Tedddy!

teddy!

McBush has the same plan as Bush- do nothing and hope that God comes out of a machine and makes everything better…..He’s greek I guess.

I love the pushback being done on MSM - the debate debacle, Elizabeth Edwards’ op-ed in the NYT and of course the blog world filled with DFH’s.

If McBush is elected, he will be able to declare a mandate for the 100 year war.

hiya GdP!

hello Suzanne!

hi, rwc….

Evening Teddy! Does it really matter if the ad runs in NC or not? As much as the MSM has been playing it in their “stories” it really doesn’t need to run. It’s already out there, and for free. A win/win.

Still, I think the GOP will run the ad. Cause that’s the kind of backwards-ass, knuckle draggers that they are. Besides, negative works in the Carolinas, McCain of all people should remember that. Where’s he been hiding Bridget, anyway?

I think the ad will run. Then we’ll get to watch the fun.

Howdy Teddy

I’m happy for you to see me.

Well, that’s the problem, innit…wingnuts parrot phrases like “out of context” without really knowing the meaning of “context”. You can hear it on any given Hannity show. It sounds smart, and they think it makes them sound smart. Obviously, it doesn’t.

How will McCain stand up to alQaida if he can’t bend Linda Daves, the NC GOP chair, to his will?

If she runs the ad, he looks very weak.

(Of course, if she pulls the ad, wingnuts will cry)

McCain IS impotent, teddy. he can’t even remember what he said a few days after saying it.

Been seeing you most of the day!

Yeah- I been seein me most a tha day too!

I still feel that McCain’s adventure with the young lobbyist was due to the advent of the ‘Viagra Age”. I’m not sure on the facts, so I ask the question: “How long is the little blue pill effective?”

When you have an opportunity, google-news “Howard Dean”

You get a little box atop your results:

“What John McCain doesn’t understand is that the American people aren’t fine with being in Iraq for 100 years in any capacity”

heh

Of course, that’s logical. Problem is, there is no logic to be had in wingnuttia or the MSM. He’s a Maverick, remember?! From what she’s said, I think the ad will run. I read something today that she said it’s something like 10 to 1 for running the ad. The interesting thing will be how his campaign spins it if the ad runs.

viva viagra

Four hours or the lifetime of the user- whichever is less.

Hi Teddy!

Problem is that the MSM isn’t helping the narrative at all. AP article saying that McShame saying that Obama is insensitive to the poor is an empty article. Nothing in it worth the ink it’s printed with. You’d think that it would be an easy target! Just think about that other guy’s $400 haircut . . . . and what they could do to McShame if they wanted to—8 houses, private jet, sheesh!

Limp, flaccid, powerless, incapable, impotent

1. Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm.

2. Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent

We must un-man him.

Anyone else get a pop-up on this site with a Nielson survey?

Lotsa snoopy questions.

Evening all. It really isn’t fair, Teddy. You know how easy it is to make the Goopers cry. They all try to act big and tough and all, but just stick your tongue out or use a bad word and they wail like banshees.

I think McCain’s out is that the networks have played it non-stop so he can just shrug and say, “Hell, it’s been on the national airwaves for a week already. What’s the big deal.” That way he feeds two birds with one scone. The networks have screwed themselves out of a turf war story and the rift between the NC party chair and McCain becomes moot.

not to mention how he is a kept man. bet the fact the mrs calls the shots financially (or so he alleges) drives the fundies’ blood pressure way up.

Hi Deb!

Correction: wife’s eight houses, wife’s private jet.

All part of the un-manning.

Gah. I may not be able to stay here long. The TV is next to me with the Mavs-Hornets game on. Even though I live in Spurs territory, I still have a soft spot for the Mavs. Especially Dirk. No offense, Madmommy, but I can’t watch your team thrash them.

violent

that’s the key. It’s his temper. That’s the button we need to push because we sure as hell don’t want him to have the power to push THE button! We need to make sure the rest of the country knows how scary it would be to have him as prex.

Gack! Are these the worst commercials EVER? Utterly cringe-worthy.

tis a real survey the lake is running. totally random selection

*sigh* i’ve not been chosen

frequently. I finally did it so it would stop—I hope.

Hummm - most flights on a private jet are probably within the four hour range. Very convenient.

tis a fake commercial

I think we can say he is all of the above. Sort of omnimpotent.

Sorry! Go Hornets!

Digg it!!!

why is 4 hour range important?

whoops, never mind

We live to serve.

Prairie, Well-seasoned DFH

I only have to listen to them. I can’t imagine what it’s like having to watch them.

