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On this date, oct 30th
1888 1st ballpoint pen patented
1931 – NBC began putting a TV transmitter on top of the Empire State Building. The first experimental TV broadcast from the building was on December 22, 1931.
1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of “War of the Worlds”
1953 George C. Marshall, who, as secretary of state following World War II, engineered a massive economic aid program for Europe, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1961 Runaround by Sue Dion was number one on the music charts.
1988 – Ten cities in the Upper Midwest reported record low temperatures for the date. The morning low of 20 degrees at South Bend IND was a record for October, and lows of 18 degrees at Grand Rapids MI and 20 degrees at Fort Wayne IND equalled records for October. The low of 2 degrees at International Falls MN smashed their previous record for the date by 11 degrees. Syracuse NY received 2.9 inches of snow to establish a record for October with 5.7 inches for the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Notable Quotes
Architects cannot teach nature anything
- “Memorable Midnight Experience”, Mark Twain
Odd Facts
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water
Humorous Bits
Rule #2 for Managers:
If it’s really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it’s going. That helps. Even better, hover behind me, and advise me at every keystroke.
Rule #13 for Managers
Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I’m not here for the money anyway.
The largest stimulus program in the nation’s history has created or saved at least 650,000 state and local jobs, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday.
Based on approximately $150 billion in spending from the $787 billion recovery package, the tally is the first broad, concrete look at the stimulus program’s impact on the economy. The numbers are drawn from tens of thousands of reports from state and local recipients as well as private companies.
The White House said the actual number of jobs created so far is likely closer to 1 million, since its report on stimulus job creation only focused on $150 billion of the $339 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds spent so far.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
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Read it and weep.
“Two prominent Republicans had their Twitter accounts hacked on Wednesday. Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio and Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Zach Wamp both fell victim to a “phishing attack” that urged their followers to visit a site hawking colon cleansing pills.”
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Colon cleansing pills? How appropriate!
Exaggerated and inaccurate claims about the threat from global warming risk undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and contain climate change, senior scientists have told The Times.
Environmental lobbyists, politicians, researchers and journalists who distort climate science to support an agenda erode public understanding and play into the hands of sceptics, according to experts including a former government chief scientist.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6896152.ece
Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands
WASHINGTON (AP) – An early progress report on President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091029/D9BKMVMG0.html
XXX, The Whitehouse wouldn’t lie would they? Like Obama when he said the Health Care Bill wouldn’t contain Federal funded abortions.
Those errors in the jobs creation statistics were corrected a week ago, dd.
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910290017
“The largest stimulus program in the nation’s history has created or saved at least 650,000 state and local jobs, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday.
Based on approximately $150 billion in spending from the $787 billion recovery package, the tally is the first broad, concrete look at the stimulus program’s impact on the economy. The numbers are drawn from tens of thousands of reports from state and local recipients as well as private companies.”
The White House said the actual number of jobs created so far is likely closer to 1 million, since its report on stimulus job creation only focused on $150 billion of the $339 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds spent so far
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Do you really buy XXX, that they can actually measure job creation and separate out what jobs were created due to the business cycle as opposed to government spending of our children’s money?
I am the maker of rules
dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
Big Brother
“The largest stimulus program in the nation’s history has created or saved at least 650,000 state and local jobs, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday.
Based on approximately $150 billion in spending from the $787 billion recovery package, the tally is the first broad, concrete look at the stimulus program’s impact on the economy.”
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Someone help with the math here. IF (big if) the spending and job creation figures as estimated are accurate, that is 650,000 jobs for $150 billion dollars. My calculator doesn’t go that high but isn’t that about $230,000 per job? That’s good?
outlander
Posted October 30, 2009 at 8:24 am | Permalink
Do you really buy XXX, that they can actually measure job creation and separate out what jobs were created due to the business cycle as opposed to government spending of our children’s money?
I am the maker of rules
dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
Big Brother
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Outlander, what I really “buy” is that Republicans aren’t going to lift a finger to help get us out of a mess created by….wait for it….Republicans.
I believe that Republicans would rather see this country laid to ruin rather than see Obama and Dems succeed.
Do you really think Americans cannot put together statistics that accurately reflect effect of the American Recovery Act spending?
A great new interactive map at Recovery.gov lets you look at exactly where and how much money has gone to projects in your own area.
Go to http://www.recovery.gov/transparency/pages/home.aspx
punch in your ZIP Code, chose “Agency Reported” in the lower left menu.
