zed.

Surprise!

Woo-hoo!

And there’ll be people swaying, and records playing!

EG!!! I’m dancing, girlfriend.

I’m toasting with you all!

Dancin’ in Chicago, down in New Orleans…

egregious @ 2

Surprise!

egregious never sleeps..)

Not four. Due to dial-up.

It doesn’t matter what you wear, just as long as you are there…

Such an optimist egregious! Love ya!

dobre vecher, egregious!!

BTW, I did tell ‘em downstairs.

(dancing by RonD) thanks!

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

Happy to be here, nite pups!

Let’s dance!!

TexBetsy @ 10

Such an optimist egregious! Love ya!

Been down so long, looks like up to me

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

excellent news mary mcc, care to join me in this trip around the lake’s dance floor?

Pakistani airports on high alert (AP)
from Yahoo! News

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in central London in this file photo taken on Thursday Aug. 30, 2007. Sharif expected return from exile Monday will reintroduce to Pakistan’s political bear pit a power broker who champions democracy, leads a secular party but has lined up with Islamists against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, whatever the cost to relations with Washington. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP – Pakistan stepped up security at all of its major airports Sunday after receiving reports about possible terror attacks, a day before the nation’s exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to return home, officials said.

(giving Suzanne a twirl)
It’s important to remember sometimes how much we have won-and how bad it could have been if we, and others, had not done as we have.

Ah yes Suzanne. Shall we waltz?

Rejoice today, there will be plenty to fight tomorrow. Fill up with happiness

*grooves in her seat*

Does’nt matter what you wear, long as you are there!

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

Would this insure you and your husband? Will it kick in soon enough to avoid bankruptcy?

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

awesome! hiya mary. how will that affect you and mr. mm personally?

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

Hooray!

Dancing and music recharge my batteries best, eg. Thanks for the starting off the jukebox with a classic.

I’m dancing – why the heck not?

TexBetsy @ 24

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

You must not have seen the dance pavillion set up on the island in the middle of the lake. Let me turn on the white twinklie lights so it is more visible (and festive looking too).

U.S. Bribing Sunni Insurgents To Fight Al-Qaeda
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors

American forces are paying Sunni insurgents hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to switch sides and help them to defeat Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The tactic has boosted the efforts of American forces to restore some order to war-torn provinces around Baghdad in the run-up to a report by General David Petraeus, the US commander, to Congress tomorrow.

Evening, all!

TexBetsy @ 24

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

what we used to call “the raft” at the lake was a wooden platform resting on drums that was tethered with a rope to the bottom and floated in the lake. long explanation for “dance floor”. and the bonus is we get to dance wet and outdoors.

And because you’ve all been so good today, here’s one more:

Nowhere To Run

Dedicated to fleeing Republicans everywhere :)

OK, Suzanne, the ultmate Happy Dance Music.

Hi Alicia. Care to dance?

RonD @ 19

(giving Suzanne a twirl)
It’s important to remember sometimes how much we have won-and how bad it could have been if we, and others, had not done as we have.

Exactly! We are making it happen.

Suzanne @ 29

TexBetsy @ 24

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

You must not have seen the dance pavillion set up on the island in the middle of the lake. Let me turn on the white twinklie lights so it is more visible (and festive looking too).

the little white twinkle lights are a lovely touch.

egregious – i loved those yellow dresses!

What is a vandella?

Eureka Springs @ 23

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

Would this insure you and your husband? Will it kick in for people enough to avoid bankruptcy?

Yes!!! The insurance companies are going to be tightly regulated by the state of Cali. Dental care is included. Meds are included and the state will negotiate with big pharma. The people with really bad pre existing conditions will be covered by the state.

My husband and I are going to be at the capital on Monday when they announce the bill.

I am not sure how it is going to work for Ron and I since we are self employed. I think it will be like Social Security and we have to pay both sides. BuT right now we make so little that we won’t pay much.

I swear this life has been a brilliant roller coaster ride. I’m at the top of a crest and I can see past the horizon tonight.

TexBetsy @ 24

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

We spent all last week refurbishing the old dance pavilion by the boathouse.

Tia Elizabeta, may I have this dance?

Malo, “Suavecito.”

dental is covered? OMG! gonna cover prexisting conditions? WOOHOO!

looking forward to seeing ya on my tv again, mary mcc.

BigMitch @ 38

What is a vandella?

That which backs up Martha. :)

burnspbesq @ 40

TexBetsy @ 24

So where in a lake do you put the dance floor anyway? I did under water walking, leg lifts and jumping jacks in my pool PT, but we never got to dancing.

We spent all last week refurbishing the old dance pavilion by the boathouse.

Tia Elizabeta, may I have this dance?

Malo, “Suavecito.”

It would be my honor signor.

Christine E – pun just left you good directions downstairs from the airport to the tgv.

Enjoy your Saturday night lake dwellers. It is good to see victory on the horizon. But there is much work to do, the days are getting shorter, and victory is very far from certain. We have many enemies, and over-confidence can be as disasterous as any of them.

greenwarrior @ 37

Suzanne @ 29

You must not have seen the dance pavillion set up on the island in the middle of the lake. Let me turn on the white twinklie lights so it is more visible (and festive looking too).

the little white twinkle lights are a lovely touch.

egregious – i loved those yellow dresses!

“Love life, truth, and beauty”

[top of my blog]

BigMitch @ 45

Enjoy your Saturday night lake dwellers. It is good to see victory on the horizon. But there is much work to do, the days are getting shorter, and victory is very far from certain. We have many enemies, and over-confidence can be as disasterous as any of them.

yep, dancing tonight and back to fighting tomorrow.

When my children and I moved to Sonoma I used to go to the square to dance to Gator Beat. Great band. Cajun cher. My daughter, Sara, said she would see this crazy lady dancing with her arms in the air and realize it was her momma. I am, after all, a New Orleans girl. I know how to shake my behind.

BigMitch @ 45

Enjoy your Saturday night lake dwellers. It is good to see victory on the horizon. But there is much work to do, the days are getting shorter, and victory is very far from certain. We have many enemies, and over-confidence can be as disasterous as any of them.

But tonight we shut-up and dance!

