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George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood. He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped. Bush only ask for directions to the hospital then drove on. The gate guard called that "The president Is on 'Fort Hood and driving to the hospital." The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush they immediately offered escort and Bush simply told them to shut up and let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead. He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House. Obama flew in days later and held a "photo" session in a gym and did not even go to the hospital.
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Baseball
I used to never miss a Yankee game...and still like to go watch the local semi-pro team. But professional ball...maybe 4 innings in 15 years.
The players make way too much money.
Free Agency.
They bounce around from team to team to the point you have no idea who is starting where each season
The year before '94 players strike was the last time I watched a full game.
Designated f'ing Hitter
It costs way too much to go to the game...$12 popcorn? ...and boring on TV.
Steroids, Gambling, and Off field thuggery.
The extra announcers just piss me off...like having People Magazine calling the game.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, and Off field thuggery.
Football
God, I was a Giants Fanatic. But after the end of the era of smash-mouth football, the Simms, Parcells, LT, Cowboys era...I lost interest quickly. The Superbowl is the only full game I have watched each year in the past decade.
These guys too bounce from team to team.
The playoff system of the past 6 years is insane...A 12-4 team (Indy) had to go on the road to face an 8-8 team (San Diego)...crap like that happens every year, and worse.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, murder, robbery, and Off field thuggery.
Again the media treats us to every transgression of every player on every team...and there are plenty of them. Eventually you have to tune them out...and by doing so - tune out the teams.
Ditto People Magazine
1987
The field is too small for today's players.
Today's players are too small for the game.
Kieth Olbermann? WTF Kieth Olbermann?
Soccer
Please. I have tried to get interested in this, but no joy. It's a game of penalties and Hooligans. And the acting leading up to those penalties is better than anything coming out of Hollywood. The field is too big and the players are too feminine.
Tennis
Never watched a match. Boring. Annoying. Elitist.
Good points: Chicks in short skirts, minimal stabbings.
Basketball
Watch the last 10 minutes of any game. It's the only time these overpaid criminals actually perform. For the handful of games I've been to, your time was more productively spent in the bar.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, murder, drugs, robbery, and Off field thuggery.
Hockey
I could like this, and going to the games is fun. The players actually seem to try and play the entire game. It really, really, sucks on Television, tho. For some reason, the thuggery seems confined to the rink.
Golf
Gag me with a spoon.
Baseball
I used to never miss a Yankee game...and still like to go watch the local semi-pro team. But professional ball...maybe 4 innings in 15 years.
The players make way too much money.
Free Agency.
They bounce around from team to team to the point you have no idea who is starting where each season
The year before '94 players strike was the last time I watched a full game.
Designated f'ing Hitter
It costs way too much to go to the game...$12 popcorn? ...and boring on TV.
Steroids, Gambling, and Off field thuggery.
The extra announcers just piss me off...like having People Magazine calling the game.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, and Off field thuggery.
Football
God, I was a Giants Fanatic. But after the end of the era of smash-mouth football, the Simms, Parcells, LT, Cowboys era...I lost interest quickly. The Superbowl is the only full game I have watched each year in the past decade.
These guys too bounce from team to team.
The playoff system of the past 6 years is insane...A 12-4 team (Indy) had to go on the road to face an 8-8 team (San Diego)...crap like that happens every year, and worse.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, murder, robbery, and Off field thuggery.
Again the media treats us to every transgression of every player on every team...and there are plenty of them. Eventually you have to tune them out...and by doing so - tune out the teams.
Ditto People Magazine
1987
The field is too small for today's players.
Today's players are too small for the game.
Kieth Olbermann? WTF Kieth Olbermann?
Soccer
Please. I have tried to get interested in this, but no joy. It's a game of penalties and Hooligans. And the acting leading up to those penalties is better than anything coming out of Hollywood. The field is too big and the players are too feminine.
Tennis
Never watched a match. Boring. Annoying. Elitist.
Good points: Chicks in short skirts, minimal stabbings.
Basketball
Watch the last 10 minutes of any game. It's the only time these overpaid criminals actually perform. For the handful of games I've been to, your time was more productively spent in the bar.
Did I mention Steroids, Gambling, murder, drugs, robbery, and Off field thuggery.
Hockey
I could like this, and going to the games is fun. The players actually seem to try and play the entire game. It really, really, sucks on Television, tho. For some reason, the thuggery seems confined to the rink.
Golf
Gag me with a spoon.
Spoilers and Comments below:
You have to suspend belief a bit...
1. The Vulcans are such pussies they can't stop a mining drill that gets destroyed by a spitball later in the movie.
2. Civilian mining vessels from the near future are more powerful than Klingon and Federation fleets combined.
3. Cadets of Star Fleet Academy who haven't even graduated can get promoted 74 ranks and given a battleship.
Other than that...
Sulu's Katana is the new lightsaber.
Green Chicks Rock.