You will now have a zoomable, movable Google-Map-Like interface where you can click on individual projects and get details on the loans and grants.
a mess created by….wait for it….Republicans.
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That’s certainly debatable, no, it’s inaccurate.
xxx…….as long as it is “somebodies else’s” fault we will never come up with a solution…..there is plenty of blame to go around…….
dan……why do you know hookers are $250………experience?…………can’t get it for free?
rage…….go kiss daniel on the lips……….
wow…loosing 650,00 jobs a month and the “savings” is closer to a million……….sounds like we are in the hole.
You can get the stories about what’s going on in the US and the World on the Drudge report. Much of this is not seen on The WE. Get it all here.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
outlander
Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:08 am | Permalink
a mess created by….wait for it….Republicans.
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That’s certainly debatable, no, it’s inaccurate.
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Inaccurate? The previous administration made the economy their personal litterbox. When Obama took office, the economy was on the brink of failure.
wichhick
Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:18 am | Permalink
xxx…….as long as it is “somebodies else’s” fault we will never come up with a solution…..there is plenty of blame to go around…….
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Wichhick, there is indeed plenty of blame to go around. Dems had a slight edge in congress during the last 2 years of the Bush administration, for whatever that’s worth.
Now it’s time to clean up the mess.
What do the Republicans have to offer?
Repubs need to stop their scorched earth policy, or they’ll be left in the ashes. They burned the economy with their intense greed.
george
Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:30 am | Permalink
You can get the stories about what’s going on in the US and the World on the Drudge report.
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About as believable a source as DU.
xxx.perhaps that is why they should all be voted out……..but everyday I see no one willing to be cooperative ….or more importantly HONEST.
DU= ducks unlimited?
Todd Tiahrt under ethics investigation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904699.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
wichhick
Posted October 30, 2009 at 9:51 am | Permalink
xxx.perhaps that is why they should all be voted out……..but everyday I see no one willing to be cooperative ….or more importantly HONEST.
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Voted out? Never happen. I have another idea but I don’t want the Fed kicking my door down.
I have another idea but I don’t want the Fed kicking my door down.
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It would be nice if they would at least ring the door bell.
davidb….tiehart and about 10 democrats…………at least you are open minded…….you loser……..
Democrats on the take need to be busted same as the Republics.
I’ll gladly sacrifice Murtha to take down Tiahrt.
capn…….shouldn’t you sacrifice murtha if he is guilty whether or not tihart is…….or did you support the dem with all the cash in his freezer because there were no repubs “to get”?
Lest we forget . . . words of wisdom by George Carlin:
You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls.
They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying . . . lobbying, to get what they want . . . Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want . . . they don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that . . . that doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. That’s right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting f***ed by a system that threw them overboard 30 f***in’ years ago. They don’t want that.
You know what they want? They want obedient workers . . . Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly s****ier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your f***in’ retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it . . . they’ll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this f***in’ place.
It’s a big club and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in The big club. By the way, it’s the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think and what to buy.
The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people . . . white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard-working people continue, these are people of modest means . . . continue to elect these rich c*******ers who don’t give a f*** about you. They don’t give a f*** about you . . . they don’t give a f*** about you. They don’t care about you at all . . . at all . . . at all, and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care.
That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue d*** that’s being jammed up their a**es everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream cause you have to be asleep to believe it . . . ”
— George Carlin
Wichi-
Quit spinning and just read.
Democrats on the take need to be busted . . .
capn…..you said you wanted a trade…..not i
Red or Blue, they are all on the take and we are over a barrel.
david b……..and?
Duh? Obama likes open borders.
A new study by the conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals the connection between enforcing immigration laws and national security – sometimes in chilling detail.
Shortly after midnight on September 9, 2001, Maryland state trooper Joseph Catalano pulled over a red Mitsubishi rental car traveling 90 mph in a 65 mph zone on I-95 north of Baltimore. The driver, Ziad Jarrah, had a Florida driver’s license and quietly accepted the $270 fine issued by Catalano before continuing on to join his friends at a hotel in New Jersey. Two days later, Jarrah boarded United Airlines flight 93, which he would later pilot into a field near Shanksville, Pa., killing everyone aboard.
In 2001, Trooper Catalano had no way of knowing that Jarrah was an illegal alien who had overstayed his business visitor visa. But in the years since 9/11, dozens of state and local law enforcement agencies have been able to join ranks with federal immigration authorities under the auspices of the 287(g) program to help identify and remove foreign nationals who commit crimes or otherwise pose a threat to our well-being. These state and local agencies are making a significant contribution to public safety and homeland security, not just in their jurisdictions, but for us all.