It’s part of being able to better communicate to future potential advertisers: “who reads FDL?” FDL appreciates the time you might take to complete the survey, as it will better enable our terrific marketing team to target advertisers who want your valuable eyeballs.

It’s completely optional, of course.

thanks neuro, dugg

Hello Dr (pause) Dick.

that’s presumably how long the little blue pill is good for.

Spoken with authority from someone who has insight into fundies’ blood pressure…. *g*

What was it the missus said that made him explode (sorry) at her?
Oh, yeah, thinning on top?
Achille’s Heel?

I’ll bet if you ask him, even McCain will tell you he’s an impo’tent man.

matters not to me—my software blocks ads anyway. I’d rather directly support the Lake. Which reminds me, there hasn’t been an ask in a while.

i do my best :) it is my understanding that the word ’suzanne’ has power to spike some b/p’s way up

i’m dayam proud of that

But very like the awful real ones!

I love to take surveys. Especially since I don’t fit into nice little categories that advertisers think we should - middle aged white woman with decent income and very liberal. I like to show ‘em that we’re out here.

touché.

if anyone wants to see the speech that Rev Wright gave tonight at the NAACP in detriot, you can view the videos here

I think it is anything that calls his manlihood and studliness into question.

I agree that McCain’s temper is a weakness to be exploited. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility to get him going ballistic, perhaps in a debate on national TV, live across America. Kinda hard to spin that.

Alternate name for the DNC ad: Hunchback Of Notre McCain

Omnimpotent!

I love it! You will see that word again, sir.

We aim to please, you please aim.

Senator, on average, how many viagra do you cary with you at all times?

McCain: maybe a hundred.

I want you all to know that all your text is showing on my screen.

How cool is today’s new feature?

Okay, then I will finish it.

those are just the viagra lobbyists….

Hey RevDeb. How’s Philly?

there should be lots and lots of opportunities to light his fuse between now and Nov. Calling Mike Stark . . . . Spocko . . . . .

tech crew snuck it in during late late nite friday nite

lovin’ it.

McCain has turned into one gigantic conservitard buttmunch on every issue of importance to this country from Torture to Taxes. If ambition blinds him that much perhaps a seeing-eye dog would be appropriate… oh wait, he has Mrs. Checkbook McCain for that… if she’s not stoned on Percocets.

Maybe McCain should stroll over to the Dole residence…I’ve heard they’ve got a lifetime’s supply of the little blue pills!

Wait maybe Linda Davies got into the medicine cabinet at one of their “Dinnah Parties” and got a bit hyped! I’ve heard that it works on the ladies libido, too!

Tres cool, Teddy!

And Atrios tipped on the new blogger feature for timed postings. A gift from the blog-gods for we lowly DFH bloggers.

I love the royal blue and the hidden quoted text!

Hiya Suz, ES… RevDeb… que pasa?

Oh, EU, now that’s hilarious!

Yeah, but it’s got to be in camera shot of the big 3 networks and cable news channels. Nothing like live video of a shit fit to really impress people.

Hey mommybrain, how’s the smoke down your way?

I mean — from today’s fire.

but his RSS feeder is all screwed up. Has been for almost a week.

Atrios seems to spending a lot of his time in teh future now. I’m not sure this new feature is healthy for him. What if he had discovered it before the Pennsylvania primary? He could have skipped it altogether!

A reminder - McCain is a fighter jock. Those of you that have been around that unique species probably know what I mean. Aggressive, extremely confident, believes they can do anything, on the edge, etc. BTW, God bless them all, but don’t think we need another one in the WH.

What I wouldn’t give to watch mcCain melt down in public (oh, please oh please oh please). But it would have to be a situation like Ashcroft’s mini-melt, with calm, persuasive questioners not pushy or rude ones. Otherwise it’s on them, not McCain.

hey mommybrain, did the fire cancel your plans?

Jonathan Singer has a good one on McShame’s hypocrisy calling Obama out. That’s a theme everyone can pile on.

last graph:

So in the case of an election between McCain — a candidate who dips into his wife’s immense fortune or governmental coffers to subsidize his campaign activities; a candidate who is fighting on behalf of tax cuts for the extremely wealthy that will eventually have to be paid for on the backs of hard working Americans; a candidate who is advocating on behalf of a policy that could potentially put tens if not hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work (not to mention help undermine American infrastructure — and Obama, a conversation about which candidate and which party is insensitive to the needs, hopes and aspirations of working Americans is one that I’d love to see had.

I think we also need to institute a standing rule that any comments by Mr. Child-of-Privilege-Married-to-More-Money-than-Croesus about how anyone else is out of touch with the common people be greeted with gales of derisive laughter.

