who try and try again with your tax monies.
I’m still working on minature glowing orange plastic statues of Earl Browder, west Wichita’s dapper favorite son who was twice nominated for President of the United States on American Communist Party tickets, in 1936 and 1940 as I recall.
Does this sound familiar: “From the taxes and bone grinding hard work of the many according to their abilities … to the few according to their needs.”
Maybe we can erect a larger glowing orange plastic Earl Browder statue in front of the downtown arena with the notation, “Built with the ideals of Earl Browder, Wichita favorite son.”
“If he wants to find FarmGrrl in WaKeeny, all he has to do is ask someone walking down the street.”
hee hee hee hee hee hee heee HA!
Only a veteran of small town life can really appreciate THAT one!
I used to tell my pals in Texas that all they had to do was write my first name on an envelope with the zip code and it would get to me.
or my mom :)
Privacy out here. What a concept. And I live ten miles from the nearest paved road and 20 miles from the nearest town…
Wrong, BDP Fleettwood.
We’re making fun of the HYPOCRISY of this disabled person.
Assuming he really is disabled.
And with ReplagiarCon, one can’t assume anything . . . except that most of what he posts are proven lies.
Sol, with all due respect, we have NO IDEA if he’s telling the truth about being disabled. And given the history of his KNOWN lies here, I kinda doubt he’s telling the truth about that.
So, no, I dont feel bad. And remember, I’m not kidding when I say I probably limp more than he does. But funny thing, I still manage to work for a living.
Even though I am not a member of the party of personal responsibility.
high five capn!
Sol–
ReplagiarCon lies and then he lies about lying. He can’t even keep all his lies straight.
You ask him about some lie he posted a few months prior, and he has to google himself to see what he said.
The only thing I would believe from ReplagiarCon is if he posted: “I am a liar.”
That I would buy.
Sol,
Here’s the thing: I don’t believe a single word the troll has ever typed about its physical condition. If the troll was truly injured while wearing the uniform, then it deserves a small amount of compassion.
But just in case you’ve missed it, yesterday the troll threatened to stalk Farmgrrl and I, and threatened to use its “influence” with the “State of Kansas” to harm me personally.
Overnight, the troll spewed on several threads garbage about “anal gerbil stuffing.”
Quite frankly, Sol, several of us are fed up with the troll’s nasty attacks. The troll knows mine and Farmgrrl’s names, probably knows our home addresses (mine is easily found on the internet, as is Farmgrrl’s), and he’s threatening to “show up.”
Farmgrrl doesn’t fear him, nor do I. But if he’s going to attack, attack, attack, he’s going to get some in return. I’m sorry you see some other motive there.
High five back to KGrrl with a couple of jivey elbow bumps!
Just calling a spade a spade. You were accused of mocking his physical problems (real or imagined) and you stated that you were mocking his mental status. That was a lie or a dodge.
I think even repub is smart enough not to darken grrl’s door. I’m betting she has some double ought to handle trespassers.
Yeah solly, and it isnt even concealed :) It and its breatheren are haning on the wall in plain site.
Think Ponderosa gun rack. MAN I covet that thing and its contents every time I watch Bonanza.
Which is every day. Along with Gunsmoke. I love miss kitty….
Sol,
It’s neither a lie nor a dodge. I stated earlier this morning that I don’t believe the troll is mentally ill – I think the troll is just a jackass. I also don’t believe the troll’s “war stories.” So what we’re left with is this: I’m mocking a person I think to be a jackass and a liar, not a mentally ill, war-wounded cripple.
leave the Gerbil boy must have crammed a few more rodents up his ass to write that.I think I saw leave the other day asking for oral sex from the neighbor’s dog. Yeah, it’s fact – Larry Flynt reported it and it was covered up by CNN when they got bribed by some Arab Prince selling oil shares to Guiliani.But it’s a fact, leave does like his animal sex and will pay any price to get it.Posted by: ***K H A H N*** | July 12, 2007 at 02:08 AMhttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/open-thread-7.html#comment-75631138
I love miss kitty….
Posted by: ksfarmgrrl | July 12, 2007 at 10:47 AM
I bet you do. LOL
Sol,
The troll’s 10:50 post proves my point.
KAHN – Are you still drunk or have you started drinking today already?
Sol,
If you click on “KHAHN”s profile link, and then go back to one of yesterday’s “Republican” posts and click _that_ profile link, you’ll see they both go to the same profile. One that says:
***K H A H N***’s Profile Page
Well, there ya go solly :) Doesnt sound like he’s been sleeping it off, does it?
…and dont forget, khan is fleetie’s best buddy here on the blog.