Yet the Obama administration, in a move consistent with other recent steps to scale back immigration law enforcement, recently announced its intent to impose new rules for the 287(g) program that unduly constrain the local partners and could allow too many alien scofflaws identified by local agencies to remain here.
http://cis.org/287greport
donndublin posted October 30, 2009 at 8:00 am
Exaggerated and inaccurate claims about the threat from global warming risk undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and contain climate change, senior scientists have told The Times.”
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That’s correct.
And there is absolutely no need to exaggerate, or make inaccurate claims about AGW.
From donndublin’s link:
“It’s the long-term trend that counts, which is continuing and inexorable.”
More dishonest criminal members of congress to be swept under the carpet by demcorats:
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 30, 2009
Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven panel members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide.
The investigations by two separate ethics offices include an examination of the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on defense, John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), as well as others who helped steer federal funds to clients of the PMA Group. The lawmakers received campaign contributions from the firm and its clients. A document obtained by The Washington Post shows that the subcommittee members under scrutiny also include Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904699.html?hpid=topnews
Moving on past willfull misreading of my post, this can’t be good news for Tiahrt’s Senate race.
Soon he’ll be able to live in DC year-round and earn tens of millions a year for the same companies that he works for now on a much lower gov’t salary.
Am_Way ignores the obvious point that this is happening now instead of 5 years ago because a decent man is running the government instead of WorstPresidentEver and his crew.
Obama has made it clear that unethical behavior must be rooted out even if it implicates Dems.
Bush–having earned his millions by unethical behavior of a tax levy to build a stadium for the baseball team he owned–clearly had different priorities.
capn..misread what…………you wanted the sacrifice(trade)……..your words….did we misread what davidb (alias da ) said?
All these uber-paranoid folks who are scared sh*tless of the feds kicking their doors in must be cooking meth in their basements. Meth would certainly explain the paranoia.
capn………….what stadium has ever been buit without incentives by government?………..i’m listening empty
ANTI
Posted October 30, 2009 at 10:54 am | Permalink
Red or Blue, they are all on the take and we are over a barrel.
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Another one of us is seeing the light.
They are all nothing but high priced wh ores. They sell the azz to the highest bidder.
Wichi–
I told you what I meant. They are my words, not yours.
More of the little girls’ game “you meant this . . . yes you did . . . yes you did.”
Not going there.
Anyone guilty of fraud, dishonesty, pay offs etc. should be prosecuted and disgraced . . . of either party.
Period.
That’s what I said. That’s what I meant.
Save the equivocation games for you and your little girlfriends to play while you argue whether Malibu Barbie looks like Sarah Palin.
seems like davidb, capn, phantom etc have joined rage in kissing daniel on the lips……
Jed
Posted October 30, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink
All these uber-paranoid folks who are scared sh*tless of the feds kicking their doors in must be cooking meth in their basements. Meth would certainly explain the paranoia.
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Jed, once again you have just totally jumped the shark. You need to finish the aging process.
never seen malibu barbie…do you play with dolls?
Wichi–
You really are an uninformed CON aren’t you?
Here’s how Bush turned about half a million into 15 million while he was a serving GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:
(from Wiki) In April 1989, the Rangers’ owner, oil tycoon Eddie Chiles, sold the team to an investment group that included the future President of the United States George W. Bush. Bush would serve as the Rangers’ managing general partner until he was elected Governor of Texas in 1994. Chiles was a friend of the Bush family. After hearing Chiles planned to sell the team, Bush headed a group of investors that bought the team for $89 million. He secured his share of the Rangers, less than 1-percent equity, by borrowing $500,000. In late 1991 Bush increased his investment to $606,302.
During his tenure, the Rangers and the City of Arlington decided to replace the aging Arlington Stadium with a new publicly funded stadium, at a cost of $193 million, financed by Arlington residents, through a sales tax increase. Ground was broken on October 30, 1991 on what would become The Ballpark in Arlington (now named Rangers Ballpark in Arlington). The city, through the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority, also controversially authorized the seizure of 13 acres of land through eminent domain for the Rangers future development. Landowners filed lawsuits over the acquisition and eventually won settlements of $22.2 million which the Rangers declined to pay.
In 1998, Tom Hicks bought the team for $250 million and agreed to pay the settlement in relation to the 1991 eminent domain litigation. Bush received nearly $15 million from the sale, mostly due to a generous 10-percent bonus of the purchase price.