And it is SPLENDID!

Very elegant solution, I think.

Yay, techies.

Has Juanito McCain put his Manhood in a “Blind Trust” for the campaign, or has it been there since he married Cindy Lou? ¿Quien es mas macho?, Señor McCain, you or Señora McCain?

Well, that’s the problem, innit…wingnuts parrot phrases like “out of context” without really knowing the meaning of “context”. You can hear it on any given Hannity show. It sounds smart, and they think it makes them sound smart. Obviously, it doesn’t.

Perhaps we should have Hannity explain the context we are missing when Johnny Cakes called Cindy a C**T? That would be innnerestin’…and maybe, since it’s not gonna be in a manner “an excretory or sexual manner” it should be easy for him to talk about it without the wrath of the FCC coming down on FAUX…

tee-hee!

Hey Teddy! ‘ere.

Oh, you mean the FIRE. Even though it’s more than 5 miles away as the crow flies and the wind is blowing away from us, my sister’s car was covered in ash when she left here today, after parking overnight.

Hey, Jo! Aloha, Late nite Pups! Jo, can you meet me on FB?

true. But we’d also have to catch him while he’s not on tranqs. He seems to be doped up most of the time lately. I wonder why?

I shall try to profit by his un-example. Wrote a post for publishing at 6 a.m, hopefully it works. One cannot be too careful about Future Posting. Wouldn’t want to see him or any of us disappear into the 22nd Century…..

they want iraq and iran for the oil. Without the oil we are fucked because no one is making plans for 300 million of us to live without it. The saudis have begun pumping water down oil wells for the dregs, this is a sign that they are running out. No ez answers.

Agreed.

FB?

now if we could just get the edit feature back we’d be in hog heaven. Pretty please?

“Please somebody run and tell my stuck on stupid friends that Arabic is a language, it’s not a religion.”

his temper temper temper

shoot me an email, I’m not on FB (took me a minute)

McCain seems to have had extensive media coaching — he is quiet, still, and (inappropriately) smiley. But the real McCain shines through sometimes. My favorite expression of his is when he’s trying to hear a question at a press avail. It’s very Abe Simpson.

sorry pups, that is what happens when your chatting and reading FDL at the same time *g*

dang, that’s like asking for a miracle

don’t know if the tech crew can put that outta their hat

Or whereever… I need to ask a few questions…!

His fellow pilots called Johnny Cakes “Ace” because he brought down five planes… unfortunately, they weren’t the enemies! If McCain had been on the other side he would have been the most successful North Vietnamese pilot of the war.

Wilco!

Exactly! Which is why having him go nutty in a debate would be so choice. I think his handlers are worried about it too, they probably see that temper up close and personal every single day.

BTW, anyone notice the diamond-encrusted USMC pin Cindy’s been sporting lately? McCain’s a Navy man, and I know that the Navy and Marines are intertwined, but am I missing something? Dad, a former Marine, used to make jokes about the Navy only being useful as a transport service for the Marines.

Obama used to say, “I want to have that conversation” a lot. He probably still does, we just don’t get to hear it.

What an uncanny resemblance.

No. We had a lovely yoga day. The park was closed to everyone but us due to the fire, so it was nice and quiet. Many friends, however, are evacuated from their homes in Sierra Madre. No structures destroyed thus far. I’m praying it’s just another Southern California Adventure for them and they’ll come home in a few days. Only 5% contained tonight.

Yeah, but Abe is smarter and more even tempered.

and better looking

I think he should always be refered to as “Johnny Wetstart”, that should get him livid!

Yeah and I hear he can still get it up.

But with the edit feature fully enabled, we might never have seen LHP’s “bright shiny thong.”

Momma Bong used to tell me I had a radio voice… and a radio face, too.

;~P

Thus impoverishing our lives.

Is it about her son?

true dat, teddy. i love the bright shiny thong

Good one. But I’d still like to have it back. I’m deep into re-writes.

Madmommy, I can hear that undercurrent in his voice, often these days, when a reporter asks him something he doesn’t want to answer. It’s like he’s forcefully putting a lid on it just like Georgie did, by sticking to the script, but you can hear the anger rising in his throat and clamoring to get out.

Not sure what that meant

that mrs bong loves ya is my take on it

I suppose someone could mention in public that McSame made his fortune the old-fashioned way: he married it.

Ah, the GOP, party of ‘family values’ … not!

There was a post somewhere on the intertoobz in the last week or so that implied that it is very possible that the press “likes” him so much because they are scared of him, ergo they don’t dare write bad things about him because they still have to travel with the sob. He probably would make their lives hell. I asked Cliff about it on the book salon and he thought it very possible. Remember when Liz Buemiller was new on the beat and caught his wrath?

