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Jeers to the boneheads who had a practice Air Force One buzzing around at low altitudes in Manhattan (pursued by a fighter jet no less). Could this not been announced a few days in advance? Not only did it terrify the NY’ers on the street but Mayor Bloomie and Sen Chuckie were irate.
It’s all about image and photo opp. How epigrammatic this seems of BHO so far!!
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Ima gonna tella you dat dis izza Nicolo Machiavelli!
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1. I saw that. What were they thinking?
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I give up. I don’t even know who made yesterday’s quote. Except he shouldn’t have said it. Not in public anyhow.
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As for the pop-up. It isn’t nearly as annoying as the radio advertisement where the guy hollers the phone number four times. I have a “mute” button on a selector for the radio in my room. I usually know the kinds of commercials and silence them.
I would never call a number that is announced more than twice. But it doesn’t really matter, because I’ve never answered their call to call anyhow.
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#1 — that’s what that was?! Thankfully, no one had an accident. That was stupid.
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Someone could have died from a heart attack from fear.
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5. A local lawyer had an ad where the phone number was sang over and over. A friend of mine said it sacred his little boy. He would hide behind a chair every time it came on.
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This is my farewell for about a month, until we get our credit card situation figured out. The CC company decided to increase everyone’s interest to an absurd amount, so we are cancelling it as of this afternoon. We really need to get this bill paid off–with another child starting school in fall, possible upcoming surgery, and a pay cut starting July, we gotta knock this debt away. Pray for us as we figure out how to “make do” until the debt is gone (we never used it for “frivolous purchases”; usually it was for car repairs, home repairs, doctor visits…)But it still added up! I’ll miss ya’ll…but I’ll be back! I probably don’t add enough around here to be missed in return, but who knows??? I’ll wait till the PM to cancel, so I can “troll” for just ONE MORE DAY!
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Yeah, that Air Force One flyover was all kinds of stupid.
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We love you, Momoffour, & we’ll miss you.
Take care of that foot!
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Yeah @ #10 – Are you talking to yourself?
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Momoffour: I’ll continue to pray for you. Keep in touch, we need to know how it’s working out. You are correct. No one should have credit card debt, it increases the cost of everything you buy by one third.
If you are cancelling your internet – which may be wise if you’re cutting back on expenses – stop in at the library when you go to Charlottsville, and say “Hi” and update us.
But visit us often enough so we don’t forget you. EYG has disappeared, it seems.
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Yes, I am, Karen O, but I’m not listening!
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Sawgunner wins! Machiavelli is correct. And since I just realized I’ve been forgetting to award the daily cappucino, cappucinos for everyone!…
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Yall forgive me, little Bonnie will be the main focus of my waking hours. You’ll read me far less and probably enjoy it much more!
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#8 I wish all it took was a lawyer ad to make my own kids sacred too!
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From the NYT over the weekend.
More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops
…They liken their strategy to that of the gay-rights movement, which lifted off when closeted members of a scorned minority decided to go public.
“It’s not about carrying banners or protesting,” said Herb Silverman, a math professor at the College of Charleston who founded the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry, which has about 150 members on the coast of the Carolinas. “The most important thing is coming out of the closet.”
Polls show that the ranks of atheists are growing. The American Religious Identification Survey, a major study released last month, found that those who claimed “no religion” were the only demographic group that grew in all 50 states in the last 18 years.
Nationally, the “nones” in the population nearly doubled, to 15 percent in 2008 from 8 percent in 1990. In South Carolina, they more than tripled, to 10 percent from 3 percent. Not all the “nones” are necessarily committed atheists or agnostics, but they make up a pool of potential supporters...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/us/27atheist.html
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15. Sawgunner, with a new baby in the house you will need all the caffeine you can get. You can have mine and the cat’s.
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Speaking of caffeine, I had one of those Mountain Dew Throwbacks this weekend. Pretty decent. They took out the high fructose corn syrup and put real sugar back in it.
