And I really like this video, especially considering that the guitarist is playing a Taylor:
(ht: Between Two Worlds)
So here’s an open thread for today. Enjoy the week and remember who Christmas is all about.
Oh, and in case someone wants to buy me a Christmas present, this would be interesting.
Great clip bs...
jdub19 Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:44AM EST (link)My favorite is Bob Seger…” Little Drummer Boy”
Anyone have a clip?
” Got to love the Lord for making things like that.”
Morally Compromised
Little drummer boy.
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:27AM EST (link)Personally, I love the Joan Jett version.
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To everyone fighting about Palin and diary titles...STFU...
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:52AM EST (link)Seriously, none of it is productive. Achance, Jaded, Mbecker, Gamecock, all of you have respectable positions on issues, but most of you are not engaging on issues.
TARP is, was, and always will be CRAP.
Palin will be a force in the Party and depending on the next 4 years could be our next pick for President…but 4 years might as well be a century in Politics.
Mike Duncan failed at the RNC for the simple fact that he never tended to the brand, nor did he speak to or for the grassroots.
Sen. McCain is what’s wrong with the party right now.
For as much as President Bush has done to secure our nation, he has equally crippled the cause of Conservatism here at home.
Look I like all of you guys and gals, and I agree and disagree with each of you on different subjects, but it is gonna take all of us to get this train back on the tracks. Lets get all these side issues out of the way so we can get to the hard work that is ahead for all of us.
Flame me if you want, heck I am thinking “can’t we all just get along” a la Rodney King even as I write this, but I think you all can agree that this infighting has become silly. So let’s just take a breather and get prepared to come back Jan 1st 2009 as one team ready to fight the Dems, not ourselves.
Flame away….;^)
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
You have a way with words
bs Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:58AM EST (link)That’s like 5 diaries in one comment. Nicely done!
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
Thanks BS and Jdub....nt
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:02AM EST (link)“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
“can’t we all just get along”
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:01AM EST (link)In the name of all that is holy-NO WE CAN’T.
Seriously, Merry Christmas all.
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Heh..Diogenes...that was me flaming myself..nt
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:03AM EST (link)“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Same here, kinda.
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:22AM EST (link)Believe it or not, I usually try to get along with those I disagree with. I’m just not very good at it.
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Let’s all compromise-everyone should just agree with me.
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Don't beat yourself up Diogenes...
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:26AM EST (link)You get there eventually…you just like to take the very long very deliberative road in every conversation…which is good in ways and bad in others….I admit you piss me off often, but eventually we end up in some form of agreement….;^)
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
There's usually a madness to method...
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:53AM EST (link)Not a typo, I like my version better.
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5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5
AceInTX Tuesday, December 23rd at 1:53PM EST (link)nt
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Good for you, Aaron! I was going to put up a
janis Tuesday, December 23rd at 8:50PM EST (link)comment for the Directors about the same thing. Thought it would be nice if they would arrange to break the site again for a few days and let folks cool down.
Sort of a RedState “Tower of Babel.” But you stepped in and handled it quite nicely.
Put off ALL my Christmas shopping until today and got it done in just under 6 hours. Was proudest of what I got my 80-something parents who have a hard time finding something on TV they like. So I found them the complete 9 season set of “Little House On the Prairie” which they loved when it was running. Comes complete with 60 discs including three made for TV movies.
Merry Christmas to all of you! This is my internet home and you are my political family. And, just as in all families, we don’t all agree and sometimes we get pretty pissy with each other. But, again as in all families, we need each other for support, strength, ideas, and, uhhhh, ……okay, I’ll say it
LOVE. That’s right, I love you folks. You’ve kept me more or less sane for quite some time now. The next four years will be quite the challenge, so I will be depending on all of you to keep up the good work so I don’t end up on the porch of some institution drooling into my pudding cups. Deal?
Thanks Janis....
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 8:56PM EST (link)I think I am gonna look for The Walton’s on DVD for myself…kind of reminds me of the RedState family…I think Achance would be JohnBoy..heh
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
“can’t we all just get along” a la Rodney King
olsmithie Thursday, December 25th at 11:54AM EST (link)Want to borrow my nightstick??
