Reason: Treason
Impeach at the Beach struck again yesterday, this time at Crissy Field in view of the Golden Gate Bridge. More than 1,200 people made a clear statement about how American feels about this President and his Maladministration.
Previous Impeach at the Beach efforts include Impeach at the Beach Number Two, at Ocean Beach, which the fiance and I participated in last January (warning: video contains graphic imagery of the American Occupation of Irak):
For those who missed it, here’s the short speech John Edwards made after Preznit Chimpy McFlightsuit’s Irak For-Evah Speech:
NO TIMELINE ?
NO FUNDING !
NO EXCUSES
Finally, happy birthday.
To me!
It’s my Joker Birthday — deck of cards, plus one.
For my birthday, I would like this week to be the week of NO TIMELINE? NO FUNDING! NO EXCUSES. Thanks.
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TeddySanFran!
edit — oh, and a very happy birthday to you!
MWAH!
Good evening, FirePups!
Is this going to be a sports blog, I hope.
hiya teddy SF!
OT!
TSF!!!
TSF rawks! Hi LL
Top Five? Gues not.
Sunday Gizmo Update
jumping into the lake wearing my kevlar lined MODfit (made from flame retardant fabric of course)
did someone put cranky water in the lake today?
Happy Birthday Teddy!
When Aunt Betsy gets home I will ask her to bake you a cake. What kind do you like?
Suzanne @ 9
You’re gonna need flame retardant for all the candles on Teddy’s cake!
BigMitch @ 3
sports blogs can be easily created for free if one is unhappy with the thousands of sports blogs out on the tubes.
Greetings!
Ummmm…where’s the cake?
really your b’day TSF? Happy Happy! (and lots of cake & ice cream)
Suzanne @ 9
I try not to drink the cranky water. I’ve heard what fish do in it.
Happy B-Day!
{{{{{TSF}}}}}
Happy Birthday, Teddy – sending you virtual hugs and birthday kisses
Suzanne @ 9
Bonne Soir, Ma Cheri!!!
Hey everybody, totally OT, but questions for the East Coasties: What was the joke Ray Romano told about Patricia Heaton’s show with Kelsey Grammar on FOX tonite at the Emmys? FOX cut away from Ray during the setup for the joke — I guess you can’t say anything bad about FOX on its Emmy broadcast, even after Stewie and Brian sang a song about all the other networks’ trash.
And how much worse is Ryan Seacrest gonna get at this hosting?
Back to the on-topic birthday wishes!
SnarKassandra @ 10
Gay Cake.
Many happy returns of the day dear Teddy.
And IMPEACH!!
And NO TIMELINES, NO FUNDING, NO EXCUSES!!
Happy day to you TSF!
Suzanne @ 12
Spoil Sport!
I would post a cake, but there are teenagers present and Teddy wouldn’t like it, anyway.
Is that an appropriate question for this blog?
TeddySanFran @ 21
Then I guarentee you will have to wait until my bedtime! Ha ha!
Happy birthday, TSF.
How can we ignore the most important news in america today?
The arrest and detainment of OJ Simpson in Las Vegas.
I hear they are sending him to gitmo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDdAmVy5ps
wangdangdoodle @ 16
And Republicans who just heard about the Betrayus ad!
Happy Birthday, Teddy! Via Kos, apparently Obama now supports giving you your birthday present, too.
TeddySanFran @ 20
Didn’t see it, sorry
I’m watching baseball! ;-)
wangdangdoodle @ 16
Years ago my cousin, whom I adored, wore a sweatshirt that said “Keep our lakes and rivers clean, give a fish a bath” His sister gave it to me after he died because she knew how much i liked it.
Evening all. Happy b’day Teddy! Guess I had my triple joker earlier this year.
Teddy, Perfect timing to put up a new post and Happy, Happy Birthday. Unfortunately for your birthday we will not be able to come up with constructive ideas on the middle east crisis.
Wes @ 29
Hey, quit talking about sports figures — OJ.
Fox Sux.
Happy B-day, TSF.
My birthday is in 6 weeks. The big DRIVING birthday.
JPL @ 35
Not gonna be a problem since Teddy’s post is about impeaching boosh/cheney and not resolving the middle east.
I had two pieces of Mexican Wedding cake (whatever that is. My mother gave it to me) sitting on top of my coffee maker, thinking the puppy boy couldn’t reach that. Wrong!
wangdangdoodle @ 16
Goodness, Suze, how do you always manage to look so graceful?
I swear you’re the only person i know who can look elegant in kevlar.
cranky water? good thing i was out gardening til dark. WDD, if it’s true about the water, maybe i shoulda used some on the transplanted stuff.
Happy Birthday, Mr. SanFran!
BigMitch @ 3
I hate fucking sports….
SnarKassandra @ 38
Wow, a big milestone birthday for you. I cannot even remember that far back LOL
Suzanne @ 39
I thought it was about protests.
TeddySanFran @ 21
Would that be beefcake?
SnarKassandra @ 38
If you were in California, it would be your DRIVING but NO TEXTING birthday! Governator signed a law — kids can’t text or phone and drive.