So this is where you all went? And I’m on da las’ thread tellin ya all ’bout a dream I had last night cuz James dun gone and said sumthin @ 218. James, dog gum it, you, at least gotta go back and look, I mean I put mah little heart into it and the sands of time is blowin’ over it right now. Thangs is jus’ goin’ too durn fast-like.

marymccurnin @ 39

Eureka Springs @ 23

Would this insure you and your husband? Will it kick in for people enough to avoid bankruptcy?

Yes!!! The insurance companies are going to be tightly regulated by the state of Cali. Dental care is included. Meds are included and the state will negotiate with big pharma. The people with really bad pre existing conditions will be covered by the state.

My husband and I are going to be at the capital on Monday when they announce the bill.

I am not sure how it is going to work for Ron and I since we are self employed. I think it will be like Social Security and we have to pay both sides. BuT right now we make so little that we won’t pay much.

I swear this life has been a brilliant roller coaster ride. I’m at the top of a crest and I can see past the horizon tonight.

That’s wonderful Mary! Truly the best news I have heard in a long time..)

BTW, Do you have a link to info about this? I want to spread the news.

TexBetsy @ 35

Hi Alicia. Care to dance?

Let’s rock, girlfriend!

How do unemployed people get coverage, Mary?

but until we defeat the dark forces and have dancing in the streets, we will continue to have arguments to the tune of beethoven’s fifth…

TexBetsy @ 43

burnspbesq @ 40

We spent all last week refurbishing the old dance pavilion by the boathouse.

Tia Elizabeta, may I have this dance?

Malo, “Suavecito.”

It would be my honor signor.

You dance wonderfully. Muchissimas gracias, señora.

skippy – wanna dance with me and Betsy?

I swear this life has been a brilliant roller coaster ride. I’m at the top of a crest and I can see past the horizon tonight.

(((((MaryMcC))))) rooting for you honey.

(((egregious)))

hey skippy!

BigMitch @ 45

Enjoy your Saturday night lake dwellers. It is good to see victory on the horizon. But there is much work to do, the days are getting shorter, and victory is very far from certain. We have many enemies, and over-confidence can be as disasterous as any of them.

Got my Fired O’Glake right here, ready for tomorrow. Tonight I feed my soul.

Alicia! I was thinking about you earlier today-got a gig this weekend coming up, and have to use synthesized sax.
(ducking out of the way of flying heavy thing)

Eureka Springs @ 51

marymccurnin @ 39

Yes!!! The insurance companies are going to be tightly regulated by the state of Cali. Dental care is included. Meds are included and the state will negotiate with big pharma. The people with really bad pre existing conditions will be covered by the state.

My husband and I are going to be at the capital on Monday when they announce the bill.

I am not sure how it is going to work for Ron and I since we are self employed. I think it will be like Social Security and we have to pay both sides. BuT right now we make so little that we won’t pay much.

I swear this life has been a brilliant roller coaster ride. I’m at the top of a crest and I can see past the horizon tonight.

That’s wonderful Mary! Truly the best news I have heard in a long time..)

BTW, Do you have a link to info about this? I want to spread the news.

It will be out on Monday. It is not on the Its Our Health Care Dot Org site yet.

Naomi Klein | The Shock Doctrine
from t r u t h o u t

In The Guardian UK, Naomi Klein says, “What [is] happening in Iraq and New Orleans was not a post-September 11 invention. Rather, these bold experiments in crisis exploitation were the culmination of three decades of strict adherence to the shock doctrine.”

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r…..807A.shtml

TJ @ 53

How do unemployed people get coverage, Mary?

Yes but I am not sure how that will work. Someone from the Labor Federation called and told me most of this. He was on more than one phone so it was a hurried conversation.

RonD @ 61

Alicia! I was thinking about you earlier today-got a gig this weekend coming up, and have to use synthesized sax.
(ducking out of the way of flying heavy thing)

Hey, bro – whatever it takes, that’s my motto. You gotta do what you gotta do. Although synthesized sax is a scary thing.

At school last week, I had to play the Pussycat Dolls’ lovely tune “Don’t Cha” which involves synthesized sax, for 2 hours.

egregious, This song is especially for you and all fabulous firepups..)

Eureka Springs @ 66

egregious, This song is especially for you and all fabulous firepups..)

Thank you Eureka, it’s perfect!

skippy @ 54

but until we defeat the dark forces and have dancing in the streets, we will continue to have arguments to the tune of beethoven’s fifth…

Hilarious. Should have been in Ten from Your Show of Shows.

I swear this life has been a brilliant roller coaster ride. I’m at the top of a crest and I can see past the horizon tonight.

Bill Hicks-Its Just a Ride.

May I, humbly and respectfully, suggest that we hire these guys to be the house band at the FDL Dance Pavilion.

If you get overheated, you can just dive in and cool off.

This
is my happy song. It’s a Bob Marley cover, but Finley Quaye’s cover is matchless in production. The trip hop vibe always gets me grooving. A ray of hope for us all. A lot of road to cover, but the Sun is Shining.

Alicia @ 65

RonD @ 61

Alicia! I was thinking about you earlier today-got a gig this weekend coming up, and have to use synthesized sax.
(ducking out of the way of flying heavy thing)

Hey, bro – whatever it takes, that’s my motto. You gotta do what you gotta do. Although synthesized sax is a scary thing.

Going to be a 3-hour show with a Pink Floyd tribute band, and there’s strong sax on 3 tunes. Not enough to bring in a live player.

burnspbesq @ 70

May I, humbly and respectfully, suggest that we hire these guys to be the house band at the FDL Dance Pavilion.

If you get overheated, you can just dive in and cool off.

Ding!

marymccurnin @ 64

TJ @ 53

How do unemployed people get coverage, Mary?

Yes but I am not sure how that will work. Someone from the Labor Federation called and told me most of this. He was on more than one phone so it was a hurried conversation.

I love that. Gotta go feed the god errr dog. be right back.

