TODAY, Wednesday, June 18th, is the day of the June full moon … called the Strawberry moon by the Shawnee Indians.
If the stormy weather returns this evening like it is this morning, we won’t get to see the full moon rising up from the southeastern horizon at 9:22 PM nor setting on Tursday morning at 5:40 AM.
Technically the moon is considered precisely full when it reaches the point every 29 days when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. That will be just after lunch today but, alas, here in Wichita the moon will be somewhere over China at that time.
But no problem … the moon will continue to appear to be full for the next several evenings as it wanes away from the full moon position.
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By coincidence and with no astronomical connection, the summer solstice will take place on Friday/Saturday, June 20 and 21st. This is the time of the longest day and shortest night of the year.
Some people consider the summer solstice to be the first day of summer. Personally I consider it the middle day of the summer because at that time, the days begin to grow shorter bringing on fall and winter months.
The various seasons are brought to us courtesty of the 23 1/2 degree permanent tilt of the earth to the line that is vertical to the “horizontal” line from the earth to the sun.
SO THANK YOUR PERSONAL INTELLIGENT DESIGNER FOR THIS WONDERFUL SEASON GIVING TILT.
I noticed that will all of the huge stories around the world that folks should be paying attention to, CNN offers up “Celtics Win NBA Championship!”. Oh really? Who cares? Or better yet, “Who should care? Bread and circuses for the slow and dumbed-down masses.
SPANISH PROPERTY OWNERS SUE GREENPEACE FOR CLIMATE DISASTER PREDICTION
A group of real estate developers and property owners in La Manga del Mar Menor - a spit of sandy, low-lying coastal land and Murcia’s premier beach resort - are threatening to take Greenpeace to court over its graphic predictions of what global warming may do to the area, which they say have caused house prices to plummet. The lawsuit, which the plaintiffs plan to present unless Greenpeace agrees to an out of court settlement of almost EUR 30 million in damages, comes more than six months after La Manga featured prominently in a photo book published by the environmental organisation that was intended to shock Spain into action on climate change.
Along with photos of a dried up Ebro River in Zaragoza and a desert in an area of Valencia now filled with lemon and orange groves, the book, Photoclima, shows digitally modified photos of La Manga submerged in water with only the tops of hotels, apartment blocks and palm trees emerging from the blue Mediterranean. Greenpeace says the book is a graphic portrayal of the conclusions of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has predicted that global warming will cause sea levels to rise around the world over the coming decades. “We want to create alarm and a call to action,” Juan Lopez de Uralde, Greenpeace’s director in Spain, said when the book was published.
The photographs certainly caused alarm in La Manga. According to Jose Angel Abad, a lawyer who has taken up the case of the area’s aggrieved developers and home owners, prices have plunged by “50 percent” in recent months - a dramatic fall even in light of the end of a nationwide house price boom. “Greenpeace manipulated the expected rise in sea levels of half a metre to cause alarm. It has sunk the real estate market: no one is buying and everyone has put their apartments up for sale,” Abad claims. He says his clients are seeking EUR 27 million in damages to cover the decrease in the value of their properties.
However, Greenpeace has no intention of settling out of court, arguing that the La Manga property owners are trying to “blackmail” it into footing the bill for their speculation in the real estate market. “They’re trying to blame Greenpeace and its campaign for the problems they have encountered in a market saturated thanks to real estate speculation,” Uralde said this week. “We are not going to be intimidated.”
It is incomprehensible to me that the City wants to throw good money after bad and continue to subsidize the Warren Old Town. This guy is supposed to be a good businessman - why can’t he make it succeed? Sports bars do well in Wichita - why is Oscars a flop?
Conservation is a matter of personal responsibility. Both individuals and corporate. While we need alternative solutions to oil we seem no closer to any being mainstream than we were 30 years ago. Drilling off the coasts and in ANWAR are short-term solutions to a long-term problem. But they may stop the bleeding for the time being and are necessary.
On the Warren deal.. I believe the balance sheet shows that this investment (it is a loan, recall) will more than pay for itself in tax revenues. I have not seen it, but that is the impression the debate in the council presented.
The Warren is the anchor of this popular spot. Lose the Warren, lose the whole area.
It is a shame these really rich guys come to the City first, rather than last, however…. in my opinion.
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilized interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything “chosen” about them.”
Childish superstitions?
Such as the greatest commandment? “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself”?
It would seem to me our world would be a much better place and John Lennon’s “Imagine” would be realized if the world took this into practice.
Thank you FG.
I’m not an all paths lead to God believer, but if all paths would lead to that (Loving your neighbor) that world would be a better place. The opportunity for religious freedom is a big part of that. It is one of the pillars of the Democracy we are trying to bring to the world.
“bth
Posted June 18, 2008 at 9:47 am | Permalink
LOCAL ISSUE:
It is incomprehensible to me that the City wants to throw good money after bad and continue to subsidize the Warren Old Town. This guy is supposed to be a good businessman - why can’t he make it succeed? Sports bars do well in Wichita - why is Oscars a flop?”
I agree bth, not a good investment and the city manager was not for it either!
I have a son who lives in Boston and a colleague had tickets for the championship games. He was going to be unable to use the ticket for game seven and was going to give that ticket to my son. I asked Chad if that meant he would be cheering for the Lakers? He told me, “No, he couldn’t tempt fate like that!”
Chad and Paul Pierce were at KU together and Chad is a BIG Pierce fan! Last Christmas we were able to find a Paul Pierce KU jersey on ebay. That gift was a hit!
Honestly everyone should be outraged at the state of politics in this nation. Both sides are ruining the country right now. Obama as I have said I find to be sincere in his ideals. He is not politics as usual. I think he borders on a socialist (and borders if probably kind). But his election and policies may finally wake up the country to a direction towards which we were founded on.
Ksfarmgrrl: I agree with your statement so want to echo it here in capital letters:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS PRACTICED IN KANSAS, IS THE BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON THE KANSAS TAXPAYER.
For one, remember the income from the lottery was supposed to go to Kansas education but instead was diverted to the bottomless pit of “economic development.” Has it ever produced one tangible result other than “Kansas, as far as you can see from the Turnpike,” or whatever that $30 million dollar motto is that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius came up with.
“Mr_Kia
Posted June 18, 2008 at 11:11 am | Permalink
Honestly everyone should be outraged at the state of politics in this nation. Both sides are ruining the country right now. Obama as I have said I find to be sincere in his ideals. He is not politics as usual. I think he borders on a socialist (and borders if probably kind). But his election and policies may finally wake up the country to a direction towards which we were founded on.”
What direction were we founded on Mr_Kia, in your opinion?
The Kansas Lottery proceeds were never promised to go to education. The idea was floated in the original legislation but the Evangelical Republicans got their panties in a wad that schools would be supported by sin. You can look it up.
A lot of other states’ lotteries promise to raise funds for education. But not Kansas, “the State that Sin Forgot.”
“Economic Development” was the compromise, with some of the proceeds going to the Kansas Technical Institute (in Salina, maybe?) to put a modicum of education into the mix.
Most Eco/Devo schemes are cronyism codified.
“Yeah, we’ll dedicate taxpayer money to built exit ramps, access roads, sewer and utilities hook-ups for free to Wal-Mart just so the people who have businesses downtown — and are paying the taxes — can be run out of business. Did I tell you I saw Joe Namath at the Wal-Mart SuperBowl party?” That’s how Eco/Devo works in Kansas, and the quote could come from just about any County or City Commissioner in the state.
Re-reading my post I understand confusion on my stance on Obama’s policies. I think when he gains power and America starts to see what his agenda means to our way of life - we will have an awakening to conservative ideals. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that all men (and women) are created equal. Each individual can still achieve on his or her own and be anything they want to be. If Obama is elected as I anticipate, two of our last three Presidents (Clinton and Obama) would be the greatest examples of this. Neither one of these men have come from priviledged backgrounds are one was a two-term President and the other is the first black man to win a party nomination as President.
How did Government put that type of ambition in their hearts? It didn’t.
Re-reading my post I understand confusion on my stance on Obama’s policies. I think when he gains power and America starts to see what his agenda means to our way of life - we will have an awakening to conservative ideals. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that all men (and women) are created equal. Each individual can still achieve on his or her own and be anything they want to be. If Obama is elected as I anticipate, two of our last three Presidents (Clinton and Obama) would be the greatest examples of this. Neither one of these men have come from priviledged backgrounds - one was a two-term President and the other is the first black man to win a party nomination as President.