SnarKassandra @ 38
Cool
Cassie, do you have your learners permit yet? My niece will be able to get hers around December, and she can’t wait!
TeddySanFran @ 20
They must have had it on three-second delay, because they blocked the joke in the East Coast broadcast, too. There’s another bit of obvious Fox censorship of Sally Field later in the show, too, but I’ll avoid spoilers unless you want to know in advance.
What a beautiful statement. Impeach!
All we are saying is “Give Impeachment a Chance”
“No timeline, no funding, no excuses”
SnarKassandra @ 38
I’m looking at the big 4-0 in March. You young whippersnappers just keep quiet.
Mariano walked em full and Big Papi’s up!
Sorry!
You are right, Cassie, I neglected to include protests. My apologies :)
Poppy’s up. I gotta go for a short walk..
Teddy SanFran Roolz!
Ted Stevens Droolz!
LoudounLib @ 49
Yep! Got it in the summer when I took driver ed.
BigMitch @ 3
After reviewing my last post, I think it should be revised to read: “I fucking hate sports” because “fucking sports” is different affair entirely.
~~~~~~still tracking on General Petraeus vs Betray Us. I’m liking the MoveOn ad more & more.
Teddy is around twenty five. Which time around? Teehee. Happy Birthday Teddy!
Everything I’m seeing and hearing is the Dems have pretty much given up on a timeline. Seems the bloodiest summer…er I mean violence being down in Iraq means the surge is working and Dubya gets his little war unabated. Am I reading this wrong?
Baseball is so boring. Ho Hum.
TeddySanFran @ 47
Funny…most of the people I see distracted by their cell phones while driving are over 18.
LoudounLib @ 49
I have nightmares about this! 2 boys, I will have to sell a kidney to pay for the insurance!
SnarKassandra @ 38
OMG! Everybody stay off the roads in central Texas! ;-)
BigMitch @ 60
Papi, Papi…!!!
Please pass the val**m
*MOD NOTE: **Edited to allow through the filters – remember no brand name rx nouns
madmommy @ 62
My sis is really glad she has one of each — less to pay in car insurance!
DrDick @ 63
I have been driving for almost three months already. Just not by myself.
I am being urged to go open presents (!!) but I shall return shortly. Place nicely amongst yourselves (that means no I/P, since it’s my birthday!)
I love being able to keep up with the game, but not having to chew my fingernails down to nubbins watching.
EvilDrPuma @ 52
Passed that one a few years ago. It’s not so bad. My brother sent me a bouquet of black roses. He got out of bed on his 40th and twisted his knee, had to get scoped. Karma’s a bitch, huh?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs
4.5
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 41
Fish Heads!
…waiting for Mitch to say….
TeddySanFran @ 67
What does that mean? The google and the wiki are broken. Oh wait. Just my fingertips. What does that mean?
SnarKassandra @ 38
Exciting! Six weeks, … your b’day is around same time as my youngest daughter’s. Unfortunately, she will be 21. I am trying not to worry.
EvilDrPuma @ 52
Speaking as someone who hit the double nickle in February, I think you resemble that remark.
Good Game, Big Mitch!!!
BigMitch @ 60
You apparently have NEVER watched T-Ball!
Nurse to Big Mitch: You may now resume your breathing.
I hate fucking sports….
Dang, they’ve made that a sporting event too?
Happy birthday, Teddy…Good health to you and yours.
madmommy @ 62
I went through this with 4 kids and I’m not sure about the kidney, but I hope you like white hair because you will be nuts by the time you can trust them.
LoudounLib @ 65
EvilDrPuma @ 52
Ho 40, eh?
Quiet, little whippersnapper!
Oilfieldguy @ 79
707
My birthday is Novem 1.
Also, go read my blog. PLEEEZE!
Oilfieldguy @ 79
Please see follow up.
Twain @ 81
I have already cornered the market on Miss Clairol and they are only 6 1/2 and 4.
Kirk, I just came back to lake after being a good daughter-in-law. Thanks for your comment downstream.
; )
Ah, thanks Mitch ;-) even tho’ it wasn’t quite the outcome I’d wished for!
SnarKassandra @ 38
The Golden Rule of driving:
“Always drive so that no one has to hit their brakes.”
This one rule will help you avoid most problems.
Wordsmith @ 78
Or golf.
BigMitch @ 60
I, for one, love baseball but can find plenty of places to talk about it without doing so here.
Wordsmith @ 58
I got a survey from moveon.org asking what I have liked the best that they have done lately.
I told them the Betray Us ad.
*****BLOWING WHISTLE*******
can we NOW stop with all the sports stuff and get back to political stuff?
Friends, I must go now. It was fun spending time at the lake, even arguing with some people I disagree with, and watching the greatest rivalry in sports. Please accept my apologies for interjecting sports. See you all later. Be nice to each other.
Gnome de Plume @ 68
I appreciate not having to run out to the garage to check the score.
What’s the score!?!
Uh, on edit… “nevermind!”
wangdangdoodle @ 72
Roly-poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappucino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women. Yeaaaaah!