Please forgive me. I’m still trying to respond to the last thread. I’m voting for the first entry:

First, we have the giddy, giggly chucklefascism of the lesser lights of the Right Blogosphere, who have taken to insinuating that anyone who has the Unmitigated Gall to even blink sideways at the Shining Integrity of General Petraeus… hates the troops. Eeeeek! Why? Because, well, General Petraeus is The Troops:

I want them to begin to belittle General Patraus and Crocker before the American people, calling them in effect “liars”, because they won’t be able to do so without slandering the very troops in combat that they say they support.

So be properly deferential to General “Troops” Petraeus, you un-American swine, you. He is all the Troops, at once. He is a man of many uniforms, of many ranks, and it would seem, at least two genders. He is vast, and contains multitudes. Hence: Show some respect, you rabble, you. (Spelling his name correctly is apparently optional, though, or so it seems.)

So, I’m blinking at the claims of General Petraeus, and it ain’t sideways. Per: http://www.chronogram.com/blog…..-Stupidity

After Petraeus failed in training up the Iraqi military, he got sent back to America. There he wrote the army’s new counter-insurgency manual.

The manual calls for a force ratio of 25 for every 1,000 in the population.

Let’s do the numbers.

The population of Baghdad is just short of 6,000,000. The population of Iraq is 26,780,000.

Therefore, according to Petraeus, according to what is now official army doctrine, it would take 150,000 troops to control Baghdad alone. It would take 669,500 to control Iraq.

Furthermore, in January, Petraeus gave the surge a 25% chance of success: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..42567.html
So, now the genius general has the problem of explaining how is original calculations turned out to be so horribly wrong, and why would should listen to him now.

But, he’s been working hard, so let’s give him a break. He needs to explain how a few minor tactical successes bring us any closer to a strategic victory, when to any rational person this whole thing ain’t worth the candle.

RonD @ 72

Alicia @ 65

Hey, bro – whatever it takes, that’s my motto. You gotta do what you gotta do. Although synthesized sax is a scary thing.

Going to be a 3-hour show with a Pink Floyd tribute band, and there’s strong sax on 3 tunes. Not enough to bring in a live player.

Maybe Bill Clinton is available.

skippy @ 54

but until we defeat the dark forces and have dancing in the streets, we will continue to have arguments to the tune of beethoven’s fifth…

This is fabulous! I just forwarded it to the rest of the folks in my peacemaking class at school! Thanks.

burnspbesq @ 70

May I, humbly and respectfully, suggest that we hire these guys to be the house band at the FDL Dance Pavilion.

If you get overheated, you can just dive in and cool off.

Winner. Period.

Since there is no utube or google video of james mcmurtry doing choctaw bingo, i’ll have to settle for my second favorite get me up dancing song – a little steve earle doing copperhead road

RonD @ 72

Alicia @ 65

Hey, bro – whatever it takes, that’s my motto. You gotta do what you gotta do. Although synthesized sax is a scary thing.

Going to be a 3-hour show with a Pink Floyd tribute band, and there’s strong sax on 3 tunes. Not enough to bring in a live player.

We’ve got several of those bands out here. Tribute bands are huge. I was in a Fleetwood Mac tribute band (just for one show). Hey, a playa has to make it work…

BigMitch @ 76

RonD @ 72

Going to be a 3-hour show with a Pink Floyd tribute band, and there’s strong sax on 3 tunes. Not enough to bring in a live player.

Maybe Bill Clinton is available.

Dude, Clinton can jam with me and my guys any time he wants.

greenwarrior @ 77

skippy @ 54

but until we defeat the dark forces and have dancing in the streets, we will continue to have arguments to the tune of beethoven’s fifth…

This is fabulous! I just forwarded it to the rest of the folks in my peacemaking class at school! Thanks.

It also reminded me of PDQ Bach’s sports announcers covering Beethoven’s fifth, which was hilarious.

Why we’re in Iraq, and why Bush and Cheney want to make sure we stay there.

My daughter is at a BB King, Al Green, Etta James concert in Concord, CA. Talk about dancing.

Madison Guy @ 83

Why we’re in Iraq, and why Bush and Cheney want to make sure we stay there.

This is why the citizens of both Iraq and the USA are seen as the enemy.

greenwarrior @ 77

skippy @ 54

but until we defeat the dark forces and have dancing in the streets, we will continue to have arguments to the tune of beethoven’s fifth…

I want hear more Quaye.. thanks skippy..)

This is fabulous! I just forwarded it to the rest of the folks in my peacemaking class at school! Thanks.

Alicia, as a Floyd fan, there was nothing like walking out in front of a thousand people and playing something as weird and psychedelic as “Echoes“-all 24 minutes of it.

A very strange human being, but before he went off the rails he made some amazing dance music.

Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough

marymccurnin @ 84

My daughter is at a BB King, Al Green, Etta James concert in Concord, CA. Talk about dancing.

dang

marymccurnin @ 84

My daughter is at a BB King, Al Green, Etta James concert in Concord, CA. Talk about dancing.

It does not get any cooler than that.

Thanks everyone for celebrating with me, my first post here. Gonna head on out and try to get some sleep. Good night!

Good night egregious!!!!!

g’night, egregious! For all you do!
{{{{egregious}}}}

Excellent work egregious! Thanks for the optimism. Sleep well.

egregious @ 91

Thanks everyone for celebrating with me, my first post here. Gonna head on out and try to get some sleep. Good night!

dancing over and giving eg a hug – thanks for the dance music and the post

aliasofwestgate, Linked up Quaye, thanks!

Eureka Springs @ 96

aliasofwestgate, Linked up Quaye, thanks!

No problem *grins* Figured you guys have never heard some of this stuff. But that song is just pure awesomeness. I thought so nearly 10 years ago.

I brought the keyboards. Everyone grab a fork.

TexBetsy @ 98

I brought the keyboards. Everyone grab a fork.

sweet

TexBetsy @ 98

I brought the keyboards. Everyone grab a fork.

I get a corner!

New York Times reports:

The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records.

The documents indicate that the Federal Bureau of Investigation used secret demands for records to obtain data not only on individuals it saw as targets but also details on their “community of interest” — the network of people that the target was in contact with. The bureau stopped the practice early this year in part because of broader questions raised about its aggressive use of the records demands, which are known as national security letters, officials said.

The community of interest data sought by the F.B.I. is central to a data-mining technique intelligence officials call link analysis. Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, American counterterrorism officials have turned more frequently to the technique, using communications patterns and other data to identify suspects who may not have any other known links to extremists.

