HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
by Madville on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 PM EST
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PrintWell gang..its that time of the year again..It is my Birthday (Jan. 20) and you know what that means. It is time to get off your ass and buy me a present. That’s right damn it, and this year I want a lot more presents than last year. And just because you gave me a present last year doesn’t get you off the hook for a bigger one this year. What is on my list this year? No it’s not donations to Haiti or giving your car to WVXU or giving away your old junk to Good Will.
NOPE. I want the same stuff as you gave me last year on my birthday: All you have to do is grab a few canned goods, some household items, maybe some slightly used blankets..stuff like that and go to your local FOOD BANK/HOMELESS SHELTER and donate it. 2008 was the worst for the dislocated, the mentally ill, the lost and those suffering from drugs or running from abuse since the great depression. In 2009 even more people were in need for shelter, clothes and food than last year. In 2010 the government, Non-profits, Temples, Mosques, and Churches will be hard pressed to help more than last. The economy has hit our support services hard.
So instead of giving me those box seat season tickets to the Reds…take a few bucks and turn it in to something that will make a big difference in the day of a another person, one who is not that different you or me. So if you don’t want me to go BONZO on you please participate. There is so much aid going to Haiti (and they need it) that local food banks and shelters actually lose donations in these times of great disasters. Give now, give plenty, and give often.
Your Pal
Mads
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Consider it done, you big ole softy
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
by jch24 on Jan 19, 2010 8:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
food banks and homeless shelters can blow me
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
I know where you live...
If you give to the food bank…I will forget about all of the beers you owe me!
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I got you a Republican Senator from Massachusetts
Is that a good present, or are you going to take it back for a refund?
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 19, 2010 10:20 PM EST reply actions
I myself didn't do it.
A whole bunch of people in Massachusetts apparently did, though.
Methinks if you had received this for your birthday, you’d have taken it back or re-gifted it.
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 19, 2010 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Masshole has a new meaning.
I wouldn’t have taken it back. I would have organized a rally to burn it at the stake. Isn’t that what they do in Massatwoshits?
Obama fucked up
simple as that. He sold us out, I thought he was going to bring real change ,and he didn’t. Thus I’m never voting for a Democrat or Republican again. Both the mainstream parties are awful and in the tank for their big buisness backers. I feel hard for Obama, and he let me down. I hope he is a one term President, and that is something i neverthought i would say.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 20, 2010 3:53 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
'I feel hard for Obama, and he let me down.'
Obama: Boner killer.
by jacob brumfield on Jan 20, 2010 4:24 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
I don't get it.
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 20, 2010 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Don't worry Paul, all you have to get is a couple three cans of food and some stuff andhead down to the Shelter..
That’s certainly gettable.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
heh
I warned you . It was clear to me from the campaign that Obama wasn’t different. Not coming out of the Chicago political machine.
I think people are very angry, mostly over the economy. Incumbents are going to be vulnerable.
I wonder if we might see the rise of a third party. The US can’t really support more than two parties, but in the past, there have been third parties that eventually supplanted one of the main political parties.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Excuse me but this MY Birthday!
No one person has the power to make things better or screw them up more (not even George Jr.) so lets concentrate on me and my presents!
If you want to help change things get off your butt and go volunteer, you can be a tutor, work the soup kitchen, help the elderly etc. But today take a minute out of your very excellent life and drop off my present at the food bank, the free store or Shelter nearest you.
Thanks
You next President
Madville Del Rio
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
sorry mads
i was boozin and redreporter crusin.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 20, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately we'll probably just see the rebirth of one of the two parties before we see a third
The country is too connected these days for new ideas to grow by themselves without being picked up by the Reps or Dems or a faction thereof.
I was in that boat of extrememly disappointed citizens that the dems took this opportunity to reform healthcare and shit the bed. The “overhaul” didn’t address what every single american wants to fix, and instead came up with something that makes health insurance companies and senators’ special interest richer. Maybe now politicians will be forced to progress by compromise, which is the way it’s supposed to be. Thanks for doing something right, Mass.
by Brian B on Jan 20, 2010 9:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't think that's necessarily true
Because of the way our nation was designed, there’s no way a radical party could come into power. The founding fathers were very worried about that kind of thing, and so the Constitution promotes stability over all.
However, that means you have a lot of diverse interests in the two big tents. Many of them aren’t necessarily natural bedfellows. I could see a new party rearranging those interests into a new combination. Ross Perot came close, not coincidentally during another recession.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
there's already a third party, and it has taken over the republican party
i hear they drink a lot of tea.
I am thinking of starting a new party
Madville Del Rio For Prez
“The Blind Ghettoite Fringe Party” Candidate
‘What You Can’t See Won’t Scare You"...my Campaign Slogan
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Compromise gets interesting.
While it is a manner to get things done, it’s not necessarily always the best method. If I think Willy T should start all 162 games and you think he never should start, we could compromise at 81 starts. We end up with something no one wants and that is of no benefit to anyone, except maybe Willy T, who in this case would be a special interest group.
I know it’s not always that cut and dried, but you get the point.
I hear the line (not from you Brian B, just teeing off on a topic or two, here) that "if we all could just believe the same thing, we could get things done. If that’s true, the solution is simple. Give up your beliefs that don’t mesh with mine, adopt my beliefs and we’ll all think the same way and move in the same direction. Probably not going to happen, huh? Probably shouldn’t happen.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 20, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think compromise is the best way either
Often it’s the worst way. But it’s the better alternative to “majority rules,” which is the unfortuneate way of democracy (which is what americans believe in even if we are a republic). Compromise is the best that the minority can hope for sometimes, and I’m okay with that.
by Brian B on Jan 20, 2010 9:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I agree
There’s this MIT scientist who uses mathematics to prove that the electoral college is actually a good thing. (He’s testified before Congress about it.)
According to him, the electoral college serves as leverage for minority views. It maximizes the power of the individual vote. He credits this with the nation surviving as long as it has. It provides a way out of “the tyranny of the majority.” 49 is never going to beat 51, and people stuck in that situation may resort to bombs instead of ballots.
And interestingly, he likes to use baseball as an analogy. At the end of the season, we could just award the trophy to whichever team has scored the most runs. But we don’t. Instead, we play the world series, where how the runs are grouped determines the winner.
He uses the 1960 World Series as an example. The Yankees massively outslugged the Pirates; if the winner of the series was the team with the most runs scored, the Yanks would have won. (The equivalent of the raw vote.) Instead, a player not known for his bat ended up hitting a walkoff homer in game 7 – the equivalent of one voter turning an entire election. And nobody thought it was unfair.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
You don't think the political equivalent of the '60 WS is unfair?
That’s the 2000 election to the nth degree. Which is fine for sports, better drama and all that. But not for something meaningful.
In both instances, even the New York Times
concluded that the winner won fair and square.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 21, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
If an election winner lost the popular vote by a 2:1 ratio,
which is equivalent to the runs scored ratio of the ‘60 WS, I don’t think anyone could call the election fair. A 1,000:999 ratio (or whatever the ’00 election was) is much different, imo.
Yeah. It just brings us back to BubbaFan's post
that within the rules, to the victor went the spoils.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 21, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
tweaking the electoral college, I might agree with
The size and composition of each district does make a difference.
But eliminating it…no. I would oppose that all the way.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i've always thought
we should go back to the original electoral college.
After all, it was a 2 week trip from Augusta to Washington back then. You couldn’t have the candidates tool all around the protocountry.
So, actually vote for a local elector. That is, find a person in your community who is a good judge of character and level-headed. Choose that person to go pick a president on your behalf. I’d even say that no one can declare their presidential candidacy until the electors have been chosen.
That way, the choice would be made on face-to-face interaction rather than sound bites.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
my objection to the 2000 election
Is that I think Gore actually did win the electoral vote.
I don’t think the winner being the guy with fewer raw votes is necessarily unfair.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i have mixed feelings on the electoral college
mostly it seems to be an antiquated system which doesn’t even serve its original intended purpose, which was to keep the Presidential election out of the people’s hands.
It also over and under values votes. As an Ohio voter my vote was more valuable in the 2008 election than any vote in a state that clearly was going to go for Obama or McCain. Is is it fair for people in Texas and Massachusetts that their Presidential vote is meaningless, and that the candidates focus their message on the swing states?
But it also means that small states get attention in close elections.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
fairness
Is is it fair for people in Texas and Massachusetts that their Presidential vote is meaningless, and that the candidates focus their message on the swing states?