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Sawgunner, #17. Lol! I read it at face value too, until I pondered why the child would go behind a chair. Everyone has his own beliefs, I guess.
Momoffour, praying you can get back on your feet, both literally and financially. Libraries are wonderful things, when you can get there and use them. We’ve had to use the computers there many times in emergencies.
Sawgunner, go help your wife!
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I enjoy Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry as much as the next guy but how should I react to headlines telling me WHO SAYS PANDEMIC FLU WORSE THAN FEARED?? Some folks just need to stay in their lane. Just cuz your a famous rock star you are NOT qualified to give epidemiology lectures to the rest of us mortals
WHO says this virus could be really nasty.
That’s EXACTLY what I’m trying to find out!!! Everyone’s asking who but no one knows his name or credentials
(With apologies to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello).
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Arcadia: I do not think “no religion” = “atheist.” Many people who would mark that box on a survey would simply mean that they don’t particularly follow any specific sect.
I have known many people who did not buy the particular claims of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism or anything else and yet very strongly believed in a God of some kind. That is “no religion,” because they are not practicing any specific religion, but it is NOT atheism.
The survey would mean more if they further asked how many of those claiming to have no specific religion have rejected the idea of deity altogether, or just abandoned traditional faith communities in favor of something more personalized.
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Hang in there momoffour, we’ll miss you but hope you’re back SOON. My goal this year is to build up a good-sized “liquid” (cash) emergency fund for myself — too often I’ve also relied on a credit card when the car breaks down, the plumber needs to be called or the dogs wind up with a high vet bill (they absolutely refuse to pay their own way around here).
I have to say that I appreciated the president’s remarks the other day about reigning in some of these credit card companies that have taken advantage of people with ridiculously high interest rates and draconian penalties.
Reform is needed on both sides of the equation of course — we as consumers need to be a whole lot smarter about using credit. But some of these companies also shouldn’t be allowed to hammer folks like they do.
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Wouldnt that be, nihilism, not atheism?
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By the way, although I know the WNF probably thinks Obama personally and on a whim ordered the low-altitude Air Force One flyovers in NYC just to satisfy his ego, like most things the WNF thinks, it just ain’t so.
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Thorn: How would it be nihilism?
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“something more personalized” (#23) — gods made in our own image are always quite popular.
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A link from Drudge to Human Events says Arlan Spector may switch to the Democratic party. Good riddance, but he is several years too late. One of the things I didn’t like about “W” is that he campaigned for a Republican no matter what his philosophy.
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Spector’s switch at this stage (if that’s what he does) just sort of reeks of wanting to be on the “winning” or popular side; a very un-courageous move that garners disrespect from both camps.
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He will run in 2010 in the Democratic primary.
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Yeah, and that’ll be successful.
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Around here, you must be a Democrat to succeed politically. If winning is your goal, that is what you become and you try to work within the party in some fashion. I would suppose the principle is true in Spector’s case, also, as far as being one or the other.
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SteveG, what’s WNF?
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Momoffour, I’m praying for you.
You have already commented on Arlen Spector, so I will not upset you with my opinion.
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Kevin-
Not sure, but I’m guessing Wing Nut Faction?
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Spector leaves only 40 R’s
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29, 31:
As far as Specter goes, there’s an old Roy Clark song that fits this RINO’s decision to bolt the party:
THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND YOU’RE GONE!
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RPN: Close. Wing Nut Fringe
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WHITE HOUSE LAUDS CALDERA FOR HANDLING SURPRISE AIR FORCE ONE TRIP OVER MANHATTAN: “YOU’RE DOING A HEKKUVVA JOB!”
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So, Spector will run as Dem. Perhaps the one who ran against him in the last primary has a chance to beat him.
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37. And yet the swine flu pandemic is still their fault.
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Not only is swine flu Bush’s fault, but so is the Air Force One over Manhattan. Turns out the White House never knew about it. It was the fault of FAA and a Bush appointee.