Merry Christmas
Regards
Seriously, you have some very good comments,
olsmithie Thursday, December 25th at 11:57AM EST (link)the tickler is that many of the problems are within the party, not just the Dems.
These must be addressed, but as you point out, they must be addressed without damaging those within the party.
Regards
I agree Aaron...
Rod_Patrick Thursday, December 25th at 12:10PM EST (link)the squabble over Palin is unproductive to all of us (although I tend to side with Janis on the matter*).
Rebuilding this party requires a real unification in hearts and in minds.
Merry Christmas to everyone.
*But I partly agree with Achance.
What Christmas is all about Charlie Brown...
Patrick_Murdock Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:53AM EST (link)http://www.patrickscartoons.com
This one ties...
bs Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:00AM EST (link)with the WKRP Turkey Drop as the best TV scene ever.
And maybe the Newhart finale scene where Bob wakes up in bed with Emily…
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
555 n/t
jdub19 Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:54AM EST (link).
” Got to love the Lord for making things like that.”
Morally Compromised
This should go to Aarron G.. 555
jdub19 Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:58AM EST (link)sorry
” Got to love the Lord for making things like that.”
Morally Compromised
Constantine?
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:58AM EST (link)Message brought to you by Diogenes
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Let’s all compromise-everyone should just agree with me.
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Aren't we amused with ourselves today.....
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:35AM EST (link)It doesn’t phase Christians. We have the hole card.
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Yes we do.
Diogenes314 Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:01PM EST (link)Even if some of us old school types don’t celebrate pagan ‘holy days’.
But for those who do, Merry Christmas. Again.
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Let’s all compromise-everyone should just agree with me.
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this one should be the Ace of Spades...
$peciallist Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:26AM EST (link)Special, that's about a 4 of clubs -- here's the queen of Diamonds:
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:33AM EST (link)ARe you kidding me? Paris freakin Hilton? The person whose career high point is a Hardees hamburger commercial?
No, here’s the REAL thing. Sarah Palin showing off her naughty-librarian look for her FAVORITE REDSTATE BLOGGER……
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Here you go
izoneguy Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:43AM EST (link)“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
It shouldn't say "HOT"
AceInTX Tuesday, December 23rd at 1:55PM EST (link)TRAMP or SLUT are more fitting IMHO
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izoneguy Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:06PM EST (link)Tramp & Slut are more befitting of who the real Paris is.
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
I like Takamine better
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:27AM EST (link)And I mention that only because people think Taylors are ‘all that’. They are OK, but Takamines ROCK.
Oh, and Merry Christmas to you and to all, bs. The reason for Christmas — never forget what was done and what it cost.
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Taks are nice guitars
bs Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:42AM EST (link)In fact, I just recommended one to a pastor friend of mine. They are probably the best price-performers that I’ve seen. But I’ve always liked the sound of a Taylor. It took me over 30 years of playing to splurge on a decent acoustic, and that’s what I bought. Every time I play, someone says “wow, that guitar sounds great” (no comment on the player, though…)
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
LOL, my fans say - dude, you are awesome!
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:14PM EST (link)Yeah, I give Taylors their due - I just always like to run counter to the crowd.
By the same token, I will never buy a PT Cruiser as long as they are all the rage — even though I secretly thing they are way cool. So I have an 01 Prelude, which (1) I think are some of the most handsome cars EVER, and (2) nobody has them, and (3) Hondas are the best cars anywhere, and (4) its color is ‘electron blue pearl, a cool color that Honda slapped on about 1000 vehicles ever. Oh, and (5) when turboed up, can get down to about an 11 sec quarter.
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I like the sound of Taylor guitars...
jadad Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:51PM EST (link)although I am a Fender man myself-both acoustic and electric. Still, my wife has an ooooold Yamaki acoustic that sounds terrific in a quiet room.
Just hoping my first comment on RS won’t be too controversial….
hehehe
bs Wednesday, December 24th at 1:01AM EST (link)No, especially not with me. I have two electrics - one 50s-vintage Gibson Les Paul Junior and a Fender Strat (mexi). I went on the cheap with the electric originally because I wasn’t sure if I’d spend much time with it. As it turns out, I have used it for years, it sounds fine for my purposes, and I don’t really need anything more.
Welcome to Redstate.
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
I have a Yamaha 12-string...