It’s as if his meds wrestle his id to the ground right before our eyes. Someday, he’s miss a dose. Then we will win.

I like the idea of protesters with signs that just say “THIN ON TOP?” The media would get it, and so would Cindy and McCaint. But if the signs got on camera, TradMed might have to explain them to viewers….

Those ARE GOP family value$.

That may be, but I though he was Navy like his dad. It seems to be a relatively new accessory of hers, just started seeing it in the last week or so, and suddenly she’s wearing it all the time. Odd, as he’s been serving for a while now.

June 4 this year, TWENTY-FIVE

I couldn’t be happier than a pig n shit!

SO lucky in love

;~P

Kinda like the Kiss Float?

thin all around—as in skin.

And then Ana[l] Marie Cox explained to Glenn on BloggingHeads that Liz was just “new” and didn’t get how to approach McCain! Which Ana[l] didn’t seem to understand was proof of the TradMed McCain cult.

It’s very garish and in execrable taste.

maybe since the phony flag lapel pin flap?

I thought it was your mother who told you that. I guess I had the wrong Mrs. Bong . . .

Sort of just naturally describes the McCains, doesn’t it?

Cult followers don’t always “worship” their leader. Often the behavior is caused by fear of him/her. In that sense it could fit.

is there a link to it?

Their son is an enlisted Marine in Iraq.

I love LHP. She brightens my day every time she appears. Her mind rushes in, her fingers fail to swiftly follow.

CT, you’ve got mail!

Well, the other Mrs. Bong says the same… In-Law Bong momma, too.

I kinda think I’m “goo-rooking”

;~P

Yes indeed. Tacky in the extreme. Something someone new to obscene wealth might wear, not someone born with it.

Saw it and replied! Mahalo! ;-)

Grrr. things don’t look good for the Mavs.

According to wiki, “Jimmy” is no longer in Iraq. He came home in February. Per the campaign website (brain bleach, please!) he’s in the Navy. The other son is at the Naval Academy.

So the jewelry must be something she, um, likes?

BTW, MM that’s all the Navy is good for… Transporting the jarheads…! ;-)

the pretty dress uniform?

My father the CB might have had a few things to say on that subject. He personally knew three of the guys who raised the first flag on Suribachi.

Or patching us up…not all squids wear denim, some of the better ones (medics) are in cammies.

She always seems to be wearing clothes as if they didn’t actually belong to her - she is not at home in them.

Sir Squid, here, dude… Bite your tongue!

;~P

That might explain Megan.

Rebate checks should begin to get out Monday which is early I bet they were rushed out when Bush heard gas prices were going up and rice was being rationed.
I bet Bush has the media all ready to do some happy stories about people getting their checks and how they are going to spend it at Wallmart.
The purpose will be to show Bush and McCain care about the middle class which would explain McCain the grandson and son of two admirals and the boytoy of rich woman calling Obama an elitist.
However nobody I know thinks that $1,200 will help them.
So just who is Bush polling? Who does he think will react like a 5 year old when given a quarter, Paid Actors?
I also bet that there will be a host of new polls to check the nations reaction to the rebate checks. Whether the polls are fixed or not in 2 months things will be back to normal.
We will know if the GOP is desperate if they sart talking about more rebate checks before the election.

Being just a bit partial, but the Marine dress blues are quite snappy.

That’s interesting Teddy. So neither son is in the Marines, yet she sports a gaudy USMC diamond pin/brooch/thingy. And you know those are not rhinestones.

I’m sure McCain will say something stupid in a debate in the fall … some one just needs to get his temper going

You don’t suppose it could be something like the MC stands for McCain, do you madmommy

Who’s Megan?

Bite your tongue, too.

I’ll give the Corpsmen due credit, they do a great job when they’re not afloat…!

navy brat, ct - dad was career navy and put in his 20

Well, this one sez NAVY. Which makes more sense all around, I guess

Squids? Oh, please. LOL.

That is one scary picture.

Misspelled it, should be Meghan. It’s the daughter we are allowed to see (no sign of the adopted Bangladeshi).