How did Government put that type of ambition in their hearts? It didn’t.
(A song of God’s inner life)
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I will speak
I will wait
I will send prophets among them
That they might hear
That they might see
And understand how much I love them
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
They’ll walk with Me
And be My people
I’ll walk with them as their God
as their God
I will strike
I will scourge
And carry out vengeance upon them
But I will heal the wounds I make
And tenderly take them back to me
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
They’ll walk with Me
And be My people
I’ll walk with them as their God
This is heaven
This is salvation
This is their great hope and Mine
He will come
My own Son
A Word faithful hearts can’t help hearing
And by His death
With His last breath
A Father’s forgiveness comes flowing
Then they will know
That I am Savior
I am Redeemer and Friend
Immanuel
The God who is with them
The God who gives all He can
He is salvation
He is the kingdom
To know Him is paradise
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
I am Lord
Okay - everyone get ready for a little diversion from politics - ’cause the Filmfemme’s got an amusing story to tell.
Yesterday after work, I drove past the Lord’s Diner. (I can’t very well avoid the place, since I live rather close by…) Every day, groups of downtrodden humanity congregate across the street, awaiting the 5:30 p.m. dinner bell. For many of them, it’s their only real meal of the day.
Except for one rather well-fed soul.
Not only corpulent but topless, one individual seemed to have been endowed by her Creator with at least two inalienable rights - and they could have nursed an entire continent. Not only that, she seemed to have recently been roughed up. She slumped over, torn bluejeans clinging rather unsteadily, and this had the unsettling effect of rendering the titanic twins even more voluminous.
As I understand it, one can be arrested for indecent exposure - and she had much to expose. I didn’t really feel like being exposed to it, but I was concerned for her. So I drove up to the church where she was perched on the pavement, prepared to trek on over to the used clothing store down the street, purchase a size-72 blouse for her, and help her avoid arrest. It was the least I could do for the most of my brethren, I decided.
“Holy s–t!” I gasped. “It’s a dude!” It WAS a dude - a very pretty, plus-size, pouting, pouty-breasted dude. I asked him if he was OK, he replied in the affirmative, and Big Bertha drove on to the serenity of home.
It’s a cruel fact of life. Many severely overweight males have manaries. I don’t know why this is so; this fellow probably needed a massive testosterone injection. But this chick can’t provide it.
Oh well, at least I’m not the jealous type. If someone with a Y chromo is more “bonny and buxom in bed and board” than I am, I’ll just chalk it up to one of those paranormal phenomena that I cain’t understand……
Sure glad you post here, FilmFan! You really are good enough to make a living from your writing! Erma Bombeck comes to mind. She also could take the everyday experience and make it better, funnier, worth noting, interesting…
Careful, Monkeyhawk - you’re gonna give ol’ “MaxGrobnick” the heebiest of jeebies. (He just insulted me on another thread, and I’m oh-so disconsolate!)
By 1985, Erma Bombeck’s three weekly columns were being published by 900 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, and were also being anthologized into many best-selling books. She was also in twice-weekly Good Morning America slots. Bombeck belonged to the American Academy of Humor Columnists, along with other famous personalities. During the 1980s, Bombeck’s annual wages ranged from $500,000 to one million dollars.
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That kind of change would allow you to buy many many size 72 blouses for the less fortunate!
OK, Mr. Kia, I’m going to need a bit more info before I can attempt an answer.
How are you defining “conservative?” The old-time fiscally responsible, small government intervention way or the newer socially driven way?
If we’re talking about what used to be a conservative (you know the ones not interested in legislating morality!) they can be as humorous as the next guy.
If we’re talking about the newer definition of “conservative,” I haven’t seen any evidence they attempt humor. I don’t think they know how.
Let me give you an example of the sense of humor thing Linda.
Suppose Ann Coulter made the same type of manary joke against an overweight person. She’d be called out as bigotted…homophobic..you name it.
That’s what I meant.
No American because they still happen.
Banning abortion won’t make them stop.
Banning gay marriage won’t end homosexuality.
Making murder illegal hasn’t stopped killing.
It’s only thru a change of heart that the Government can not bring for true change to occur.
Correctamundo MonkeyHawk and JWink! The Kansas Lottery was sold and PASSED with the ut nderstanding that the proceeds would be used for “economic development”, which actually used to be “industrial development”.
And yer right. It hasnt produced squat. Or what happens when most of us squat.
Education squeaked in when it was noted and understood that you could get ANYTHING approved as long as it was called “economic development”, and the definition of “economic development” became so broad that it covers damn near anything.
My board of directors and I worked our asses off, at our own, personal, considerable expense I might add, to get a local “economic development” sales tax passed.
So.. wanna know what the city and the county did with it? I mean, after they fired me, abolished my board, and took all the tax money?
They built… wait for it… a freakin’ “water park” (read pool with slide). So’s “the kids” (the other buzz word) would have something to do in the summer. Never mind that we already had a pool, and could have bought a “slide” for much less than the three million dollar price tag.
Oh, and never mind that we have NO water to spare out here. And we’ve been fighting Hays forever for water rights. AND there are fewer and fewer “kids” who are born here, live here or go to school here every year.
Just imagine what that three mil could have done had it been spent on real economic development like infrastructure, job creation, or such.
But hey, it was the mayor and the county commissioners’ pet project.
Funny, but the mayor was SOUNDLY defeated in the next election, as were all the incumbent city council members.
And the county commissioner who wanted the pool the most is gone too.
Heheheheh.
Living well is the best revenge.
The way the tax laws for economic developent are written, ANYTHING could fall under the definition. And my experience in Kansas is that just about everything DOES.
Including unused swimming pools, er “water parks” in the middle of a declining population in the desert.
I think we take ourselves and our differences far too seriously. If we can not laugh at each other and our differences and embrace those we are doomed as a society.
leg·is·late
–verb (used without object)
1. to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
–verb (used with object)
2. to create, provide, or control by legislation: attempts to legislate morality.
mo·ral·i·ty
–noun,
1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
2. moral quality or character.
3. virtue in sexual matters; chastity.
4. a doctrine or system of morals.
5. moral instruction; a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utterance
The town I grew up in is going through absurd Eco/Devo convulsions, too.
Last year’s floods wrecked the WPA-era swimming pool which had been rotting away for years anyway.
There’s a prospect of replacing it with a year-round community recreation center (with year-round swimming pool) for a bit more than it would cost to build a 1935-version swimming pool…in a flood plain.
What’s most contradictory: “Christian rock”? Or musician?
Anyway, I guess when he quotes these lines, he’s finally answering the question he was too cowardly to answer earlier:
I will strike
I will scourge
And carry out vengeance upon them
He does agree with Falwell, Robertson and Hagee that God destroys cities just to teach us a lesson.
Woe unto the Boys Scouts in that Iowa tornado, right, American?
Well Monkey, it’s especially ironic considering that when we were fighting Hays tooth and nail to keep the water in Cedar Bluff (the BEST swimming pool in Kansas)…
One of the complaints we had was that Hays built a giant “water park” (pool with multiple slides) in the middle of a draught and the desert.
Unfortunately, God’s judgement, (and I am NOT saying that whomever you are referring to when you bring up Falwell, Robertson and Hagee is being judged by God), effects both the one’s being judged and the innocent.
We already have Christian music with a beat–it’s called Gospel, not that watered down, white bread pap the fundos listen to and that constantly infringes on Public Radio’s bandwidth.
Christian rock? Sure, as long as it’s The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, the Staple Singers, Al Green, Shirley Ceasar, Albertina Walker, The Highway QC’s, Aretha Franklin, The Harmonizing Four, Sam Cooke, etc. etc.
Defenders of NAMBLA.
Defenders of Louis Farakan.
Defenders of Rev Jeremiah Wright.
Defenders of the ALCU and Charles Rust-Tierney.
Defenders of unbridled freedom, without personal responsibility.
Defenders of Fr. Michael Pfleger.
Defenders of Evolution.
Defenders of Atheism.
Defenders of Abortion.
Defenders of the UN.
Defenders of Goerge Tiller.
Defenders of AGW.
Defenders of pulling troops out of IRAQ ASAP
I can’t remember who posted this a awhile back, but it is a hoot!