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A sitting Governor ram-rods a tax levy to fund a stadium that will benefit him personally including tacitly okaying government seizure of private property so he can get back 30 times his investment.
Yeah, nothing to see here.
If Obama had done this, Fox news would have been all over it like Sen. Vitter and a kinky ho.
capn/…..plz advise of all the other facts on new stadiums, ball parks arenas business expansion,etc thru out the country…….thx……
XXX,
“Jed, once again you have just totally jumped the shark.”
In Kansas? that’s one hell of a jump! And you’re right- your nic denotes moonshine rather than meth. Sorry!
wichi/…plz grow brain b4 posting fthr…thx…
In other words cap says I can’t put that out there because it would make me look like an idiot. Everyone knows how arenas are built.
As for the price of the team – well that is capitalism at it’s finest. This is America and we are allowed to make money – at least we are so far.
If you want to learn out prominent democrats make money look no further than Terry McAullif. In less that a year he turned $100,000 into $18,000,000. This was done on the back of stockholders.
He went on to become the head of the democrat party and is still a good ‘friend of Bill’.
Capn you have turned into a blog joke.
XXX says “The largest stimulus program in the nation’s history has created or saved at least 650,000 state and local jobs, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday.”
And you buy it. WAKE T.F.U.!!!!!!!!!
A few examples of why you shouldnt buy the Obo line.
1. ONE STIMULUS PROJECT REPORTED 4.7 MILLION JOBS CREATED: “One Contractor Reported Creating 4.7 Million Jobs, Which Is An ‘Obvious Error.’” (“Questions Raised About Stimulus Reports’ Accuracy,” Courier-Journal [Louisville, KY], 10/26/09)
2. ADMINISTRATION REPORTED CREATING OR SAVING 50 JOBS IN VIRGINIA BUT LOCAL MANAGER SAID NO JOBS WERE ACTUALLY ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: “The Obama Administration Managed To Create Or Save 50 Jobs In Danville … But Asked If Any Of The Jobs Were On The Chopping Block Before The Federal Government Arrived On The Scene With All Our Money, Garner Replied Simply, ‘No.’” (“‘Barackie Madoff’ Rescue Nothing But A $16B Rip-Off,” The New York Post, 10/16/09)
3. ADMINISTRATION REPORTED 4,695 JOBS CREATED IN COLORADO BUT STATE SAID ONLY 830: “Earlier This Month, The Federal Government Released Information On Jobs Resulting From Federal Contracts, Most Of Which Went To Private Businesses. It Showed That The Contracts Led To 4,695 Jobs Created Or Saved. After Further Analysis, The State Has Now Downgraded That To About 830 Full-Time Jobs Created Or Saved.” (“Stimulus Money A ‘Lifeline’ For Colorado,” The Denver Post, 10/28/09)
4. COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPORTED CREATING 280 JOBS BUT NONE WERE ACTUALLY CREATED: “A Georgia Community College Reported Creating 280 Jobs With Recovery Money, But None Was Created From Stimulus Spending.” (“Stimulus Jobs Overstated By Thousands,” AP, 10/29/09)
5. A STIMULUS PROJECT REPORTED 4,231 JOBS THAT WERE ACTUALLY ONLY 1,000: “A Company Working With The Federal Communications Commission Reported That Stimulus Money Paid For 4,231 Jobs, When About 1,000 Were Produced.” (“Stimulus Jobs Overstated By Thousands,” AP, 10/29/09)
6. REPORTED 6 JOBS WHEN ACTUALLY FOUR TRUCK DRIVERS WERE EMPLOYED FOR ONE MONTH: Stimulus Money “Kept The Two Of Them And Two Truck Drivers From Ozark Employed For The Month Of March. But On The Federal Reporting Forms, Willman Excavating & Construction Reported The Project Created Or Saved Six Jobs. Willman Said He Was Unsure Why His Son Wrote Down Six Jobs, But Noted The Federal Paperwork Was Confusing And Onerous.” (“Job-Creation Figures In Doubt,” News-Leader [MO], 10/25/09)
7. 125 JOBS IN CALIFORNIA WERE FUNDED FROM 2 POOLS OF STIMULUS MONEY AND COUNTED AS 250 JOBS: “The San Joaquin, Calif., Regional Rail Commission Reported Creating Or Saving 125 Jobs As Part Of A Stimulus Project To Lay Railroad Track. Because The Project Drew From Two Pools Of Money, The Commission Reported The Jobs Figure Twice, Bringing The Total To 250 On The Government Report.” (“Stimulus Jobs Overstated By Thousands,” AP, 10/29/09)
8. 12 EMPLOYEES WORKING ON 3 CONTRACTS IN ARIZONA WERE COUNTED AS 30 JOBS: “The Government’s Report Shows 10 Jobs Affected By Each Contract, Suggesting 30 Workers Were Helped. ‘There’s Not 30 People,’ Armstrong Said. ‘There’s Actually 12.’” (“Stimulus In Arizona Off To A Slow Start,” The Arizona Republic, 10/27/09)