Spew Alert: (from Krugman’s blog)

McCain the destroyer
One of George W. Bush’s lesser but still important talents is his uncanny ability to destroy peoples’ reputations: from John DiIulio to Michael Mukasey, well-regarded figures have entered the Bush administration’s doors, only to reemerge soiled and diminished.
Early signs indicate that John McCain may have the same talent.
There’s an extraordinary exchange on the web site of the Tax Policy Center blog between Len Burman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the well-respected former CBO head now advising McCain.
Burman makes the point that McCain’s tax proposals are extremely expensive, and highly irresponsible unless McCain plans to more or less eviscerate government as we know it. Basically, McCain proposes to make the Bush tax cuts permanent, plus repeal the alternative minimum tax, plus sharply cut corporate taxes — with a total cost of 3.2 percent of GDP, which is equal to total domestic discretionary spending.
Holtz-Eakin’s reply involves, in part, claiming that the proposals are a “vision” rather than something to be specifically implemented. Oh-kay.
But what really got me was Holtz-Eakin’s complaint about “the adoption of unrealistic congressional budgeting conventions.”
This takes some explaining. When “scoring” tax proposals, Congress asks how they would change revenue from what it would have been otherwise — that is, it’s done against a baseline of current policy. And current policy is defined as what the current law says.
Now, this has caused problems, largely because the Bush administration deliberately used that convention to hide the irresponsibility of its tax plans. The 2001 tax cut was scheduled to expire at the end of 2010, not because this was actually intended to happen, but to make the 10-year projected cost lower. And the Bush administration didn’t include the price of an AMT fix, even though it was clear one would be necessary.
What Holtz-Eakin wants us to do is to consider all of this water under the bridge. The Bush administration faked its numbers by pretending that it wanted the tax cut to expire — but hey, they didn’t really mean it, so we shouldn’t consider extending the Bush cuts as something that imposes any new revenue loss. The Bush administration pretended that nothing needed to be done about AMT, but hey, everyone knows that was fraud, so we shouldn’t consider abolishing the AMT a real cost. So most of the McCain proposal isn’t really a tax cut!
This is sophistry — and Holtz-Eakin knows it. Proposing to extend past unaffordable tax cuts has the same effect on the budget as proposing new unaffordable tax cuts. The bottom line is that the combination of the Bush tax cuts and McCain’s extensions and revisions would leave the federal government without sufficient revenue to do its job; no amount of bobbing and weaving can change that fact. And it’s really sad to see Holtz-Eakin lending his reputation to this sort of thing.

One at the Boat School and one in the Corps? Sounds right to me. Jim Webb is the only other Congresscritter with a child in Mess O’Potamia, AFAIK.

Watch that. *g*

Too bad we don’t get to see her and Michelle Obama debate one another. Now THAT would be interesting.

Damn! The woman has the neck of Nefertiti but her eyes are 70 below wind chill!

Spew Alert, please!

…and a courtesy flush

;~P

Lordy, could you just imagine! I would pay good money to see that!

Heh, at least you joined us in the fight as Kerry did…! Them deep water boyz… I don’t know…! ;-)

That would indeed be quite the sight.

I would love to see that happen.

Senator! Speak into the macaca-phone!

Careful. She had to get very expensive drugs in order to have that look.

McCain is visiting poor areas of the country just in time for the rebate checks to be delivered I think I read that he will be doing Town Hall meetings.
I bet there will be a lot of people at these Town Hall meetings thanking McCain and President Bush for the rebate checks but not one complaint about rice or gas except of course to blame the Democrats.
The Press of course will eat it up.

My favorite analogy of our occupation in Iraq is that we are there stompin’ on cherry tomatos on a manure pile (that we created). Stomp on a pile and some go rollin’ away, so we chase ‘em over there. Meanwhile the seeds, germinate in the pile and you have a whole new batch of cherry tomatos back where you once were.

To that end Times has announced that bombings are back in neighborhoods the Pentagon had considered “pacified” and under Iraq military control.
Round Up The Usual Suspects

Yeah, some are blaming “Al Qaida”, but most likely it’s Sunni militias that we have armed and trained pushing back into neighborhoods that had been ethnically-cleaned a year or so ago.

OK. I am off to bed. Last week of lectures, then finals, and I am off for the summer. Yeah!

His handlers have probably used a dog whistle to stop the anger response during a debate- but there will probably be some DISPLACEMENT behavior generated….If you see a pile growin in his pants- for example- he’s REALLY pissed-

g’nite dr (pause) dick

new from the Beeb:

An audit of US-funded reconstruction for Iraq finds millions of dollars were wasted on incomplete projects.

Anyone surprised? Raise your hands.

No, I thought not.

I’m sad now

Need another beer… and a hooker… and

;~P

Summer? you get summer where you live?

Sir Squid or Seaman Squid, makes no difference. Still a squid, and unless you were drafted into the Navy, you chose your branch of service.

I chose the Marine Corps, gave it my best (and they darn well took it without complaint)! I’m sure you did the same, and if you served any time along side Marines you understand that the rivalry is a friendly one. If you did not have the opportunity, I apologize for the warped perspective you received from your shipmates.

friggn manequin.

i didn’t see a USA flag on her lapel.