Spock is something of a horndog.
...and true to it's roots...
Diplomacy to Kirk is a Phaser and a Smirk.
Dear Mr. Perez
Trial Lawyers know: Never ask a question when you don't know what answer you'll get.
Good job, Carrie.
Oh, and fat fag, calling Carrie a C*** cuz she didn't answer the question the way you wanted just shows what a 3rd rate publicity hound ass-packer you are. You are why people are tired of Al-Gayda. There is something very wrong when your crass and deviant comments get praised by the Miss USA "family", and an honest moral answer by a contestant gets savaged.
I have some gay friends of a certain age. One was the best man at my wedding so you can imagine how ancient he must be....you can bet he still looks pretty good tho. Gays remain very conscious of how they look as they age. Which brings us to Miss Bitter below.
I rest my case. Fuck you, you foul piece of shit - and all who agree with you.
The Old Jarhead: I'm Tired
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.
Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.
Found on Theo...
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.
Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.
Found on Theo...
This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how it also applies to the U.S. , U.K. and Australia - THIS ONE PACKS A FIRM PUNCH Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister! Written by a housewife in New Brunswick, to her local newspaper. This is one ticked off lady.
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001 and have continually threatened to do so since?
Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from the nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to betortured by a justice system of the nation they come from and are fighting against in a brutal insurgency.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan .
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques and behind women and children.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blows themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that their freedom of speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a CANADIAN soldier roughing up an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:
I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank:
I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and 'fed special' food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts:
I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.' Well, Jimmy Crack Corn you guessed it,
I don't care!!
The Ballot Box, The Soap Box, and the Cartridge Box.
One down. The 'Fairness Doctrine' will be two. That leaves one. And they ain't getting my guns.
In other words, No Sale...
fucking Tools, get used to it.
...and from ACE
One down. The 'Fairness Doctrine' will be two. That leaves one. And they ain't getting my guns.
In other words, No Sale...
fucking Tools, get used to it.
...and from ACE
Now that Obama is going to be President, I'll be able to heat the house this winter with Unicorn farts (tm). I distinctly remember him promising that...and whatever else I can think of.
90% of African Americans are voting for Obama because they are Democrats, and not racists. 90% of Republicans are not voting for Obama because they are racists and not Republicans.
...as does this.
McCain/Palin is behind Obama/Biden by somewhere between one percentage point (IBD/TIPP) and 13 percentage points (CBS/NY Times) in polls released on October 22.
He's not even a natural born American.
A birth certificate from Hawaii
The birth certificate released by Obama
...and his African family says he was born in Kenya.
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Although the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama's birth
certificate has become a focus of intense speculation - and even
several lawsuits - WND has learned that Hawaii's Gov. Linda Lingle has
placed the candidate's birth certificate under seal and instructed the
state's Department of Health to make sure no one in the press obtains
access to the original document under any circumstances.
The plot thickens.
Yeah, that makes sense.
...as does this.
McCain/Palin is behind Obama/Biden by somewhere between one percentage point (IBD/TIPP) and 13 percentage points (CBS/NY Times) in polls released on October 22.
One might wonder how these results can be so different? Are their polling methods so different, or is it something more venal.
He's not even a natural born American.
A birth certificate from Hawaii
The birth certificate released by Obama
...and his African family says he was born in Kenya.
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Although the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama's birth
certificate has become a focus of intense speculation - and even
several lawsuits - WND has learned that Hawaii's Gov. Linda Lingle has
placed the candidate's birth certificate under seal and instructed the
state's Department of Health to make sure no one in the press obtains
access to the original document under any circumstances.
The plot thickens.
Bill Wittle has passed a kidney stone...4 hours isn't bad.
This puppy took 164 hours of the blinding pain he described better than I ever could. I didn't get the ultrasound, but the shot gave me 15 hours without pain right in the middle of that week long horror show. I didn't have insurance either, and it cost me $2000 in 2004.
This puppy took 164 hours of the blinding pain he described better than I ever could. I didn't get the ultrasound, but the shot gave me 15 hours without pain right in the middle of that week long horror show. I didn't have insurance either, and it cost me $2000 in 2004.
I've only done it once before.
But I have to do it again.
Awesome.
The first one is a scan of a Blue Press catalog I received, the second found deep deep in the archives of Theo Spark.
But I have to do it again.
Awesome.
The first one is a scan of a Blue Press catalog I received, the second found deep deep in the archives of Theo Spark.
Rudyard Kipling 1907
The sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part;
But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart.
And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest,
Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons, world without end, reprieve, or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock.
It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.
It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain,
Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main.
They say to mountains, "Be ye removed." They say to the lesser floods, "Be dry."
Under their rods are the rocks reproved-they are not afraid of that which is high.
Then do the hill-tops shake to the summit-then is the bed of the deep laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome it, pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires.
He rears against the gates they tend: they feed him hungry behind their fires.