Big Mitch is not surprised.

Now, that’s a cake, TexBetsy! I’ll take C thru E!

RonD @ 100

TexBetsy @ 98

I brought the keyboards. Everyone grab a fork.

I get a corner!

I want middle c.

If I cut a cord of wood, could I have a chord of cake?

Mitch, ‘preciate the wood, but by the time you’re done, that cake will be gone. First cake…then wood.

Here is the guitar!!!
(my hubby made this pic)

marymccurnin @ 106

Here is the guitar!!!
(my hubby made this pic)

very very cool!

Ian Masters KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles guests for 9.09.07

Program airs live Sundays at 11am to 1pm PDT. Streaming at http://www.kpfk.org . Archives at http://www.ianmasters.org .

IAN MASTERS Host
LOUIS VANDENBERG Producer

BACKGROUND BRIEFING 11am PDT

Dr. Drew Westen is an author and professor of psychology at Emory University. His just-published book is “The Political Brain: the Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of a Nation.” Howard Dean has said of “The Political Brain,” “”Drew Westen is a must read…we will win the Presidency if our candidate reads and acts on this book.”

Michael Scheuer is a twenty-two year veteran former CIA analyst, who was, until his resignation, their top expert on bin Laden. He is the author of the best-seller “Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror,” Through Our Enemies Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America,” and “Winning the Un-war: a New Strategy for the War on Terrorism,” written with Charles Pena and just out in paperback. His forthcoming book is “Marching Towards Hell: America and Islam after Iraq.” Mr. Scheuer was mentioned by Osama bin Laden in a tape released last week.

David Enders is a 26-year-old freelance journalist and a co-founder of the Baghdad Bulletin, the first post-invasion attempt to set up an English-language news outlet in Iraq. Since the invasion, he has spent more than 18 months in Iraq and has written for Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, and The Nation, as well as London’s Sunday Times and other newspapers. His first book, “Baghdad Bulletin,” was recently published by the Univesity of Michigan Press. David Enders has been blogging on his experiences in Iraq at the Pulitzer Center’s website, as part of their Iraq Project. He has recently returned from Iraq.

And, on Live From the Left Coast 12noon PDT:

Charlie Savage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national legal affairs reporter based in Washington for the Boston Globe. He authored an article in 2006 entitled “Bush Challenges Hundreds of Laws,” which received attention world-wide and prompted a number of editorials, including one in the New York Times. In that article, whiich won the Pulitzer Prize, Charlie Savage showed that President Bush claimed the right to disobey over 750 laws, assuming a level of power hetetofore unseen in an American president. Now, with the publication of the book “Takeover: the return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy,” Savage greatly expands on his analysis to produce a comprehensive and searing indictment of the Bush presidency.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. He previously served the Post as a bureau chief in Baghdad, Cairo, and Southeast Asia, and as a correspondent covering the war in Afghanistan. His recent book is “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone,” described as “as extraordinary vivid and compelling anatomy of a fiasco.”

TexBetsy @ 107

marymccurnin @ 106

Here is the guitar!!!
(my hubby made this pic)

very very cool!

Thanks. I have a cool husband. Grumpy sometimes but cool.

Suzanne @ 79

Since there is no utube or google video of james mcmurtry doing choctaw bingo, i’ll have to settle for my second favorite get me up dancing song – a little steve earle doing copperhead road

First time I’m up dancing in at least a week. Typing standing in time to the rhythm. Awesome!

From Sunday’s Post regarding the “surge”:

From the start of the Bush plan, the White House communications office had been blitzing an e-mail list of as many as 5,000 journalists, lawmakers, lobbyists, conservative bloggers, military groups and others with talking points or rebuttals of criticism. Between Jan. 10 and last week, the office put out 94 such documents in various categories — “Myths/Facts” or “Setting the Record Straight” to take issue with negative news articles, and “In Case You Missed It” to distribute positive articles or speeches.

The article paints a very divided portrait of Bush Co, but yet they’re unified enough to send out this kind of messaging. Why aren’t Pelos/Reid/Emanuel sending out this kind of blast?

wigwam @ 108

Ian Masters KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles guests for 9.09.07

Program airs live Sundays at 11am to 1pm PDT. Streaming at http://www.kpfk.org . Archives at http://www.ianmasters.org .

IAN MASTERS Host
LOUIS VANDENBERG Producer

BACKGROUND BRIEFING 11am PDT

Dr. Drew Westen is an author and professor of psychology at Emory University. His just-published book is “The Political Brain: the Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of a Nation.” Howard Dean has said of “The Political Brain,” “”Drew Westen is a must read…we will win the Presidency if our candidate reads and acts on this book.”

Michael Scheuer is a twenty-two year veteran former CIA analyst, who was, until his resignation, their top expert on bin Laden. He is the author of the best-seller “Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror,” Through Our Enemies Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America,” and “Winning the Un-war: a New Strategy for the War on Terrorism,” written with Charles Pena and just out in paperback. His forthcoming book is “Marching Towards Hell: America and Islam after Iraq.” Mr. Scheuer was mentioned by Osama bin Laden in a tape released last week.

David Enders is a 26-year-old freelance journalist and a co-founder of the Baghdad Bulletin, the first post-invasion attempt to set up an English-language news outlet in Iraq. Since the invasion, he has spent more than 18 months in Iraq and has written for Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, and The Nation, as well as London’s Sunday Times and other newspapers. His first book, “Baghdad Bulletin,” was recently published by the Univesity of Michigan Press. David Enders has been blogging on his experiences in Iraq at the Pulitzer Center’s website, as part of their Iraq Project. He has recently returned from Iraq.

And, on Live From the Left Coast 12noon PDT:

Charlie Savage is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national legal affairs reporter based in Washington for the Boston Globe. He authored an article in 2006 entitled “Bush Challenges Hundreds of Laws,” which received attention world-wide and prompted a number of editorials, including one in the New York Times. In that article, whiich won the Pulitzer Prize, Charlie Savage showed that President Bush claimed the right to disobey over 750 laws, assuming a level of power hetetofore unseen in an American president. Now, with the publication of the book “Takeover: the return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy,” Savage greatly expands on his analysis to produce a comprehensive and searing indictment of the Bush presidency.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. He previously served the Post as a bureau chief in Baghdad, Cairo, and Southeast Asia, and as a correspondent covering the war in Afghanistan. His recent book is “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone,” described as “as extraordinary vivid and compelling anatomy of a fiasco.”