The thought that Obama didn’t know where AF-1 went is nonsense. AF-1 doesn’t move without the WH knowing about it. A former secret service man called Rush to confirm that when one of the planes moves, there is a contingency plan. The White House always knows about it.
To say, “I found out about it when you did”. Is a Clinton type lie.
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Out here in northern California where I know three sets of folks in their 20’s who have just purchased foreclosed homes, the “Obama money” is making a difference. One couple got their check two weeks after they moved into their house. Another put his “Obama microwave, Obama rug, and Obama refrigerator” on the credit card because he knew the money was coming. Another is going to put the remainder in the bank–or pay down some of the loan– because he got a free washer, dryer and kitchen table, once he pays for the new carpeting.
All shopped locally, though they all bought the carpeting at Home Depot–which currently has a sale going on, $139 for carpet installation in the entire house. Local companies can’t match that.
Anyway, I didn’t approve of the $8K each to these new home buyers, but I am pleased it seems to be doing what it was intended to do–invest in the economy. And I’m glad everyone got new carpeting.
Of course, I need new carpeting at my house, too. But we’ll have to do it the old fashioned way: save for it.
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Chas #43:
I laughed at the press secretary at the White House who–when asked about the Air Force One fiasco over Manhattan–replied “You’ll have to ask the White House about that one..”
As Limbaugh pointed out, “Sir, you ARE the White House!”
Do you think Specter will be able to pull out a Lieberman style re-election?
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First, I don’t believe it has yet been classified as a pandemic. There are some isolated cases here so far — due to people returning from vacations in Mexico.
Yes, Senator Collins (R-ME) really blew it by insisting funding for pandemic flu preparedness be removed from the stimulus bill. Spector himself may have been in on that dumb move?
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“War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, “I was just following orders.” George W. Bush
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Michelle, it took us 25 years to get brand new carpeting in our living room. We had a rug for a couple of years. Before that we actually lived in the basement for a couple of years. My husband did the plumbing, electrical and together we did all the interior work, plus any landscaping and the outside finishing. We had a used carpet from my folks in the living room for years. We had a lot of lay-offs and raised a family in the meantime.
Silly us! We were like you. We thought one should save and pay for things first. Now we can pay for others to get it right away. Nice for them.
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My bad Steve, nihilism wouldnt count, I guess. It would be the belief in no beliefs..which technically might rule out atheism as well..since thats a belief there is no God, which is where I was going with that train of thought.
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Thorn: What I was referring to is the sort of person who will say “I am certain that God exists; but whether Mohammed is his prophet, or Jesus is his Son, or [the claims of any other religious system] are true, I have no idea.”
It’s certainly theism, and not atheism. And it’s usually a positive and inquisitive faith in God. But since it is not practiced as part of a defined religious system and community, someone who believes that way might well say they have ‘no religion’ on a survey, without meaning ‘no belief in any god.’
Of course it would help to know exactly how the question was worded and what answers were available.
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Aye, too bad they dont hand us that for every survey
I agree with you “no religion” does not necessarily equal “no God”
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The latest from the WNF:
Michele Bachmann: Swine flu the fault of Democratic Presidents since last outbreak happened when Ford was in office.
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My day is complete.
Finally. A Bo sighting. Meet Mr. Haney, Bo’s walking buddy.
http://www.insidesocal.com/pets/2009/04/wheres-bo-being-walked-by-mr-h.html
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(Newser) – If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Geez, why do Republicans keep letting Stephen Colbert interview them?” some Ohio State researchers might have the answer: They don’t realize he’s making fun of them. According to a new study, conservatives “were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking, and genuinely meant what he said.” Just wait until these guys see his 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner show,” writes Jason Linkin of the Huffington Post. That’s some great pretend joking, there.
Here is a really funny example of a Republican taking Colbert seriously.
Bill Posey, the illegitimate son of an alligator, is shocked at Stephen’s level of discourse.
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DonnaJ,
You must’ve missed this picture of Bo’s first walk.
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Ree, that’s hilarious! And yes, I did miss it.
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