Early at dawn, ere men see clear, they stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.
To these from birth is Belief forbidden; from these till death is Relief afar.
They are concerned with matters hidden - under the earthline their altars are-
The secret fountains to follow up, waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
And gather the floods as in a cup, and pour them again at a city's drouth.
They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not teach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when they dam'-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's day may be long in the land.
Raise ye the stone or cleave the wood to make a path more fair or flat -
Lo, it is black already with blood some Son of Martha spilled for that!
Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed,
But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed - they know the Angels are on their side.
They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied.
They sit at the Feet - they hear the Word - they see how truly the Promise runs.
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and - the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons!
The sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part;
But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart.
And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest,
Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons, world without end, reprieve, or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock.
It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.
It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain,
Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main.
They say to mountains, "Be ye removed." They say to the lesser floods, "Be dry."
Under their rods are the rocks reproved-they are not afraid of that which is high.
Then do the hill-tops shake to the summit-then is the bed of the deep laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome it, pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires.
He rears against the gates they tend: they feed him hungry behind their fires.
Early at dawn, ere men see clear, they stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.
To these from birth is Belief forbidden; from these till death is Relief afar.
They are concerned with matters hidden - under the earthline their altars are-
The secret fountains to follow up, waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
And gather the floods as in a cup, and pour them again at a city's drouth.
They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not teach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when they dam'-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's day may be long in the land.
Raise ye the stone or cleave the wood to make a path more fair or flat -
Lo, it is black already with blood some Son of Martha spilled for that!
Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed,
But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed - they know the Angels are on their side.
They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied.
They sit at the Feet - they hear the Word - they see how truly the Promise runs.
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and - the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons!
Whatever happens, for good or bad, the burden will fall on us.
James Lileks posted a dozen or so ads from the 40's and 50's for Red Ryder B-B guns (you know, "You'll shoot your eye out").
I remember pouring over most of these ads, visions of sharp-shooting clouding my heavily corrected vision. This particular ad struck a nerve.
LILEKS (James) Institute :: Archives
I remember Dad showing me how to shoot in the basement of the Valley Road house, and no, he never talked about the war. At least not with me and my brother.
A few years later, camping with the scouts, he would get drunk playing cards with the other Dads after we were sent to bed in our tents. Of course we would sneak out, injin up to the adult's tent, and listen to the stories. Some would have been better not to hear...especially from the Dad's who were Marines in the Pacific.
I remember pouring over most of these ads, visions of sharp-shooting clouding my heavily corrected vision. This particular ad struck a nerve.
LILEKS (James) Institute :: Archives
I remember Dad showing me how to shoot in the basement of the Valley Road house, and no, he never talked about the war. At least not with me and my brother.
A few years later, camping with the scouts, he would get drunk playing cards with the other Dads after we were sent to bed in our tents. Of course we would sneak out, injin up to the adult's tent, and listen to the stories. Some would have been better not to hear...especially from the Dad's who were Marines in the Pacific.
Gaa
I checked my serial numbers, and I'm OK, but I certainly don't want to worry about getting a wrong number on my sugar test.
China is getting to be a real pain in the ass...even tho China and India have the largest number of Diabetics in the world, - something like 80 million between them.
My wife had reason to remind me out loud of my Super Power this evening as we drove home.
"Another streetlight went out...just as you drove under it! Couldn't you come up with a better Super Power?"
This has happened to me at least once a week since I was a kid. Whether I drive, walk, or bike under them, streetlights go out as I pass beneath. I don't even notice anymore, except a for a vague feeling of accomplishment.
I can think of other Powers I might like to have, but at least this is something. Of course to please the wife, I'd have to be able to turn stuff into chocolate or something like that....that is, if it's possible to please a wife.
is garbage.
High-priced junk.
I used to do this all the time in mid-air after a couple of hits of 8-way Sunshine.
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | Very High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Very High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | High |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | Extreme |
| Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | Moderate |
| Level 7 (Violent) | High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Very High |
| Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | Very High |
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test
Found on the evil, but slightly less evil, Mr. FreeMarket's site
I had the thought today that I wish Absolutely Fabulous was still on the tube. That was one funny show. Five seasons was not enough.
Sheryl Crow - celebrated for being an incredible dick head.
Harry Reid - celebrated for being incredibly dickless.
John Edward - celebrated for having hair more interesting than he is.
CNN - celebrated for their coverage of Virginia Tech.
Muslims - celebrated for calling Ham a hate crime - Justin would not be pleased.
Alec Baldwin - celebrated for his parenting skills
Katie Couric - celebrated for her news anchor skills
Mayor Bloomberg - celebrated for his skills in sucking every last cent out of New Yorkers
Samizdata is asking what skill that you lack do you most wish you possessed...
I would love to be able to consistently hit a 20" steel gong at 1200 yards with some heavy duty rifle - like a .338 Lapua or something. Iron sights and without glasses.