Jeebus – how does the auto insurance kkep track of how many kidneys I’m driving with?
DrDick @ 92
Or rec center lacrosse practice.
Wordsmith, T-ball is actually kinda fun to watch — it’s like herding cats. Watched my 5 year old nephew play all summer.
DrDick @ 76
Indeed. AND forsooth.
Bye bigmitch.
SnarKassandra @ 86
Done.
My step-dad, who was no pushover, had several pink dress shirts and golf shirts. Whenever anyone said anything his response was always the same: “real men aren’t afraid to wear pink”.
So many inappropriate subjects for this blog going on simultaneously, I don’t know which part of the lake to dive into.
neurophius @ 94
Teddy! Dear! Happy Birthday!!!!
we are lucky to have you in our world!
madmommy @ 89
I only had one son and he almost bankrupted me. Wasn’t sure he would live to see his 21st birthday (owing to his driving, or should I say wrecking, habits).
wangdangdoodle @ 84
roger that, little 39′er!
*I* was 40 once……and lemme tell ya, the birthdays come faster after that.
Ed*ard Teller @ 104
The part that’s deep enough to miss the bottom, young whippersnapper.
/s
Ed*ard Teller @ 105
Take the shallow end and we’ll talk about O.J.
Snark, I liked the Bush jokes too. Great story and thanks for having us link to it.
wangdangdoodle @ 25
I remember that cake! Definitely X rated, WWD!
SnarKassandra @ 86
Cassie, on behalf of anybody here who was bullied back in the day, thank you for getting the word out on this. Those are some good kids, and so are you.
JPL @ 112
Thanks for reading it!
Suzanne @ 96
Now why do I see Suzanne singing “Paradise By The Dashboard Lights” all of a sudden?
SnarKassandra @ 87
And mine is November 2. We be Scorpios! Huzzah! Huzzah! Hip…hip…huzzah!
Ed*ard Teller @ 105
If you’re going to dive, at least stay away from the shallow end of the gene pool.
;)
LoudounLib @ 101
It IS fun to watch! I’ve watched it since my nephews were 5, long, long ago, and all their games. The youngest is 11 and in some league. There’s going to be a gap of no one in baseball. May have to lurk.
Suzanne @ 95
Yes’m, wow, such a hostile crowd towards the clash of titans… I’m a little disappointed for the sudden backlash today! My apologies for any ill will caused by the sports talk!!! 8-(
Oilfieldguy @ 115
and now i’m praying for the end of time…
to hurry up and arrive
wangdangdoodle @ 72
BWA HA HA (wipes tea off monitor) WangDang, you da best!
DrDick @ 108
It has already been decided that there will be no buying of cars for children who turn 16. Neither hubby or I had a vehicle until we could pay for the gas and insurance, as well as a substantial portion of the purchase price. It sucked at the time, since most of our friends had cars, but is a valuable learning experience in the long run and taught us to budget and be frugal with money.
Loo Hoo. @ 113
That cake?!!! Yikes!!!!
EvilDrPuma @ 52
Impeach at the Beach! Starring Frankie and Annette!
SnarKassandra @ 103
I/P is Isr*el/Pal*stine conflict.
Oilfieldguy @ 115
And of course I had to YouTube that!
Loo Hoo. @ 125
A mere child. I turned 74 last Friday and don’t feel a day over 70.
Happy birthday, Teddy! Enjoy! And thanks for what you do.
Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 126
That was when Ike and JFK were in office right?
madmommy @ 123
I didn’t have my first-ever new car until I was about 24. For years I drove around a couple of hand-me-downs from my grandparents: first a 1962 Chrysler Newport (what a boat!) and then a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500.
Twain @ 129
Awesome dude! HAPPY B-DAY. YOU TOO, TEDDY.
Twain @ 129
Neither do I. And I’m only 53.
CTuttle @ 120
What, is scroll optional on computers these days?
Gotta go to bed ya’ll. I am so grateful to have found this site, I always learn something every time I come here. have a great rest of the evening everyone!
Hi Teddy. Happy Birthday. You told me to keep reporting on those job interviews we’re conducting here in Iowa. I invite you to go listen to the Harkin Steak Fry speeches on CSPAN. They’re repeating at 12:30 CST if anyone cares. I thought it was helpful to have them all there at once. I heard there were 18,000 people for the 30th anniversary of this event. I know if was a mob scene.
I went by the CSPAN bus to thank them before it started. They gave me a T-shirt and told me not to tell anyone because they were running low. Does this count?
I could write more about this experience, but just ask those who are watching the event from states that vote later: how did it look to you? Who do you think Iowans should be gravitating toward?
Happy belated birthday, Twain!
Steve-AR @ 124
For Teddy, I’d have to “bake” something else.
g’night madmommy, sleep well!
Wordsmith,
I knew what you meant. I guess we caught it at the same time. As one Senator said about sex:
The position is laughable, the pleasure fleeting and the cost is damnable.
I don’t think it was Vitter or Craig.
Happy Birthday! I recently celebrated my Answer-To-Life-The-Universe-And-Everything 1 Birthday. Still working on the question.