Yeah Tom, I saw that in the other thread and tried it. I really think he drunk. Man angry drunks are such a buzzkill.
Tom — Isnt that 10:50 post an actual threat?? Looks like one to me…
Since Republican aka ***K H A H N*** aka ‘blank’ aka (stolen) J M Walker believes that I’m an “egotistical narcissist” because I post a link going to my posts…
I’ll post a link to one of his posts.http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/06/sicko-offers-gl.html#comment-74563392
Readers can note that it, and his next post (just after my post below it), both link to another of HIS posts.
And that post that HE made, has links to two other posts that HE made.
btw: I didn’t include the U.S. age distribution, because my reply was re Republican’s post re Iraq and France.
“Tom — Isnt that 10:50 post an actual threat?? Looks like one to me…”
Posted by: Chas. | July 12, 2007 at 11:03 AM
It’s only a threat unless you feel intimidated. Are you feeling timid Chas or are your tighty whities bunched up?
McClatchy, which owns the Wichita Eagle is falling faster than a nickel down a gutter.
” Its first-quarter profits were down by a whopping 67 percent, and last Thursday, April 26, Standard & Poor’s slashed McClatchy bonds down to a BB-plus rating, which is considered to be junk.
By last Friday morning shares of McClatchy were traded at prices between $28.80 and $29.63, closing at $29.29 after a day of heavy trading. $28.80 is the lowest price for McClatchy since Feb. 1999.”
The stock as of July 12 is almost $3.00 lower than Aprils all time low stock.
So the McClatchy stock is lower than Junk Bond status now. It is Junk Bond -3.
Why dont you just buy it Khan, then you can have the whole Blog to yourself…
My investment counselor frowns on Junk Bonds Chas.
You need an investment counselor living on government income?? Hmmmm….
Everyone needs an investment counselor including minimum wage earners. If you don’t think you need one, then you are probably spending your money on useless crap and leaving yourself in a hole each and every month.
Banks and insurance agents often offer free investment advice. There are many other free advice services all over, one just has to look. Some take a small monthly fee to give advice in exchange for you investing through their service.
Anyone who doesn’t take advantage of investment counseling is probably the typical American deep in credit card debt and on their third mortgage.
Chas,
Haven’t you ever seen the children’s piggy-banks that sing “Bring in the Clowns” every time a coin is deposited?
‘Dollar plunges to fresh lows’http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2753423.ece“The US economy has decelerated sharply this year, as weak housing markets and high petrol prices have undermined consumer spending power. Meanwhile, growth in the UK and eurozone has shot ahead and interest rate rises have been needed to keep inflation under control. The eurozone economy is expanding at its fastest pace for six years.”
Havent seen those Tom… LOL… But sounds typical… And BTW, I dont have ANY credit cards, and I am on my second mortgage… But on my SECOND house as well…
Tom, thanks to you, now I will laugh even harder every time I hear that little song… I have always liked it, but always laughed at it, too… Thanks!!
Tom, thanks to you, now I will laugh even harder every time I hear that little song… I have always liked it, but always laughed at it, too… Thanks!!
I just got some weird send off to Type Pad Comments when I clicked on Post that last time… Wonder what that means??
Only ego narcissists like cosmos would believe a U.K. rag.
Even the New York Times calls cosmos a liar.
The New York TimesThursday, July 12, 2007http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E4DA1530F937A35756C0A961958260
“The economy has been chugging along recession-free for more than six years, but it is now roaring down the track. Economic output grew 5.6 percent in the first quarter, the strongest performance since 1987, the Government said last week. The momentum carried over into April, pushing the unemployment rate down to 4.9 percent, the lowest rate in 24 years.
Remarkably, inflation has remained contained. But with the jobless rate so low, employers will likely raise wages to attract workers, putting upward pressure on prices. The result will almost certainly be more interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve to cool things down. RICHARD W. STEVENSON “
Hey Chas.
how ya doin?
Doin fine, L J… just a weird happening when I clicked on Post a while back… strange…
Actually, I think the unemployment figures are terribly skewed by the fact that all of those receiving unemployment benefits have run out of their benefits, and so have dropped off of the scale…
Naturally, it would “appear” that unemployment is low…
Also, a lot of people have become “self-employed” lately… and their employment figures arent included in the employment index… When the self-employed are out of work, they are just out of work… like I am currently… between contracts… but not eligible for unemployment benefits, and therefore not included in the figures…
Chas-
I think it depends on the area. Most people I know of, in many different parts of the country, are employed. However, I think probably the rust belt, and a few others, dependent upon old technology, jobs are fading fast. Here in Wichita area, everyody I personally know that wants a job, gots one
Sorry to hear about you being between contracts.