Yes, I think it is.
Natapoff (that’s the mathematician’s name) argues that every vote having equal power is not what we should strive for. In a dictatorship, everyone’s vote has exactly the same power: zero. That is not what we want.
What we should be aiming for is maximizing voters’ power – that is, increasing the chance that any one person’s vote can determine the outcome of the election.
The math is really interesting. Among other things, it shows that gerrymandering doesn’t work. Rather than increasing the voting power of minorities, it allows candidates to ignore the entire district.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
this is why i have continued to vote by absentee ballot in ohio rather than waste a vote in DC
for seven years now and counting.
That's my plan once I move
But the new absentee ID requirements have me nervous. Do you just keep an Ohio ID rather than getting a DC one?
by the finest muffins on Jan 21, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
yes
well, i did until my license expired. i didn’t realize there were new ID requirements. (i didn’t vote in ’09.)
i may have to Green this discussion also, eh?
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
Unfortunately we'll probably just see the rebirth of one of the two parties before we see a third
The country is too connected these days for new ideas to grow by themselves without being picked up by the Reps or Dems or a faction thereof.
I was in that boat of extrememly disappointed citizens that the dems took this opportunity to reform healthcare and shit the bed. The “overhaul” didn’t address what every single american wants to fix, and instead came up with something that makes health insurance companies and senators’ special interest richer. Maybe now politicians will be forced to progress by compromise, which is the way it’s supposed to be. Thanks for doing something right, Mass.
by Brian B on Jan 20, 2010 9:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Health care is only one of many issues that continue to plague the unemployed and disenfranchised.
Why on God’s Green Earth do we in America think that every thing has to be tied up with our jobs…esp. health care? So people like my son, who’s infant daughter was born with serious eye issues spend more money per month on their daughter’s healthcare than they do on their mortgage. And the health care doesn’t cover everything they need to buy by a long shot. Bizarre that here in the home of the brave and the land of the free…no politicians are brave even get free of Health Care Special Interests and their tantilizing MONEY.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
In November, the Republicans got what they deserved.
Now, and probably this November, the Democrats get what they deserve. Are the people angry? Absolutely. Some rabid Obama supporters likely feel like, “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Change promised. Status quo delivered. Excuses abound.
Those who weren’t thrilled with Obama but were tired of Republican bumbling and decided to give the new guy a chance likely are saying, “I should’ve known better.” There’s a fair amount of people who feel like they went to bed at 2 with a 10 and woke up at at 10 with a 2. Many McCain supporters probably feel like he wouldn’t have done much better, if at all. Conservatives see the Obama-Pelosi-Reid trilogy and can’t believe these are the people running the United States.
As a registered Democrat who is quite conservative, I await to see which party develops true leadership and servanthood.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 20, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Couldn't have said it much better TT
One of the biggest anchors around Obama’s neck is that ‘wonderful’ pair of political pedagogues, Nancy (is my face smooth enough yet) Pelosi and Harry (I hope no one notices that I sleep with chemists) Reid. And of course getting a functional consensus " the Democrats have been so aptly described as herding cats “.
Meanwhile my old party Repulicans (or better known these days as the Neo-Inclusives – everyone and anyone can belong as long as you agree on our dogma), continues to relate everything from health care to sexual preference to Relief for the Haitians to the ‘Almighty Dollar’. You see I used to be a moderate Republican (for many years) now however there are less that 100 moderate Republican alive in the USA. So I have become an Independent and so apparently have millions of other Americans. And that, Ladies and Gentlemen is why I am considering running in 2012…Madville Del Rio For Prez..”What You Can’t See Wont Scare You’…
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
neither will
we need something better.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 20, 2010 6:08 PM EST up reply actions
I met the bastard
And spent a year working for him, as y’all may remember. Now I’ve resigned from the DNC job I had coming when I was set to graduate in 4 months and have to completely reevaluate everything.
The only real way to fix the tortured system has to start with an end to corporate PAC contributions, but the Supreme Court is set to allow the opposite in a matter of days. Every damn elected official on both sides of the aisle is more concerned with holding onto his or her office and paying back their benefactors than actually helping the people that got them elected. I can understand and welcome real ideological disagreements, but I can’t understand this stagnant bullshit.
So… I guess I’m saying a winning Reds’ season would be just what the doctor ordered for 2010.
RR: Proud home of the most mods in SBNation.
you got a job from the DNC?
And turned it down?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah...
Told them to find some candidates that would actually represent their constituents. All in all, probably a terrible idea for a soon to be unemployed, now-blacklisted, 22 year old. Can only afford to have ideals for so long.
RR: Proud home of the most mods in SBNation.
No, no. Keep your beliefs
Allow them to be challenged. Examine them once in a while. Change them if you think you’re wrong, but don;t just give them up.
That’s the difference between you and the politicians. We need more people who will stand firm in their beliefs. That people get elected and sell out is part of the problem.
This is from a guy who probably doesn’t vote the way you do very often.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 21, 2010 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
i dont mean this as an insult
but beliefs are for suckers.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 21, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Well I'll be ...
I typed " beliefs are for suckers" into a Google image search and this popped up
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 21, 2010 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
Worth 1,000 words.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
Is Dennis Kucinich different
i mean I’d like to think I always have Kucinich.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
Pfff
Kucinich is a moderate in Canada.
(Not really true, afaik – but he’s certainly wouldn’t be considered as radical there as here)
IAN! I'm on traain!
true
I respect him and Ron Paul simply because they run on principal. Yeah they are politicians but they seem less sickening then the others.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
that "Balloon Boy" family
Supposedly, they’re so desperate to get a reality show of their own because they believe an alien invasion is coming, and they need money to build an underground bunker to survive.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I once worked with a guy who was a Y2K nut
Constantly getting FedEx/UPS shipments of dried fruit and canned goods to stockpile. I bet he’s still eating dehydrated banana chips.
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
even the WSJ
suggested investing in canned goods awhile back. With inflation and all, it seemed a better bet than stocks or money market funds.
Plus, it will no doubt come in handy in case of flu pandemic. Our government did tell us to stock up on food that didn’t need to be heated. Two weeks’ worth, in case we’re all quarantined…including the power plant workers.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
yeah, why gold?
Everybody always thinks of gold as having constant value (i.e., when the price goes up, that means that it’s the dollars that are actually worth less).
What if everybody woke up and realized that you can’t eat gold and it doesn’t keep you warm or dry? I guess it might indirectly help you make progress with the opposite sex, but only indirectly. But after the Big One, I gotta think there is going to be a lot more interest in non-gold commodities.
Forget the gold standard. We need to go back to the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee standard.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
But Ron Paul also says so.
And at least I actually believe that’s what he believes.
IAN! I'm on traain!
Yup
i am serious when i say that a civil war has been fermenting and has been actively waged at least in the media for the last 10 years. I will not be surprised to see physical confrontations between the Ultra Right Maniacs and the rest of the country(including Left wing Anarchists idiots) before the summer is over…militias and the like…It is becoming a short step from Tea Parties and Health care reform to a call to arms by the crazies on both sides…sound ridiculous?…if the economy isn’t repaired and health care isn’t reformed and the fat cats can’t keep getting fatter and the everyday citizen continues to get crushed by the emerging ‘fascist democracy’ of the Big Corporation drive government behind the Washington ‘government’…well then some serious shit is going to go down. Very serious and I’m not being paranoid. I work with a lot of blue collar folks who are up to their necks in debt and are working their butts off getting farther in debt these folks are crazy angry about their situations and blame the tax spending big democrat government.. I also work with the very wealthy who are beginning to see their entitlements being stripped away and they aren’t happy either and of course there’s the unions and and intellectuals who want security and ‘fairness’ for all, these folks are more pissed off than I’ve ever seen them – specifically at the Right wing crazies….then of course don’t forget the anarchists, the desperate, the minorities (most of whom are powerless)…shit will hit the fan soon and shots will be fired…If you remember Watts and Detroit in the ’60s..then imagine Washing DC, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Miami, LA etc etc..all blowing simultaneously…
Whose side will the National guard be on…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I'm ready
Seriously I’m ready for a revolution.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
There is a difference between a Revolution and a Civil War
I’m not ready for either…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I'm armed
But I do see what you are saying, whitey is angry right now, and rednecks who hate having a “black” (accept they don’t use the word black) president, and white people who feel like they are getting the short end of the stick are well armed, and dangerous. They were much more malicious in the 60s than blacks. You could see the buildup in 2008, and they could fall behind Sarah Palin. They are all so paranoid and convinced the government is trying to take over.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
well, maybe people should stop blaming government
and start blaming themselves. they’re the ones who prop up the corporations by buying shit they don’t need and falling for the ponzi scheme that is the stock market and 401 Ks and all of that legal gambling that banks and financial companies partake in so they can all laugh in their penthouses they winnings they stole from others. and these people who are hurt the most are militant in defense of capitalism, the same ideology that has brought misery upon them. (although what we have is corporatism, not really capitalism.)