The Government Man
Department of Water representative stopped at a farm and talked with an old farmer. He told the farmer, ‘I need to inspect your farm for your water allotment’
The old farmer said, ‘OK, but don’t go in that field over there.’
The Water representative said, ‘Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government behind me.
See this card? The card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land no questions asked; nor need be answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?’
The old farmer nodded politely and went about his farm chores.
Later, the old farmer heard loud screams and saw the Water Rep running for the fence and close behind was the farmer’s huge-horned prize bull. The bull was gaining on the Water Rep with every step. The Rep was clearly terrified, so the old farmer immediately threw down his tools, ran to the fence and shouted out.
‘Your card! Your card! Show him your card!’
A man decided to buy a horse for his kids to ride around the yard. Seeing an ad in the local paper Horse for sale… One hundred dollars. He went to the farm and met an old Italian man:
“Yes I am here about the horse you have for sale.”.
“OK’a but I’m tell’a you the horse…. He no look’a so Goooda”.
“Oh that’s Ok I am planning on buying it for my kids to ride around the yard”.
The old Italian man took the man to a pasture and pointed to an old horse standing in the middle of the pasture.
“Is the horse gentle?”
“Oh’a yes he is’a quiet’a Gentle’a…. But he’a no’a look’a so Good’a”.
The horse was sway back and seemed to have seen better days.
“ Is he gentle around children though?”.
“Oh’a yes’a, he like’a kids’a just a fine’a But he no look’a so good’a”.
“Can I ride him?”.
“Well’a sure’a…. But he’a no look’a so Good’a”
The man put a saddle and bridle on the horse and started riding the horse across the pasture.
The horse ran right into a five wire barb wire fence and the man ended up tangled up in the wire.
The old Italian man rushed over and help the man get untangled.
The went over to the horse and looked into the horse’s eyes.
“He’s blind!” exclaimed the man.
“ I did’a tell you, the horse, he no’a look’a so Good’a!”
WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office concluded today that the Air Force made “significant errors” in awarding a $35 billion contract for aerial-refueling tankers to a team that included a European aerospace company.
In a major victory for Boeing, the GAO recommended that the Air Force reopen the competition, including rewriting the contract specifications.
“Our review of the record led us to conclude that the Air Force had made a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman,” the GAO said. “We therefore sustain the Boeing protest.”
Bill put his arm around a very dejected Hillary after she withdrew from her Presidential nomination campaign saying “Well Hill, close but no cigar”. She decked him.
Boxlock
Posted June 18, 2008 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Bill put his arm around a very dejected Hillary after she withdrew from her Presidential nomination campaign saying “Well Hill, close but no cigar”. She decked him.
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
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Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
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“Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.”
Wonder where somebody managed to turn up the $$$ amount of the electric bill of a private citizen?? Maybe he isnt using power from the “grid” — Maybe he is generating that power?? maybe thats what makes it a renovation?? Let’s see some evidence on the $$$$ Amount on that billing….
The average American household is only about 1/10th the size of Gore’s antique mansion too… But the ANTI GW people conveniently forget top include that figure!! LOL
“Gore is exploiting the public’s concern about the environment to line his pockets and enhance his profile.”
Thats too funny… With an electric bill that size, it sure looks like it is lining Gore’s pockets… With what??? Lint?? After the money is gone for the electric bill??
You Righties sure the Utility company didnt do some kind of Rate Increase during that time frame??
Please provide some evidence as to how a private citizen’s private electric bill would get to a Right Wing web site???
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2153179/Al-Gore’s-electricity-bill-goes-through-the-(insulated)-roof.html
“However, the TPCR has got hold of his electricity bill again, this time comparing electricity consumption between the 12 months before June 2007, when it says he installed his new technology, and the year since then.
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Explaining the electricity consumption, she said the three-year renovation of the house wasn’t finished until November so it was too early to draw a before-and-after comparison.”
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That’s June, July, August, Sept, October, and November.
And the weather for both years should also be analyzed.
Chas cares about the privacy of Gore’s electric bill, but it’s ok for the Washington DC police to set-up neighborhood roadblocks, and searching and questioning people without warrants.
Doesn’t matter cosmos, that amount of energy used by two people who are supposed to set an example for energy conservation is obscene and hypocritical.
Police plan vehicle checkpoints in DC neighborhood
By BRIAN WESTLEY – Jun 5, 2008
Starting Saturday night, officers will check drivers’ ID and turn away any who don’t have a “legitimate purpose” in the area — a plan that has drawn swift criticism from civil liberties groups.
“The Constitution and the Bill of Rights should not become the next victim of the street violence,” said Johnny Barnes, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union for the National Capital Area. “This plan will treat every resident of that area the way criminals are treated.”
“Obama Adviser: Pooh Bear, Luke Skywalker Hold Lessons for Foreign Policy
by FOXNews.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Foreign policy architects could benefit from studying Winnie the Pooh and Star Wars, according to a Barack Obama adviser who is set to attend a meeting of the Democratic candidate’s national security work group Wednesday.
Richard Danzig, former Navy secretary under President Clinton, drew several creative and unusual analogies to explain the challenges America faces overseas during a foreign policy conference in Washington, D.C., last week, according to an article in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
In arguing that the country should back off a policy that causes too much pain, Danzig said, “”Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.”
He read a section from the children’s book where Pooh Bear hurts himself going down the steps because he hasn’t stopped to think of another way.
During his address to the Center for New American Security, Danzig also said much can be learned about the motivations of terrorists by looking at, for instance, soccer fans who become absorbed by violence or even the Star Wars movies.
According to the article, Danzig said a terrorist from the 1995 Tokyo nerve gas attack once told him: “We have been raised on a theory of superheroes. We all want to be like Luke Skywalker.”
Danzig argued that anyone who leads a “mundane” life and loses his or her ambition can be tempted by the promises of an extremist group or leader.
Danzig was expected to meet Wednesday as part of Obama’s 13-member Senior Working Group on National Security. It includes former members of Congress and high-ranking Clinton administration officials.”
Let’s see your proof that only the two of them are there.
They never have family, friends, and guests there?
They never have other people there working with them in their offices?
They never have large dinners, etc?
Responding to the threat of a legal challenge, interim D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles cited a similar case involving New York City police, who once stopped motorists in the Bronx at random hours, mostly in the evening, to curtail drive-by shootings, drugs and robberies. Neighborhood residents and commercial vehicles were allowed to pass, while others were turned away.
A federal appeals court ruled in 1996 that those police tactics were constitutional, saying that the checkpoints “were reasonably viewed as an effective mechanism” to reduce drive-by shootings.
Claim: E-mail compares George W. Bush’s eco-friendly ranch with Al Gore’s energy-expending mansion.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2007]
“LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
HOUSE # 1:
A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern “snow belt,” either. It’s in the South.
HOUSE # 2:
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every “green” feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as “the Texas White House,” it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you WON’T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Indeed, for Mr. Gore, it’s truly “an inconvenient truth.” “
Chas
Posted June 7, 2008 at 1:07 pm | Permalink
Max, are you in charge of writing Police Policy Manuals now?? They arent looking for YOU!! They ARE trying to protect a very violent neighborhood… Why do you NOT want a violent neighborhood to be protected??
You got an answer for that??
YOU POSTED YOURSELF what the specific circumstances are in the D. C. situation… Why dont you go back and read what YOU POSTED???
Max, it appears that D.C. has declared ONE SPECIIC SECTOR of the city, to be under Martial Law…. Sorry Max, but the City has that RIGHT… by LAW!!
Now, I know you HATE obeying laws established by the proper goernment… Some day that kind of attitude will get YOU arrested…
D.C. Police to Check Drivers In Violence-Plagued Trinidad
By Allison Klein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 5, 2008; A01
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend in a Northeast Washington neighborhood inundated by gun violence, saying it will help keep criminals out of the area.
Starting on Saturday, officers will check drivers’ identification and ask whether they have a “legitimate purpose” to be in the Trinidad area, such as going to a doctor or church or visiting friends or relatives. If not, the drivers will be turned away.
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“Claim: Al Gore’s residence uses considerably more energy than the average American home.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected February 2007]
Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee
Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh - more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh-guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.”
Nathan — Max IS an A$$WHOLE… You wouldnt want me to LIE and call him something that he isnt, would you??? LYING would be a terribly unchristian thing for me to do!!
LIE #2 Chas claimed martial law was declared in DC.
LIE #3 Chas claimed I said there was martial law in DC.
LIE #4 Chas claimed that he did not say there was martial law in DC.