Wow!

Thanks for the heads-up.

greenwarrior @ 110

Suzanne @ 79

Since there is no utube or google video of james mcmurtry doing choctaw bingo, i’ll have to settle for my second favorite get me up dancing song – a little steve earle doing copperhead road

First time I’m up dancing in at least a week. Typing standing in time to the rhythm. Awesome!

glad you are feeling better, greenwarrior

todd @ 111

From Sunday’s Post regarding the “surge”:

From the start of the Bush plan, the White House communications office had been blitzing an e-mail list of as many as 5,000 journalists, lawmakers, lobbyists, conservative bloggers, military groups and others with talking points or rebuttals of criticism. Between Jan. 10 and last week, the office put out 94 such documents in various categories — “Myths/Facts” or “Setting the Record Straight” to take issue with negative news articles, and “In Case You Missed It” to distribute positive articles or speeches.

The article paints a very divided portrait of Bush Co, but yet they’re unified enough to send out this kind of messaging. Why aren’t Pelos/Reid/Emanuel sending out this kind of blast?

Obviously, Pelosi/Reid/Emanuel work for the same people Bush does.

marymccurnin @ 106

Here is the guitar!!!
(my hubby made this pic)

Good. Ad.

todd @ 111

From Sunday’s Post regarding the “surge”:

From the start of the Bush plan, the White House communications office had been blitzing an e-mail list of as many as 5,000 journalists, lawmakers, lobbyists, conservative bloggers, military groups and others with talking points or rebuttals of criticism. Between Jan. 10 and last week, the office put out 94 such documents in various categories — “Myths/Facts” or “Setting the Record Straight” to take issue with negative news articles, and “In Case You Missed It” to distribute positive articles or speeches.

The article paints a very divided portrait of Bush Co, but yet they’re unified enough to send out this kind of messaging. Why aren’t Pelos/Reid/Emanuel sending out this kind of blast?

I am still confused by the dems. Why aren’t they mad? The country is mad. The rest of the world is mad. WTF!!!!! Maybe they are stupid. Emanuel is republican lite. I don’t know about the other two.

I am off to bed. Good night all.

G’nite, Mary!

marymccurnin @ 117

I am off to bed. Good night all.

Good night, Mary! A treat, as always.

Suzanne @ 113

greenwarrior @ 110

First time I’m up dancing in at least a week. Typing standing in time to the rhythm. Awesome!

glad you are feeling better, greenwarrior

it was the twinkle lights on the dance floor!

g’nite mary mc

Sleep well Mary.

g’nite mary, sleep the sleep of the just.

Obviously, Pelosi/Reid/Emanuel work for the same people Bush does.

Bill Hicks on politics. warning:adult language

Suzanne @ 17

marymccurnin @ 14

Here is a victory. Looks like Cali is going to get a semi-good state health care program. From 75 to 80% of the uninsured will be covered. Employees will pay no more than 5% of their salary. Employers will pay 7.5%. The Ca. Nurses Association has endorsed the bill. It isn’t perfect but will save lives while we work on a better solution. My prayer is that the insurance companies with be ousted by end of the decade.
Cheers.

excellent news mary mcc, care to join me in this trip around the lake’s dance floor?

Mary McC, such good news! You were part of this solution, too. Proud of you.

One more, and I’m out. Have a great Sunday, everyone.

This song is generally associated with Coltrane, but for me, Gary Burton owns it.

Time for me to brush teeth and get some sleep. Good night dear friends.

Nite Betsy, sweet sleep.

egregious @ 33

…Dedicated to fleeing Republicans everywhere :)

Keep on running from our love
…
marymccurnin @ 106

Here is the guitar!!!
(my hubby made this pic)

Good heavens, those are some plump, delicious tuning pegs

;>)

Good night, Betsy. ;>)

g’nite burns and texb and all the rest of the done dancers. and i’ll say g’nite too and off to bed.

g’nite burns and tex

Leila Tov, Shavuah Tov and L’shana tova!

(Good night, have a good week[fn 1] and to a good year. [fn 2.])

Fn. 1 — The Jewish Sabbath ended at sundown, and thus it is traditional to wish friends a good week.

Fn. 2 — The Jewish New Year begins this week, and it is traditional to wish friends well by saying “May you be inscribed in the book of life, to a good year.” or shorter: to a good year.

g’nite greenwarrior

‘nite gw & burns.

Shavuah Tov Mitch. L’shana Tova.

L’shano tova, mitch and leila tov

The Great Iraq Swindle

After that you will need: Perdido by Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington and Willie the Lion Smith

Hey Suzanne, a protocol question…I am slowly but surely drawing my wife into the Lake…She and I share a computer-if she signs on, on the same computer but under a different name, how do we avoid the appearance of sock-puppetry?

“appearance *of*”

RonD @ 139

Hey Suzanne, a protocol question…I am slowly but surely drawing my wife into the Lake…She and I share a computer-if she signs on, on the same computer but under a different name, how do we avoid the appearance of sock-puppetry?

fixed :)

by telling us like you just did.. .and when she first signs on and comments, she might wanna say she is mrs rond so we say good stuff about you

The next new moon brings in the Jewish New Year and the holy month of Ramadan for the Muslims.

Shana Tova and Ramadan Mubarak. Have a good New Year and a Blessed Ramadan.

Good night dogs of fire and water..)

‘night, EuSp!

g’nite es – sleep well

we is high tonight because Pluto, the power planet, went direct yesterday after months of retrograde and Venus went direct today.
All things that showed promise, slowed down and went nowhere earlier this year will now start moving forward especially for you scorpios, libras and tauruses.

nite ES

Suzanne, have I mentioned lately how much I enjoy hanging out with you? If not-

-a BUNCH-

:}

spiderpaws @ 146

we is high tonight because Pluto, the power planet, went direct yesterday after months of retrograde and Venus went direct today.
All things that showed promise, slowed down and went nowhere earlier this year will now start moving forward especially for you scorpios, libras and tauruses.

woohoo, libra – hey spidey

RonD @ 148

Suzanne, have I mentioned lately how much I enjoy hanging out with you? If not-

-a BUNCH-

:}

::blushing:: aw shucks, thanks rond

All things that showed promise, slowed down and went nowhere earlier this year will now start moving forward

Well, that certainly sounds positive.