14 years of a GOP congress played a huge part in getting us into this mess and everyone forgets that as regulations were stripped away and taxes were reduced to unsustainable levels while we simultaneously waged two wars. it’s like their memories have been dissolved by the culture of binge drinking and binge religion and now they want to put the same people back into power who made their lives bad in the first place. yes, i have said before that i can’t stand the DLC and they are also devoted disciples of corporatism and they worship their god the free market, but the republican party is the party of big business, and they are not only not apologetic about it, but they actively flaunt it at every opportunity. The US Chamber of Commerce, which i sadly worked for four years, is more powerful than the White House that sits across the street from it. Literally.
I don’t understand why on Earth people won’t inform themselves and why they vote for a party that actively exploits them. A part of me wonders if the reason we continue to let our school systems suck is that we need a dumb populace to sustain the lifestyles of the few. But the rational side of me says all conspiracy theories are moronic.
the other thing is
they didn’t have a problem with big spending when bush was in power. two wars ain’t cheap.
Good point. Conservatives, though,
had/have a problem with it. I cringed greatly at W’s spending spree. W was no more of a fiscal conservative than most liberals.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
Actually the past 50 years of history shows liberals and progressives
are MORE fiscally conservative than republicians. Primarily because Republicians tend to favor corporate bailouts, such as expensive wars.
Liberals are tagged a “fiscally irresponsible” because they tend to use money on education, poor, and elderly instead of buying fighter jets and bombs.
Fiscal responsibility is a sense vs nonsense issue, unfortunately for us most pols have the math skills of a 1st grader.
Maybe if schools got more money to teach math better, the proletariat voters would have the math skills to catch the polititians in their lies?
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 22, 2010 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
or do a better job of teaching physics
nobody understands how their government works. Our civic classes are a joke.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 23, 2010 3:13 AM EST up reply actions
Someone who was in Yugoslavia during the wars
Said gold didn’t hold its value. People wanted things they could use: food, soap, cast iron cookware (because it can be used over an open fire), headlamps (so you could do chores like washing dishes even if there’s no electricity). He said toiletries were surprisingly valuable: shampoo, cosmetics, deodorant. Hungry people would give up a meal for those things, just because they wanted to feel human again in a very dehumanizing situation.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
It was said of the very olden days
If a peasant farmer found a giant gemstone in his field, he’d most likely trade it for a live chicken.
Thankfully, for idiots like you, our forefathers gave us the second commandment – the right say whatever you want no matter if you’re wrong. — Unknown, for the most part
better than for a dead chicken.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Great title for my next movie screenplay
Return of the Undead
‘an epic in fowl play’
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Probably would lay an egg.
Or give us something to crow about.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
He's only put up with because he is so easy to ridicule.
If he was 6’2" and didn’t look like a gnome it’d be a different story.
RR: Proud home of the most mods in SBNation.
Do you think Hillary might go rogue
(I know, that’s Sarah Pailin) and run for her party’s nomination against President Obama in the next election?
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 21, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
i think that would be more likely if she wasn't in the Obama administration
which is probably why he wanted her in his cabinet. She can’t really run against an administration she was a part of.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
I thought that, too, yet I wouldn't
put it past her.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
So this is our new Senator from Mass.
This is almost as weird as the Poke Jay post.
Gawd almighty
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
the junior senator with his daughters
and by the way who the fuck let’s their daughter were a SHELL BIKINI?!
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 22, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
By the time your daughters as old is this guy's are...
They wear what they want to wear.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Didn't they kill some guy named Joshua for throwing the merchants out of a big temple and helping others?
Mads,
I’ve noticed a lot more people on the DC streets recently, and they’re not the usual mentally ill or drug addicts I’ve come to pass every day – they’re sad enough – but now I’ve seen whole families on the streets. One day right before Christmas I saw two little kids playing with toys on a corner downtown. I thought they were adorable. Then I looked up and saw their father with shame in his face and a sign that read, “Please help, we’re homeless.” I nearly started bawling right there on the street. You could tell they were newly homeless from the way the father could hardly look people in the eye, like it had taken all the courage in the world to swallow his pride and make that sign. They were standing there right in front of a decked out store window with white holiday lights and little snowmen frolicking among the various products that were on “SALE!”
It’s tough to believe that such things can happen in the wealthiest, most powerful country in the world. But I suppose you don’t get wealthy and powerful by caring for others. I mean, who cares if 40,000 Americans die each year for lack of health insurance, right? Certainly not a majority in this country, not even Massholes. Said the great Abraham Lincoln upon Americans slaughtering each other over the way people treated fellow human beings, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He was quoting some tax collector named Matthew, who said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every house divided against itself cannot stand.” This Matthew guy is famous for writing about being a good human being. Or something like that.
And here so many people are patting themselves on the back for watching John Mayer on a telethon and clicking the mouse a few times to donate to Haiti while the roof’s collapsing on their own house. Not saying donating to Haiti is bad, but why does it take a disaster to call people to action? Or Mads’ birthday?
What a fucked up world we live in.
Another good thing to do is volunteer to tutor homeless kids. They have a heckuva time getting their school work done (or often even getting to school). So much of work is done online these days, and the kids have to share school computers with short time limits, and there’s that whole other issue of making sure you get the family into a shelter so you can get beds for the night. If you have a laptop for the kids to use, you get friends for life. You can always meet up at a cafe with free wifi.
As it is, happy birthday. I truly hope you get everything you want.
by Daedalus on Jan 19, 2010 10:21 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Mads…you’re not scoring any points with me…but if Pops gives a can or two..well it may help your case on final Jeporday Judgement (God Nose you’re gonna need it.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I'm not telling.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Happy birthday, my friend.
But, I’ll be damned if I’m giving cans of nasty food. How’s about I spread a few Andrew Jackson’s around directly to someone coming into the shelter?
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 20, 2010 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
THEY'LL JUST USE IT TO BUY BOOZE!!
AND ABORTIONS!!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 20, 2010 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
How many times have we all heard that one?
Truth is, if that’s what the person wants to do, so be it.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 20, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Go to the store and buy non-canned products, unfortunately the need is daily and is urgent.
However if you want to spread some A. Jacksons around too…that’s outstanding!
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I'm aware of the need, and have been involved for quite some time.
Aside from the Freestore Foodbank on Liberty, my other favorite is in my neck of the woods. The Henry Hosea House on the corner of York and 10th is a nice soup kitchen. Great people, and it really gives my kids a humble glow when we go there to drop things off and talk.
I suppose I'm cast as the darkness, because I comprehended their light not at all; at least not in the way they wanted me to.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 20, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
(York and 10th in Newport, that is)
I suppose I'm cast as the darkness, because I comprehended their light not at all; at least not in the way they wanted me to.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 20, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
I challenged our youth group to meet your challenge, Maddy.
The result is 176 jars of peanut butter to our local food pantry. Great kids. Really great kids.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 20, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Holy Baloney TurtleMan
You bring tears to an old man’s eyes!
Wow.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
If you make to the Free Store you see:
What a fucked up world we live in.Yup. and what a beautiful world we live in.
And of course as you say its not just the sick and disenfranchised..or minorities either – Families are out there, on the streets, not knowing which way to turn…I live in a house, I have food, I have a phenomenal family..I truly believe that the best thing that you can do on B-Day is give a little bit.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I will make a donation in your honor.
Is Madville your first name or your last name?
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 19, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
Like Madonna and Tiny Tim - I have but one name
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
isn't Tiny Tim two names?
“My first name is Mister. My middle name is the period. And my last name is T.”
Happy birthday old man.
This one is my favorite.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Go for it!!!
Whoa I just looked at the clock…indeed it is now officially my B-day
I guess I should have put up a poll for RRs to guess my new age.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
boobs
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 20, 2010 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, also, yes, I know about a beautiful world
I’ve yet to reconcile these two things, FUBAR versus beauty. I reckon that’s why I am of seemingly two personalities.
