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From the 1960s to the 1990s, Saturday morning cartoons ruled television screens. From "The Smurfs" to "Scooby Doo," how well do you recall this golden age of animation?
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Question 1 of 30
On what date did the last block of Saturday morning cartoons air?
Sept. 27, 2014
On Sept. 27, 2014, the CW was the last television network to broadcast a block of Saturday morning cartoons, replacing the animated lineup with non-animated, teen-focused shows.
Sept. 27, 1999
Sept. 27, 2002
Question 2 of 30
Which animated show was among the first to be known as a Saturday morning cartoon?
"Adventure Time"
"The Huckleberry Hound Show" aired from 1958 to 1962 and featured Huckleberry Hound, a smooth-talking Southern dog who was a jack-of-all-trades.
"The Huckleberry Hound Show" aired from 1958 to 1962 and featured Huckleberry Hound, a smooth-talking Southern dog who was a jack-of-all-trades.
Question 3 of 30
This unlikely hero's signature rescue call became the anthem of Saturday morning cartoon watchers in the late 1970s:
Scooby Doo
Captain Caveman
Captain Caveman, the star of "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels," aired from 1977 to 1980. He shouted "Captain Caaaaaavemaaaaan" whenever he came to the rescue.
Question 4 of 30
Which broadcast network was the first to stop airing Saturday morning cartoons?
In 1992, NBC swapped Saturday morning cartoons for a weekend edition of the "Today" show and a smattering of teen comedies, including "Saved by the Bell." It was the first broadcast network to do so.
Question 5 of 30
Most of "The Smurfs" characters lived in a village of:
mushroom-shaped houses
The majority of "The Smurfs" characters lived in mushroom-shaped houses deep in the forest. The show's villain lived in a castle.
flowering trees
poisonous plants
Question 6 of 30
In "The Smurfs," why did the villain Gargamel want to capture the little blue creatures?
to make his dinner
to rule the land
to make a potion
The villainous wizard Gargamel wanted to capture the Smurfs because they were a crucial ingredient in a potion that would turn ordinary objects into gold.
Question 7 of 30
Which cartoon started in prime time, but moved to Saturday mornings?
"Care Bears"
"The Bugs Bunny Show"
"The Bugs Bunny Show," which aired on CBS from 1968 to 2000, moved from prime time to Saturday morning after its first two seasons. It became a Saturday morning cartoon staple, drawing viewers for nearly 40 years.
"SpongeBob SquarePants"
Question 8 of 30
In 2008, the Fox network replaced Saturday morning cartoons with what type of programming?
national news
In 2008, when viewers tuned in to Fox on Saturday mornings, they didn't see cartoons. Fox devoted Saturday morning air time to infomercials instead.
cooking shows
Question 9 of 30
This pint-sized hero was known for his big ears and even bigger personality:
Mighty Mouse
"The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse" was a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon that aired from 1987 to 1988. Its hero was Mighty Mouse, a big-eared mouse who wore a signature red cape.
Pepper Ann
Question 10 of 30
Which two characters were mortal enemies when they first appeared in Saturday morning cartoons, but were later drawn as friends?
Foghorn Leghorn and Bugs Bunny
Tom and Jerry
When "Tom and Jerry" first aired on Saturday mornings, Tom and Jerry were enemies. By 1975, however, the cat and mouse were drawn as friends in an effort to tone down cartoon violence.
Scooby Doo and Shaggy
Question 11 of 30
At its peak, Saturday morning cartoons drew how many viewers?
12 million
2 million
20 million
When Saturday morning cartoon viewership was at its peak during the 1970s and 1980s, it regularly drew more than 20 million people . By 2003, top-performing shows were attracting about 2 million viewers.
Question 12 of 30
Who said "When my get-up-and-go has got up and went, I hanker for a hunk o' cheese?"
a talking piece of cheese
"I Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese" was an animated public service announcement that aired during Saturday morning cartoons in the early 1970s. Many adults can still recite the lines uttered by an anthropomorphic piece of cheese: "When my get-up-and-go has got up and went, I hanker for a hunk o' cheese."
Jerry the mouse
Mighty Mouse
Question 13 of 30
The "Schoolhouse Rock" animated, educational shorts first aired on:
Jan. 6, 1982
Jan. 6, 1958
Jan. 6, 1973
"Schoolhouse Rock" debuted on Jan. 6, 1973, with four three-minute shorts, including "My Hero, Zero." The series went on to include "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here."