Evening spidey. Scorp’s rule, or so I’m told.

you’re a scorpio i take it, newton?

newtonusr @ 152

Evening spidey. Scorp’s rule, or so I’m told.

My daughter,b.10/24, certainly thinks so.

spiderpaws @ 146

we is high tonight because Pluto, the power planet, went direct yesterday after months of retrograde and Venus went direct today.
All things that showed promise, slowed down and went nowhere earlier this year will now start moving forward especially for you scorpios, libras and tauruses.

spiderpaws – do you do horoscopes or have any recommendations/referrals you could direct me to?

Scorpios are ruled by Pluto, the planet of transformation, death, destruction, atomic power, sex, inheritance, taxes and the phoenix rising from the ashes.

hey npb

Virgos are ruled by teh kewl…

jessica murray at mothersky.com

very true jacqrat

spiderpaws @ 156

Scorpios are ruled by Pluto, the planet of transformation, death, destruction, atomic power, sex, inheritance, taxes and the phoenix rising from the ashes.

Spiderpaws, does Pluto’s recent loss of planetary status affect the charts somehow, or is that purely an issue for astronomers?

well it certainly doesn’t affect astrology. For us it is still there doing what it has always done.

Suzanne @ 157

hey npb

Hey right back at cha beautiful! Did our cool Saturday breezes make it across the bay and up your way yet?

Off to oblivion-nite all. The best of all possible tomorrows to all of you.

Niters RonD – drat! that’ll teach me to be late at da lake.

feels like fall here…the leaves all fell down today ; ((

Suzanne @ 153

you’re a scorpio i take it, newton?

I am, but I make no assumptions in matters Astrological.

yes, it cooled down today npb, thank goodness :)

hey jacqrat – how ya doing girlfriend?

g’nite rond

Virgos can expect a hairy week, hold on…………………@#*&$%^#@!

spidey, i was outside taking pictures of the trees today – the leaves on the big leaf maple are already turning golden and rust.

well, that was wierd. what happened? (covering eyes)

spidey .. when you use a @ with test in front and in back, the software thinks it is an email address.

Heh. there was a RAT on the boulder creek webcam tonight.

jacqrat @ 158

Virgos are ruled by teh kewl…

Mercury rules us virgos. Sly, clever tricksters but also with a lot of heart. *grins*

so much to learn, so little time

spiderpaws @ 174

Heh. there was a RAT on the boulder creek webcam tonight.

brazen hussy rats – they chewed into my neighbors newly installed dishwasher recently. they are almost as brazen as the brazen hussy squirels.

Hi pups…

And now for something completely different – the news from Lundy:

But for those who live on the island made famous by the shipping forecast, the prospect of not being able to fix their only road is pretty calamitous. The residents will, say the doomsayers, have to get out. All 26 of them.

The road in question is the one that connects the people with the harbour, where the boat pulls up. And the boat is the only regular connection with the Devon coast, 12 miles away, and, thence, the rest of the universe. Some £250,000 needs to be found, says the Landmark Trust, which manages the island. Otherwise, it’s everybody off.

Lundy – a three-and-a-half-mile-long finger of granite surrounded by a marine nature reserve – has weathered worse. Take, for instance, the turbulence created by the arrival, in 1994, of Cait Scanlon as the barmaid at the only pub. Within months she had bedded a farmer (”I was working among 600 sheep,” he said, “so she was a vision of loveliness to me”), and the 25-year-old was soon the constant companion of the island’s 45-year-old agent, much to the chagrin of his wife. Since these manoeuvres involved nearly a fifth of the population, keeping them clandestine was a forlorn hope. So it proved to be. Exit, first, Ms Scanlon, then the agent and his wife. Lundy survived, as no doubt it will a few road works.

Mercury made a move this week as well. Went into libra on wednesday.
smooth

is that a good thing, spidey?

hey dr kirk – how ya been semi-stranger?

Suzanne @ 180

is that a good thing, spidey?

smooth

smooth can be slippery … wanted to make sure

YDJ – so if i wanted to say, download that coperhead road video, i just click on that firefox video downloader thingie i added?

for mercury (and virgos) it couldn’t be better, all easy going with lots of lively talk and friendly relations and the added aura of venus which rules libra…for librans it means a spurt of mental energy. maybe a little over revving of the nervous system with all the action. Mercury transits are 28 days, so enjoy it while you can.

Hi Suzanne -

I’m well…and the new school year for the med students starts next week.

Time to hang up the camping gear and come back to the Lake.

How have you been? Has the cooler weather brought buyers?

librans will be nice at all costs…if you aren’t nice they will shackle you to the bedpost

Spidey, is it possible to say how Mercury’s motions would affect Aries (rising and moon)/Capricorn (sun)?

spiderpaws @ 187

librans will be nice at all costs…if you aren’t nice they will shackle you to the bedpost

dang, spidey has been peering through that two way monitor again

(laughing)

kirk murphy @ 186

Hi Suzanne -

I’m well…and the new school year for the med students starts next week.

Time to hang up the camping gear and come back to the Lake.