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Chas
Posted June 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
Nathan — Max IS an A$$WHOLE… You wouldnt want me to LIE and call him something that he isnt, would you??? LYING would be a terribly unchristian thing for me to do!!
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TODAY, Wednesday, June 18th, is the day of the June full moon … called the Strawberry moon by the Shawnee Indians.
If the stormy weather returns this evening like it is this morning, we won’t get to see the full moon rising up from the southeastern horizon at 9:22 PM nor setting on Tursday morning at 5:40 AM.
Technically the moon is considered precisely full when it reaches the point every 29 days when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. That will be just after lunch today but, alas, here in Wichita the moon will be somewhere over China at that time.
But no problem … the moon will continue to appear to be full for the next several evenings as it wanes away from the full moon position.
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By coincidence and with no astronomical connection, the summer solstice will take place on Friday/Saturday, June 20 and 21st. This is the time of the longest day and shortest night of the year.
Some people consider the summer solstice to be the first day of summer. Personally I consider it the middle day of the summer because at that time, the days begin to grow shorter bringing on fall and winter months.
The various seasons are brought to us courtesty of the 23 1/2 degree permanent tilt of the earth to the line that is vertical to the “horizontal” line from the earth to the sun.
SO THANK YOUR PERSONAL INTELLIGENT DESIGNER FOR THIS WONDERFUL SEASON GIVING TILT.
I noticed that will all of the huge stories around the world that folks should be paying attention to, CNN offers up “Celtics Win NBA Championship!”. Oh really? Who cares? Or better yet, “Who should care? Bread and circuses for the slow and dumbed-down masses.
Correction: …noticed that WITH all of…
Thank you Mr. (or Ms.) Intelligent Designerer.
SPANISH PROPERTY OWNERS SUE GREENPEACE FOR CLIMATE DISASTER PREDICTION
A group of real estate developers and property owners in La Manga del Mar Menor - a spit of sandy, low-lying coastal land and Murcia’s premier beach resort - are threatening to take Greenpeace to court over its graphic predictions of what global warming may do to the area, which they say have caused house prices to plummet. The lawsuit, which the plaintiffs plan to present unless Greenpeace agrees to an out of court settlement of almost EUR 30 million in damages, comes more than six months after La Manga featured prominently in a photo book published by the environmental organisation that was intended to shock Spain into action on climate change.
Along with photos of a dried up Ebro River in Zaragoza and a desert in an area of Valencia now filled with lemon and orange groves, the book, Photoclima, shows digitally modified photos of La Manga submerged in water with only the tops of hotels, apartment blocks and palm trees emerging from the blue Mediterranean. Greenpeace says the book is a graphic portrayal of the conclusions of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which has predicted that global warming will cause sea levels to rise around the world over the coming decades. “We want to create alarm and a call to action,” Juan Lopez de Uralde, Greenpeace’s director in Spain, said when the book was published.
The photographs certainly caused alarm in La Manga. According to Jose Angel Abad, a lawyer who has taken up the case of the area’s aggrieved developers and home owners, prices have plunged by “50 percent” in recent months - a dramatic fall even in light of the end of a nationwide house price boom. “Greenpeace manipulated the expected rise in sea levels of half a metre to cause alarm. It has sunk the real estate market: no one is buying and everyone has put their apartments up for sale,” Abad claims. He says his clients are seeking EUR 27 million in damages to cover the decrease in the value of their properties.
However, Greenpeace has no intention of settling out of court, arguing that the La Manga property owners are trying to “blackmail” it into footing the bill for their speculation in the real estate market. “They’re trying to blame Greenpeace and its campaign for the problems they have encountered in a market saturated thanks to real estate speculation,” Uralde said this week. “We are not going to be intimidated.”
http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Estate-owners-sue-Greenpeace-for-alarming-prediction.html
BUSH speech - I did not hear one word about conservation or better use of resources….
The oil man wants to drill and that is that.
Conserve first, then drill.
LOCAL ISSUE:
It is incomprehensible to me that the City wants to throw good money after bad and continue to subsidize the Warren Old Town. This guy is supposed to be a good businessman - why can’t he make it succeed? Sports bars do well in Wichita - why is Oscars a flop?
god and global warming
http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/1443/nowd_20071026_god_global_warming
Conservation is a matter of personal responsibility. Both individuals and corporate. While we need alternative solutions to oil we seem no closer to any being mainstream than we were 30 years ago. Drilling off the coasts and in ANWAR are short-term solutions to a long-term problem. But they may stop the bleeding for the time being and are necessary.
Woo Hoo! Yep JR, I think this is what has the con panties in a wad.
This is a contrast between The Faces Of Joy…
…and the Faces Of Hate!
And the comments are priceless. Just ignore the ones about spelling and scroll through the comments for even funnier photos.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×3473782
Study says Sun not a cause for global warming
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070712-sun-climate.html
On the Warren deal.. I believe the balance sheet shows that this investment (it is a loan, recall) will more than pay for itself in tax revenues. I have not seen it, but that is the impression the debate in the council presented.
The Warren is the anchor of this popular spot. Lose the Warren, lose the whole area.
It is a shame these really rich guys come to the City first, rather than last, however…. in my opinion.
Fred Phelps doesn’t speak for me.
1954 letter from A. Einstein to colleague
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this. These subtilized interpretations are highly manifold according to their nature and have almost nothing to do with the original text. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything “chosen” about them.”
Childish superstitions?
Such as the greatest commandment? “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself”?
It would seem to me our world would be a much better place and John Lennon’s “Imagine” would be realized if the world took this into practice.
I’m Voting Republican, In case you missed it last night:
I’m Voting Republican, and here’s why:
http://www.ImVotingRepublican.com
“love your neighbor as yourself”
I dont really disagree with your post Kia, but with all due respect, that phrase isnt unique to the christian bible.
I think it was Walker who posted one time how many religions world wide, through out history, have echoed that perfect sentiment.
CNN offers up “Celtics Win NBA Championship!”. Oh really? Who cares?
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I do Pleefer. Ain’t it great? 22 years after Larry Bird and the boys, the Celtics, led by KU guy Paul Pierce, win another! And against the Lakers!
Sorry for the exuberance. Brings back memories of when I was a rabid NBA (Celtics)fan.
Thank you FG.
I’m not an all paths lead to God believer, but if all paths would lead to that (Loving your neighbor) that world would be a better place. The opportunity for religious freedom is a big part of that. It is one of the pillars of the Democracy we are trying to bring to the world.
Why do liberals always say “liar, liar, liar” when they do not agree with you?
Why do liberals always call you names (i.e. bigot, racsist, mongrel) when they don’t have a cogent argument?
For those of you who are vocabulary deficient:
co·gent
adjective
1. convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
2. to the point; relevant; pertinent
“bth
Posted June 18, 2008 at 9:47 am | Permalink
LOCAL ISSUE:
It is incomprehensible to me that the City wants to throw good money after bad and continue to subsidize the Warren Old Town. This guy is supposed to be a good businessman - why can’t he make it succeed? Sports bars do well in Wichita - why is Oscars a flop?”
I agree bth, not a good investment and the city manager was not for it either!
Me too, outlander!
I have a son who lives in Boston and a colleague had tickets for the championship games. He was going to be unable to use the ticket for game seven and was going to give that ticket to my son. I asked Chad if that meant he would be cheering for the Lakers? He told me, “No, he couldn’t tempt fate like that!”
Chad and Paul Pierce were at KU together and Chad is a BIG Pierce fan! Last Christmas we were able to find a Paul Pierce KU jersey on ebay. That gift was a hit!
Hee Hee Hee Heeeeeee…
If you can stand it, you’ve GOT to read the Rude One’s comment on the “family” research council’s hissy fit about California and gay marriage.
Dobson and perkins have really jumped the shark.
Rude language, but funny as can be.
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
American
Posted June 18, 2008 at 10:55 am | Permalink
Why do liberals always say “liar, liar, liar” when they do not agree with you?
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It’s the latest strategy approach broadcast to all the koolaide drinkers.
I think it would be a great story (hint hint) to see how many TIF and Star Bond projects are NOT meeting their goals.
The Home Depot in Hays isnt drawing the sales tax it projected either.
Like I always say, economic development, as practiced in Kansas, is the BIGGEST hoax ever perpetrated upon the taxpayer.