“just a weird happening when I clicked on Post a while back”
That happened to me twice yesterday. Weird indeed.
It goes with the territory… sometimes longer than others… Hopefully it wont be that much longer…
Let’s compare the United States unemployment figures with the much touted Euro market shall we?
“On July 6, 2007, The Bureau Of Labor Statistics Released New Jobs Figures – 132,000 Jobs Created In June. Since August 2003, more than 8.2 million jobs have been created, with more than 2 million jobs created over the twelve months ending in June. Our economy has now added jobs for 46 straight months, and the unemployment rate remains low at 4.5 percent.”
“Eurozone unemployment hits record low of 7.0 pct03 July 2007, 11:39 CET
(BRUSSELS) – The unemployment rate in the 13 nations sharing the euro extended its gradual decline in May, falling to a record low of 7.0 percent, official EU figures showed on Tuesday.
The rate, which the European Union’s Eurostat data agency adjusted to take seasonal variations into account, is the lowest on Eurostat’s books going back to 1993.
It marked a slight fall from a rate of 7.1 percent reported for April and a steady descent from the 7.9 percent registered for April 2006.
Long a major headache for eurozone politicians, unemployment has gradually drifted lower since peaking at 8.9 percent at the end of 2004 as the economy gathers pace.
In the 27-nation EU as a whole, unemployment also eased to 7.0 percent in May from 7.1 percent in April and 8.0 percent in May 2006.
Eurostat estimated that 10.4 million workers were out of jobs in May in the eurozone and 16.4 million were out of work in the EU.”
http://www.eubusiness.com/Factsfig/1183456812.22/
May go with the territory, still sucks. I think you need a new affiliation
That would only figure, since its summer time, and school is out, and burger flipping has been advanced to a new level of “job”
Chas-
You still there?
L J — I like my affiliation… I get to work with so many different groups this way… There are just times when there is nothing moving in my field… And it takes time to connect… I am under consideration in four different regions currently… One of them will come through SOON… if not, I will get behind on something… LOL
Still here for now, L J… Almost time for lunch…
“One of them will come through SOON”
I hope so. But I am a little lost. Are you in the pulpit, or in ancilliary work?
Pulpit… But, what I do is Interim work… I go in when there is a vacancy, and work with search committees until they finish their search process…
Chas,Guess I am confused. In a much earlier post you said you were a pastor of some sort. Pastors are contracted?
I work mainly with four different denominations… So, its sort of like whichever one comes in first, is where I go next… LOL
Chas,
Gotcha.
Yes, we are contracted… at leaast in most denominations… Some denominations appoint their clergy… in which case, the contract is with the Judicatorial Offices…
Chas instead of whining about not getting an unemployment check from the nanny government, why not get off your lazy behind and go to work through at temp agency. They are crying for workers.
All I hear from the leftist nanny sucking benefit wannabe’s is crying about having to work.
I know of two Ep;iscopal Bishops who could use me now, but due to red tape at higher levels, I am not eligible to serve in an Episcopal parish…
Chas,
that would be just too iffy for me. I tried Engineering contract work. Fun in a way, but I really didn;t like it. I guess I am just a homebody at heart
Actually, at this very moment, I have two reject letters on my desk from temp agencies… Besides, I sort of like staying in my field, or one related closely to it…
Which four? One I know. Doesn;t matter if you don;t want to say the others. I was just curious.
Normally I have enough reserve funds to get through a dry stretch with ease… But this year, we have had a number of medical bills, due to my wife’s surgeries and illnesses..
Well, actually I guess its 5, if I include the Methodists… but that doesnt happen too often, due to their structure… I also work with Disciples, Presbyterian, and Lutheran(ELCA)…
***K H A H N***,
“Even the New York Times calls cosmos a liar.”
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070712/dollar_gold.html?.v=2“LONDON (AP) — The euro hit another record high against the U.S. dollar in European trading Thursday.”
‘Dollar plunges to fresh lows’http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2753423.ece
L J — I am working out west next week, sort of in the same general direction as Tom is headed… west… but a different part of the State… So that will help get through this month… After that, not sure where I am headed… Could be Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, NM, or PA…
cosmos the ego narcissist is so in love with the tree hugging, snail darter licking socialists of Europe he has to go to their websites to get data.
Who cares about the Euro versus the Dollar. The Euro is artificially inflated because European investors prop it up with government funds.
Anyone in the know realizes the Euro is a bad long term investment in trading.
The only stable currency on the planet is the U.S. Dollar.