I hope the Bread $ox never go to the World Series again.
I don't really know you....but happy birthday!
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
You don't know me?
I am the most annoying poster on RR and you don’t know me?
Well buddy btdoopboy – Trade in that 4 pack for some socks and a blanket and maybe some Lipton soup boxes…take’m to the free store and then you’ll fucking know me.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I meant personally
How much can you really know someone on the internet….
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
You got it Maddy.
It will be an honor.
I remember shorty after we adopted our kids oh so many years ago. We had come from the store and had a lot of food. Five kids drink a lot of milk. I was having a great deal of trouble getting the final gallon of milk in the refrigerator. I grumbled, mumbled, complained and grouched when I very clearly heard God tell me, “Yeah, that’s a real problem you have there, pal. Sixteen thousand people starve every day and you’re complaining because you can’t get all your food in the refrigerator.”
Message received. One of the greatest lessons I ever learned.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 19, 2010 10:53 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
The Turtle has Landed !
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Wow!
For sure I will see if I can pull this con off where I live.
Thankfully, for idiots like you, our forefathers gave us the second commandment – the right say whatever you want no matter if you’re wrong. — Unknown, for the most part
No con..no neocons either
J-U1 …This is a really easy thing to do…i mean if jch and obc can get it together to…you should be able to triple their presents
Once a year…for me ……
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I intend to make a big deal out of this
Yeah, this is an idea.
Thankfully, for idiots like you, our forefathers gave us the second commandment – the right say whatever you want no matter if you’re wrong. — Unknown, for the most part
How many forever stamps
does it take to mail a can of creamed corn?
by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Jan 20, 2010 7:19 AM EST reply actions
Will the stamps outlast the corn?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 20, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
happy birfday Mads
this is one of the best ideas ive ever heard for a birthday present. mind if i adopt it for my birthdays as well? mine was a few weeks ago, but from next year forward i’d like ask the same of my friends and family.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 20, 2010 11:54 AM EST reply actions
Hey Mads.
Got another present for you (H/T Drudge):
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 20, 2010 1:30 PM EST reply actions
Paul I would never have picked you as a guy who's into male buttcrack
But hey I appreciate you’re coming out on my B-Day…you’re a brave man…
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Daedalus
you would be proud of me. i was going to say something here, but i thought about you and decided not to. hooray for guilt!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 20, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
"It's a trap!"
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
by jch24 on Jan 20, 2010 3:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I suppose I'm cast as the darkness, because I comprehended their light not at all; at least not in the way they wanted me to.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 20, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Nice picture from Crolfs
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Bada Bing.
It’s a meme, so it can be shared. :P
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
I think Mads would be a great contributor over there
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
I second this.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 20, 2010 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
Over where...?
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
My favorite picture was the "It's a Tarp!" photo during a rain delay this past season.
I have a more active child to pay attention to this year. But if I had the time, I’d bookmark and log some of the greatest thread developments, memes, photos, bannings, and controversial arguments during the 2010 season and run an offseason “Greatest Hits of 2010” series. However, since I don’t, fuck it.
by Brian B on Jan 21, 2010 9:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That was a great running gag
at BBTF Primer for a long time. I literally fell on the floor one day when someone linked a photo of Vince Coleman (in Cardinal uniform before that playoff game, injured) with the caption “It’s a tarp!” Loved that shit.
I suppose I'm cast as the darkness, because I comprehended their light not at all; at least not in the way they wanted me to.
by Pops Daniels on Jan 22, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
This should make you happy then
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
I'm just gonna end this nonsense right now with an RR original :)
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
Bukkake...what does that mean?
So much to learn…so little interest
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
just don't google image search it
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
by joshuar9476 on Jan 23, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
It's not Brendanukkah
Let’s just be clear on that.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 23, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Allah save us!
ฐานข้อมูลรายชื่อผู้ประกอบการ ,รายชื่อผู้ประกอบการ โดยศูนย์นวัตกรรมเทคโนโลยีหลังการเก็บเกี่ยว มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ …Bukkake รวบรวมโดยศูนย์นวัตกรรม …
This passage has been translated by the noted Japanese film critic Minami Nagisa: as (Bukkake) Milk Pudding in the land of the camel.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
It's great that the last user got cut off
Any guesses who posted it? No cheating.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
Oh...uh maybe I'd better go back and review that...Sorry Paul
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
They have a slo-mo replay in the clip.
So I think there is indisputable video evidence that your call should be reversed.
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 20, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
If you'd prefer that...
I can try to find you some on the internets.
What, me? Being negative? No. Never.
by Paul Householder on Jan 20, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
happy birthday, Mads!
So far I’ve celebrated your special day by giving blood (translation: be nice to me today!) But that’s not what you asked for, so I’ll plan to give some canned goods to St. George’s Food Pantry this weekend. What a great way to celebrate a birthday!! Kudos on being a thoughtful person and bringing out the generosity in others.
by the finest muffins on Jan 20, 2010 3:52 PM EST reply actions
Giving is giving.
Thanks from all of ghetto dwellers and pseudo intellectuals.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Hey Mads, my church runs a food bank
does it count if I give them some food?
I'd take a one legged midget over Shayne Graham in a heartbeat. - btcoop71
If you give on my Birthday is counts!
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Then it is done, my friend.
Happy Birthday!
I'd take a one legged midget over Shayne Graham in a heartbeat. - btcoop71
I love you man...
You best pal
mads
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Well it is time for ol Mads to go off the Lanes..
another tough match tonight as the BAMM team tries to regain 1st place.
AND still there is time time make it the food bank/shelter if you haven’t already…i have and I may do it again tomorrow…
Lets ee now which bed is mine…
http://travisinmissions.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/p8080864.jpg
Oh wait I think I recognize that cane...
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Spill a bunch of 'em tonight Maddy.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 20, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
Where did you get a picture of my nursery?
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
Happy Birthday, Mads!
I’ll certainly be giving some non-perishables to the food bank in your honor.
"Just seeing him in uniform makes me throw up." Jack Clark on Mark McGwire's new coaching job
i'll do you one better
i’m giving perishable food to the food bank.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 20, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Hey you guys missed the festivities at the lanes!
The FMM showed up with this
and although the BAMM team struggled tonight we certainly had fun!!!
Only 45 minutes left EST to get to the food bank?
what’s that Dick ?
OH…OK
Dick Pole just phoned and said he missed my entire Birthday celebration and thinks we should hold it over for at at least another day…
Sounds Good To Me
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
For those of you who worry that life is on the downside after 50...here's a photo of the BAMM team
My buddy Mark (53)
Me (61)
Brian (33 – barely wet behind the ears)
D#1’s Father-in-law and Brian’s older brother Alex (57)
After are long night of bowls and drinking of beers and Jacks and Cokes, we were just gearing up to head out to Gordo’s…
Life is good. Give generously.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
24 years between kids? Daaaaaaamn.
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
The Bench, Rose, Morgan and Perez of bowling.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
Mads never bet on bowling.
Never.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Why...I would always bet against me so i can't lose either way.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
ALSO THIS JUST IN:
From D#1’s brother -in-law Josh:
Joshua Hardin – The Green Papaya located in Hyde Park on Wasson Ave. is donating ALL profits made on Sunday January 24th go to the Red Cross to aid in the Haiti recovery effort. Please support this great cause from 12-9:30 this upcoming Sunday. Please share with your friends..
Josh with D31…
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=312627&id=1625542145&op=1&view=global&subj=21403076
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Well that's not the photo I was thinking it was!
anyhoo – check out The Green Papaya…
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
And here I thought jch was the only one around here with a D #31
Congrats, Mads! Your descendants shall be as numerous as the grains of sand on a beach.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 21, 2010 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
But ... but what about the beaches in Nice, France?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 21, 2010 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
Nice is quite nice
the Med on one side and the Alps on the other. c’est incroyable.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 21, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed. Also cool about Nice -- it's rugby territory!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 21, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
Josh is everybody's cousin, friend or lover...
He’s my oldest Daughter’s brother-in-law and he and his brother Trey, D#1’s hubby (another cousin of yours) coach my oldest grandson’s AAU Basketball team. I bowl with their Dad (Alex) and his brother (Brian).
RR is such a small world!
BBTW – did you make it to the Food bank >?
(BobbyByTheWAy) that is.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Hey Bobby - check out josh and Hilary
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Well thanks to every RRer who gave a little something to those in need for me B-day.
Feel free to continue through the end of the month.