“outlander
Posted June 18, 2008 at 10:48 am | Permalink
CNN offers up “Celtics Win NBA Championship!”. Oh really? Who cares?
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I do Pleefer. Ain’t it great? 22 years after Larry Bird and the boys, the Celtics, led by KU guy Paul Pierce, win another! And against the Lakers!
Sorry for the exuberance. Brings back memories of when I was a rabid NBA (Celtics)fan.”
I totally agree and am of the same mind! Way to go Celts!
Too bad for the Lakers though (he, he, he).
Why is it that when a con tells a lie, they get all offended when someone points it out?
Honestly everyone should be outraged at the state of politics in this nation. Both sides are ruining the country right now. Obama as I have said I find to be sincere in his ideals. He is not politics as usual. I think he borders on a socialist (and borders if probably kind). But his election and policies may finally wake up the country to a direction towards which we were founded on.
“ksfarmgrrl” –
Thanks for the Rude Pundit link.
I get out of the habit of reading it, maybe because it’s always a joy to rediscover.
Rude language, but funny as can be.
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
ksfarmgrrl,
Why do you go to the gutter when trying to make a point?
Let the people decide on the issue on the FRC website:
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LH08E01
Ksfarmgrrl: I agree with your statement so want to echo it here in capital letters:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS PRACTICED IN KANSAS, IS THE BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON THE KANSAS TAXPAYER.
For one, remember the income from the lottery was supposed to go to Kansas education but instead was diverted to the bottomless pit of “economic development.” Has it ever produced one tangible result other than “Kansas, as far as you can see from the Turnpike,” or whatever that $30 million dollar motto is that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius came up with.
Meaningless and I’m a life-long Kansan.
“Mr_Kia
Posted June 18, 2008 at 11:11 am | Permalink
Honestly everyone should be outraged at the state of politics in this nation. Both sides are ruining the country right now. Obama as I have said I find to be sincere in his ideals. He is not politics as usual. I think he borders on a socialist (and borders if probably kind). But his election and policies may finally wake up the country to a direction towards which we were founded on.”
What direction were we founded on Mr_Kia, in your opinion?
American, America was founded as a Socialist country, dontcha know.
Actually, “JWink” –
The Kansas Lottery proceeds were never promised to go to education. The idea was floated in the original legislation but the Evangelical Republicans got their panties in a wad that schools would be supported by sin. You can look it up.
A lot of other states’ lotteries promise to raise funds for education. But not Kansas, “the State that Sin Forgot.”
“Economic Development” was the compromise, with some of the proceeds going to the Kansas Technical Institute (in Salina, maybe?) to put a modicum of education into the mix.
Most Eco/Devo schemes are cronyism codified.
“Yeah, we’ll dedicate taxpayer money to built exit ramps, access roads, sewer and utilities hook-ups for free to Wal-Mart just so the people who have businesses downtown — and are paying the taxes — can be run out of business. Did I tell you I saw Joe Namath at the Wal-Mart SuperBowl party?” That’s how Eco/Devo works in Kansas, and the quote could come from just about any County or City Commissioner in the state.
Re-reading my post I understand confusion on my stance on Obama’s policies. I think when he gains power and America starts to see what his agenda means to our way of life - we will have an awakening to conservative ideals. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that all men (and women) are created equal. Each individual can still achieve on his or her own and be anything they want to be. If Obama is elected as I anticipate, two of our last three Presidents (Clinton and Obama) would be the greatest examples of this. Neither one of these men have come from priviledged backgrounds are one was a two-term President and the other is the first black man to win a party nomination as President.
How did Government put that type of ambition in their hearts? It didn’t.
Re-reading my post I understand confusion on my stance on Obama’s policies. I think when he gains power and America starts to see what his agenda means to our way of life - we will have an awakening to conservative ideals. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The idea that all men (and women) are created equal. Each individual can still achieve on his or her own and be anything they want to be. If Obama is elected as I anticipate, two of our last three Presidents (Clinton and Obama) would be the greatest examples of this. Neither one of these men have come from priviledged backgrounds - one was a two-term President and the other is the first black man to win a party nomination as President.
How did Government put that type of ambition in their hearts? It didn’t.
Then They Will Know
(by Michael Card)
(A song of God’s inner life)
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I will speak
I will wait
I will send prophets among them
That they might hear
That they might see
And understand how much I love them
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
They’ll walk with Me
And be My people
I’ll walk with them as their God
as their God
I will strike
I will scourge
And carry out vengeance upon them
But I will heal the wounds I make
And tenderly take them back to me
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
They’ll walk with Me
And be My people
I’ll walk with them as their God
This is heaven
This is salvation
This is their great hope and Mine
He will come
My own Son
A Word faithful hearts can’t help hearing
And by His death
With His last breath
A Father’s forgiveness comes flowing
Then they will know
That I am Savior
I am Redeemer and Friend
Immanuel
The God who is with them
The God who gives all He can
He is salvation
He is the kingdom
To know Him is paradise
Then they will know that I am Father
They they will know I am Lord
I am Lord
Okay - everyone get ready for a little diversion from politics - ’cause the Filmfemme’s got an amusing story to tell.
Yesterday after work, I drove past the Lord’s Diner. (I can’t very well avoid the place, since I live rather close by…) Every day, groups of downtrodden humanity congregate across the street, awaiting the 5:30 p.m. dinner bell. For many of them, it’s their only real meal of the day.
Except for one rather well-fed soul.
Not only corpulent but topless, one individual seemed to have been endowed by her Creator with at least two inalienable rights - and they could have nursed an entire continent. Not only that, she seemed to have recently been roughed up. She slumped over, torn bluejeans clinging rather unsteadily, and this had the unsettling effect of rendering the titanic twins even more voluminous.
As I understand it, one can be arrested for indecent exposure - and she had much to expose. I didn’t really feel like being exposed to it, but I was concerned for her. So I drove up to the church where she was perched on the pavement, prepared to trek on over to the used clothing store down the street, purchase a size-72 blouse for her, and help her avoid arrest. It was the least I could do for the most of my brethren, I decided.
“Holy s–t!” I gasped. “It’s a dude!” It WAS a dude - a very pretty, plus-size, pouting, pouty-breasted dude. I asked him if he was OK, he replied in the affirmative, and Big Bertha drove on to the serenity of home.
It’s a cruel fact of life. Many severely overweight males have manaries. I don’t know why this is so; this fellow probably needed a massive testosterone injection. But this chick can’t provide it.
Oh well, at least I’m not the jealous type. If someone with a Y chromo is more “bonny and buxom in bed and board” than I am, I’ll just chalk it up to one of those paranormal phenomena that I cain’t understand……
Sure glad you post here, FilmFan! You really are good enough to make a living from your writing! Erma Bombeck comes to mind. She also could take the everyday experience and make it better, funnier, worth noting, interesting…
Thanks, Linda! To the ultra-conserv’s here, I’m probably the devil incarnate. Since when do I care what they think, anyway………
Nice work, “FilmFan” –
Good story, well told.
Who could ask for anything more?
Careful, Monkeyhawk - you’re gonna give ol’ “MaxGrobnick” the heebiest of jeebies. (He just insulted me on another thread, and I’m oh-so disconsolate!)
Hey, “Max”. What’s the opposite of down?
What’s an alternative to “Mine?”
That’s right. Up. and Yours.
Up Yours.
Wiki says:
Great Popularity (1980s)
By 1985, Erma Bombeck’s three weekly columns were being published by 900 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada, and were also being anthologized into many best-selling books. She was also in twice-weekly Good Morning America slots. Bombeck belonged to the American Academy of Humor Columnists, along with other famous personalities. During the 1980s, Bombeck’s annual wages ranged from $500,000 to one million dollars.
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That kind of change would allow you to buy many many size 72 blouses for the less fortunate!
How come when a Liberal uses such humor it’s funny but a conservative it’s hate speech?
OK, Mr. Kia, I’m going to need a bit more info before I can attempt an answer.
How are you defining “conservative?” The old-time fiscally responsible, small government intervention way or the newer socially driven way?
If we’re talking about what used to be a conservative (you know the ones not interested in legislating morality!) they can be as humorous as the next guy.
If we’re talking about the newer definition of “conservative,” I haven’t seen any evidence they attempt humor. I don’t think they know how.
Definitely in the you can’t legislate morality sense.
“I haven’t seen any evidence they attempt humor. I don’t think they know how.”
Perhaps you should pay more attention.
film fan–
What’s opposite of above me?