Could even be in KS, but at this point, thats a long shot…
CHas.Of your misfortunes, I am sorry to hear. Personal experience helps me know what you are going through.Interesting combination of denominations. Primarily theologically liberal, but sometimes the Disciples get pretty dogmatic, the Lutherans theologically liberal, but procedureally rigid. At least, that;s my take. Probably wrong for a lot of individual congregations. Though I am not sure how individual they are allowed to be.
“cosmos the ego narcissist is so in love with the tree hugging, snail darter licking socialists of Europe he has to go to their websites to get data.”*************************************They usually have better coverage than US sources – less or no slant as they don’t have a dog in the fight.
“Who cares about the Euro versus the Dollar.”*****************************Uhm, anyone who is trading with the Europeans?
“The Euro is artificially inflated because European investors prop it up with government funds.”************************************The more currency in circulation, the less value it has.
Every congregation is a fairly individual group of folks… sometimes geographical location comes into play… Disciples are actually a non-doctrinal group… very open and affirming as well…
WEll, I hope it works out for you. You are providing a vital, if difficult, service. Keep us posted.
Since Bush ignores the solid climate science, and refuses to act, the states are doing it.
‘Florida to introduce tough greenhouse gas targets’http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1125764520070711“MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida will impose strict new air-pollution standards that aim to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050, according to draft regulations released on Wednesday.”
D”isciples are actually a non-doctrinal group… very open and affirming as well…”
Really? that’’s not what i remember. Used to get some stuff from Edmund? somewhere in OK that had a disciples seminary. But alas, my memory is like the day’s pay. Exciting for a day, gone the next
cosmos the ego narcissist is just now realizing that the U.S. can handle its own problems without interference from the lock-stepping anarchists of the U.N. IPCC.
80% is a pretty tough target.
I heard that Ford is getting more involved with the hydrogen cars. Bully for them. Hope we see more of that.
The impact of Ethanol will completely devastate the US. All the while emitting just as much pollution. Won’t that be fun?
FORD DELIVERS FLEET OF HYDROGEN FOCUS FUEL CELL VEHICLES TO FLORIDA
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=21628
Actually it was Enid… Phillips University/Seminary… Phillips now is in Tulsa…
That was it. As I said, my memory is not what it used to be.
Now hang on LJ yourmemory might not be so bad after all… There used to be a “christian college” somewhere in the OKC area… But it was not affiliated with the Disciples… And it was NOT very open and affirming, and it WAS very dogmatic… I think its still there, but with a different name now…
SolDevVB,
Thank you for the link re Ford and fuel cells.
If interested, lots of news on hydrogen etc here — see ‘Topics’ section.http://www.greencarcongress.com
thx
Mixed Iraq report a ’cause for optimism,’ Bush says
President Bush, under pressure to move toward a pullout from Iraq, today said a new report on progress in that country was a “cause for optimism.” The much-awaited report said the Iraqi government has met eight “benchmarks” satisfactorily, eight unsatisfactorily and has made mixed progress on two others.
http://www.cnn.com/
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/07/12/final.benchmark.report.pdf
That doesnt sound so good Sol… not good at all!! When is 50/50 ever an advantage for any position??
Ford to use soybean-based foam in Mustang seats
Associated Press
DEARBORN – Ford Motor Co. will put soybean-based foam cushions in the seats of the 2008 Mustang.
It’s a move that could spread to other Ford vehicles and eventually save thousands of barrels of oil in the manufacturing process, the carmaker said this morning.
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/NEWS03/707120357/-1/nletter02
Interesting. I neither requested it or even complained about it, but WEBlog editors have deleted the troll’s post that used my full name, and gave the general whereabouts of my office.
WEBlog editors: I appreciate your concern, but there wasn’t anything there that wasn’t easily discovered. Unless of course you removed the post because of the threat it implied. In that case, thank you.
Notice the stock market’s performance today? It is up 260+ points on the Dow. New record highs on the Dow and the S&P 500 indexes.
Of course, every day can’t be an up day, but the economy continues to roar and create wealth.
Being as Tom posted the location of his office several times on WE Blog and his name is in his TypePad signature there is nothing there that is a surprise.
All except for the part where you threatened to break in and “rifle” my office, that is.
Show me where Tom, that I said “I” would break into your office.
Go practice your Kegel exercises Tom, you’re becoming all floppy and irrational.
good grief, and away we go again!!! :-(
All the troll has is wordgames, threats, and personal attacks.
Careful readers of the blog will recall the troll’s 10:50am post, since deleted by the WEBlog editors, that was an open threat against me personally. Careful readers will also note that in the troll’s most recent post at 2:58pm, I’m suddenly the one who is “floppy and irrational.”