Night MM.
LoudounLib @ 138
Thanks. My daughter said I am even getting wiser – they do learn.
madmommy @ 123
That was our rule until we had a 17-yo daughter and 13-yo son, very active in many things. For us it came down to being freed from driving kids to school events and other things. No activity buses where we live. For the most part, it worked, but it was more expensive in money – even with the kids being responsible – than we thought it would be.
Kolchak @ 143
Happy 42nd, Night Stalker!
madmommy @ 136
Good nite. I enjoy your comments.
JPL @ 131
jeez I think so?
Beach movies were pre-British Invasion (Beatles, etc…)? or simultaneous?
Surf guitar music was pre-British Invasion’…were the Beach movies simultaneous with that?
LoudounLib @ 132
I learned to drive in a ‘63 Chevy pick up, three in the tree. I was thirty-something before I got a vehicle of my own.
LoudounLib @ 132
My ex and I had a case of parental amnesia and bought my son a car. After several tickets he was on his own for insurance. He had to sell the new car and buy a 93 Civic. He’ll be 29 in less than two weeks, owns a house, has a great job and still drives his Civic.
Good evening Dear Friends.
Happy Birthday Teddy!
Teddy, your cake is still baking, but in the meantime, try on your new birthday outfit.
TexBetsy @ 152
Snork.
TexBetsy @ 152
Beautiful!
EvilDrPuma @ 153
Nice hat.
Forgot – the kids got cast-me-down cars. Insane to buy a kid a new car. OK to let them buy one with their own money, but try to talk them out of it.
TexBetsy @ 152
woohoooo! Betsy you’re the bestest.
Good night gentles.
SnarKassandra @ 86
saw this earlier today (facebook notification), you have such a good eye for news stories.
Nov 1 … a Scorpio! (So’s my youngest, oct 28) Scorpios are such powerful people, my favorite sign of the zodiac. Not afraid to shine a light on dark subjects.
Comparing my experience to that of my friends, I think just giving a kid a car on their 16th and just paying for their car and insurance is a terrible idea. It creates a sense of obnoxious entitlement almost overnight, and squanders one of the last, best, opportunities for a productive social-conditioning exercise a parent has in their child’s life.
JMHO.
TexBetsy @ 152
Kassie’s intrigued by the beauty of Alaska. I invited her to bring you up to see the place before it gets even more trashed.
Good night Laura, rest well.
Hi Betsy!
RBG @ 92
Especially on my birthday.
Hi RBG!
petwrecker @ 140
Interesting Title. Some better ones for Greenspan’s book: Memoirs Of A Geisha; The Fine Art Of Smoke And Mirrors; The Art Of The Bust-Out: Fun With The Carlyle Group.
Hi Betsy, RonD, LL, – I guess Snarkita is in bed, being a school night and all. Mine will be there in 15 minutes.
Happy Birthday Teddy
Important link
http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis
/2007/09/a-new-campaign-.html
many of us are aware that the “cakewalk” crazies started repeating unsubstantiated claims about Iran just after the illegal invasion of Iraq. They have steadily been turning up the heat.
OMG Teddy, I was looking for a birthday for you, and I found actual restroom toe tapping!
Happy Birthday anyway, Teddy!
hackworth @ 164
Sweet Baby Jesus, I Actually Fucked Ayn Rand?!?!
TeddySanFran @ 163
Happy happy days to you, my friend.
Oilfieldguy @ 59
Honestly, it’s hard to tell. I think immediately after Banana Republic Week (Motto: “We have to do what the generals say!”), Reid certainly gave the impression they were looking for things they could get some Republicans on board with and get passed, which would have meant no major constraints on Bush’s insanity. While I don’t think much of the strategy, I can see one advantage to it — if Republican unity begins to crack, it might well break down completely.
However, I suspect they’re finding what they always do — “wavering” Republicans going through the usual stages of “complain, then vote with their caucus, then rationalize,” in other words, only talking a good game. Their refusal to compromise might yet save the Dem leadership from their own worst instincts, since it will leave them with the options of getting tougher or getting rolled, with no chance of their beloved compromise. As always, I may be overly optimistic, but I’m hoping that Obama’s statment today may be an indication that the ground is shifting in that direction.
And of course, the fight over the Webb amendment could be very interesting…
hackworth @ 164
The New Gilded Age: A Deficit Of Historic Dimesions.
EDP,
Did he, or are you dissing Andrea?
it need to read 1.6 million protest the under 40 complaine but aren’t in the steets
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com has the following article up “Iranian Schindler’s List
State-controlled Iranian television is currently airing a miniseries about an Iranian diplomat working from the Iranian Embassy in Paris who helps Jews escape deportation to the concentration camps by issuing them Iranian passports. The story is fictionalized but is apparently based on a true story of Iranian diplomats who helped about 500 Jews escape France during the German occupation. The AP has more on the response the series is getting in Iran.” And OT but Steve Carrell won for his role in “THe Office” which is my favorite show.
EvilDrPuma @ 168
A deplorable lack of judgment (and taste) which should forever preclude one from expressing any opinions in public.