That’s right.
Let me give you an example of the sense of humor thing Linda.
Suppose Ann Coulter made the same type of manary joke against an overweight person. She’d be called out as bigotted…homophobic..you name it.
That’s what I meant.
““MaxGrobnick” the heebiest of jeebies.
Be careful. clark will get insulted.
Is it immoral to commit murder?
Is it against the law?
I guess we legislate morality then.
Case settled.
Too hard to understand?
Is it immoral to commit murder?
Is it against the law?
I guess we legislate morality then.
Case settled.
Too hard to understand?
fleettwood
Posted June 18, 2008 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
““MaxGrobnick” the heebiest of jeebies.
Be careful. clark will get insulted.
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Yeah, but it’s okay fleettie, a Lib wrote it.
IOKIYAAMFL
No American because they still happen.
Banning abortion won’t make them stop.
Banning gay marriage won’t end homosexuality.
Making murder illegal hasn’t stopped killing.
It’s only thru a change of heart that the Government can not bring for true change to occur.
American, I went to The Rude Pundit because he is funny.
The “gutter” term is yours. And not shared by his faithful readers.
And generally, he’s spot on. He his the nail exactly, squarely, and precisely on the head.
The same way he whacks fundy cons.
And THAT’s funny. I dont care WHO ya are…
INRS
What a 0.9 meter rise in sea level can do…
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/29/greenpeaces-photoclima-picturing-climate-change-in-spain/
http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/photosvideos/photos/la-manga-del-mar-menor-tras-po
Did legislating punishments for murder stop it? Didn’t think so. The law does provide consequences for certain acts.
Mr. Kia, Anne Coulter could never do anything I would approve of! I’m unabashedly completely prejudiced against her and her opinions.
Correctamundo MonkeyHawk and JWink! The Kansas Lottery was sold and PASSED with the ut nderstanding that the proceeds would be used for “economic development”, which actually used to be “industrial development”.
And yer right. It hasnt produced squat. Or what happens when most of us squat.
Education squeaked in when it was noted and understood that you could get ANYTHING approved as long as it was called “economic development”, and the definition of “economic development” became so broad that it covers damn near anything.
My board of directors and I worked our asses off, at our own, personal, considerable expense I might add, to get a local “economic development” sales tax passed.
So.. wanna know what the city and the county did with it? I mean, after they fired me, abolished my board, and took all the tax money?
They built… wait for it… a freakin’ “water park” (read pool with slide). So’s “the kids” (the other buzz word) would have something to do in the summer. Never mind that we already had a pool, and could have bought a “slide” for much less than the three million dollar price tag.
Oh, and never mind that we have NO water to spare out here. And we’ve been fighting Hays forever for water rights. AND there are fewer and fewer “kids” who are born here, live here or go to school here every year.
Just imagine what that three mil could have done had it been spent on real economic development like infrastructure, job creation, or such.
But hey, it was the mayor and the county commissioners’ pet project.
Funny, but the mayor was SOUNDLY defeated in the next election, as were all the incumbent city council members.
And the county commissioner who wanted the pool the most is gone too.
Heheheheh.
Living well is the best revenge.
The way the tax laws for economic developent are written, ANYTHING could fall under the definition. And my experience in Kansas is that just about everything DOES.
Including unused swimming pools, er “water parks” in the middle of a declining population in the desert.
I gotta say it. Jesus WEPT!
The biggest taxpayer hoax ever!
Comparing FF to Coultergeist is like, well, comparing Mark Twain to, um, well… nobody comes to mind who is as bad as the Coultergeist.
When FF advocates blowing up the New York Times building, give us a call. Or she says John Edward and Bill Clinton are gay. Otherwise?
The shark is complaining about his back again.
STOP JUMPING HIM!
Hee hee hee. Ok, I know now.
Comparing FF to Coultergeist is like comparing Mark Twain to Snotty McClelland!
Mr_Kia and lindainks55 - So the term “legislate morality” means what exactly?
ksfarmgrrl - the website you referred to is pretty sad and definitely in the gutter.
“The Rude Pundit
Proudly lowering the level of political discourse”
Crass, vulgar, ugly, violent, etc. Intended for humor or not, a reasonable person would have to agree that they are crass, vulgar, ugly, violent, etc.
I think we take ourselves and our differences far too seriously. If we can not laugh at each other and our differences and embrace those we are doomed as a society.
Ya know ‘merican, I post a “rude language” warning EVERY time I link to the great RP.
You dont HAVE to read him, ya know? No one is forcing you.
So.. do you get off on him? Or secretly find him funny? Do you wish you could write like he does?
Or did you just want that stick FURTHER up yer ass?
I love how american just WHINES like a little girl.
With apologies to little girls…
OK, here is the denotative definition of:
leg·is·late
–verb (used without object)
1. to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
–verb (used with object)
2. to create, provide, or control by legislation: attempts to legislate morality.
mo·ral·i·ty
–noun,
1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
2. moral quality or character.
3. virtue in sexual matters; chastity.
4. a doctrine or system of morals.
5. moral instruction; a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utterance
Soooooooooooo………
1 + 1 = what?
You have 30 seconds to answer the question.
Tick, tock, tick, tock……
Disclaimer: Not responsible for offending anyone.
“ksfarmgrrl” –
The town I grew up in is going through absurd Eco/Devo convulsions, too.
Last year’s floods wrecked the WPA-era swimming pool which had been rotting away for years anyway.
There’s a prospect of replacing it with a year-round community recreation center (with year-round swimming pool) for a bit more than it would cost to build a 1935-version swimming pool…in a flood plain.
Guess where the
yokelslocals are leaning?You mean you’re not laughing? If I was Steven Colbert, would you?
American quotes some “Christian rock” musician.
What’s most contradictory: “Christian rock”? Or musician?
Anyway, I guess when he quotes these lines, he’s finally answering the question he was too cowardly to answer earlier:
I will strike
I will scourge
And carry out vengeance upon them
He does agree with Falwell, Robertson and Hagee that God destroys cities just to teach us a lesson.
Woe unto the Boys Scouts in that Iowa tornado, right, American?
And you worship a God that would do that?
Certifiable nut case . . .
Capn,
So are you familiar with Michael Card, then?
COULTERGEIST! I love it! I adore it! That’s a nickname for the blonde pustule I hadn’t heard before!!!!!!!
Um, Fleetwoodie……….
Are you being rude - or is it #59 in the Kama Sutra you’re referring to? I sure hope not, ’cause this chick is real, real snooty.
I haven’t been celibate for 33.5 years for nothin’ - ya know…….
Well Monkey, it’s especially ironic considering that when we were fighting Hays tooth and nail to keep the water in Cedar Bluff (the BEST swimming pool in Kansas)…
One of the complaints we had was that Hays built a giant “water park” (pool with multiple slides) in the middle of a draught and the desert.
Stupid is as stupid does….
It’s all a hoax. A HOAX I tell ya!
Well, in any comparison FF, you are much closer to a distaff side Mark Twain. Or, as Linda noted, Erma Bombeck.
Capn,
Unfortunately, God’s judgement, (and I am NOT saying that whomever you are referring to when you bring up Falwell, Robertson and Hagee is being judged by God), effects both the one’s being judged and the innocent.
Jeremiah
Isaiah
etc.
“Are you being rude -”
I was just playing along with the “conservatives have no sense of humor”.
33.5 years celibate? Ouch!
Mr_Kia and lindainks55 -
So the term “legislate morality” means what exactly?
Times up, you missed the prize.
The denotative definition of “legislate morality” means:
Make or enact laws to conform to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
So how does that not legislate morality, exactly?
Good to let off a little frustration:
http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/06/17/bungling-my-bundling/#comment-154
Shhhhhhh Mr. C. Dont tell anyone some of us are posting there.
The damn trolls will follow!
Damn! There goes the new neighborhood…
Capn,
You are being very vague here and don’t make sense!
You talk to Chas much?
“American quotes some “Christian rock” musician.
What’s most contradictory: “Christian rock”? Or musician?”
Are you asking if Christian is contradictory to rock, or if Christian rock is contradictory to musician?
Tsk, tsk, tsk,
Always obsessed with fairy tales.
You can get help for that you know!
Hey, mrcontroversy–
How goes the buggy whip sales?
Christian rock is not rock, IMHO.
We already have Christian music with a beat–it’s called Gospel, not that watered down, white bread pap the fundos listen to and that constantly infringes on Public Radio’s bandwidth.
