: )))))

Roller Coaster!

Yeeeeeeeeee-hawwwwwwwwwww!

woohoo! that was the longest one today

Hey Suz!
Just us chickens…

Am I here yet?

newton the user, i am so tempted to link to that chicken video…

hey neuro

temptation won

go for it!

instructions even

Hooray! Comments are working, and so is Digg!

I’ve been looking forward to this LLN since your comment earlier, suzanne. I’ve got to go take care of some household stuff but I’ll be back to check out the bluze.

*standing on chair clapping for the tech crew*

thanks

tech people rock

the tech guys have jerry rigged together a fix that is gonna be a big surprise to the morning nsa monitor (/snark)

Just saw a clip with John and Sindy McKeating and jeezus…I almost feel embarrassed for them. They’re so robotic.

I typically make every effort not to get complacent, but Nov is gonna be cakewalk.

I know McKeating has huge advantages built in, and that 25-30% will vote for him just cuz there’s a R next to his name, but c’mon, they’ve got to be the worst husband/wife Prez ticket I can ever remember. They make Bob Dole look exciting. Wait till CrazyTrain falls off a stage into a vat of Bisquick, or some stupid shit. It’ll be sad.

BTW, when did Cliff “The Wingnut Destroyer” Schecter join FDL?? That’s fantastic news!

Have the chickens come home to roost?

dood (or doodette as the case may be), there was a post up on the front page earlier this week announcing it.

he’s running his own blog too which is accessible from the front page, just like tbogg and marcy

dood (or doodette as the case may be),

Depends on my mood. Thanks for the info!

I left this earlier today, but I want to start a movement to have this guy be Obama’s Press Secretary.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EOrG1r3S6ZA

He’s been properly vetted.

hahaha that’s great

eric

Beats the lying sack of cute any day.
Great!

gwad, that is funny. What I really want to know tho, is how much tequila did he drink before the press conference?

Singing the blues tonite… That’s fer sure…! ;-)

i’ve been looking for a cut of that song by the marshall tucker band… forking great version they did

Hey VG!
Tequila?
A trip to the old Cadillac Bar, I think…

singing the blues

why i drink tequilla

Per Glenzilla today:

The principal tactic Israel-centric neocons have repeatedly used with Bush to induce him to attack Iran has been to tell him that history will judge him based on whether he permits Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. From The Weekly Standard’s Irwin Stelzer, writing about a 2007 White House luncheon with Bush, historian Andrew Roberts, and a group of necons:

The closing note was a more serious one. Roberts said that history would judge the president on whether he had prevented the nuclearization of the Middle East. If Iran gets the bomb, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other countries will follow. “That is why I am so pleased to be sitting here rather than in your chair, Mr. President.” There was no response, other than a serious frown and a nod.

Norman Podhoretz, when telling the President to bomb Iran, used the same tactic:

“I urged Bush to take action against the Iranian nuclear facilities and explained why I thought there was no alternative,” said Podhoretz, 77, in an interview with The Sunday Times. . . .

He also told Bush: “You have the awesome responsibility to prevent another holocaust. You’re the only one with the guts to do it.” . . . .

“The president has said several times that he will be in the historical dock if he allows Iran to get the bomb. He believes that if we wait for threats to fully materialise, we’ll have waited too long — something I agree with 100%,’ Podhoretz said.

And now, magically up pops these new reports from Israel warning that the deadline to stop Iran’s nuclear bomb is the end of the year — right before George Bush leaves office. Bush has less than eight months left to fulfill his history-mandated mission “to prevent another holocaust” by attacking Iran, or else “be in the historical dock if he allows Iran to get the bomb.” They’re as transparent as they are dishonest and bloodthirsty.

And, it was their Israel that has already nuclearized the Middle East.

even popa chubby sings the blues

Shit, wigwam - they are practically blowing this guy to get him to kill millions more.
Imagine what we will have to do to prevent it…

That was an awesome article he wrote today!

Huge Clapton fan- he’s very versatile among other things.

Sorry Suz, you’ve probably seen this before:

And, he had long hair and wasn’t wearing glasses. Must have been when he was younger. But, man, woman, does he rock outta site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSLZSXUGpY4

fats has blue mondays but i like em stormy

Ha, not sure, but I do know his piano has been drinking…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4F3.....re=related

you are wrong, i’ve not seen that before… wow and thank you vg

Interesting book?

Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics by Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais (Hardcover - Mar 30, 2008)

“…change is indeed on its way, and the magnitude of that change will be monumental a tectonic realignment of the sort that occurs about every four decades, leading to a fundamental shift in policy priorities and voter coalitions.” –Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

I saw them on what? PBS News Hour? and one of the things they said was that when these cohorts come in like this, they sing the same tune for the rest of their lives– I think 40 years was mentioned. If so, very good news for Democrats.

Bob in HI

Well, I shall see ya on the flip side! Aloha Oe!!!

looking for the heart of saturday night is one of my favs

suz! where’s the brain bleach? i need it bad!

aloha ct

oh dear, fork in the road re: FDL comments- music or the real world with all its shit? I don’t want to be an irresponsible FDL citizen, but it’s a roller coaster. Sometimes I just gotta step back from the real world, and watch Clapton, just for a few, to keep my sanity.

nite tuttle

one gallon sized personal jugs are located at all power strips and there are 55 gal drums at each exit and entrance to the lake

i’ve learned to stockpile the stuff

cheap tequila

{sorry, I couldn’t find Johnny Winter’s original)

fdl is my escape from the world but even i remember that life before blog is the rule that has to be followed

Oh yes. Brilliant.

tequila

FORK.. this is the one i wanted to do

thank you!

OK, here’s Johnny

bonkers- that is hilarious! who’s the white-haired guy in the tacky suit who is giving body language commentary in that Tom Waits piano video?

That’s Martin Mull.

i drink alone

one bourbon, one scotch, one beer

fyi - just posted the mp3 for Tuesday’s HJC hearing with philippe sands (and other good witnesses) on john yoo and the torture lawyers for lhp at the bottom of her thread. if any of you are interested in it too, here’s the direct link to the webpage. i ripped it directly from the HJC feed (c-span’s wasn’t complete), so the audio is ok, but not great.

rock me baby

night all.

sweet thank you selise

g’nite selise

It is my understanding that this LLN is about the blues.

The real world will be there in the morning.

Listening to the blues will make us better prepared to deal with it.

In my humble opinion. :)

hi and nite selise

can’t have a blues thread without this

He and Fred Willard had a show together in the 70s. Can’t remember the name…I was a wee little muckraker at that time, sorry to say.

Looking back, I loved that time for mainstream entertainment. Muppet Show…Gong Show…SNL debut…Make Me Laugh…

I remember my parents going to see the Unknown Comic is S.F., and they brought me a signed “bag” but it was a tiny sandwich paper bag, since I was so young. Will always remember that…hilarious.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xj3Q9l9Ivng

Imagine a 4 year old imitating him…no wonder my friends thought I was weird….

Whoops…this is a better link:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Wz.....re=related

Fernwood 2-Night

sometimes, i can’t even get the blues when even cowgirls get the blues

have to include soap on that list….forking hysterical (or was that the 80’s)

Fernwood 2-Night

for those who never saw soap

Because FDL is my StrangeLoveAddiction

This is actually a favorite in Caledon in second life when i’m DJing for the dance/rave gigs. Sadly, my laptop has been on the fritz since january, so i won’t be spinning again until that’s fixed.

Didn’t that show launch Billy Crystal’s career?

oh no! is that gonna be bad for your vacation?

I caught the last of the Unknown Comic in the 80s myself, and it still makes me grin to this day. Muppet Show reruns and new shows? I NEVER missed, i swear it was Henson that gave me my love of snark and satire in general. XD

he was just an unknown comic before then iirc.. launched his film career for sure

very risky, playing an openly gay man in those days. the censors musta been going nuts

Yeah, that’s it!

bonkers!!! omigod! what a great youtube. I was laughing myself silly while watching! Brilliant performance!

Sorry. ^^ I respect the blues, just not something i listen to a lot. Gotta be in the right mood for them, and even then i don’t own much at all in that genre.

Supers are Coming in….