My next post will be on the upcoming new civil war in America.
There is a strong left wing and an even strong right wing and all that’s left of the middle is chicken.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I apologize for not reading this yesterday, but...
today I donated 17 cans to New Britain Food today, which they turned over to their Food Pantry @ The Salvation Army on your behalf.
Why 17 you ask? Laynce Nix’s number, duh.
You da MAN
HIGHLIFEMAN THAT IS!
Its nice that you donate them in my name but really i want people to experience going to the shelter/food bank whatever..donate in the name of the homeless and the hungry..
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Kinda got a funny look saying "I'm donating these in the name of Madville"
The academic club I’m involved with on my campus, each spring we do some community work involving the local Food Pantries (not sure what it is about Connecticut, but they just don’t call stuff food banks, soup kitchens or the like…. they all call them a “Food Pantry”)
This semester we’re holding a food drive where we’re raffling off a Wii. 1 raffle ticket per non-perishable item donated.
Last Spring we worked with the New Britain Mayor’s office on a homelessness initiative aimed at teaching people who frequent the Food Pantries job-related computer skills.
by Highlifeman21 on Jan 21, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
All conservatives in RR nation
reply here. egad.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
Obviuously you've not run into a 'real consevative' in a while
These folks here at RR are almost liberal when you start comparing RR conservative commentary to the ’Evangelical Its MY Country Right or Wrong except IAMRIGHT and you are wrong folks.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
uh
do you know what i do for a living, Holmes? im probably the biggest conservative on this site and im a liberal to my peers.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
I hear you brother...I feel your pain.
I was a lifelong Republican until Bush and Rove – now I’ve no place to call home…but I am free from the political bullshit of feeling like I should be in concert with a political party. Fuck politicians…where are the statesmen and women…where are the leaders…seriously is Pelosi a leader or statesperson is Limbaugh or Beck or Mitch McConnell ?…nope, not one of them…. these folks are way more interested in their own egos and their own purses than the ultimate good of our country…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I was a big time democrat
until they got into power and saw they were no different and aren’t as liberal as I would like.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 21, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
and his gene pool
too soon?
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Liberal and Conservative are terms that now carry so much baggage - I don't even like to use them.
I never really though of my self as all that conservative, I just wasn’t in favor of business getting too big and too powerful and the same about government. I wanted to keep taxes and government spending as low as possible while still providing for the general welfare and security of our country. I truly believed that every person had the right and responsibility to do the best works that one could for your family and community without stepping on the rights or rejecting those with whom I disagreed politically as ‘idiots or unpatriotic’. I wasn’t in favor of big unions but recognized their initial right and need to exist. I thought that what I did in my own home was nobody’s business but mine. I thought that good citizens could be black, Hispanic, Jewish, Islamic, Christian, Atheist, lesbian or gay…I may not be a member of any of those groups but I believed that it was an American right for them to be protected and for those who were from them to have equal access to the ‘American Dream’. Really…that’s what a small town, country hick Republican was all about when I was growing up.
No more, not these contentious and bitter days either you toe the Neo-conservative-Evangelical Hate Mongering line or get out…so I got out. I expect its much the same of the other side of the coin for many so called liberals. Except that they’re not asked to toe the line but instead run around like a herd of cats to slaughter.
Power corrupts. Period.
Having said all this..I am still optimistic about the county because those very people who have been on the fringe for so many years – African Americans, Hispanic, Gays and Lesbians are bringing an exciting new energy to this country and although it may be a bloody fight, they will prevail. I believe that my children’s generation have already started a slow but unstoppable wave of change that will reinvigorate the core values of the USA and bring a new era of creativity to business and to society.
And I believe that Santa Will….
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
by Madville on Jan 21, 2010 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
liberal wasn't the best term I could have used
but it is the simplest. I like to think of myself as something more complicated than a liberal. But I do have basic expectations are far as social safety nets that neither party seems to want. I want universal single payer health care and Congressman Kucinich is the strongest voice for that. I was hoping the “public option” would be a stepping stone, but it is gone. We are going to get a health bill (if we get one at all) that will just add a few new band aids. Yeah it will be nice to have health insurance under my parents plan until I’m 26, but the plan won’t really help people that much. We have a health care crisis that won’t be solved by mild reforms.
As a student if I couldn’t be on my parents plan I would probably buy the public option. My university plan through a private company is scary terrible. It doesn’t cover dr’s visits, there is no dental, it only covers about 70% of hospitalization, no eye care, and hardly any prescriptions, even relatively common ’srcipts with generics.
I am terrified as to what would happen on the off chance I would get really sick. I’m not planning on it but on the off chance I came down with cancer, I would be in terrible debt for the rest of my life, because if I am too sick for school my insurance will run out in August, and no private carrier would pick me up. That is why we need a public option.
We need more affordable secondary education. I went to a private undergraduate school, but the scholarship they gave me made it only slightly more expensive than a 4 year public school in Ohio. Our system discourages and prevents poor people from going to school. Who is going to cosign their loans? It also discourages people from seeking higher degrees. One of my roommates is over $200 grand in debt and still has a few more years until he gets his ph.d. That is with assistant ships and other sources of funding. When you get a ph.d in a field such as history you already take a big risk in that the job market is very small. It is a double whammy in that you may also have a large debt you can’t pay back. I am guessing a lot of talented people don’t get graduate degrees simply because they don’t want the risk of the debt.
We have nothing to care for the sick and the insane. Crazy people who are incapable of taking care of themselves wonder the streets and are homeless. That is a huge indictment on our government. We, the richest country in the world, don’t even take care of people who can’t take care of themselves.
I’ve lost a lot of optimism. I see my peers, most don’t give a shit. We are complacent and accept what happens around us as status quo. My generation stopped paying attention after election day. Your generation had the best chance to change America, and swung and missed in November of 1968.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 22, 2010 1:16 AM EST up reply actions
A couple people didn't miss in '68
My dad is only half-joking when he says he thinks the world ended in 1968. RFK was shot, MLK was shot, and Nixon was elected. Not that “innocence” really existed before that, but those three events sure go a long way towards burying idealism for good.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 22, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My dad says much the same thing
I’d not heard it put that way anywhere else. So, a rec to you, sir, for purely personal reasons.
Before the curse of stastics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgement.
-Hilaire Belloc
Ah, you're growing up already.....figuring out a way to blame a different generation for America's ills
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
If only I had been running the show back in 1968
make me god for a day and many things will be fixed.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 22, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Actually I blame the increasing amount of alien abductions
Kentucky UFO abduction, 1976: Mona Stafford’s drawing of the UFO which abducted her and two women friends.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
That looks like a car driving in reverse up the stem of a big mushroom
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 22, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
that's what the Aliens want us to think
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Mushrooms might well have had something to do with
what Mona experienced that night.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
Fer shure Dude
Everyone knows that shroons are true Aliens – see their beady little eyes…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I was born in '76
Coincidence? I think not.
"She goes to the tanning bed.....you know what that means." -- obc2
So you're really spreading the Alien Gene Pool...i knew it...
Hmmm not a bad name for a post MetalheadSkaAccordian band…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Mads, Amen.
You sir are an idealistic libertarian (not that that means anything anymore, either). I’m assuming you voted for Goldwater?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 22, 2010 4:20 AM EST up reply actions
Actually I did not vote for Goldwater
I was conflicted because of his social views . The Great society of LBJ’s legacy appealed to me more than Goldwater’s seemingly reactionary stance regarding the social ills of time – Segregation, Poverty and Science and Math Education and Vietnam were the issues of the day.. In retrospect Barry seems downright moderate compared to the idiots who are in the forefront of the Republican party now.
I did like the independent side of Goldwater which surfaced more and more as he aged. He had no use for the Evangelical Politicians and was firm that if a gay or lesbian person paid their taxes, worked hard, served in the military and minded their own business then no one should bother them. What people chose to do in the privacy of their own homes was nobody’s fucking business but their own.
I am still bit idealistic, as you point out Farney..But I became so disgusted by today’s daily political hubub that I could take a big hairy shit on the steps of the Capitol building as memento of all the time and energy I once put into trying to find political solutions to the ills of our country. Now I use that time and energy for for a higher calling - Red Reporter.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I have a lot of respect for Goldwater
His campaign poster hangs right above my desk. He seems like a principled man. But he also seems like a scary presidential candidate.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 22, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
He was a tough, crazy old bastard, principled but too rigid, just as rigid as Nixon
Not really the sort of man I would have wished to have as the Prez.