Christian rock? Sure, as long as it’s The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, the Staple Singers, Al Green, Shirley Ceasar, Albertina Walker, The Highway QC’s, Aretha Franklin, The Harmonizing Four, Sam Cooke, etc. etc.
Gotta get my licks in when I can, enema.
Capn,
Once again you didn’t answer my question……….
Ah yes, the radical extremists liberals:
Defenders of NAMBLA.
Defenders of Louis Farakan.
Defenders of Rev Jeremiah Wright.
Defenders of the ALCU and Charles Rust-Tierney.
Defenders of unbridled freedom, without personal responsibility.
Defenders of Fr. Michael Pfleger.
Defenders of Evolution.
Defenders of Atheism.
Defenders of Abortion.
Defenders of the UN.
Defenders of Goerge Tiller.
Defenders of AGW.
Defenders of pulling troops out of IRAQ ASAP
‘merican, in case you havent noticed, with the exception of this post, NO ONE is responding to you.
Just like the other day.
like I said…
american = thread killer
Speak all ya want. We dont have to listen or respond.
And would someone please pass the mouse grease?
I can’t remember who posted this a awhile back, but it is a hoot!
The Government Man
Department of Water representative stopped at a farm and talked with an old farmer. He told the farmer, ‘I need to inspect your farm for your water allotment’
The old farmer said, ‘OK, but don’t go in that field over there.’
The Water representative said, ‘Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government behind me.
See this card? The card means I am allowed to go WHEREVER I WISH on any agricultural land no questions asked; nor need be answered. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?’
The old farmer nodded politely and went about his farm chores.
Later, the old farmer heard loud screams and saw the Water Rep running for the fence and close behind was the farmer’s huge-horned prize bull. The bull was gaining on the Water Rep with every step. The Rep was clearly terrified, so the old farmer immediately threw down his tools, ran to the fence and shouted out.
‘Your card! Your card! Show him your card!’
Once again you didn’t answer my question……….
Right, American.
Freud called that “projection.”
Maybe you can post one of your definitions for that.
ksfarmgrrl = no one?
“THE HORSE NO LOOK’A SO GOOODA”
A man decided to buy a horse for his kids to ride around the yard. Seeing an ad in the local paper Horse for sale… One hundred dollars. He went to the farm and met an old Italian man:
“Yes I am here about the horse you have for sale.”.
“OK’a but I’m tell’a you the horse…. He no look’a so Goooda”.
“Oh that’s Ok I am planning on buying it for my kids to ride around the yard”.
The old Italian man took the man to a pasture and pointed to an old horse standing in the middle of the pasture.
“Is the horse gentle?”
“Oh’a yes he is’a quiet’a Gentle’a…. But he’a no’a look’a so Good’a”.
The horse was sway back and seemed to have seen better days.
“ Is he gentle around children though?”.
“Oh’a yes’a, he like’a kids’a just a fine’a But he no look’a so good’a”.
“Can I ride him?”.
“Well’a sure’a…. But he’a no look’a so Good’a”
The man put a saddle and bridle on the horse and started riding the horse across the pasture.
The horse ran right into a five wire barb wire fence and the man ended up tangled up in the wire.
The old Italian man rushed over and help the man get untangled.
The went over to the horse and looked into the horse’s eyes.
“He’s blind!” exclaimed the man.
“ I did’a tell you, the horse, he no’a look’a so Good’a!”
“Gotta get my licks in when I can”
Or, more correctly, while you can.
CapnAmerica = radical extremist liberal
KsFrmGrrl-
You know what we call a post-er with an IQ of 65?
“American.”
He can’t help it.
“While you can”
What you talkin bout, Fleet?
Buggy whips?
I have quite a few. I use them for training dogs and for . . . well, . . . driving my buggy!
Your TV station. Aren’t some forces trying to run you off?
They ain’t succeeded in 16 years.
There’s nothing so exhilerating as knowing your mere existence pisses people off
Andraé Crouch
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Kirk Franklin
Larnelle Harris
GAO upholds boeing’s protest, tells the Air Force to re-do and do it right!
“There’s nothing so exhilerating as knowing your mere existence pisses people off”
I know exactly what you mean. Exactly.
Right, Libs?
Phantom
Posted June 18, 2008 at 2:17 pm | Permalink
GAO upholds boeing’s protest, tells the Air Force to re-do and do it right!”
Way to go GAO!
Phantom, are you in Great Britain?
WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office concluded today that the Air Force made “significant errors” in awarding a $35 billion contract for aerial-refueling tankers to a team that included a European aerospace company.
In a major victory for Boeing, the GAO recommended that the Air Force reopen the competition, including rewriting the contract specifications.
“Our review of the record led us to conclude that the Air Force had made a number of significant errors that could have affected the outcome of what was a close competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman,” the GAO said. “We therefore sustain the Boeing protest.”
Bill put his arm around a very dejected Hillary after she withdrew from her Presidential nomination campaign saying “Well Hill, close but no cigar”. She decked him.
MrC — You get my email??
Boxlock
Posted June 18, 2008 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Bill put his arm around a very dejected Hillary after she withdrew from her Presidential nomination campaign saying “Well Hill, close but no cigar”. She decked him.
Good one!
Chas–no.
Just had another great conversation with AT&T…
awww I forgot; the Eagle doesn’t care.
Never mind
“There’s nothing so exhilerating as knowing your mere existence pisses people off”
heheheheheh!
Indeed.
ksfarmgrrl
Posted June 18, 2008 at 3:47 pm | Permalink
“There’s nothing so exhilerating as knowing your mere existence pisses people off”
heheheheheh!
Indeed.
——————–
Looks like you and the other Libs have given up on civility for the blog eh?
So be it kfg, roll in the bitterness of hate.
Here I had thought you had reformed.
Regular, get over yourself.
Check out my earlier response to Fleet.
“Looks like you and the other Libs have given up on civility for the blog eh?”
Just following your lead, McCluer.
Not an admirable trait Mr. C.
Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
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Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations
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http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764
“Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.”
Wonder where somebody managed to turn up the $$$ amount of the electric bill of a private citizen?? Maybe he isnt using power from the “grid” — Maybe he is generating that power?? maybe thats what makes it a renovation?? Let’s see some evidence on the $$$$ Amount on that billing….
The average American household is only about 1/10th the size of Gore’s antique mansion too… But the ANTI GW people conveniently forget top include that figure!! LOL
* top * = to
This is from the above link >>>>
“Gore is exploiting the public’s concern about the environment to line his pockets and enhance his profile.”
Thats too funny… With an electric bill that size, it sure looks like it is lining Gore’s pockets… With what??? Lint?? After the money is gone for the electric bill??
You Righties sure the Utility company didnt do some kind of Rate Increase during that time frame??
Please provide some evidence as to how a private citizen’s private electric bill would get to a Right Wing web site???
You must admit that $16,533 on electricty and gas is an obscene amount of energy for Al and Tipper Gore.
Two people?
come on…
Regular must have some GOBN in him.
mrcontroversy
Posted June 18, 2008 at 4:56 pm | Permalink
Regular must have some GOBN in him.
————————-
In regards to what?
I don’t network with anyone in any sort of social power structure.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2153179/Al-Gore’s-electricity-bill-goes-through-the-(insulated)-roof.html
“However, the TPCR has got hold of his electricity bill again, this time comparing electricity consumption between the 12 months before June 2007, when it says he installed his new technology, and the year since then.
…
Explaining the electricity consumption, she said the three-year renovation of the house wasn’t finished until November so it was too early to draw a before-and-after comparison.”
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That’s June, July, August, Sept, October, and November.
And the weather for both years should also be analyzed.
Chas cares about the privacy of Gore’s electric bill, but it’s ok for the Washington DC police to set-up neighborhood roadblocks, and searching and questioning people without warrants.
Doesn’t matter cosmos, that amount of energy used by two people who are supposed to set an example for energy conservation is obscene and hypocritical.
What’s up, Mr C?? No more Wizard email?? LOL
That’s right Max… You finally got one right!! LOL Congratulations!!
Police plan vehicle checkpoints in DC neighborhood
By BRIAN WESTLEY – Jun 5, 2008
Starting Saturday night, officers will check drivers’ ID and turn away any who don’t have a “legitimate purpose” in the area — a plan that has drawn swift criticism from civil liberties groups.