Oh, and by the way did you all see the “success” in Afghanistan? Apparently the non-existant and defeated Taliban attacked an outdoor military ceremony and Karzai had to run for his life like Max Bialystock being chased by little old ladies (albeit with AK-47s).

… another tattoo

where i live, we only got summer.

Maybe it’s because her eyes are light blue, they photograph strangely. Still, it happens quite often, doesn’t it? A very creepy look combined with the botox and whatever other work she’s had done. The sad part is she’s only 52 or 53. She’d probably be a very attractive woman if she’d just back away from the bleach and the tanning beds and aged gracefully.

guess this is not the time to mention i got up to 92 today. a perfect day with gentle breezes blowing

From Olongapo? ;-)

Well, we call it summer. Some places might call it winter. It snowed a little every day last week, though highs were in the 40s or low 50s.

you sound like you’re on the same semester schedule we are down here

Yeah- when yer REALLY sad- five big margaritas and a blow job help to ease the pain—-fer a while.

Lots of Sailors and Marines here at the Lake… Semper Fi! I started in the Corps and then went to the Navy… :)

is she 50’s. Jeez, she’s old enough to be….. my sister.

We were WARM today- and humid too- as if the east coast visited just for a day.

Two weeks ago I was in sandals. Last week it forking snowed.

Though 92 degrees is a bit warm for this tender prairie flower. Or whatever.

with age comes wisdom…

I was an Indian Guide- then went into the cub scouts.

This is great the only way McCain can make his tax cuts work is to cut Social Security. We should start attacking him now. We should force him to explain just where he will make cuts in domestic spending to offset his tax cuts.
Its amazing that nobody in the media with all their expertise understands economics or taxes better than a bunch of lowly bloggers.

OK. Enough for me—been a long work day and time for some sleep. Gotta do some more reading of Glenn’s latest book before I drift off.

Night all.

she looks like she’s had a couple of partial facelifts… and botox, that’s what creates that look

I want Michelle to start to talk about the plane she does not have.

Not so. This reference is dated to early 2007, but still is shows that not all of them are “five deferments - I had better things to do” chickenhawks:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/w.....ress_x.htm

i know, we should be pushing this BIG time … along with that shot of McCan’t saying I know nothing about economics

g’nite rev deb

Heh, and some fly boys/gals… The Army seems to be the minority here…! 8-(

this is true, i’m having hard time trying to convince those 4 snot nosed brats that keep showing up at my house everyday.

Semper Fi!

That’s odd, why would an amphibian choose to devolve into a fish? ;)

Love U long time, no shit!

Balut Balut! Mojo, Bullfrog, San Magoo…

RockTrax, Florida Club, New Jolo’s, Barrio Burrito!

Shore Patrol. Curfew (when Marcos was in power)

Woohoo… it was truly the Wild West.

I think that McBush shares several things with Bush- including the fact that he really doesn’t either understand or care about anything he says of a policy nature—just words to both of em.

Seaman Squid, actually and I did have the honor of shuttling my fine “Jarhead” friends to OUR destination.

Learned to get the fuck out of the way when they came storming down the scuttle-ways, or whatever…

I always appreciate the US Marine Corps

Semper Fi

All this military talk. I was a Brownie, then a Girl Sprout. Does that count?

I started out in destroyers. From WWII vintage, USS HOPEWELL (DD-681), to the latest class, USS MORTON (DD-948). MORTON was in a task force of the Yankee Station carrier and 4 destoyers, the destroyers performing what were called DeSoto patrols. Two ships, 3 days patroling off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin. Destroyers must refuel every 3 days, hence the rotation. Patrol, refuel from the carrier or an oiler if one was in the area, plane guard for 3 days, refuel, back on patrol. Repeat. MORTON was paired with USS RICHARD S EDWARDS. The other destroyers were USS MADDOX and USS C TURNER JOY. You know the rest.

Having a plane is a good thing…”Hey Jack—ah wanna see a broadway play tonight- Gas up ol Blunderbuss”

Got any cookies?

Yeah, thanks for that. I guess that the last time I looked, only Johnson of SD had a child over there, and it might have been Afghanistan. Then Webb and McCain. Others too, and I wish them all the best no matter their parents politics and that they all come home safely and have lots of grandkids and long, happy, prosperous lives.

Hey Gnome,
Did you know that you are on FB chat with me? Check it out (new).

Name one thing that Bush has done right the War, the Economy, Gas prices, rice prices, No Child Left Behind, Katrina etc
Now name one point one single idea where McCain disagrees with Bush.