How have you been? Has the cooler weather brought buyers?

not yet but the cooler weather did bring a showing today. first one in a while so that was good.

km…all your closest partnerships will get a small jolt with a probable mercury transit of your 7th house which is ruled by libra (unless you have an intercepted house)

thank you, spiderpaws.

and good news, Suzanne.

suzanne: re dial up etc. When I looked into my verizon air card there was a usb modem version taht you could use for non aptop if you have usb port available-high speed access

Suzanne @ 184

YDJ – so if i wanted to say, download that coperhead road video, i just click on that firefox video downloader thingie i added?

i do believe so.

i have since read that youtube can effectively do the same thing.
the slowness of dial up only shows up in how long it takes to download.
once it is on your hard drive, everything should be beyond dial up’s challenges.

i have no real idea how long the download times may be with dial up, but i might leave the computer on through the night, i suppose … …

wait.

i used to do exactly that for exactly that reason except i was trying to down load software.
in the 90s.

anyway check this out, please:
Can I watch YouTube videos with a Dial-Up connection?

i do remember there has to be some sort of reciprocity with the video source for the VideoDownLoader thing.

confession: i have yet to use it.

thanks, ruffian, i’ll ask my computer guy when he comes over for dinner next time. :)

it is possible you & your closest partner will get some news you did not expect. we have a very dominant uranus right now throughout the month so expect surprises.
the big change will come for you km when pluto enters capricorn early next year. that is when you will be gaining an enormous advantage in your career house among other things.

thanks ydj – i am thinking about giving it a test drive.

Suzanne,
That video downloader thing from Firefox…I haven’t been able to figure out how to use it. I downloaded this a couple months ago I think

spiderpaws @ 187

librans will be nice at all costs…if you aren’t nice they will shackle you to the bedpost

personal interest:
the situation:
poppa bear: Aquarius
mamma bear: Pisces
3rd grader bear : Sagittarius

question:
how long will pb survive ?
remain sane ?

the planets coming back from retrograde sounds good to me.
i know potatoes about astrology.

Suzanne @ 197

thanks ydj – i am thinking about giving it a test drive.

there you go.

YDJ, video downloader told me:

[youtube.com] Error: Not a valid URL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEFUF16hqs). Visit our web to know in detail what video sites are supported.

yellowdog jim @ 200

Suzanne @ 197

thanks ydj – i am thinking about giving it a test drive.

there you go.

also see VideoDownloader2.0 faq here.

How do I play videos I downloaded from YouTube?

Very Important: First make sure the extension is .flv !
Find your downloaded file and change the file extension to .flv (example: ‘get_video.htm’ -> ‘video.flv’)
If there is no extension, then simply add .flv to the filename.
Use VLC Player or FLV Player to open the file.

that’s a little more complicated than i expected.

we should research and compare to Google’s videoplayer and downloading options.

tomorrow.

well, that’s about it for me tonight folks.. gonna watch my copperhead road video now that it has loaded up and groove on out of here and start cleaning the house for the little woman’s arrival tuesday, 9/11, the same day as a solar eclipse iirc. should be interesting.

i’ll be here tomorrow night and then not back until friday. the lurking mod will take good care of you in my absence.

Suzanne @ 203

well, that’s about it for me tonight folks.. gonna watch my copperhead road video now that it has loaded up and groove on out of here and start cleaning the house for the little woman’s arrival tuesday, 9/11, the same day as a solar eclipse iirc. should be interesting.

i’ll be here tomorrow night and then not back until friday. the lurking mod will take good care of you in my absence.

be careful out there

Suzanne @ 183

smooth can be slippery … wanted to make sure

ah.
i fail to think of these things.
often.

Niters Suz – enjoy your company in the new week! Tell the cutest dog in the world to expect snail mail in a few days.

ReElect President Gore & VP Edwards 2008!

sleep well, Suzanne

and spidey, thank you again for sharing your skills. (as the “closest partner” role in my life is open, perhaps I’m not too far off in hoping that unexpected news could change this in a happy way….)

activate dream access mode:
engage!
(poof!)

dream music please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUCs72RDHs

Scott Ritter (author of Waging Peace) now on C-Span2 (4:23 ET) but it looks like everyone has gone to bed/is still in bed.

Sweet dreams.

yellowdog jim @ 208

activate dream access mode:
engage!
(poof!)

dream music please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgUCs72RDHs

OK, that makes me want to see Brian and BB on the same stage. Wow!
GuitarGasm…
And a few others…

knock, knock?

Ed*ard Teller
knock, knock?

who’s there?

kirk murphy @ 212

Ed*ard Teller
knock, knock?

who’s there?

Osama…

Waccamaw @ 209

Scott Ritter (author of Waging Peace) now on C-Span2 (4:23 ET) but it looks like everyone has gone to bed/is still in bed.

Sweet dreams.

Glad you noted the broadcast on c-span2. Just finished watching the rerun this am. Mr Ritter is so correct in his assessments. I would support most of his positions.

The new world is here. But it is not new. It is throwback to sad days in the human condition. Ritter put his finger right on it.

Consumers vs Citizens

Instilled needs by corporate design, just conditioned mind……………

Read the CONSTITUTION. It has been compromised by corpogovernment opportunist…….

Natural Selection Corporate T(r)eason and “Executive Oil”

James Joyce @ 214

Waccamaw @ 209

Scott Ritter (author of Waging Peace) now on C-Span2 (4:23 ET) but it looks like everyone has gone to bed/is still in bed.

Sweet dreams.

Glad you noted the broadcast on c-span2. Just finished watching the rerun this am. Mr Ritter is so correct in his assessments. I would support most of his positions.

The new world is here. But it is not new. It is throwback to sad days in the human condition. Ritter put his finger right on it.

Consumers vs Citizens

Instilled needs by corporate design, just conditioned mind……………

Read the CONSTITUTION. It has been compromised by corpogovernment opportunist…….

Natural Selection Corporate T(r)eason and “Executive Oil”

Hey Waccamaw, are you a Grand Strander , Garden City , Murrels Inlet. Beautiful is the only word to describe…… Visit every year, Time Out, Lucky Lady, etc….???

Ed*ard Teller says
September 9th, 2007 at 2:49 am

kirk murphy @ 212

who’s there?

Osama…

Osama who?

kirk murphy @ 216

Ed*ard Teller says
September 9th, 2007 at 2:49 am

Osama…

Osama who?

Osama been a worse al Quada recruiter than his family buddy W is…

James Joyce -

Probably missed you by now……I dozed off part way thru Ritter’s talk :-( but was really grooving on his ideas. Guess that means having to buy the book. *g*

Grew up not too far from the W. Lake and love the way the river flows thru the Low Country to the coast. Definitely not interested in the Myrtle Beach area; suffers an excess of people these days. Spend part of year in SE NC and part in SW NC since retirement. Nice option….just way too many bloody miles between the two. Gimme a holler when you’re in this neck of the woods again and maybe we can arrange a meet-up.