SnarKassandra @ 38
Have the citizens of Austin, Round Rock, and environs been appropriately warned?
Twain @ 129
Happy BDay to you too, Twain! 74 and on FDL. What a guy!
OK Teddy. Three different birthday treats. You get to vote for your favorite.
NO ONE ELSE VOTES until Teddy has cast his ballot
#1
#2
#3
EvilDrPuma @ 168
;~o
EvilDrPuma @ 168
707
Good night everyone, my squad is back at ‘em in the morning.
btw this is my last tour until 10/24! woo hooo!
Teddy, a Happy Birthday to you from my outpost in central FL, out here on the perimeter where there are no stars.
Ed*ard Teller @ 156
Click and clack the Tappet brothers say we should all buy bombers so that we do not always worry about knicking the car in front of us.
They also say that the earth is spinning around faster due to all of the billboards. Like a pinwheel catching the wind
Night LL. Sleep well.
Ed*ard Teller @ 172
I wasn’t there personally (thank God), but persistent rumor claims that the two were involved.
Loo Hoo. @ 177
Thanks, Loo Hoo. And I’m proudly a 4 time grandmother as well.
happy birthday Twain. Stick around a few minutes and I’ll toss another cake into the oven.
DrDick @ 175
A deplorable lack of judgment (and taste) which should forever preclude one from expressing any opinions in public.
and -
ANOTHER inappropriate subject for this blog. Especially on Teddy’s birthday.
EvilDrPuma @ 167
Spew Alert, Please!
TexBetsy @ 187
Thanks. Would love some cake. Any kind will do since I have a mean sweet tooth.
Twain @ 186
Happy 74th. Your typing does not look a day over 50
EvilDrPuma @ 185
Andrea and Ayn? – Whoa!
Twain, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Please enjoy the exercise section of the lake.
LoudounLib @ 181
G’nite LL, and WOO-HOO!!!
Suzanne @ 95
Why? Sports makes us happy. Politics makes us crabby.
Kathleen @ 191
Thanks. I practice a lot.
Teddy! Are you going to vote for your favorite cake?
Well, let’s see….
A great big box with a great big bow….
Inside the box?….
A great big can of whoop ass made up special for the Dems courtesy of Teddy’s B-day because boy o’ boy they are going to need it for next week…
Hope you have a wonderful and get all your wishes birthday, Teddy….
(San Francisco is the best, by the way…)
happy birthday TSF!! and many many more i’m still sore and tired from the march in DC yesterday…been in bed all day ;o) but my heart feels good – huge turnout regardless of the lying MSM
Goodnight, LL!
Kathleen @ 191
HA!!
LoudounLib @ 132
My experience was similiar; I shared a hand-me-down 1968 Buick Special with my sister and later my brother. It had no radio, not even an antenna — my grandmother had gotten it when my youngest aunt was still at home, and she was tired of her playing with the radio all the time. *g*
TexBetsy @ 192
What a great cake – thank you. It even has Suz on the board.
TexBetsy @ 193
last time I did that on a graham cracker it didn’t work…surprised I remember it.
Happy belated birthday, twain – my apologies for missing it.
Kathleen @ 190
That was funny.
LoudounLib @ 132
LL, I had my grandma’s ‘64 Galaxie 500 too! And she was such a free spirit it was painted red, with black back fenders and a black top. HA! See if you can top that!
Suzanne @ 205
Thanks but not to worry. I tried to forget it myself.
Exhausted Re-de-lurking from Al Da Spook:
Here is the Ravings post on the Iraqi War Endgame. Again, we should have seen it coming.
This is Teh Huge. I’m going to get it up on Ratiocinations asap, but have to finish the iran nuking ones first. (oh and we may have our first footprint in the forest about that Minot business; an AF CC soldier has been found dead under suspicious circumstances which are being attributed to suicide but don’t add up. And rumor has it that CC soldiers were involving in breaking the chain of command on the Minot nukes. If this guy was involved and then killed to shut him up, THIS IS NOT GOOD.)
Twain @ 203
That’s one of her imitators. Suzanne has long hair.
-snip-
Loo Hoo, still lurking but about to split — my grandpa’s Galaxie was red with a white top, and it drove very very fast ;-)
*poof!*
BigMitch @ 96
In order to keep Suzanne from going all crabby on me, I will respond to this on my wall at Facebook. Feel free to stop by.
HAPPY Birthday Teddy…. Hoping your wish DOES come true….
My Joker Birthday started in a John Kerry phone bank center doing data entry until the early hours of Nov 2, 2004….. we celebrated that night with my birthday wish ….. a Kerry win.
Now I don’t make birthday wishs
Loo Hoo. @ 207
If I remember correctly, the Galaxie had a bench seat that scooted all the way back… cleared the steering wheel so you didn’t have to get in the back seat at the drive-in.
katymine @ 214
And by the next morning …… tears
burnspbesq @ 213
I’m just the messenger, folks – nothing personal – I am not trying to be all crabby.