(just a little to long for a bumper sticker) Damm must work harder!

Amen, Jo!

Was Hopewell a Gearing-class destroyer? Wow. Sailed on one when I was a mid. So freaking small…sort of like the old Knox-class “DE/FFs”

I just found that out. I had FB open and there you were falshing at me.

…actually got a shiner from a grunt from Texas at Pearl Harbor. Don’t need to say much more ’bout that…

He made his buddies a stinking big pile of money? Which was kinda the plan all along, now that I think about it.

oops. should read flashing. Not quite as good as LHP’s shiny thong, though.

I was an Indian Guide and a Boy Scout.

be the frontman for cheney

LHP has a shiny thong? Damn, they did upgrade this site over the weekend if you can see that! LOL!

I like shiny thongs

John McCane is an ill man. There’s nothing next door to healthy about him. I think he wears diapers.

I think McCain is stuck in his vietnam days, he’d like to go win a big one some where … incurious George just goes with wherever his warped, alcoholic instincts take him …

nah, the diaper thing is MY senator, McCain is more a tinfoil hat guy

Good evening dear friends. How is everyone?

I was a civilian before and am a civilian now. A memorable and unforgettable bout of a special kind of insanity in between, and I am the better for it. :)

I don’t remember. We always distinguished the old cans by their tonnage. 2100’s were the smallest, 2200’s next, then 2250’s like the GEORGE K MACKENSIE, which had 5″ mounts with 2 5′/38’s instead of 1 like the smaller cans. HOPEWELL was a 2200 class can. MORTON was a SPRUANCE class. A lot of FRAMS were 2250s refitted with ASROC, mostly.

incurious George just goes with wherever his warped, alcoholic instincts take him cheney tells him to go

So how does that flashing work? I see you on FB Chat.

“What did Bush start that you want McCain to continue?”

OK. Yawn. Stretch. I think I shall retire. It is a lovely cool night here, so we can sleep with the windows open. Recently it has been humid and in the 70’s at night, 80’s and muggy by day. It is now 58, and falling. Not going to be much of that here until almost next Christmas, so I had better take advantage of it.

hi, has passover going?

Agree with all you say. I am currently writing a rec for a young family member to join the Navy. I have lots of misgivings, but still feel service to our country is what our young people should do. He has my prayers and every good thing I can think of - as do all our people who are in uniform.

God Bless, Firepups - time to turn in.

Hey Tex,
I am checking out new Chat in FB just before I leave.

Welcome, Tex how are you doing tonight?

*waving g’nite to the leaving sleepy pups*

Heh, The Tuttle family motto has always been… “What doesn’t kill ya, only makes ya stronger…!”

it’s over. spent all of today with some good friends eating the last of the passover food. major grocery trip tomorrow.

I don’t know. It caught my eye though, and there you were. I answered, but then closed the FB window in preparation for going nighty nights.

gonna be refilling your snack pantry too, tex?

I am doing well, thanks.

The Stock Market is fighting to stay above its Clinton high.
The dollar is down how much today? I wonder what Bush and Darth’s tax returns show about the money they made this year vs the first year they were in office when those tax returns are adjusted for inflation?

A little tweaking maybe but I like it!

Cake !

now that’s the kinda beer i like, tex!

I think now that you mention it, that that can might have been a FRAM 2. I know she was decomm’d soon after I was onboard her. Never enuff of a SWO to distinguish between them as a youngster, too busy learning how to keep a T-28B upright and under my (marginal) control. :)

Soviet ship recce was a nightmare for me… they all looked the same, well except the Moskva and the Kyndas, due to a mnemonic a friend had for them.

A Vote for McCain is a vote for 4 more years of the Dark Side!
Vote McCain Choose the Dark Side!

Great! no more matzah then!

you suppose he’s already agreed to keep Darth Cheney in his undisclosed location?

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/con.....xLarge.jpg
cake?
Love you Betsy, can I share?

Blog madam moment: Miseducation

GREAT essay!

hiya Betsy!

I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being a McCain/Cheney ticket.

*eyes getting big* oh my that looks yummy

In case there is still a question about why Cindy McCain wears a USMC pin, this Chicagotribume.com article mentions “Jimmy, 19, an enlisted Marine who has already served in Iraq”

Sorry if it has already been posted

that’s my fear

Hi Chris, Betsy, everyone.
I’ll have to check out the f/b chat.

ooooh, yum!

I like that kind and the original kind, but not the kind on the cover of Newsweek.