But if we were in a tight corner I might have thought differently.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Teddy Roosevelt wasn't no slouch.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 22, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
That's fair.
But Teddy had Gifford Pinchot, and Nixon had…extremely sneaky aides working for Congressmen.
IAN! I'm on traain!
Oh, con't be ridiculous!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 22, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
Well, actually it's Bronson Pinchot
the actor who played Balki. Also, Gonzo.
You see, I was attempting to make a joke regarding Pinchot’s character’s famous catch phrase as well as playing off the fact that Andromache made a reference to a man with the same last name as said actor.
Unfortunately, I failed terribly.
And this is also the only man other than a certain Reds pitcher (that I know of) that has the first name Bronson.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 25, 2010 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
Who the hell is Balkey?
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Dick would have made a good moderate Dem these days if he weren't so paranoid.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
isn't that the truth
his health care plan was certainly more liberal than the current Senate version.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 22, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Wow Maddy. We do think a lot a like.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 22, 2010 9:25 AM EST up reply actions
Holy Balony n ow, I'm worried about you Dr. T!
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
they are still slightly less corrupt than republicans
remember obama is steering an ocean liner here.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 22, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Captain of Titanic.
Explains a lot.
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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 23, 2010 1:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You're the one who voted for Sarah Palin!
Perfect comeback anytime a Republician talks shit about Obama.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 23, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder who the other 174 folks were...who vote for SaraH that is
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
(waves hand)
McCain & Palin certainly got my vote
But I’m sure that comes as no surprise to anyone
by Highlifeman21 on Jan 24, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
love me some McCain
not so enamored by Palin.
But Obama doesnt have much more experience than Lady Sarah.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
Palin has a lot of experience actually.
My sister in law lives in Alaska and is a Democrat. she says that Palin was a pretty good governor for the state.
On the other hand Sarah just isn’t a very eloquent speaker and after 8 years of gibberish from George Jr. it is really nice to have a president who actually makes sense when speaking.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
1.5 years as governor of a state with a population of 600K is not experience
and then to not even be able to finish the term? pathetic.
have you been drinking?
she’s got NO effin experience, hombre.
and she’s a pretty decent speaker when a speech is written for her…she struggles when she has to answer unscripted questions, however.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
Yeah but Obama is god damn genius
say what you want about the guy, but he got a full ride scholarship to Columbia and Harvard Law. I don’t know anyone that smart, and I am a pretty fucking sharp dude.
Palin got a communications degree from some borderline community college.
Intelligence matters and Palin doesn’t have it.
I have always liked McCain, but was completely disappointed when he picked her.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 24, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
Well I don't think it is a secret that Palin isn't very well educated.
And that her thinking skills are not very well developed.
Or that she has much of a grasp on the bigger more complex issues like international diplomacy or the economy
Or that she is capable of leading the country in the present crisis mode it is in..
Or that ultimately that she is all that bright.
I was being charitable and passing along a comment from a very well educated liberal who had a couple of nice things to say about S.P.. as governor of a state with only 680K people…compared with about 2.2M in the greater Cincy area.
I don’t think Palin could run the greater Cincy area as she would have to deal with a wide diversity of people with various ethnic and educational backgrounds. almost all of which are probably more interesting than Sarah.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
but she's good at fundraising
and you know what?…all the political talk here is a complete waste. not one word has been said about the fact the Supreme Court just revoked contribution limits by corporate america. if you think your voice wasnt heard before it sure as shit aint gonna be heard moving forward.
the next president will be elected by Fortune 500 companies. and don’t think that domestic and international policy won’t be greatly influenced by the best interests of those same companies.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
by obc2 on Jan 24, 2010 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The next presidential race will be quite a fucking mess.
Personally I can wait…and you are so right and sadly so – the ‘fortunes’ of our country will have little to do with social intelligence, international (or domestic)diplomacy or any long term plans to improve education, health care or our environment (let alone our economy)…money doesn’t talk it swears.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I totally do not agree with this ruling......but
Corporations are already powerful and can contribute money by filtering it through the Chamber of Commerce and other types of loopholes. This is a big set-back and hopefully Obama can rally the Congress to do somethign about it……like require shareholder approval or require complete disclosure in each commercial.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 24, 2010 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
i see this ruling as a threat to national security
because it opens the door for foreign corporations or even governments to influence elections.
Now that corporations are people i would like to kick their ass, and make fun of their mom.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 24, 2010 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Foreigners from places like Cuba and Hawaii
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
The South and Texas. Oklahoma and New Mexico are ripe for another fling at secession
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
that's true
I wouldn’t be surprised if Vermont, not the south, was the first to try to secede.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The next President will be elected by Fortune 500 companies?
What about the current and the past Presidents. They are all put up by big business. Which is why I want my socialist revolution.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
Socialism is so 20th century
Pluralistic anarchism is all the rage now.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
that's the best term i've heard to describe it yet!
from now on, that’s what i’m using. none of this libertarian tea party bullshit. pluralistic anarchism is so accurate.
There are lots of pluralistic anarchists my chapter of the NLG.
I’m not really sure how I feel about it yet.
IAN! I'm on traain!
Except I'm not a Republican.
Registered Democrat, in fact.
I don’t believe the U.S. Is the Titanic. I just don’t have confidence in President Obama. Neither, at this point, do I have anyone significantly better to offer.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 23, 2010 3:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I do believe the US is the Titanic
And that this Democrat vs. Republican stuff is arguing about what color the deck chairs should be.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Heer Heer
Wait ‘til the gunshots start in the ghettos and small towns across the country…
Why the idiot politicians can’t get together and work out functional compromises is beyond my ken.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
The Titanic analogy
implies that the problem is in the future. Nobody sees the icebergs up ahead, so it’s still party time.
And no one is really to blame; you can’t expect the Titanic to turn on a dime, no matter who is at the helm.
I’ve seen the US governmental structure compared to an ocean liner: it was designed for stability, and therefore cannot react quickly. Our founding fathers wanted it that way. Stability was their main concern.
In contrast, the European parliamentary-type systems are more like speedboats. They can change rapidly, but they less stable.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
OBama
Obama you rmama fe fi osama, rama lama ding dong Obama
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOObama
Ain’t nothing to do with Obama..but I wouldn’t trust the guys in the US senate to really look out for the interests of main street – Dem or Pub…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
agreed
if only we had terms limits!
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 23, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
On an unrelated note...
I moss Man mountain…now that he’s a big music mogul and star and stuff…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Where the HE double hockey sticks have you been young lady!!!
well its not to late to give me my present.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 23, 2010 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
He didn't misspell a thing
and I still have no idea what he’s trying to say.
Before the curse of stastics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgement.
-Hilaire Belloc
by poojols on Jan 24, 2010 12:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i thought they might be handcuffs
but i figured that didnt make any sense. toilet seats was only marginally more coherent.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 24, 2010 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
I think the real question
Is where did they get jch’s wedding pictures?
"look at me! im hablahing espanyoll!" - Charlie Scrabbles
did he hitch the Peach already?
well good on ’im.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 24, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
he's a trying
he’s got his Jared VIP card already
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
I'm saving up
Once I get that money for referring you I should be all set.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
hand cuff cake
you guys just don’t get me
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
ENOUGH!!!
I can’t type or spell, so fuckin what? I know it is funny but it doesn’t detract from my intelligence. Fuck I wouldn’t be working on an MA if i weren’t a smart guy. So e-fucking-nough.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 2:47 AM EST up reply actions
Ya know those ignition interlock things
that they sometimes put on the cars of DUI offenders? Do they make those for computers?
Before the curse of stastics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgement.
-Hilaire Belloc
by poojols on Jan 24, 2010 4:33 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
or maybe a special avatar
like the DUI license plates they put on vehicles.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
oh my god i was a train wreck last night
and i don’t even know why. I didn’t drink that much.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
agreed
We’ve all been there, I think. :)
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
Where'd you guys go?
Was this a formal RR outing…nobody called me…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
i went to my refrigerator
and drank a ton of beer with my roommate. I don’t know if that is a formal RR meeting.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
what happened to your fanpost?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I didn't think it was stupid
Are you leaving for Beirut tomorrow?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
yes
my flight leaves at 4:45pm but my shuttle to airport picks me up at 12:45pm. i have two bags that i will have to pay the overweight charge for and am going to a place on the brink of another war.
i am excited, don’t get me wrong, and my excitement will keep me up all night. but i am also nervous (as i always am when i travel) and it really helps just to talk (or write) about it. so i apologize for my excessiveness.
and the post was stupid. or at least not as good as what i wanted to say.