Odd how it’s the troll’s posts that get deleted (and there’s some on some other threads that have been deleted today as well), but not mine. I think the troll needs to re-examine the dictionary it uses to define “irrational,” and then take a very careful look in a mirror.
And I’m off for the afternoon. Ciao, bloggers.
see ya Tom!!
The great thing is the troll now uses CAPS, spaces, and *** *** in its nic.
It’s now very easy to spot, and just scroll over.
PREDICTION:
Newt Gingrich will shock and win the nomination. He will pick Fred Thompson as his running mate and they will defeat Hillary and pretty boy Edwards in the ‘08 election.
OMG, the speculation on the topic of Michael Moore’s next movie.
heheheheheheheheh
The comments are priceless. gene raston should be very afraid.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×1316763
The morbidly obese Michael Moore will die from a fatal heart attack before he has a chance to make that movie.
Next time look at that XXXXXXX large windbreaker he wears. It covers up his multiple stomachs and enormous backside.
The only thing that keeps his legs from chafing are the lubricating dollars all the leftists providing him by supporting his propaganda films.
Let me guess. There’s another “bad Hemingway” contest somewhere?
The way the deal went down, according to usually reliable informants, if you get my meaning, is this:
When the caper started—the going to the mattresses with the Mustache Pete way out East—Chainsaw Dick calls in the Scooter man, his top earner, and tells him to go out and sell the operation. It’s important, he says. The future of the Family depends on it.
So ol’ Scooter, he starts selling and does a heckuva job, on account of people trust him so much. Hey, you seen the guy. Would Scooter lie?
He does such a good job that even “The New York Times” is in bed with us, you believe that?
So when the caper begins to go sour (which is because not enough muscle was assigned to the project, in my opinion) the vultures, including “The New York Times,” begin jumping all over the Boss. Even Chainsaw Dick starts to get heat. Shoulda done this, Shoulda done that; woulda, coulda, shoulda.
They even got the nerve to accuse the Boss of lying about a few minor details, like he’s supposed to know everything about everything.
This makes Chainsaw mad—you know how he is—so he sends his crew out to take care of the bozos who are all the time criticizing, including one bozo’s wife who is a blonde I would not turn away from my door in a snowstorm, if you know what I mean. We ain’t talking about sleeping with no fishes here, just a little character assassination, teach ‘em a lesson.
Naturally, Scooter being Scooter, he is the point man on this and, like always, he does a heckuva job. When all of a sudden the linguini hits the fan and before you know it Scooter—the Chainsaw’s right-hand guy—is in front of a grand jury, looking at criminal charges. For messing with a reputation! What they think this is, beanbag?
Anyway, this all makes people back at the Ba-Da-Bing on Pennsylvania Avenue a little nervous. There is talk, even, of bringing Crazy Boy Liddy out of retirement to whack the Scooter. The Chainsaw says no. The Scooter is a standup guy, he says, and will not rat us out. In effect, he vouches for him, so what ya gonna do?
But pretty soon, the Scooter man is indicted and his mouthpieces are talking about calling Chainsaw as a witness. In court. I mean can you imagine the Chainsaw up there on the witness stand taking the Fifth? It would be undignified.
So now the Boss’s capi are really nervous. Are you sure Scooter is not going to rat us out, they keep asking.
Chainsaw, he just gives them that look, you know the one. “I’ll have someone talk to Scooter’s lawyers,” he says. “I will make them an offer they can’t refuse.” Discussion over.
And pretty soon, what do you know, you don’t hear nothing more about the Chainsaw man being called to testify.
So they have their little trial and Scooter, he can’t remember anything, and the jury, which it turns out we can’t get to, says “guilty” and the judge, who apparently never wants to be on the Supreme Court, drops 30 small on our friend Scooter.
This, we all agree, is a bad situation. It’s one thing to be a standup guy when you’re out on bail; it’s another when you’re in the joint (although I have to admit, some of the fed joints aren’t so bad. I learned to play checkers in one of ‘em.)
However, just as Scooter is about to go inside the Boss steps in and commutes his sentence, which I didn’t even know he could do unless he had a good reason.
So Scooter walks, his bills get paid by a person or persons unknown and Halliburton or some outfit like that gets a new executive.
Is that a happy ending or what?
Like I always said, it pays to have Family values.
Hey, Milo, thats GREAT!!! I like it!!!
Methinks someone needs to up their medication. Hell, I might take some medication too, I’m feeling a bit nauseous!