Damn, Suzanne,
I used to bake like that in times past, sigh…

Cheney’d take head of CIA if he didn’t have to show up and report to congress ever so often, I’m sure

newsweek can kiss off

OMG, this country could not survive 16 (or even 12) years of Darth Dick. -retch-

We’re barely getting through eight.

How ya doin Teddy?

cheney likes the dark side

Leslie Stahl just said that Scalia is so ‘unpretentious’ that you wouldn’t realize that he sat on the supreme court…! WTF???

Catch you all in a bit… or tomorrow. Have to get a root canal tomorrow. Ick. Hope I get some good drugs. LOL!

For Augustine, God is immutable, eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, absolutely devoid of potentiality or composition, a pure spirit, a personal, intelligent being. The mystery of the Trinity of God induces Augustine to consider God as being, knowledge, and love; and since the world has been created by God, it reveals a reflection of these three attributes of God: every creature should consist essentially of being, knowledge, and volition.

http://radicalacademy.com/philaugustine1.htm

A vote for another Moron is a vote for ignorance and SATAN!

By there deeds ye shall judge them and Bush/McCain has failed at everything
Vote Left and join the Rapture!

Aloha, Jo! That does hug…!

When I was a young mom, and poor to boot, I used to bake every night after dinner. Mostly banana bread, or cranberry pecan loaf, but did it for years and years. Empty nest here now. Poor Mr. CE, he is missing baking.

Take care, Jo.

fork, dayam good drugs, jofish

i used to bake

now i just bake when upset or troubled

okay, i gptta get up and warp the masses for one more week before the semester ends … blessings and belle reves!

… also, McCain is D A N G E R O U S

Aloha, DK!

I used to bake braided bread, brushed w/ egg and sprinkled with poppy seeds. Nummy.

Suz, that was my response after 9/11 — I baked my ass off.

I have also thought that.

I guess we’ll know if McCain picks Cheney to find him a Veep.

That way, Cheney can update his blackmail files from the 2000 search.

i did the majority of my baking worrying about baby girl when she was being put back together again. i was not a decent human but my neighbors loved the goodies i shared

I do a lot less baking in real life than here at the lake.

But we love your FDL baking!

Sorry, I should be saving this for Late, Late, when all topics are off topic.

its our fault

Of course unless Henry Kissenger or Negroponte are available.
After all McCain hates Catholics and Henry has East Timor Catholic cleansing issues and Negroponte has no problem with American Nuns getting raped and killed.
Either one of them would be perfect for McCain as VP.

Get real, buddy.

I don’t think I’ve said this yet tonight…

John McCain supports torture of human beings by the United States of America.

John McCain:
Worse than Bush

Oh, and I hear he is “insensitive” to the poor people who have to work for him.

Not to mention to his wife.

e-baking doesn’t hurt my back at all! and no extra calories.

Who is NOT poor, it should be pointed out.

I had a baby girl diagnosed with two very strange things: bird TB and later JUV. It has been a rocky road.

No serious if I ahem disappear along with every other Lefty well its probably a government take over in which case we all become Martyrs or God saves us before we are picked up in which case its the Rapture.

Oh, my. Hope all ends up well.

Yes, indeed.

Check back when you disappear! s/

I hear ya, my son is Bipolar 1 w/ADHD… All kinds of fun…! 8-(

With you.

Come on I’m sure the earthly and Heavenly powers have certainly judged you worthy of any honor that I might get.

301 comments, and only 16 diggs?

Come on, people!

It has, really has. She is a grownup now! And looking for an apartment in NYC now.

My kid is text messaging me shopping lists of all the non-Passover food he wants to eat this week.

Can I send you my grocery list too?

Sure. But how do I deliver the food?

McCain is as phony as a two dollar bill. First he casually states that we may be in Iraq for “a hundred years”; then he softens his tone and pretends he didn’t mean it. He doesn’t know who the parties are in Iraq and needs turncoat Lieberman to cue him on which party is which there. He says he wants federal funds, then exceeds the limit for spending his funds, and he would be guilty of a crime if it weren’t for the fact that the Federal Election group hasn’t got enough members to come down on him. He tells homeowners that he believes they shouldn’t get government help because that isn’t free enterprise, then he promises help but it’s so meager it won’t mean much. He calls himself a straight talker, but won’t release his wife’s tax returns (to show how wealthy she really is). He takes a government disability pension, yet calls himself fit to run. If this isn’t the perfect picture of a hypocrite, what is? It also shows how the Media is so screwed up because they take him seriously when he’ll say anything, promise anything, to get elected.

I think I just figured out McCain. He is Fred Thompson without the southern cliches and the high energy.

Did you hear Scalia tonight on 60 Minutes. Torture IS NOT punishment.