9. ONE COMPANY HIRED 26 PEOPLE FOR 2 PROJECTS AND IT WAS REPORTED AS 52 JOBS: “Koring Group … Reported Hiring 26 People For Each Contract, Or A Total Of 52 Jobs, But Cited The Same Workers For Both Contracts.” (“Stimulus Jobs Overstated By Thousands,” AP, 10/29/09)
10. ADMINISTRATION COUNTS 400 TRANSPORATION JOBS IN GEORGIA BUT STATE CONFIRMS JUST 244: “400 Transportation Jobs Have Been Created, According To A Total Of The Estimates Reported By Contractors For The Department Of Transportation. [Georgia Director Of Stimulus Accountability Sid] Johnson’s Figures Show Just 244.” (“Stimulus Funds Have Preserved More Jobs Than They Created So Far,” Savannah Morning News, 10/26/09)
Here’s where Heckler got his “information”–
http://republican.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=blogs.view&blog_id=c724320e-497d-4ad3-8022-eff17d444eb0
Republican.Senate.Com
The same people who brought you “Obama is a Muslim-Arab born in Kenya.”
Some many right-wing lies . . . so little time to refute them.
Capn says “Here’s where Heckler got his “information”–
What a dummarse.
Each instance lists the news organization that reported it. What difference does it make where the list came from.
Build another straw man.
There are no doubt some errors in the reporting of jobs created or saved. The director of Recovery.gov admits that corrections are being incorporated as new information comes in.
The fact remains that the economy grew, jobs were and are being created and saved and a huge amount of information is available to all at http://www.recovery.gov in the interest of transparency.
“Republican.Senate.Com”-Comrade Amerika
Clearly it is republican.senate.GOV and clearly, those articles are sourced.
I’m for exposing ALL bs ALL the time, everywhere. But you folks lose ALL credibility when you can’t get over your left/right nonsense.
When you can’t be honest when “exposing” dishonesty, you only prove that you’re just a dishonest person who’s judgment of character means nothing.
OHHHHHHHHHHH SHUT UP WILL YA?
Get over your selves.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570568,00.html
Who needs free speech anyway?
Jed
Posted October 30, 2009 at 11:53 am | Permalink
XXX,
“Jed, once again you have just totally jumped the shark.”
In Kansas? that’s one hell of a jump! And you’re right- your nic denotes moonshine rather than meth. Sorry!
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Jed, I swear you’re dumber than a bag of hammers. Do you understand context?
I’ve tried to avoid stepping on your toes lately, but you just don’t get it, do you? I’d flame your stupid azz, but you’re just not worth the effort. Now go back to your drug-induced stupor and leave the grown-ups in peace.
CapnAmerica
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
BTW, Anti–
I scored an M1 Garand, heh.
Serial number links it to Aug-Sept 1942 Springfield Arms.
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Congratulations.
Have the gun thoroughly checked out and cleaned before you send one down the pipe.
Heckler
Posted October 30, 2009 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
XXX says “The largest stimulus program in the nation’s history has created or saved at least 650,000 state and local jobs, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Friday.”
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Come on, Heck, I didn’t say that. I just provided a link.
Let’s keep it accurate, my friend.
Pleefer
Posted October 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm | Permalink
OHHHHHHHHHHH SHUT UP WILL YA?
Get over your selves.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,570568,00.html
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Whiny Bicth Syndrome has taken this country by storm.
The fact remains that the economy grew, jobs were and are being created and saved and a huge amount of information is available to all at http://www.recovery.gov in the interest of transparency.
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The .gov kind of is a dead giveaway its utter BS.
ANTI
Posted October 30, 2009 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
CapnAmerica
Posted October 28, 2009 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
BTW, Anti–
I scored an M1 Garand, heh.
Serial number links it to Aug-Sept 1942 Springfield Arms.
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Congratulations.
Have the gun thoroughly checked out and cleaned before you send one down the pipe.
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Color me jealous. Been looking for a nice M-14 myself….