Ed*ard Teller -

What’cha doing up this time of day? Or is it still nite up your way?

McClatchy nails it………shorter version – the surge ain’t workin’:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/19566.html

I was hoping I would find you here this morning, Waccamaw, so that I could say hello. Although I check the posts regularly, I haven’t been able to read much in the comments lately. I hope you’re doing well! I envy your being on the NC coast. My husband and I spent a beautiful week on Ocracoke a few years ago. I really miss the ocean!

Waccamaw @ 219

Ed*ard Teller -

What’cha doing up this time of day? Or is it still nite up your way?

We start rehearsing a new orchestral piece of mine a week from Tuesday in Anchorage. I spent time today with the conductor, and have been dealing with the stuff we came up with through the evening and later. Took a break to watch Das Leben der Anderen with Ms ET. Almost done with the music edits and an analysis of Jake Metcalfe’s blog’s narcisism.

Good morning!

egregious @ 223

Good morning!

premature for me, but Good Morning, egregious! We’ve gotten more rain the past day than in the previous three weeks or so.

Good morning! I’m only up because I volunteered for the crew to take down the tent from our Democratic Crab Feast event last night (so I have to leave in a minute), but since I’m never up on the Early Early Morning end of Late Late Nite, I had to stop in and say hi first!

Pfifferling @ 221

I was hoping I would find you here this morning, Waccamaw, so that I could say hello. Although I check the posts regularly, I haven’t been able to read much in the comments lately. I hope you’re doing well! I envy your being on the NC coast. My husband and I spent a beautiful week on Ocracoke a few years ago. I really miss the ocean!

Pfiff, darlin’ -

So good to see you! Doin’ good…….looks like the tropical is gonna just skirt the lower coast and nick the Banks. And you’re right; Oracoke is a wizard place. Worked on the Banks one summer during university but haven’t been back recently. Kinda scared to b/c of certain changes in population levels. And it’s getting equally bad down my way……….scads of new housing developments and infrastructure going to h*ll in a handbasket b/c nobody wants to pay the taxes needed to take care of same. It just blows my mind the way the reich wing wants a government that does nothing (except spend MY tax dollars paying for privatization of services). A pox on their stupidity!

My buddy down the street just loaned me a deck of “bush playing cards”; had seen them on the toobz last year but this is a 2nd edition which no longer has 90 degree corners……they slant to the right! *g*

I’m usually lurking but only get in these talky moods occasionally.

wow…I haven’t been able to reach google since last night. I don’t think I realized just how much I used it til I didn’t have it.

Ed*ard Teller @ 224

egregious @ 223

Good morning!

premature for me, but Good Morning, egregious! We’ve gotten more rain the past day than in the previous three weeks or so.

Rain? What is this “rain” of which you speak?

Just hope this tropical drops some of the stuff on us; nothin’ but drought, drought everywhere for the last long bit.

Lindy @ 227

wow…I haven’t been able to reach google since last night. I don’t think I realized just how much I used it til I didn’t have it.

How is it that you can reach FDL but not google?

Waccamaw, glad to hear you’re doing well. Sorry about the changes going on around you. People are attracted to beautiful places!

If it’s any consolation, Oktoberfest starts here soon and this place will not only be packed with tourists, but packed with *drunken* ones! Grrrr!

We have had so much rain, I wish that I could send it over to you. It’s been cold, gray and rainy for far too long, but it looks like the sun is finally trying to poke through. Enjoy those playing cards!

wigwam @ 229

Lindy @ 227

wow…I haven’t been able to reach google since last night. I don’t think I realized just how much I used it til I didn’t have it.

How is it that you can reach FDL but not google?

That’s a good question. Perhaps there’s a router outage somewhere between here and there? Can you reach google?

Good morning, pups. Today the NYT has MoDo, Thomas Friedman and Frank Rich. MoDo thinks Fred Thompson is less the return of Ronnie than a warmed-over W. Mr. Friedman is in Erbil, Iraq, considering democracy. Mr. Rich’s column is titled “As the Iraqis Stand Down, We’ll Stand Up.” He’s also aware that this coming week will be all 9/11 all the time. Here’s MoDo:

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got eggs Florentine all ready. If you don’t eat eggs have a toasted Thomas’ English muffin. Have a wonderful day.

Google is set as my browser’s opening page. I notice when it doesn’t work, check to make sure I’m on-line by trying to go other places. For me, it was down since about 2 a.m. But, it’s back now :).

Good morning, Marion.

O yummy, English muffins, thanks Marion.

egregious, did you dance all night?

Good morning, Lindy. I just tried Google and got their page just fine. (Whew!) I don’t know what I’d do without it either!

Would you like some pear preserves with that muffin, egregious? Yummy stuff…

Lindy @ 236

egregious, did you dance all night?

Yes, in my dreams :)

Morning pups, this is my first ever post. It’s been fun!

I’ve got a jar of my first time canning them ever fig preserves too. They are excellent on english muffins, bagels, bisquits and toast!

I thought it was a good post too. It’s important to celebrate the victories on the way to our goals, just as we mourn the set-backs.

Well, it’s time for me to plug me ears into “The Prince of Darkness.” (My pet name for my client who’s an absolutely superb surgeon but a truly creepy individual.)

This one’s for AZ Matt -

http://static.crooksandliars.c…..h-face.jpg

Gotta go check the crab pots………catch up with you guys in a bit.

Have a good day, Marion.

Congratulations on your first post, egregious! I hope we’ll see your name at the top more often. :)

Thanks Pfifferling :)
Nice to see you here.

Watching M and the V sing about dancing while trying very hard not to make any ’suggestive’ dance moves. Ed Sullivan would not tolerate any hip gyrating on his show so they were reduced to arm waving and an occasional tiny foot kick.

But the song was great, a blast from the past.

Marion in Savannah @ 238

Would you like some pear preserves with that muffin, egregious? Yummy stuff…

Pear preserves…..drooool.

Yes, thank you very much :)

This post makes me cry!

Hopefully we can dance so people in other countries do not die or turn into refugees because of what our government does.

Thank you Kathleen.