Have you seen the shit I've been posting to the front page lately?
We have no QC here, trust me. Ramble on, sista! :)
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
what you talking about?
your post about food in cincy made me hungry. and i’ve packed two cans of skyline in my bags! i’m gonna save one for our Holy Opening Day and i’ll eat the other as necessary.
If anything can bring peace to the Middle East
My money’s on Skyline.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 25, 2010 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
Sure
I don’t have much in the way of capital, but I’ll do what I can. In the name of peace.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 25, 2010 1:13 AM EST up reply actions
i'm sure madville can get your some
starting capital.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:23 AM EST up reply actions
i love flying
My mom is terrified of flying so I know it is a phobia, but let me tell you this. When I went up with the flight instructor we spent about 10 minutes simply checking the outside of the plane for trouble. Everything from making sure all the bolts were in the plane, to the prop being properly attached, to testing fuel samples to make sure there was nothing wrong with it. That was shortly before a 30 minute flight in a single engine Cessna with two people.
The pilot will spend about 10-15 minutes “walking around” the jet before anyone is allowed to board the aircraft. They have so many redundancies in the pre-departure check list to make sure everything works properly, and it is all in the name of safety. Everybody questions all US airlines customer service, but nobody questions there safety.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 24, 2010 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
I hate airplanes, too
But not because I’m afraid of flying.
I guess it’s more accurate to say I hate airlines. It’s become such an unpleasant hassle. Each time I fly, it seems like the lines are longer, the gate agents and flight attendants are ruder and less helpful, the rules more restrictive, and seats ever smaller.
The last time I flew, the ticket agent refused to check me in, even though there was no one else in line. She pointed me to a machine to do automatic check-in. Which didn’t work. Apparently, they all knew it didn’t work. They just wanted to waste my time.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
that's another thing
i’m getting to the airport three hours early and still don’t feel comfortable with that. i got an email from air france today saying the US requires certain info about why i’m going to where i’m going. the state department tells americans not to got there at all.
i’m just in my standard travel freak out mode right now. i apologize. it helps to talk about it, even if the talking is online.
flying with a bunch of middle east stamps and visas in your passport isn’t all that pleasant.
I can imagine
Getting through customs the last time I went to the UK was a pain, and I don’t have any middle east stamps. Honestly, I lead such a boring life, I’ve never even gotten a parking ticket. But they were extremely suspicious of a female traveling alone, and kept asking me questions about the purpose of my trip. Apparently waiting for me to answer, “I’m going to visit my boyfriend Mohammed.”
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
lol
lebanon is on the short list for “extra checks” when people come to US, along with somolia and vietnam, iran, and a few others. i wish hizbollah would just evaporate.
I checked into O'Hare an hour early with bags
the day before thanksgiving and was fine. Granted that was for a domestic flight, but 3 will give you plenty of time.
I’ve gone through customs and immigration three times with a Cuban stamp, they never even said anything to me.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
cuba doesn't have a terrorist org massing troops on the border of israel right now
tensions are very high.
i mean, i know i’ll be alright getting through. i know i’ll be alright in everything. i just always get nervous on trips and will be drinking red wine until i touch down in beirut at 2pm their time on tuesday. or sam winter, like now.
but thank you for your assurance. nutjobs like me need it.
your passports can mark you as more of a threat
but where i went is illegal. If a bored immigration agent wants to fuck with me, he can ask about it. Whenever I travel internationally I carry my travel affidavit from the US Treasury Department stating that I legally traveled to Cuba.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
why did you let them stamp your passport?
i know ppl who went to cuba and didn’t.
i may try to get into israel while i’m there, but i’m gonna need a separate passport for that. most arab countries don’t let you in if you have israel stamps. it used to be pretty easy – you’d just get a separate piece of paper and israel would stamp that, but these days, who knows…
I asked them to
They normally don’t, but I wanted a “souvenir”. I’m planning on claiming this passport is lost when it expires, so I can keep all the stamps and visa’s that are in it.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:06 AM EST up reply actions
no offense, but that's dumb
stamps are cool and all, but not worth hassle.
i got trouble when i had some guy in berlin stamp my passport with a DDR stamp a few years after the fall of the wall. i was a college kid, didn’t know any better, but customs drilled me on it. i paid like two bucks to get it as a souvenir. i guess we’re all dumb as college kids. except those kids in iran fighting real oppression.
i haven't had any hassle yet
As of November 2011 it won’t matter anymore, because of the statute of limitations.
As a historian I feel compelled to keep records. I plan to save all my passports as a travel log of sorts. I like to flip through them from time to time.
My Chinese visa and stamps will always make my smile the most. The week I spent in China was one of the best weeks of my life, and I doubt I will ever take a better trip. A week with some of my closest friends in two great cities. I hope I will have better trips, but I don’t think it is possible.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
i'm on my second passport
but the stamps in the first are the best, though less diverse. i get what you’re saying.
it’s funny, but most people who do the whole study abroad thing never go beyond that. i’ve been more place after i graduated than during that year. i’ve lived in ireland and bulgaria since then, and now, lebanon. plus all of the other trips that were shorter.
i’m really just blown away by it all, like how the heck did i get this lucky in life?
that is a perk if i go the ph.d route
and become a prof. My history profs at ONU went to Belgium, Cuba, France, Egypt, Iran, Isreal, etc. And that is a mediocre history department in a small private school without too much money to burn.
That is also why I want to be a pilot.
I am trying to go to London in March, but I can’t seem to convince anyone else to burn $1,000 that none of us have on traveling.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:27 AM EST up reply actions
why does it take you a phd to travel?
i have a BA and am getting paid to live abroad this time around. i’ve lived in four countries outside of the US and have been to 5 continents.
if you want to go to london, go. don’t wait around for someone else to go.
life is what YOU make of it, not other people. buy your plane ticket to london and go. you’ll meet many more amazing ppl than you would waiting for others to go with you.
i also kick around taking the foreign service test next year
so i can spend my life abroad. Then I also consider flying for a living.
I really have no idea what I will be doing in two years. But I don’t think it will be in academia. My grades are fine, but this isn’t my passion.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions
Dude, no one knows what they'll be doing in two years
Anyone who says otherwise is full of shit. I second D’s advice, go do all the things you want to do. I promise no one else out there will be prodding you to live your dream. Also, listen to the little voice in your head that tells you to find something you’re passionate about as a profession. Makes all the difference in the world.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
i totally disagree
maybe it’s not the most PC thing to say to an aspiring young mind, but “finding something you’re passionate about as a profession” is just setting yourself up for failure.
me, i love watching baseball. and movies. and sleeping in on weekends with my wife watching terrible shows like “my first home”. i love making my friends laugh and talking to you knuckleheads all day when i should be working.
no one will pay you to do stuff like that. you dont find “sarcastic baseball fan position available: 60k salary + benefits” on Craigslist. i dont love my job. i dont love working. i love the other stuff my job affords me the time and money to do. if you can find that i think you’ll be doing just fine. i know i am.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 25, 2010 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
There's something to be said for that as well, definitely
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
What the hell are you guys talking about?
I gave up working right after high school. i only do what I want and its always worked out pretty well. The passion
I have for whatever I’m involved with the more fun it is and the more fun usually means more $$$$$$.
I mean I have had to occasionally take a job here and there when things have gotten tight..but really if one doesn’t love it why the fuck would you do it?
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
That's I have great passion for whatever I'm involved with
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
c'mon Mads
…but really if one doesn’t love it why the fuck would you do it…
sounds like a speech you give to your daughter’s dates.
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
I know there are time in one's life when you gots to do some shit you hate
But as a rule i only do that as part of a bigger picture. I mean every job has some suck-ta-tude. For me, i’ve been lucky I guess…I’ve never had a job that I hated…in fact for the last 30 years I’ve really pretty much just worked for myself.
Its doable if you aren’t totally all about money and more money and power.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
My advice
Spend the next 5 years figuring out 2 things:
1. What do you like to do?
2. What are your skills?
After that, figure out if there is any overlap between 1 & 2. If not, find out what you can do with 2 that will give you the most opportunities to do 1.
The best advice that any career counselor ever gave me was to never assume that you have to love your actual work or that you have to find work doing what you love. You only have to like your job enough that it doesn’t detract from doing the things that you truly love.
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by Slyde on Jan 25, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Very good.