$peciallist Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:43AM EST (link)it sounds awesome Only when I play Peter Frampton songs….
And….I hope this isn’t you they are looking for…
Police are looking for a suspect described as a balding white man in his 40s, driving a tan Ford F-150 extended cab pickup.
haha, the description is close
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:53AM EST (link)When I heard all the APBs last night and this morning, I took note of that description also. Other than the pickup, it’s right on.
Unfortunately — and this is hard for a Texan to admit — at the moment I do not own a pickup. Sigh, yes, I know, I know. Sold my Silverado about May or so. My vehicles are currently a Prelude, a Supra, and a Supra.
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What a bunch of wussy cars... -nt-
NightTwister Tuesday, December 23rd at 11:59AM EST (link)Get Connected in Colorado.
Leave him alone NT
$peciallist Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:06PM EST (link)at least he doesn’t have a PT cruiser….
So what would you say to a Mini-Cooper with
streetwise Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:15PM EST (link)a built in champagne and quiche dispenser?
PS - all the yuppies of North Dallas have one! nt
streetwise Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:16PM EST (link)Can't decide whether it's James Bond or
NightTwister Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:20PM EST (link)Austin Powers…
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will it hold lumber and cinder blocks from Home Depot?
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:33PM EST (link)–nt
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No, but it has the e-book: "The Trust Fund Baby's Handyman Directory"
streetwise Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:59PM EST (link)so you can contact one of those gross but highly useful people who work with their hands, as they come in handy occasionally. The book syncs to your Blackberry.
wussy cars?
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:51PM EST (link)OK then.
My Prelude - I took a car I got for $11k (with 180whp) , put $25k into it to make it 480whp (on E85), and go sub-11 (ok, best slip ever was 10.89, usually get about 11.1 out of it). It’s a mid-4’s 0-60. I have grown tired of smoking Mustangs, Camaros, and 350z’s. Now I will only play with Corvettes, Supras and other mildly exotic cars or substantially modified anything.
My Supra (the 2nd Supra is just a parts car) is being fitted to get me about 750whp. I don’t even want to contemplate the 0-60 and quarter times it will have.
And by the way, no stickers, no rice, no under-carriage lighting (but then I repeat myself) It looks completely stock, except you can tell it’s got an IC, and well, the exhaust is clearly not stock.
It’s a good thing I only got wussy cars. I don’t think I could handle a real-man car.
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Fast and the Furious.
NightTwister Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:54PM EST (link)My favorite is still the GTO.
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I'm truckless too right now, and
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:42PM EST (link)it makes me really uncomfortable. I was tooling down the highway minding my own business listening to Rush last week, doing maybe 50; speed limit is 55 but it was icy so I was holding it down a bit. I was in the right lane and I saw motion in my rear view mirror. Some guy passing me in the left lane lost it on the ice, started fish-tailing and hit me just at the back of the cab. Hit me hard enough that even with studded tires I went around two and a half times, but I kept it in the road and didn’t hit anything. He went flying off the road and out into the tidal flats. Neither of us were hurt. My cab is cruched in the lower left corner, the whole left side of my bed is caved in and torn in a couple of spots and my rear axle is all out of alignment. His right front quarter panel is cruched and steam and coolant were pouring out of it, but I don’t know how much damage he got. He got cited; that’s all I cared about, and uncharacteristically here, seems to actually have insurance. Anyway, my long-suffering ‘90 Ranger is probably going to be totalled.
The guy had just moved here. He had it in 4wd-High and thought he was bullet proof. Happens constantly here with new drivers or new to here drivers; they have 4WD and think they can just cruise like its summer when the road is icy or snowy. First couple of snows or good spell of cold icy weather, the ditches are filled with 4WD trucks and SUVs.
In Vino Veritas
Aw, man!
E Pluribus Unum Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:55PM EST (link)Sounds totalled to me, considering its a 90. Sorry to hear that Achance - a good truck gone, at the hands of a nimrod who drives on ice like a Texan — which is to say, *not* well.
And I don’t know how a man manages life in AK without a truck.