Color me jealous. Been looking for a nice M-14 myself….
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I’ve been looking for a M-21, I just haven’t figured out how to pay for one.
In a post 9/11 world we must be ever-vigilant in spotting the out-of-the-ordinary. An 80 year old lady is supicious enough but when this same 80 year old attempts to have a garage sale, you know she will be sending the proceeds to Al Quesadilla or maybe even the more ominous Al Roker terror networks…good work men.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD05102909.htm
XXX
Posted October 30, 2009 at 11:29 am | Permalink
Jed
Posted October 30, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink
All these uber-paranoid folks who are scared sh*tless of the feds kicking their doors in must be cooking meth in their basements. Meth would certainly explain the paranoia.
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Jed, once again you have just totally jumped the shark. You need to finish the aging process.
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Jed, read the last sentence.
It’s a polite way of saying FOAD.
Have to say, I am impressed. Cap’n tells us about his latest acquisition and less one or two posts, those on the “right” have been nothing but helpful.
Daniel even took time out yesterday to dip into the wonderful world of fall flavors. There may be hope yet eh?
“Only two garage sales allowed per calendar year
· You can have up to three consecutive days per garage sale. Or two consecutive weekends at two days each.
· Only two signs shall be allowed and they shall not be placed on the right of way.”
XXX,
I’m not the one cowering in my basement every time the Medivac chopper flys by. I’m not the one with an arsenal who expects guys in black suits to come confiscate it any minute. I didn’t bother to read the Turner Diaries and I’m not a bit worried over the President’s skin color. I don’t cover my windows with tinfoil and I haven’t ever worried about the CIA reading my mind; they certainly haven’t managed to read Bin Laden’s! Please go back on your meds before you hurt someone.
In a past life you were a Nazi, wertcha cosmos_originally.
I’ve been in the market for an M1 Abrams,an AC-130 along with a LGM-25C Titan II as well as Key West SSN-722. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
I’ve been in the market for an M1 Abrams,an AC-130 along with a LGM-25C Titan II as well as Key West SSN-722. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Check a pawn shop in D.C., they should be next to the souls of the taxpayers. Ask for Dave.
Dave got fired. Ask for Stan. He expects kick backs, but he delivers.
Jed
Posted October 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm | Permalink
XXX,
I’m not the one cowering in my basement every time the Medivac chopper flys by. I’m not the one with an arsenal who expects guys in black suits to come confiscate it any minute. I didn’t bother to read the Turner Diaries and I’m not a bit worried over the President’s skin color. I don’t cover my windows with tinfoil and I haven’t ever worried about the CIA reading my mind; they certainly haven’t managed to read Bin Laden’s! Please go back on your meds before you hurt someone.
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Jeez, where did all of that come from? Re-adjust your tampon and take it easy.
Key West SSN-722
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I wonder what it cost to launch that at Cheney Lake…
Anti believes that people who setup rules to help protect their neighborhoods are Nazis.
“Only two garage sales allowed per calendar year
· You can have up to three consecutive days per garage sale. Or two consecutive weekends at two days each.
· Only two signs shall be allowed and they shall not be placed on the right of way.”-Cosmo (showing me the light)
Uhhhyyyeah…
I get the idea…I just don’t get the idea, you silly little smarty pants you.
Revenue collection and shake downs of those greedy Earth killers…that’s what you live for. But for the rest of us, it’s letting tyranny, self-importance and petty power-tripping show itself.
Anti believes that people who setup rules to help protect their neighborhoods are Nazis.
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Protect them from what?
Garage Sales?
Anti,
Garage sales are just a gateway. Don’t be a h8r.
“Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes caps on damages.”
I guess this little morsel Speaker Pelosi snuck into the Obamacare bill means Tort Reform is dead and she has paid back one more election day debt.
If the dems are serious about stemming the cost of healthcare then they need to step back, stop with the preferential treatment and seriously put together a plan that will work for the American public.
ANTI
Posted October 30, 2009 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
Anti believes that people who setup rules to help protect their neighborhoods are Nazis.
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Protect them from what?
Garage Sales?
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Purple paint.
Man I’d hate to try and turn that around in Cheney. Might be nice to ski with though and the party-barge capabilities…wow.
I was actually thinking more of the Lake Havasu scene, myself.
Thanks for the help Anti, I’ll look Stan up.
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ANTI
Posted October 30, 2009 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
Anti believes that people who setup rules to help protect their neighborhoods are Nazis.
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Protect them from what?
Garage Sales?
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People running businesses out of their homes.
“Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich”-Cosmo (upon defending the neighborhood from the selling of contraband from domestic terrorist outposts and blackmarkets)
soldevvb posted October 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Anti,
Garage sales are just a gateway. Don’t be a h8r.
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Yeah. . . and jet airliners let passengers out at 37,000 feet altitude. /sarcasm off
People running businesses out of their homes.
Yeah, it might cut into the local drug dealers profits, which are ran out of their homes.
Get over yourself, it’s a goshgollydarn garage sale.
Oh yeah, I forgot:
http://jonathanturley.org/2009/09/18/seller-beware-new-federal-program-allows-for-casual-sellers-to-be-fined-for-up-to-15-million/#more-15007
Meanwhile:
Orwell and Huxley in orgasmic ecstasy are having pillow fights.
Pleefer,
You’ve implied that common sense neighborhood codes were enacted to prevent funding of “Al Quesadilla”
The appropriate response to that, and your other posts, is “whatever. . .”.
Regular,
Is there still a car parked on the front lawn at your sister’s house?
A permit is buying/getting permission to do something that would otherwise be illegal.
Pigs.
There is a song by Bob Dylan that I dig, “Union Sundown”…here’s a line from it that I hold near and dear:
“They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw.
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law.”
While most of the interaction I have had with those who serve on HOA’s would fit the descriptions given, the associations themselves do serve a purpose.
A permit is buying/getting permission to do something that would otherwise be illegal.
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Or extortion, as I like to call it.
Many of our lesser laws are set up that way, sadly.
I didn’t hire the government to protect me from an old lady’s garage sale.
And I never “implied” anything, silly. I made a funny, well at least I got a laugh at it anyway.
You don’t like or even understand a free market. You can’t stand the idea of someone making a measley bit of cash if you can’t have some of it.
Maybe she figured that the $250 that she is gonna get just ain’t gonna cut the mustard and she was just trying to supplement.
But yeah…maybe it is “whatever”.
CBS Says White House Is Fudging Stimulus Jobs Numbers
When Katie Couric and the folks at CBS start doubting what the Administration says about how effective February’s economic stimulus package was, you know President Obama is in trouble.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/30/cbs-white-house-stimulus-jobs-numbers-hard-believe
I had a friend of mine on another site I frequent (after I posted this) build a strawman about “banning kitchen knives” after I told him that the UK was a proving ground for what is sure to reach the US. All I had to do was link him to the Eagle Scout, the Cub Scout and that girl who cut the cake at school to prove my point.
This is what those who get to push the “lesser laws” get to look forward to. And what Bleucheese and Cosmo will get a taste of (unless they are the ones ratting out their neighbors for an extra ounce of bread or whatever):
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6892830.ece
How long until the Administration throws CBS and Katie Couric under the bus?
Vice Presidnet Joe Biden
“”We know this is not 100 percent accurate,” he said. “Further updates and corrections are going to be needed.”"
WOnder how far off they are? Can you tell us, Mr Vice President?
“Am_Way ignores the obvious point that this is happening now instead of 5 years ago because a decent man is running the government…”
Yeah right Capn. Come back and tell me when the decent man will finish prosecuting Senators Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Roland Burris (D-Illinois).
Tell me about it when Obama does something about the criminal – CRIMINAL acts of Representative Charles Rangel (D-New York) on mulitiple charges of corroption and tax fraud.
And to be fair and balanced:
Democrats Lead, 12 to 4 . . . in Members of Congress Under Investigation
If you have been thinking to yourself, “I wonder how many members of Congress are under investigation,” the good folks at CREW decided to compile a list.
Democratic members of Congress: Sanford Bishop of Georgia, Jesse Jackson of Illinois, Allan Mollohan of West Virginia, John Murtha of Pennsylvania, Charlie Rangel of New York, Linda Sanchez of California, Loretta Sanchez of California, Pete Visclosky of Indiana.
Democratic Senators: Roland Burris of Illinois, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Bob Menendez of New Jersey.
Republican members of Congress: Jerry Lewis of California, Garry Miller of California, Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, Don Young of Alaska.
Republican Senators: None.
CapnAmerica youall come back and post now when your “decent” man does something about these crooks.
Oh wait, that was just another article I supplemeted with. This is the article that started the controversy:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html
He told me that “it was just normal in England”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html
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That is absolute madness.
Scientists on Foxnews right now tearing up GW…
Cosmos?
Pleefer posted October 30, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I didn’t hire the government to protect me from an old lady’s garage sale.
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People in her town setup the garage sale rules.