“The Constitution and the Bill of Rights should not become the next victim of the street violence,” said Johnny Barnes, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union for the National Capital Area. “This plan will treat every resident of that area the way criminals are treated.”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iYJpfPkdrwpSv5jXpMhbBqWrhFQwD91457M80
How’s that Gun Ban in Washington DC working out? Look out, Police State coming soon, to a street in your neighborhood.
Re: MaxGrobnik
DNFTT — The Troll is CRAZY!!
Say, was Martial Law declared in Washington DC, our nation’s Capitol? Chas?
For our Legal Beagles,
Is it ok to violate Civil Rights when Martial Law is declared?
How about when Martial Law is not declared?
ALERT!! ALERT!!
Max agrees with the ACLU!!! See above post!!
ALERT!! ALERT!! DANGER!!
“Obama Adviser: Pooh Bear, Luke Skywalker Hold Lessons for Foreign Policy
by FOXNews.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Foreign policy architects could benefit from studying Winnie the Pooh and Star Wars, according to a Barack Obama adviser who is set to attend a meeting of the Democratic candidate’s national security work group Wednesday.
Richard Danzig, former Navy secretary under President Clinton, drew several creative and unusual analogies to explain the challenges America faces overseas during a foreign policy conference in Washington, D.C., last week, according to an article in the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
In arguing that the country should back off a policy that causes too much pain, Danzig said, “”Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.”
He read a section from the children’s book where Pooh Bear hurts himself going down the steps because he hasn’t stopped to think of another way.
During his address to the Center for New American Security, Danzig also said much can be learned about the motivations of terrorists by looking at, for instance, soccer fans who become absorbed by violence or even the Star Wars movies.
According to the article, Danzig said a terrorist from the 1995 Tokyo nerve gas attack once told him: “We have been raised on a theory of superheroes. We all want to be like Luke Skywalker.”
Danzig argued that anyone who leads a “mundane” life and loses his or her ambition can be tempted by the promises of an extremist group or leader.
Danzig was expected to meet Wednesday as part of Obama’s 13-member Senior Working Group on National Security. It includes former members of Congress and high-ranking Clinton administration officials.”
Look out Tigger, Darth Vader’s gonna get you now!
Chas, weren’t you all FOR these police roadblocks where illegal searches and seizures, and interrogations are taking place in America’s Capitol?
Yet you are concerned about the privacy of Al Gore’s electric bill?
Rarely, the ACLU IS correct.
In this case, they are!
Multi-nic’d ‘Regular’ posted,
“that amount of energy used by two people…”
Let’s see your proof that only the two of them are there.
They never have family, friends, and guests there?
They never have other people there working with them in their offices?
They never have large dinners, etc?
Responding to the threat of a legal challenge, interim D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles cited a similar case involving New York City police, who once stopped motorists in the Bronx at random hours, mostly in the evening, to curtail drive-by shootings, drugs and robberies. Neighborhood residents and commercial vehicles were allowed to pass, while others were turned away.
A federal appeals court ruled in 1996 that those police tactics were constitutional, saying that the checkpoints “were reasonably viewed as an effective mechanism” to reduce drive-by shootings.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iYJpfPkdrwpSv5jXpMhbBqWrhFQwD91457M80
“Max agrees with the ACLU!!!”
Personally speaking, I don’t blame the ACLU for bringing the (mostly) crazy lawsuits.
That would be like shooting the (errant) messenger.
Did that Tennessee Right Wing Rag have a Court Order, or a Police Initiative to get Al Gore’s Electric Bill??
If I was Gore, I would sue them till it hurt!! LOL
Glass Houses
http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
Claim: E-mail compares George W. Bush’s eco-friendly ranch with Al Gore’s energy-expending mansion.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2007]
“LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
HOUSE # 1:
A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern “snow belt,” either. It’s in the South.
HOUSE # 2:
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every “green” feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as “the Texas White House,” it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you WON’T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Indeed, for Mr. Gore, it’s truly “an inconvenient truth.” “
Max — There were no illegal searches or seizures during the police Road Blocks, except for illegal guns and drugs…
You are flaming over something that happens in some city every day of the week!! Even in Wichita!!
In other words — Max — STOP LYING, A$$WHOLE
Chas
Posted June 7, 2008 at 1:07 pm | Permalink
Max, are you in charge of writing Police Policy Manuals now?? They arent looking for YOU!! They ARE trying to protect a very violent neighborhood… Why do you NOT want a violent neighborhood to be protected??
You got an answer for that??
YOU POSTED YOURSELF what the specific circumstances are in the D. C. situation… Why dont you go back and read what YOU POSTED???
Max, it appears that D.C. has declared ONE SPECIIC SECTOR of the city, to be under Martial Law…. Sorry Max, but the City has that RIGHT… by LAW!!
Now, I know you HATE obeying laws established by the proper goernment… Some day that kind of attitude will get YOU arrested…
American — How BIG is Bush’s TX house??
How BIG is Gore’s Mansion??
What YEAR was Bush’s house built??
What YEAR was Gore’s mansion built??
Let’s see some more FACTS ‘Merican??
For sure Chas, divert attention away from your lies about Washington DC and martial law being declared there.
Then you lie about saying martial law was declared there.
Recall 6/7 Open’s Thread Chas?
Shall we repost some more?
I’ve never seen a pastor lie so much!
Chas
Posted June 18, 2008 at 5:33 pm | Permalink
In other words — Max — STOP LYING, A$$WHOLE
More loving words from our resident alleged minister.
Compassionate Christian.
YOUR ORIGINAL POST ON THE MATTER MAX…. PLEASE NOT THE WORDS “MILITARY-STYLE” IN THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE THAT YOU POSTED
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402205_pf.html
D.C. Police to Check Drivers In Violence-Plagued Trinidad
By Allison Klein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 5, 2008; A01
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced a military-style checkpoint yesterday to stop cars this weekend in a Northeast Washington neighborhood inundated by gun violence, saying it will help keep criminals out of the area.
Starting on Saturday, officers will check drivers’ identification and ask whether they have a “legitimate purpose” to be in the Trinidad area, such as going to a doctor or church or visiting friends or relatives. If not, the drivers will be turned away.
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Al Gore’s Energy Use
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp
“Claim: Al Gore’s residence uses considerably more energy than the average American home.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected February 2007]
Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee
Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh - more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh-guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.”
Spreading the word of God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
SHUT UP NATHAN, YOU DUMB, IGNORANT MARINE!!
Chas
Posted June 7, 2008 at 12:53 pm | Permalink
Where did I say that, Max??? WHERE??? Huh??? Huh??? Huh??? WHERE IS IT MAX???
You lying piece of Facist Crap!!
Chas
Posted June 7, 2008 at 12:40 pm | Permalink
Max — YOU come wearing a cross, and wrapping yourself in the Flag… either literally or figuratively….
According to Sinclair Lewis… YOU are a Facist!! From now on, you shall be known as The Facist, Max…. Fits you quite well…
Nathan — Max IS an A$$WHOLE… You wouldnt want me to LIE and call him something that he isnt, would you??? LYING would be a terribly unchristian thing for me to do!!
Wow, Max can find all of those posts that fit him SO well!! Keep on digging Max!! I love it when you melt down this early!!
Chas,
You know how to click on a link? Check it out crybaby!
Finally found my first post on the DC roadblocks.
Chas followed-up by calling me a “facist” and several other nasty names. Then he calls ME a liar! LOL!
Chas, you were wrong. And you were mean and nasty.
SSDD
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/06/open-thread-67/#comment-364759
Then Chas told several lies.
LIE #1 Chas claimed I was a “facist”.
LIE #2 Chas claimed martial law was declared in DC.
LIE #3 Chas claimed I said there was martial law in DC.
LIE #4 Chas claimed that he did not say there was martial law in DC.
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Chas
Posted June 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
Nathan — Max IS an A$$WHOLE… You wouldnt want me to LIE and call him something that he isnt, would you??? LYING would be a terribly unchristian thing for me to do!!
I can sense it.
It’s coming.
Look out below, Chas will soon call someone a liar, because he doesn’t agree with them,
AND has no argument!
How sad!
Next, Chas will complain about HIS OWN POSTS, being reposted.
I can hear him now calling the WE to have HIS OWN POSTS deleted!
LOL!
American,
That “Liar” routine has become very common with the left recently.
It must have been in some left wing talkin points sent to the kool aide drinkers.