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I actually hadn't had one
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 1:14PM EST (link)from ‘87 until ‘06. When wife 1.0 and I split up, my daugher and I wanted to move, so I sold my truck and camper to pay the costs and fees on the illegal wrap around that I used to get into this house. The economy here was in the toilet and houses couldn’t be sold. I was just divorced, had lousy credit, but I did have a high-level State job and enough cash to pay the costs.
As long as I worked for the State, I didn’t have a life, just a job, so dump runs and building supply hauling either didn’t get done or got hired out. My boats have always been slipped and when the 24′ needed hauling out, I could always find somebody with a 3/4 ton p.u. and an appetite for beer. The 30′ requires either a marine lift or a commercial hauler, so moving it isn’t an issue - except for what it costs.
When I retired, I was looking at ten plus years of “deferred maintenance” around the place, so a truck was necessary. Don’t know how I ever lived without one and hardly ever drive my Chrysler 300 anymore. It just sits under its cover and only comes out if we’re going to dinner or I have to go meet with a client or the like. Now I’m back to driving the Chrysler until the insurance gets sorted out with the Ranger. I have an old S-10 down in CA, but it is an expensive hassle to drive it to Bellingham, WA and bring it up on the ferry or to SEA to put it on the barge. It isn’t a vehicle I’d drive through northern BC and the Yukon to get it here on the Canadian road system this time of year. But anyway, after this summer’s fuel prices, there’s a lot of trucks on the market for a song. Bought my kid that was getting out of the Army an ‘02 Explorer in great shape with low miles for $4000.
In Vino Veritas
S-10, Ranger?
Darin_H Tuesday, December 23rd at 1:54PM EST (link)Those aren’t real trucks.
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I don't need real trucks.
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:18PM EST (link)I need to do dump runs, haul potting soil, some building materials, and, hopefully king crab pots, etc. I say hopefully on the crab posts since we’ve only had about a week to take king crab in the last two yers. But, personal use king crab pots are too big to put in the trunk of a car. The pots are a sore subject with me since I stopped bumming off my friends year before last and put full king crab gear on my boat. We’ve only has seven open days since and I haven’t taken ONE king crab in two years. I was going to run to one of the districts where you could take them this year, but at $4.50+/gal., it was cheaper to buy crab.
For that matter, most of the people I know that have REAL trucks don’t need them. Back when I was in and around the construction industry, I had a pretty firm rule of staying away from contractors with a new Cowboy Cadillac and radio; still a good rule I think. Most of the REAL trucks I see never haul much of anything and almost never haul any more than I can haul in my much cheaper to own and maintain UNREAL trucks. And with building materials, if it’s a big load, let the lumberyard bring it to you.
I’ve owned REAL trucks. Back in the early days in Anchorage, the roads were so bad that a 4WD made some sense, especially if you worked an odd schedule. As the roads got better, there was less and less use to put up with the maintenance costs and lousy gas mileage of half and three-quarter ton 4WDs. I kept my ‘74 Dodge until ‘87 and haven’t had a REAL truck since.
In Vino Veritas
heh
Darin_H Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:23PM EST (link)I didn’t mean the Cowboy Cadillacs, I just meant something like a 12 year old F-150 XLT extended cab, red, with enough bed room to actually haul stuff. I got no use for “pretty” trucks just like I got no use for little trucks.
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Now that they're a total glut on the market
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:43PM EST (link)and assuming that my Ranger is totalled, I’ll probably look for a full size 4WD truck that I can steal from some unfortunate who can’t afford it any more.
In Vino Veritas
Living in the Fort Worth area, I won't leave the house if it's icy,
streetwise Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:04PM EST (link)as the drivers here haven’t a clue how to drive in icy weather.
IIRC, while 4WD give you better traction, the higher center of gravity on SUV’s creates extra risk of losing control.
Especially if you’re a lousy driver to begin with!
Watching Texans drive on ice...
izoneguy Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:09PM EST (link)….is pretty much what the Obama presidency will be like!!
LOL
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
In my experience 4WD is better
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:37PM EST (link)for starting and for deep snow and worse for almost anything else except for some of the very expensive variable AWDs like the Audis and Porsches have. ONLY a 4WD will push snow. If it’s deep enough that the underside is scraping on it or the spoiler is pushing it, you aren’t going far unless you have 4WD; good excuse to come in late or just stay home.