Please KFG, do not insult bad Hemingway writers everywhere.
Religious right-wing terrorists arrested on the Senate floor.
http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/jul/12/christian_right_activists_disrupt_hindu_chaplain_in_the_senate
No worries ????????????, Senator Webb is packing.
“TPMCafe is a center-left blog portal…”
Do you people need to click on all your favorites to get your thinking for you? If it’s not one commie site, it’s another.Pitiful.
“Minuteman Media distributes sound, progressive opinion…”
Here we go again.
Anxiously awaiting the Eagle’s Headline on the Tiahrt Amendment passing the Committee level this afternoon.
I wonder how positive their tone will be?
Victory for the 2nd Amendment!
Not sure what is worse, “khan” or those that reply to him/her. It is my belief that “khan” is nothing more then a man/woman who’s daily life is missing many things to make it complete, therefore, the weblog is his/her best chance at reality in the circus world he/she lives in. I’ve heard medication helps people like this, but, since i don’t actually know anyone prescribed these type of drugs, i’ll just have to trust the experts on this. Either way, i’ll just sit and read “khan” or “republiCONS” replys and enjoy the humor factor. Keep up the good work, some of us use you to reaffirm the difference between reality and fantasy world.
The nanny state lives!
“Yesterday, the California Senate Health Committee approved a proposed ban that would prohibit smoking in cars in which children under the age of 18 are present. The bill, titled SB 7, was put forth by Democratic Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who is hoping that California will join Louisiana, Arkansas and Maine in making it illegal to smoke in a vehicle carrying children.”
Boy, our economy sucks.
“Dow-Jones average posts largest single-day increase since 2002″
Hey, ed! Suck it.
“Hamas bags its first Israeli of the 2007 season, making the current score Israel: 1457, Hamas: 1″
Nice post for a First Timer. With posts like that, you’ll really add much wealth to this blog. Soon someone will suggest that you take medication too.
Just out of curiosity KSFRMGRRL. Am I allowed to be in the religion of my choice WITHOUT being tagged a homophobe? Or only a religion that you decide is okay.
Cappy has taken the lead as propaganda minister and dictates what can or cannot be said. Does this mean YOU’LL be the czar of religion? Is there any religion that is okay, or just islam?
And hey KSFRM, that must also put you in charge of beliefs to. Will I just be summarily executed or will I have to go to a re-education camp to bring MY beliefs in line with YOURS. Since obviously YOURS are the only ones that matter.
Gene Raston,
Thanks for representing all the snivelling Righties who, undoubtedly, would like to write but are scared of that wicked ol’ Ksfarmgrrl.
You’d think somebody who raises horses like Ralston would know the difference between horse-sense and a horse’s ass, but he doesn’t.
I’m convinced that the man can’t read.
WOW, thats the second time Cappy has said that. Where the idea that I raise horses came from, I’ll never know.
Sorry, the only thing I’m scared of from KSFRMGRRL is like I put in my post. My beliefs do not match hers, SO I AM WRONG.
“snivelling Righties”
Good one. That’ll show ‘em!
“a horse’s ass, but he doesn’t.”Another one!
Geno,
Don’t sweat it, Bubba, capn caliphate is working on a whole different level.
This is for Milo.
YAWN!
I said this back about 8 months before the 04 elections. I get it you hate Bush. ANYTHING ELSE?Hell, I even got on this post and asked that we make Sept. 1 2004 as the official enough with Bush Bashing, we got it day and for the libs to start talking about what the Dems were going to do, when they took office. NO TAKERS. They just couldn’t get enough, WE HATE BUSH, WE HATE BUSH. Again, YAWN.
You got the congress, you got your minimum wage increase. ANYTHING ELSE?
Please Milo, save your tired ol rant for the next group of 18 year olds, who will think you are brilliant because you bash Bush, just like their professors.
YAWN
Sweet Home Alabama
Note the last sentence in this report: .02 blood alcohol level. I think that’s about a half-can of Bud Light. Where was the designated driver here?
Associated Press (07-06) 11:35 PDT Orange Beach, Ala. (AP) –Police who chased a car for miles along a highway at speeds up to 100 mph said the driver was drunk, hardly a rarity in this resort town. But there was more: When they looked inside the flipped vehicle with guns drawn, they found an 11-year-old girl at the wheel.”You go up there thinking it’s a felon you’re dealing with,” assistant police Chief Greg Duck said.The girl, who was slightly injured in the crash, is now charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident. Duck said she sideswiped another vehicle during the roughly 8-mile chase.The chase began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a patrol officer near the Florida line saw the car speeding west along a beach highway, Duck said. When the officer flicked on his lights, the driver sped up. The girl rolled the car just inside the Gulf Shores city limit.Duck said the girl, whose name was not released because of her age, told police she was on her way to pick up her sister at a concert.Investigators found no alcohol in the car but believe the girl drank before getting behind the wheel of the car, which belongs to relatives.Duck declined to release the girl’s blood alcohol level but said a blood test at the hospital showed it was higher than .02, the legal limit for minors.