I started my driving on a 1972 Mercury Montego. Giant clunker of a thing. AM radio.
as for alan greenspan – a day late and lots of dollars short – why didnt he write this when he really had lots of clout? he was already well-paid and positioned……..
wangdangdoodle @ 215
My first car was a hand-me-down Rambler. Front seats fully reclined. 8-)
althespook @ 209
Yikes!!
TexBetsy @ 152
Betsy, that is just so wrong on so many levels.
Genius.
petwrecker @ 140
So the top two books are written by menaces to society…
1969 Chevy Nova, 4-door, 230 straight-six single-barrel 2-speed auto, no air conditioning, AM only.
The Car That Would Not Die.
My older brother eventually forged my name on the title and sold the car for $100 while I was in USAF basic training, or I’d probably still be driving the thing.
burnspbesq @ 222
What’s wrong??? (insert innocent look)
Redshift @ 223
Maybe OJ can write a sequel about how he committed armed robbery to fund his continuing search for the real killers.
LoudounLib @ 181
Have a restful vaca, LL!
so i guess greenspan is trying to atone during the high holy days…..
happy birthday teddy! i hope you get your birthday wish.
TexBetsy @ 218
moi, it was a 1974 Chevy Monte Carlo inherited from the parental units. Talk about yer giant clunkers…..still I loved the beast.
Hi, Selise!
wangdangdoodle @ 221
some did see it coming and wrote about it.
http://www.commondreams.org/he…..825-03.htm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/p…..mNo=332835
wangdangdoodle @ 215
No stick-shift to contend with either…!!! ;-)
juslin @ 199
Tell us all about it, Juslin!
TexBetsy @ 152
Lovely! Thank you.
I just had a slice of raspberry dark chocolate mousse birthday cake. Yum. Am going back for another.
juslin @ 228
que?
When I started driving, gas was 21 cents a gallon.
TSF, now that you have unwrapped your presents, which cake did you prefer in Tex’s presentation?
Ed*ard Teller @ 236
We’re in the middle of the Jewish high holy days, leading up to Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, next Saturday.
althespook @ 209
Off to read, Al. Comments do not show on your nuclear (!) site?
wangdangdoodle @ 237
19 cents a gallon
Happy Birthday to you Teddy and to others who are also celebrating.
To Cassie: I saw a bumper sticker that reminded me of you. Just two lines:
CLEAR THE ROAD
I’M SIXTEEN
Thinking back I thought I’d never get my license. Got it first try. Wow.
Suzanne @ 241
I remember that too, we called it a gas war. Not like the one we’re having now…
wow, you-all had some interesting first cars. for the first 9 years of my driving life i drove other people’s cars (sometimes even more than they did!)… then i bought myself a honda accord with no extras and drove it for the next 17 years. i loved that car.
andhowdy, RonD!
Happy Birthday, Teddy.
selise @ 244
That mercury montego wasn’t MINE. It’s just the car I drove.
Suzanne @ 241
Yep and when there were gas wars you could get it even cheaper (and 35 cents for a pack of cigarettes).
TexBetsy @ 178
Number Three.
Cool! Now everyone else can vote.
wangdangdoodle @ 243
I vote we go back to the 20th century version of gas wars please. It helps the economy and no blood gets shed.
Kathleen @ 233
Yes but do that see that it was the point of the Iraqi invasion in the first place?
For example, check out the map in my posting (which links to the Haaretz post BTW) and notice that the three northern laager bases H1, H2 and H3 are all on a direct line through this pipeline; beyond H1 is Kurdish controlled territory and beyond H3 is Jordan.
Oh, and the province where these bases will be set is…Al Anbar! What a surprise!
TeddySanFran @ 248
Good choice. Happy Birthday, Teddy.
TexBetsy @ 249
My choice Teddy. Enjoy.
TeddySanFran @ 235
*whimper*
Happy birthday, Teddy!
On the subject of old/first cars, mine was a 1965 Volvo. My parents ascribed to the theory that wrapping a teenager in several tons of steel would protect her, and they were probably right! It lasted until I was done with undergraduate work, at which point I got a subaru GL which got an insanely high mpg (40 on the hwy) but died an electronic death some years later.
Hoping to get a hybrid next, but I do believe in driving cars down into the ground, and the current one’s a Honda, with every expectation of lasting another decade, so…we’ll see.
Trying to remember the price of gas when I started driving. I think that’s about when it first passed a dollar a gallon. I remember it hovering there for a while.
But I can remember helping my dad find gas for 45 cents a gallon when I was younger :-)
Well I think I will head off to bed. Have a busy week of warping young minds ahead of me. Take care and enjoy the snark.
EvilDrPuma @ 226
Oh…I figured he took the stuff so he could sell it and give the money to the Goldmans…
DrDick @ 220
Hi All!
Gosh all the memories of first cars… for me a 1964 Volkswagen, black with a little tarp sunroof. Yea! Driving the hills of Wilmington, Delaware, so lovely. Our kids had hand-me-down Ford 85 Ranger pick-up to share.
Cars, so American.
Christine
BTW, Selise, I love your site. It’s like the TVGuide for people who actually give a shit. A true public service.