I also find an old fashioned RWD handles better for everything but starting up or deep snow than either FWD or 4WD.
A conventional 4WD is absolutely evil handling in sliding conditions. Your typical understeering (pushing in NASCAR parlance) RWD “wants” to keep the tail behind it if you get off the power and will tighten a turn with more power up to when it starts “pushing” the front wheels or the rear wheels get “loose.” Even in very slippery conditions, you can steer one with your right foot up to when they just lose traction. None of that works right with conventional 4WD because it is pulling the front end and pushing the rear end. It has a lot more basic grip but once it loses its grip is almost uncontrollable; you just back off and ride with Newton’s Third Law.
Likewise, a FWD has more basic traction, but when it loses traction it is Godawful tail happy. My 300M has a very elementary traction control and ABS. It will go anywhere, any time as long as you aren’t asking it to push snow with the spoiler. Mine’s an inch and a half lower than stock, so that means it isn’t going anywhere until the roads are plowed if we’ve had more than four inchs or so. But with a set of Blizzak MS50s (studless snow tires) it will go like a tractor even on glare ice.
Wierdest driving I’ve ever done was on the Kuskokwim River out in Western Alaska. The river freezes up solid in winter and the State plows a road on it. When I worked out at Bethel Agency, I had a big old Dodge PowerWagon Crew Cab, had the aerodynamics of a house. You’d take off on the river ice and you can tool along nicely, fifty, sixty mph - ice isn’t as slick as you think when its 20-30 below. Then you’d be just tooling along like you were on I-5 in CA and you’d reach that point where there was more air resistance than there was traction on the ice and all four wheels would start spinning and the truck would go every way but straight until you got a grip on it. Kept you awake!
In Vino Veritas
That's not limited to Alaska!
From ME to You Tuesday, December 23rd at 5:16PM EST (link)We see the same thing happen here in Maine!
Please tell me you still own firearms
JustLeaveMeAlone Wednesday, December 24th at 1:16AM EST (link)cuz if you don’t, we are officially shipping you out of state.
Cars can be acceptable, provided they have at least one of the following:
1) A Dallas Cowboys sticker
2) A Houston Texans sticker
3) A Kinky Friedman sticker
4) a trunk full of Shiner Bock and/or Lone Star
5) Robert Earl Keen CD blasting
My car has two of the above. If I could have found a Kinky sticker, I’d have that too. Gotta love a guy whose slogan is “Why the Hell Not?”. And his solution to illegal immigration is probably the only thing that will work, but no one will do it.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Why Is Obama Letting Biden Talk?!
IJB Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:00PM EST (link)I’m sitting here right now, watching CNBC, and they’re letting Biden give a statement!
They should never let him talk! The Obama people should *never* let Biden near a camera again!!
Even if they have to lock him in the basement of Number One Observatory Circle for the next 4 years, the Obama people MUST NEVER LET BIDEN TALK PUBLICLY AGAIN!!!
I’m amazed they’re letting him get anywhere near a camera. Strange…
P.S. Any ‘line’ on who Obama’s V.P. pick will be in 4 years? I’ll lay money that it’s not Biden again!!
The Sun Also Rises:
Achance Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:02PM EST (link)Sunrise today is still almost an hour away at 0847 AST and sunset is at 1509 AST. It’s been about that for the last two or three days. At the solstice, the Earth kinda wobbles around and the days vary a few seconds a day for a few days. BUT in a day or two the days start getting longer. That’s why the old Winter Solstice holidays, the date for which sets our date for Christmas are a few days after the actual solstice. By the 25th or so, using a sundial or similar kind of instrument or even an observatory like Stonehenge, you can observe that the Sun has indeed begun to move higher in the sky and that it won’t remain Winter forever.
Six hours and 22 minutes and another hour maybe on each side of twilight makes for a really short day and a long, cold depressing night. No wonder it was cause for wild celebration when the Sun could be seen to once again begin its climb towards long, bright, warm days. Even if it does’t represent the date of Jesus’ actual birth, December 25 and the re-emergence of the Sun is an awfully good choice of days to celebrate His birth.
In Vino Veritas
Some Christmas Cheer
NightTwister Tuesday, December 23rd at 12:37PM EST (link)3, 2 & 1 available here.