White Coat crime in Michigan
Forensics Scientist Checks Out Her ManBy KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer
(07-03) 17:34 PDT Lansing, Mich. (AP) –A state forensics scientist who said she tested DNA in her husband’s underwear to find out whether he was cheating could be disciplined if investigators determine she violated the use of state equipment.Ann Chamberlain-Gordon of Okemos testified in a March 7 divorce hearing that she ran the test in September on the underwear of Charles Gordon Jr. Asked by his attorney what she found, she answered: “Another female. It wasn’t me.”She also said during a May 25 hearing in Ingham County Family Court that she ran the test on her own time with chemicals that were set to be thrown away.Michigan State Police, which oversees the Lansing forensics lab where Chamberlain-Gordon works, started to investigate her after her husband’s attorney wrote to authorities and media outlets questioning how many times DNA tests have been improperly run.Investigators expect to decide by next week what they found. Her duties have not been restricted during the investigation, state police spokeswoman Shanon Akans said Tuesday.”We don’t know exactly what was or wasn’t done,” Akans said.State police policies on the care and use of property say “department supplies, materials or equipment shall not be used for any non-duty or non-department purpose.”A request for comment was left Tuesday with Chamberlain-Gordon.Charles Gordon’s attorney, Michael Maddaloni, said Tuesday that his client disputed his wife’s testimony that he acknowledged a sexual encounter with another woman after she found the female DNA on his underwear.Gordon played with the Canadian Football League as a defensive back from the early 1990s through 1997.Chamberlain-Gordon received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Michigan State Police Biological Services in 2006 for her research and method development in embryonic and fetal DNA recovery, according to Forensic Science Consultants Inc., which lists her among its workers.Chamberlain-Gordon has worked for the state police as a forensic scientist since 1999 and supervised the biology unit in 2005, according to the company’s Web site. She has given expert testimony in more than 50 cases, including at a widely publicized trial last year in the death of a boy slain by his adoptive parents.
“I THOUGHT those ribs tasted funny”
(07-05) 06:46 PDT BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) –Police detained a man in eastern Belgium after a dinner guest found the bodies of the host’s wife and stepson in a freezer, authorities said Thursday.The female guest opened the freezer while helping to clear up after a dinner with a group of friends Tuesday at the man’s home in the city of Verviers, 78 miles east of Brussels, said Christine Wilwerth of the city prosecutor’s office.”It was a lady who at the end of the meal at a friend’s house, and after washing the dishes … decided to take the leftovers of the meal down to the basement to store in the deep freeze,” Wilwerth said. “Once she opened the deep freeze, she discovered the bodies.”Guests alerted police, who identified the bodies of the man’s wife and her 12-year-old son. The bodies appeared to have been kept in the deep freeze for several weeks.Wilwerth said the suspect acknowledged that a domestic quarrel had escalated and his wife had been stabbed, but she said he had not explained the circumstances of the child’s death.
Today the liberals are all over the report that Al Qaeda is back up to strength. Another shot to bash Bush. Funny, no one is questioning this same intelligence service which gave us WMD’s in Iraq.
“I THOUGHT those ribs tasted kind of funny”
AP (07-05) 06:46 PDT BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) –Police detained a man in eastern Belgium after a dinner guest found the bodies of the host’s wife and stepson in a freezer, authorities said Thursday.The female guest opened the freezer while helping to clear up after a dinner with a group of friends Tuesday at the man’s home in the city of Verviers, 78 miles east of Brussels, said Christine Wilwerth of the city prosecutor’s office.”It was a lady who at the end of the meal at a friend’s house, and after washing the dishes … decided to take the leftovers of the meal down to the basement to store in the deep freeze,” Wilwerth said. “Once she opened the deep freeze, she discovered the bodies.”Guests alerted police, who identified the bodies of the man’s wife and her 12-year-old son. The bodies appeared to have been kept in the deep freeze for several weeks.Wilwerth said the suspect acknowledged that a domestic quarrel had escalated and his wife had been stabbed, but she said he had not explained the circumstances of the child’s death.
Today the liberals are all over the report that Al Qaeda is back up to strength. Another shot to bash Bush. Funny, no one is questioning this same intelligence service which gave us WMD’s in Iraq.