Happy Birthday Teddy!
Hi everyone.;)
Loo Hoo. @ 241
they are on their own page, I believe there are like 19 at the moment. if you have trouble again let me know and I’ll look into it. Remember this post is at Ravings right now.
I like the Tab Hunter one best too :)
Ed*ard Teller @ 236
Happy Rosh hashanah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah
I really wish I did not feel so fucking guilty about what my country has done to the people of Iraq…I am truly sorry for this and ask for forgiveness, but we really do not deserve to be forgiven.. ..2 million dead during the last 17 years, 4 million refugees, who knows how many injured.. There should be far more outrage! Talk about atonement
TexBetsy @ 239
I knew that. I was wondering why somebody might think there was anything linking the sale of Greenspan’s book to a holy time. Maybe I suffer from SDD – snark deficiency syndrome…
Night Dr Dick.
TexBetsy @ 249
#1 is TOO funny!
#2 link no workie for me
#3 is juicy!
#3 had a lot of nuance. Look at the way he’s holding that fork, for example. Or what ever it is that’s in the hot dog.
burnspbesq @ 213
Belay that. I’m such a Facebook nincompoop, I can’t even find my own wall.
Suzanne @ 241
When the Model T debuted…!!! ;-)
althespook @ 251
Will look more closely, but still believe based on an enormous amount of reading..combination of neo, theo, oil, defense cons.
burnspbesq @ 267
click on your name and scroll down a ways
-snip
-snip-
this shit writes itself!
TexBetsy @ 249
When I click on link #2, I get “this page cannot be viewed…”
If I remember correctly, the Galaxie had a bench seat that scooted all the way back… cleared the steering wheel so you didn’t have to get in the back seat at the drive-in.
I remember the bench seat, but at drive-ins I wasn’t in the Galaxie. I really only remember two drive in movies. One was Romeo and Juliet, where I got a go-steady opal ring, and the other was Easy Rider?? with Fonda.
Warp on, Dr. … Dick!
I’m out too, y’all carry on.
TexBetsy @ 218
You think that was a boat, try learning to drive in a ‘65 Chrysler Town & Country. Hood was the size of a ping-pong table. I was so scarred by the experience, the biggest car I’ve ever bought for myself was a Volvo V40. My current car is the only one I’ve ever owned with an engine bigger than two liters. And my name has never appeared on the registration of an American car. Two Volvos, two VWs, a Honda, a Mazda, a Mitsubishi, and a Porsche.
This was #2. Try again.
burnspbesq @ 267
I’m crawling away from the attempts to find your wall myself. Ouch! Hit another stalagtyte. Or is it…?
neurophius @ 272
Just click where it says “the link has moved here”
Goodnight, Dr.D, WangDangDoodle…I think I shall to bed as well. Goodnight everyone, and the best of all possible tomorrows to you all.
althespook @ 209
Jeebus! I am starting to wonder if Those In Control have read too many Star Wars X-Wing sci-fi novels. (yes, snark.)
petwrecker @ 271
Notice, none of the other nine were identified!!! LGF? Capn’s Quarter? MM? Whom???
selise @ 244
Good for you, selise! You beat me in keeping cars for the long haul. I see cars as tools, not as status symbols or whatever. I drove my Infiniti for ten years, then the girls both learned to drive using it. I’ve had my Acura since 2001, and it’s just starting to get broken in.
*waving to all the leaving sleepy pups*
althespook @ 251 –
more info on H1, H2, H3 – links and maps for your analysis (scroll down towards the end of the comment thread)
forgive me as i was writing of my trip to DC i got booted! guess NSA is reading here lmao!!
burnspbesq @ 275
That Boxster is a nifty piece of German engineering…!!! 8-)
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 280
Dale Brown’s Dreamland or Tom Clancy’s Op-Center, more likely. Dudes, that’s all FICTION.
juslin @ 285
Wonder which of the cakes they liked better.
Valley Girl @ 278
It doesn’t say that on my screen. I am on Internet Explorer…
Betsy, I tried again and still no good. Maybe that Web site doesn’t speak IE, or something.
althespook @ 251
i don’t think so.
although, i do think it was always considered a nice thing to have. which, imo, i really stupid. look how successful the iraq resistance has been in blowing up oil infrastructure already in place.
Twain @ 252
gotta agree. Eye candy is always good.
selise @ 285
selise thank you so much, that is such a treasure trove! I would like to give you credit on Ratiocinations, would that be okay?
late late is upstairs. Teddy got his own zed.
Amy Goodmans most recent interview with Norman Finkelstein. On his resignation at DePaul
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/1
0/1518228
What the hell is with a Jesuit college not supporting someone like Finkelstein who is devoted to Peace and Justice?
burnspbesq @ 287
not all of it. clancy has good sources in teh spook biz and some of his stuff is based on real events.
And SOMEBODY buggered the nuke chain of command, that AIN’T fiction.
I feel like I’m a contestant on “Let’s Make a Deal.” I get to guess what’s behind Gray Box Number 1, Gray Box Number 2, or Gray Box Number 3.