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Hey Neil
AceInTX Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:01PM EST (link)Ya know what I mean
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don't worry Ace...erick's gonna update Gunnars pic..
$peciallist Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:22PM EST (link)he’s probably a strapping young lad by now…
Recowski...the 30th time you read 'go suck a lemon' is the Best!
$peciallist Tuesday, December 23rd at 2:25PM EST (link)it never gets old!!
LOL...Hey...I have no objections to pics of awsome looking kids...
AceInTX Wednesday, December 24th at 1:59PM EST (link)and I had a blast thrashing om McCain…but come on!
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Ok this is for the headbangers on RedState...heh I hope this works...
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 3:00PM EST (link)“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
How did I know you were a metal head Aaron?
AceInTX Wednesday, December 24th at 2:01PM EST (link)this coming from an ex metal head…
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Ace...ex metal head...
Attack Mode Wednesday, December 24th at 2:23PM EST (link)but I am sure you would surprised by the diversity in my iPod…;^)
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Aaron that wat the shi*t and thanks that made my Christmas Eve!!!
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, December 24th at 2:26PM EST (link)ROCK ON MY MAN
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Thanks Jaded...and Merry Christmas...nt
Attack Mode Wednesday, December 24th at 2:29PM EST (link)“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Hey and a very METAL Christmas to you!!!!
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, December 24th at 2:30PM EST (link)nt
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
19 more Presidential Pardon's today.............. No, "they" are not in there.
Kenny Solomon Tuesday, December 23rd at 4:17PM EST (link)Drug dealers and assorted other freaks of conscience get pardoned and commuted.
No Ramos.
No Compean.
Sigh.
Locked and loaded. Ready for anything. Praying for nothing other than my Dolphins making the playoffs.
Kenny Solomon
Senior Expediter
The 72 Virgins Club Travel Agency
Offices throughout America (all 57 states).
Of course you can have my guns……. Bullets first.
I didn’t say rounds, shells or magazines…… I said bullets first.
It wouldn't be Christmas without the Holiday Hawk
bs Tuesday, December 23rd at 7:24PM EST (link)I gotta dig this one back out. It’s one of my favorite ads:
Decorum is fo’ suckas - unless it’s one of the good guys
Amen, Aaron!
redneck_hippie Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:26PM EST (link)Taking a hot soup break from cleaning snow off car, driving home through snow/sleet/rain, and MORE driveway shoveling!
Having fun driving my Sentra on the Interstate where the semis are only going 30 or 35 MPH.
Dashing dashing dashing through the snow.
Merry Christmas!
And,
Remember,
to
Forgive
Is
Devine
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Remember NY-23; translation: RINOs Have No Base.
Thanks Redneck Hippie....nt
Attack Mode Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:41PM EST (link)“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Merry Christmas to all!!!
SE-779 Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:48PM EST (link)And a happy new year.
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Skeletons in the Closet: When do bones turn to dust?
The Server X-Angel Tuesday, December 23rd at 10:28PM EST (link)I know this isn’t really a “discussion forum” but I do have to ask:
When do “skeleton bones” turn to dust?
I mean is there anything that a conservative can overcome when it comes to stupid actions of their youth?
I just throw this out there. I am talking about things like DWIs, bankruptcy, etc. etc. Nothing like felonious.. but just maybe embarassing.
I ask this in the vein that Barack got elected with the press covering up everything, but people skewered Palin for every little nit-picky thing.
X-Angel
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You could become a commiepinkolib, then
olsmithie Wednesday, December 24th at 3:15PM EST (link)everything bad you had done will be insignificant to the media and ignored… JK
If you have become a responsible person of character and morals, then you can expect the media to dredge up every speck of dirt and magnify it.
That being said, study long and hard on how to answer when asked about your indiscretions. Consult with some of the old salts in political circles and ask how they would handle it. And
keep reading Redstate…
Regards
Merry Christmas to all! Not Happy Holidays,
olsmithie Wednesday, December 24th at 2:52PM EST (link)not Happy Kwanzaa, not Happy Festivus, just a
Very Merry Christmas!
and, remember the reason for the season.
Regards
Ditto that, olsmithie
E Pluribus Unum Wednesday, December 24th at 3:55PM EST (link)nt
Carthago delenda est
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