More trouble from, sorry, for, the President:
President Obama and members of Congress told federal agencies earlier this year to avoid awarding funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to contractors with troubled histories of work for the federal government.
But that isn’t happening at numerous agencies, a Washington Post analysis shows. So far, 33 federal departments and agencies have awarded more than $1.2 billion in stimulus contracts to at least 30 companies that are ranked by one watchdog group as among the most egregious offenders of state and federal laws.
Government records show that as a group, these contractors have sold defective products, manufactured safety tests, submitted false travel claims and padded contracts with fraudulent fees.
“Even a simple Google search could raise red flags about some contractors’ performance,” said Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.).
American_Way posted October 30, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Scientists on Foxnews right now tearing up GW…
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Of course they’re on “Foxnews”. . . they can’t refute the AGW science.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html
From the article
Claude Knights, the founder of children’s charity Kidscape, said the council were “using a sledgehammer to crack nuts”.
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A sledgehammer and peanut should be the official emblem of the Democratic party.
“Scientists on Foxnews right now tearing up GW…”
By the time of the post, this indicates the “scientists” are on the Glenn Beck show.
Did they bring tarot cards? Glenn has his own sense of reality.
“People in her town setup the garage sale rules.”-Cosmo
My mistake, you’re right. I guess I can’t go on blaming Bush Clinton Obama and Associates for everything.
But hey, they all start somewhere…
“Tell me about it when Obama does something about the criminal – CRIMINAL acts of Representative Charles Rangel (D-New York) on mulitiple charges of corroption and tax fraud.” [AmWay]
The President cant prosecute anybody… So, what did GWB do about the Rangle issue?? He had EIGHT YEARS!!!
Calling all CONS —
Turn on “The Ed Show” on MSNBC
osmos_originally
Posted October 30, 2009 at 3:45 pm | Permalink
Regular,
Is there still a car parked on the front lawn at your sister’s house?
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I can tell you that there is, cosmo.
But don’t worry about it causing any pollution . . . it never goes anywhere.
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SolDevVB
Posted October 30, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
Daniel even took time out yesterday to dip into the wonderful world of fall flavors. There may be hope yet eh?
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Good food trumps political ideology every time.
Hey Sol,
Why don’t you get off your backside and catch one of these?
:D
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2009/09/new-michigan-state-record-great-lakes-muskie-caught-torch-lake?photo=0
“As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.” – - Newt Gingrich
Don’t ya just love him…..gets to the crux of the matter in few words.
BTW political mama,
No canoe/kayak trip this year, I hope for better weather and financial opportunity next year (only managed to secure one kayak so far). It’s still on my to do list, other things are just at the top of the list.
Chas posted: “The President cant prosecute anybody… So, what did GWB do about the Rangle issue?? He had EIGHT YEARS!!!”
Well gee chas I was just responding to CapnAmerican’s post. You better tell HIM who the president can or cannot prosecute:
CapnAmerica
Posted October 30, 2009 at 11:19 am | Permalink
Am_Way ignores the obvious point that this is happening now instead of 5 years ago because a decent man is running the government instead of WorstPresidentEver and his crew.
Obama has made it clear that unethical behavior must be rooted out even if it implicates Dems.
Boxlock20
Newt Gingrich
Don’t ya just love him…..gets to the crux of the matter in few words
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Yeah, Newt got right to crux of the matter of his pushing his desire for a divorce from his first wife while she lay in the hospital bed battling cancer.
Wow – what a guy. Newt is truly a ‘family values’ and stand-up guy.
And now is on his 3rd or 4th wife? Of course, he coverted to Catholicism so I guess the Pope must have gotten his 30 pieces of silver for that hat trick of Newtie’s.
Hey ‘toto’, aren’t you that little dog from OZ?
That being so I guess you can point fingers at others, as you’ve never done anything ignoble but pee on the carpet.
Boxlock is poking fun at someone’s nic?
Not a wise move, Chastity Belt.
LOL!
The stupid cons, like boxlock20, are still having hissy fits over President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. . . and being elected President almost a year ago.
“Boxlock20″ gives us –
“Hey ‘toto’, aren’t you that little dog from OZ?”
Uhm. Pretty slow on the uptake there, “Boxlock20.”
Let’s get basic: each branch of the federal government (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial) all have their own ways of going after (or ignoring) corruption within their own branch.
However, the FBI, the IRS, and other agencies may become invovled in shedding light on or helping in covering up various problems in each branch.
The president has no authority to clean house in one of the other branches.