Where your passion and your abilities (gifts) meet is a great place to start.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 26, 2010 1:54 AM EST up reply actions
If you spend that alloted amount of time and still don't know what you want to do...
Well there’s always bank robbery or a career in convenience store industry.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
i'll be your wheel man mads
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 26, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
No, you're the Highlife Man
I'd take a one legged midget over Shayne Graham in a heartbeat. - btcoop71
Don't fight over it guys..
You both already have secured the backup positions…see I was hoping for one of the Lady RRs to apply for this position…women drivers are the best.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Your lucky Lady D is in Lebanon
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 26, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
What does Farney know about Lebanon
That’s all I’ve to say.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I don't know a ton about Lebanon
but I do know a bit. I might sound like a complete idiot on here and be awkward as hell in real life.
But I’m not a complete idiot.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Just funnin'
You are no idiot fer shure dude.
now South Lebanon may be of interest to you;
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"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I have driven past South Lebanon
I did not stop. Now I’m not dissapointed.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
No shit...what a dump.
When are you going to be in cincy? We need to get you and Justin and and bunch of out of town RRs in for a bigtime party and maybe catch a game…
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Well Mads,
I would like to see a game at GABP this year but my guess is that it won’t be until July or August. Other than that, I’m not quite sure.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
New Hampshire?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Did you see Daedalus?
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I'm well aware.
Thankyaverymuch!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
hey!
you made it there safely!
hope you had a good trip! And glad you can still check in.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
you don't have to "lose" it
I was able to ask them to return my old one full of Central American stamps.
They punched holes in the front cover, and then sent it back.
Come to think of it, it also had Egyptian and Israeli stamps in it. Back when I could travel, pre-kids. :)
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
oh
i thought they confiscated and destroyed it.
good to know, hopefully I will remember that in 2015.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 2:46 AM EST up reply actions
i don't blame the workers though
10-15 years ago they had a nice well paying job with good benefits. Now they don’t. You have to realize all the new fees and policies aren’t good for them either. I went to Tampa last month, and when I checked in for my Northwest/Delta flight home it was a zoo. The checked baggage fees have created a circus. It slows down the whole process.
To add to it, going down there our flight form Detroit to Tampa was delayed 20-30 minutes because there wasn’t enough room for all the carry on bags, so it took a while for people to find space and then we were additionally delayed while they “gate checked” all the bags they didn’t have room for. My bag was gate checked, and it showed up about 20 minutes after my other two bags on the carousel. Thanks Delta for adding an hour onto my travel day.
The problem is airlines don’t have an effective business plan. Southwest made money in 2009 with 2 free bags and no ticket change fees. They were laughed at for turning down their extra revenue in fees, but they stuck to their guns. They have been profitable for 37 consecutive years (even 2001 and 2002 think about that). They have a pretty simple business plan, they have a simplified fleet (all Boeing 737’s,) so they only have to train their crews on aircraft type. They also don’t fly unprofitable routes. They also just work harder than their competition.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
the other thing is
southwest doesn’t fly regional jets which hemorrhage money. They don’t burn that much less fuel than “mainline” planes, but they seat a lot less people.
RJ’s can leave the airport full and still lose money.
Airlines need to fly more props for short flights and less jets.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 12:56 AM EST up reply actions
the real key to Southwest's success
Is fuel hedges. They bought long-term contracts locking in the price, and made out like bandits when fuel prices spiked.
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Planes seem to crash when I leave the country
the day before I left for Cuba the Comair jet crashed into the mountain after taking off on the wrong runway in Lexington.
Very early in the morning the day I left for Europe last summer the Air France flight went down off the coast of South America.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:20 AM EST up reply actions
You and Dudsy have the same philosophy about the law of averages
that is worrisome
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I Just watched a 10-minute clip on YouTube
That chronicled the 10-minutes surrounding the plane crash on Lost. Would you like me to link to that for you?
{apologize for evilness in advance}
by the finest muffins on Jan 25, 2010 12:09 AM EST up reply actions
I am aware, yes, thank you
But it’s a pretty epic plane crash scene. I could see it being unsettling for someone about to board a plane. Kind of like I wouldn’t really want to watch The Fugitive right before boarding Amtrak.
by the finest muffins on Jan 25, 2010 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
but why would you mention that to someone who is afraid to fly
despite the fact that someone laughed at me earlier today for saying “every time i fly over the balkans.” yes, i fly a lot. i think i’m getting better though. flying to dayton for christmas didn’t freak me out as much. in fact, i found it odd that i wasn’t nervous at all except for the landing to national airport, which feels like you’re landing in the river.
the odd thing is that this fear came about after i had already flown a few transatlantic and transpacific flights.
oh, just teasing inappropriately
sorry. good luck! all will be well.
by the finest muffins on Jan 25, 2010 12:30 AM EST up reply actions
flying air france - best airline ever
you can have as much wine as you want. you just ding the flight attendant bell, and bam! there’s your wine.
believe me, i will take advantage of that. always do.
I flew Lufthansa in 2005
they weren’t shy with alcohol.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
they are the other favorite
KLM as well. although i haven’t flown them since they went bankrupt. but the guy at the gate the last time i flew them apologized for having to confiscate my duty free wine from hungary.
KLM and Airfrance
are actually one airline. They just operate separate brands with their respected state flags on the jets.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:00 AM EST up reply actions
AirFrance went on strike right before the World Cup in 1998
Coincidentally, that was the same time that my family was going there for an unrelated vacation. With only a few days’ notice, we had to drive to New York City, fly Royal Air Maroc (a smoking flight with no discernible air conditioning) to Casablanca, and then catch a flight to Paris. It was 48 hours of straight travel. My opinion of AirFrance has been tainted by that.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 25, 2010 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
stupid french
i think every single time i’ve been to france there’s been some idiotic strike.once it was the airport bathroom cleaning people. no joke. these days, they still beat US carriers by a thousand kilometers.
but smoking flight? wow. that seems like a nightmare. have enough trouble breathing on planes as it is.
It is part of making the power brokers
fear the masses. I for one love it.
I wish I was going to Lebanon. I have a travel addiction that makes me want to go anywhere, especially someplace more unusual.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:04 AM EST up reply actions
why are you going?
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 25, 2010 1:09 AM EST up reply actions
work
i work on civil society development. thing is, in lebanon, US gov employees can’t get out to see what’s going on. they are stuck at the embassy. so i gotta tell them where they should put state dept money. that’s my mission, anyway.
Why didn't you take me as your valet?
I’m cheap and know Kung Fu (no wait he’s dead…)
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Did anyone have him in the Bereavement pool?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
I'm not dead yet
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Prank Idea...
Figure out how to put that part up onto all of the TV screens in the plane. Hmmmm.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
What...I thought it was a Reality show based on the lives of real and semi-intelligent humans.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
what do handcuff cakes have to do with Poodle...
that’s the real question
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVENOT YET HAD A CHANCE TO BUY ME A PRESENT ..HERE'S ANOTHER OPTION:
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"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Well the family got together and cooked ol' Mads a sumptious spaghetti dinner tonight, gave me a couple of nice preesents and the we went to the BriarPatch Bar in Madisonville for pool, beers and shots.
a Great evening…and a fitting end to my Birthday week.
Thanks to all who gave a little to those who truly need it…
Lets do this again in 2011…
You Pal
Mads
Err that’s the Bramble Patch Bar
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
I was not aware the Bramble Patch was still open
I used that as a place to test my fake ID back when I was 18-20, yet my Connecticut ID said I was 22
Ironic I live in CT now…
by Highlifeman21 on Jan 28, 2010 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
Not only is it still open, but the owner is in the process of expanding it and remodelling the place.
when that process is completed we’ll have a RR burgerfest there.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Sorrrreeeeeee
RR Bar-B-Q Jjubilee, !.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Hey an old friend of mine produced that
Where’d you end up seeing that? I’d like to catch a re-run if I could.
RR: Proud home of the most mods in SBNation.
ooo that reminds me I still have to scrape up 10 bucks and send it off to boobs!
And I obey your command
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Did you have J.D. Salinger?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 28, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
No...did he croak ?
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
Yep, check out today's the reposter thread.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 28, 2010 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
Another part of my childhood...gone gone gone
Oh well WTF…His books were great when i was in Jr. high…he captured a time now long past.
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
ON TO THE NEXT111
http://www.redreporter.com/2010/1/29/1282739/rr-blood-drive-help-save-a-life
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
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