Time to fire up the jukebox. This seems like an obvious choice, given last week’s fun and games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zydAs5bRW1U
Loo Hoo. @ 282
i guess i’m really cheap when it comes to cars… but i come by it honestly, my dad always said they were money pits and didn’t want me wasting my $ on one. he even let me use his car my senior year in HS so i could work part time (i had to drive him to work and pick him up though). when i graduated from college, he bought me a bicycle!
now i drive my “new” car – a 2002 civic with no extras. if it lasts as long as my other car did, i will be happy.
althespook @ 292
the credit should really go to the people who gave me the links – griffon and siun.
of course, you are always welcome to take my name in vain.. or whatever *g*
selise @ 290
i’m not making myself clear, sorry. Iraq was invaded for many, many reasons. but the realpolitik reason was the oil, we all agree. but as you say, that isn’t working out so well (infrastructure attacks, failure to pass the oil laws, etc.) so what happened?
as noted in other ravings posts, I feel the endgame from the beginning was to destroy iraq’s ability to function as a nation, until its people would be so desperate they would accept a new, us backed dictator like ahmed chalabi. using the kurds as his armed forces, chalabi can then reign in the militias and restart the infrastructure which we’ve deliberately not rebuilt and not even protected. the people will be so happy they won’t notice the us is quietly stealing their oil.
the additional realpolitik implications of cutting out iran and russia and marginalizing syria are secondary but important.
selise @ 284
Yowser. H1, H2, H3
selise @ 298
i’ll do all three! *g*
neurophius @ 289
i had to insert www in address, then it worked (safari on mac G5)
Kathleen @ 300
yeah. this is ringing my chimes like hasn’t happened since the day NORAD stood down. woo fucking hoo.
and if a couple million iraqis get killed and maimed and made into refugees in the process, oh well. WRONG!
anyhoo i rode to DC with the co-chair of my DL group – arrived as the rally in the park was starting… many inspiring speakers including ramsey clark – voice still strong – cindy sheehan and surprise at least to me – ralph nader…plus many more..when the iraq war vets rose to speak we in the crowd rose as one to give them a standing o!! after a few more speakers we began the march to the white house and on to the capitol building… as we marched we were met by a few bushco war supporters who tried in vain to goad us into a confrontation! to our credit we didn’t feed into their bullshit.. one of the hit a woman in the mouth but the march vols didnt let it escalate much to the wingers regret and we kept on to the capitol where a massive die-in took place… over 200 protesters were arrested peacefully… as far as i could tell it was very peaceful – of course we were ringed by massive police force – you could tell they wanted some action but uh uhh they got nothing ;o))
Althespook, that is some crazy work you bring us at Ravings. Excellent work. When I posted a comment earlier at Ratiocinations, it said 0 comments, and I posted one. Now I see the others, and mine was eaten. Oh well, it was a compliment not some brilliant addition.
althespook @ 299 –
thanks for the clarification… i was just riffing off that one comment without reading your background.
i do think that permanent bases to replace the saudi bases (which we gave up when we invaded iraq) were considered an important goal for force projection. and probably for launching attacks on iran.
‘course the whole reason that force projection is so important to the insane imperialist who run our country – is the oil.
Loo Hoo. @ 305
please repost. i get raises if there are complimentary comments. for realsies (well, sorta…:))
selise @ 306
you have actually picked up on something that I have long suspected but cannot prove (yet). Remember the odd behavior of the us charge d affaires who was in Baghdad the day before the iraqi invasion? she spoke with sadam, went home and retired that day. testified before the senate closed doors later, no details revealed. And it has long been known that iraq viewed kuwait as a breakaway province, we even mouthed lip service about it when we were in bed with sadam.
and what has spooked me is that sadam went to the border with sa and STOPPED. We had nothin there and couldn’t get anything there for a month. he could have been all over those oil fields in a week (the saudi armed forces are largely a joke) and we couldn’t have done crap.
OTOH, if we had moved our forces in and checked his, and there had been no fighting, we would then have been in position to prevent another shutdown of saudi oil supplies as happened in the 1973 war in Israel. I suspected at the time that this was the goal plain and simple.
But we attacked instead. Now if sadam’s air force had been able to use all its shiny soviet anti-air missiles we’d have lost dozens if not hundreds of planes and the war would have ground on for YEARS. But, as I heard the ambassador to the US from the USSR say on Larry king, Russia kindly provided us the radar frequency shifting algorithm and frequencies of those radars. publicly in the defense sector. so it was a cakewalk.
but we left sadam in power. had to keep forces in the region to contain him. Just like I felt we were planned to do in the first place.
Tinfoil hat? YOU decide…
althespook @ 308
you’re thinking of april glaspie?
i do know that cheney lied to the saudis (and us) about the iraqi forces threatening them…. in order to be allowed to station our military on saudi soil. we got the bases, although we had to promise it was only temporary. of course that was a lie too… we stayed and we got 911.
selise @ 309
That’s her. One of the few people I REALLY want to see opened up in public under oath. I think she has secrets to tell. big ones.