“Actually, I have been doing pretty good even during the Bush recession.
Thanks for your concern.
The only thing I feel guilty about is that I didn’t do more to make sure Worst. President. Ever. hadn’t been selected.”
Posted by: CapnAmerica | July 12, 2007 at 09:06 PM
Actually what Capn meant to say was:
Capn: “Wow, I didn’t realize the Dow closed at all time high today.”
Capn: “Thank you for the reality instead of my Chomsky guided wet dreams.”
Capn: “The only thing I feel guilty about is that I didn’t do MIchael Moore.”
uh, Kaeb – this intelligence DIDN’T give us WMD’s in Iraq – Bush pulled em out BEFORE they had a chance to furnish their report, by claiming they had found WMD’s, which indeed they had not, nor did they ever claim too… nice try…
Giluani’s swift boat is on fire.Relatives of firefighters blast Giuliani By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press WriterWed Jul 11, 11:10 PM ET
NEW YORK – Relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center reproached GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a video Wednesday, pairing footage of the falling twin towers with charges the city’s former mayor was woefully unprepared for Sept. 11.
ADVERTISEMENTThe parents and siblings of some of the 343 firefighters killed in the terrorist attacks released the video with the International Association of Fire Fighters, which opposes Giuliani’s candidacy.
Giuliani’s campaign denounced the images, saying that the former mayor had a long history of supporting firefighters’ health and safety and that the international union releasing the video only supports Democratic presidential candidates.
Fire union officials and family members, repeating claims they had made for months, charged Giuliani pushed for a faster cleanup of ground zero at the expense of finding remains, put an emergency center in a building that collapsed on Sept. 11 and failed to provide working radios for firefighters, making it impossible for them to learn the towers were on the verge of collapse.
“Virtually the whole thing goes back to him with the radios,” Jim Riches, a deputy fire chief whose son was killed on Sept. 11, says in the video. “He’s the guy on the top, and he’s the guy you yell at.
“He takes the hit. And my son is dead because of it.”
Giuliani’s camp called the video a “mockumentary.” Giuliani campaign spokesman Michael McKeon said the union leadership “makes Michael Moore look like Edward R. Murrow.”
Former New York firefighter Lee Ielpi, whose son died on Sept. 11, and former Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Richard Sheirer appeared at a news conference with McKeon, calling the video a “disgrace” and saying it is full of “half-truths.”
Ielpi disputed claims made in the tape that workers searching for remains were pulled from the rubble, arguing that Giuliani allowed some workers to return. Similarly, Sheirer said it wasn’t the radios that didn’t work but rather a high-rise signal transmission system that didn’t work in one of the towers but worked “perfectly” in the other tower, until it crashed to the ground.
“I was there. I saw it. I experienced it,” said Ielpi, who worked at ground zero for the nine-month cleanup. “I’m not going to let lies like this go.”
But the general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, Harold Schaitberger, said that Giuliani is opposed by firefighters on both sides of the aisle.
“Giuliani’s biggest problem is that this video is a bipartisan condemnation of his record on 9/11,” Schaitberger said.
The 13-minute video was being distributed to the union’s 280,000 members, to the news media and online.
It includes statements from leaders of the city’s two largest firefighter unions, who say Giuliani became rich and famous on his image as a post-Sept. 11 hero while ignoring firefighters’ needs.
“This image of Rudy Giuliani as America’s mayor, it’s a myth,” said Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, which represents about 9,000 firefighters.
Cassidy said that his union supported George Bush in the last election and had supported George Pataki for governor of New York.
“It’s not about Republicans, it’s about this Republican,” he said.
Peter Gorman, president of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, says in the video that Giuliani’s image is more important to him than the needs of firefighters.
“He’s making millions, tens of millions of dollars on the backs of my members, as far as I’m concerned,” he says.
Today the liberals are all over the report that Al Qaeda is back up to strength. Another shot to bash Bush. Funny, no one is questioning this same intelligence service which gave us WMD’s in Iraq.
Posted by: Kaeb Elgae | July 12, 2007 at 09:00 PMThat’s because bush and cheney obviously didn’t orchestrate this report.
ROFLMAO,
‘Swindle Update: ABC is now slamming the Swindle’http://www.desmogblog.com/swindle-update-abc-is-now-slamming-the-swindle“A new little button titled “The Great Global Warming Swindle SWINDLE” has just been added on ABC Australia’s dedicated “Great Global Warming Swindle” webpage.
The new section absolutely trashes Martin Durkin’s “Great Global Warming Swindle” film.”
More at link above. Hahahahaha…