5-5-08 - Added DNC Kalyn Free (OK) for Obama.
- Added DNC Theresa Morelli (DA)* for Clinton.
- Added DNC Michael Cryor (MD) and DNC Lauren Glover (MD) for Obama
- Added IL add-on Richard Daley (IL)# for Obama. 2 other IL add-ons will be added when we get a valid source.
5-6-08 - Added IL add-ons Barbara Flynn Currie (IL)# and Todd Stroger (IL)# for Obama.
- Added DNC Jeanette Council (NC) for Obama
5-7-08 - Added Rep. Heath Shuler (NC) for Clinton.
- Added DNC Jerry Meek (NC) and DNC Inola Henry (CA) for Obama
- Added add-on Dan Gelber (FL)# for Obama
- Switched DNC Jennifer McClellan (VA) from Clinton to Obama.
5-8-08 - Added Rep. Brad Miller (NC) for Obama
- Added Rep. Rick Larsen (WA) for Obama
5-9-08 - Switched Rep. Donald Payne (NJ) from Clinton to Obama
- Added Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR) for Obama

Whoaahh! Tumblin’, Tumblin’ Dice!

not a problem. music of all types is welcome in the late late nite threads..

what does that bring the totals to?

newt! that is absolutely great! Maybe he should be Hillary’s press agent!

Nope. The roomies at the Con will have their own laptops. A friend i refer to as Sychogrl will have one, as will Ten Yokou. So i’ll still have access, but i wont’ be able to post here, for the most part. I’ll be updating my LJ periodically in those 5 days of madness though.

We always share the laptops during this time. Kurogane’s down for the count, but i might be able to sneak onto Gema (Sychogrl’s dell) more than once to check on the crowd and politics. (When Touma isn’t turning the TV to TDS and Colbert!) The other roomie, Touma is a political blog junkie like i am so we’ll likely both have our turns to check our our favorite places. *grin* She hangs out at C&L.

The Great Bagged One was Murray Langston, who I think was also the creator of the San Diego Chicken.

He used to be on Make Me Laugh as well, one of my all time favorite shows.

Make Me Laugh
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vRNnRJny9j4

*laughing* that’s what tabbed browsers are for.. switching back and forth…

time zones

Exactly!

or maybe a wrap up video for the Hillary campaign! gwad, I started thinking of current Obama v Clinton race when I first started watched. Guess I really am a politcal junky to be reading between the lines like that!

how many days and have you heard back from the hospital yet?

I saw somewhere else tonight that said Dem Con Watch had Obama within 7 supers now. Didn’t check myself, and that seems pretty optimistic to me, but those defections from Clinton really speed it up!

I mean, started watching this YouTube. Hard to keep track of all of the youtubes here tonight! But, it’s the one that newt posted:

Fernwood Tonight Part 1 on UBS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5HAkYuAATzA

Got ahold of them this morning. I set up a phone interview with the HR Recruiter. She seemed very pleased that i had the PTCB Certification already. The ‘god bless you’ she said right after i said that hinted that most of her applicants don’t have that to their name, most likely.

It still doesn’t make the hiring definite, but it ups the odds.

The ‘god bless you’ she said right after i said that hinted that most of her applicants don’t have that to their name, most likely.

Either that or she’s a wingnut.

i’m a’liking your odds, alias - that is very encouraging indeed!

It didn’t set off any alarm bells for that. But it was a hurried conversation as i caught her between meetings. It sounded like honest relief that someone actually had the credentials she was looking for She asked who i’d been certified by. The PTCB answer was what she was looking for. Hence my thinking that the other applicants hadn’t done that, or had no idea about it.

Cool…I’ll keep my toes crossed for ya!

NOBODY LEAVES THIS PLACE WITHOUT SINGIN’ THE BLUES

Alias- been away from FDL for a bit (pressing real life stuff) so I’ve missed this part of your story. But, all best hopes and wishes.

ohmygawd, this was the bride to be’s favorite movie when she was a young thang….

Hey jacqrat- great to see you!!!

Howdy, y’all

It’s the first thing I thought of when I saw your video up top, Suz. Hey, VG

I’ve adored that movie FOREVER. XD So much geekery of music and comics and general fun.

Oh and the audible sigh of relief after the recruiter said ‘god bless you’ gave me that very obvious hint, by the way. I couldn’t miss it.

heh. I saw Albert just before he died. He was playing with Robert Cray…damn, that was a good show.

Speaking of Robert, he’s no fan George and Dick’s Excellent Advanture in Iraq.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hY4JlbC6wQE

when the blushing bride to be was a pre-teen and teen, this was one of her movies of choice. she was, after all, a babysitter at the time.

I was about 8 when it came out. It was just general fun and i was cheering on the little Thor fangirl.(my parents should have figured out i was a fangirl in training at that point!)

when you’re used up, where do you go

god damn…

she loves that, ferris, and pretty in pink.

opening line to that robert cray video…. heartbreaking