Question 14 of 30
In 1972, which animated adventures series featured ecologically-minded oceanauts?
"Oceanauts 2020"
"Sealab 2020"
"Sealab 2020" aired for only a single season in 1972. It featured the animated adventures of oceanauts working at Sealab, an underwater research station, in the year 2020.
"Bubble Guppies"
Question 15 of 30
The works of which composer are featured in a 1947 "Woody Woodpecker" cartoon?
Polonaise in A-flat Major Op. 53 by Frederic Chopin, can be heard in the 1947 Woody Woodpecker cartoon "Musical Miniatures." In the episode, Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda perform a number of Chopin's compositions for barnyard animals.
Question 16 of 30
Which Saturday morning cartoon character said, "It's wabbit season, and I'm hunting wabbits, so be vewy, vewy quiet!"
Foghorn Leghorn
Elmer Fudd
Elmer Fudd, a perpetual hunter scouting for rabbits -- Bugs Bunny, in particular -- once said, "It's wabbit season, and I'm hunting wabbits, so be vewy, vewy quiet!"
Daffy Duck
Question 17 of 30
Name the Saturday morning cartoon that featured Scrooge McDuck:
"DuckTales" was the animated series that featured Scrooge McDuck and his three grandnephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. It aired on ABC until 1999.
"Bugs Bunny and Friends"
"Tom and Jerry"
Question 18 of 30
Where did a famous, picnic basket-stealing cartoon bear live?
Yellowstone Park
Jellystone Park
Yogi Bear, animated star of "The Yogi Bear Show," entertained Saturday morning viewers in the 1960s with his antics in Jellystone Park.
Flintstone Park
Question 19 of 30
Which Saturday morning cartoon had a Stone Age setting and featured Fred and Wilma, and their friends Betty and Barney?
The Flintstones
"The Flintstones" featured a modern Stone Age couple, Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and their friends, Betty and Barney Rubble.
The Jetsons
The Muppet Babies
Question 20 of 30
Which Saturday morning cartoon character said, "Eh, what's up, Doc?"
Elmer Fudd
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny, the star of the long-running Warner Bros. cartoon of the same name, was a Saturday morning cartoon darling for nearly four decades.
Daffy Duck
Question 21 of 30
Which space-age animated series was produced for prime time and re-run on Saturday mornings?
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
"The Jetsons" animated series aired on Sunday evenings for one season that spanned 1962 and 1963. Re-runs of this space-age family were televised on Saturday mornings until the late 1980s.
Question 22 of 30
Which Saturday morning cartoon character was known for the phrase, "Hey, hey hey?"
Bugs Bunny
Fat Albert
Fat Albert, the main character of an animated series of the same name, was known for saying, "Hey, hey, hey." The show, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s, was produced and voiced by comedian Bill Cosby.
Woody Woodpecker
Question 23 of 30
This lazy cat starred in an animated series that debuted on Saturday mornings in the late 1980s:
"Garfield and Friends" was an animated series that aired on Saturday mornings from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. It featured the lazy, lasagna-loving cat, Garfield, and a host of barnyard friends.
Gumball Watterson
Question 24 of 30
Where does a band of mutant, green superheroes live?
the sewer
The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," human-size mutant superheroes, live in the sewers below New York City. The animated series first aired on Saturday mornings in 1987.
a treehouse
in an underwater lair
Question 25 of 30
What was the name of the van in which Scooby Doo and the gang traveled?
Maritime Machine
Mystical Machine
Mystery Machine
In their television series, "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" Scooby and the gang traveled in the Mystery Machine, a van prone to breaking down near haunted areas. During her 2015 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton dubbed the campaign's van "Scooby," as a nod to the Mystery Machine.
Question 26 of 30
What was the name of the cartoon fueled by pop music of the early 1970s?
"Josie and The Pussycats" was an early 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that featured popular music played by a group of female musicians.
"Josie and The Pussycats" was an early 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that featured popular music played by a group of female musicians.
Frank the Rockers
Question 27 of 30
Which character's signature celebration involved swimming the backstroke?
Yogi Bear
Miss Piggy
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck, the character at the center of the Saturday morning cartoon, "DuckTales," loved to swim a celebratory backstroke through a pool of gold coins in his money bin.
Question 28 of 30
In which animated series did a group of teenage musicians turn into cartoon characters?
Josie and The Pussycats
Kidd Video
In the "Kidd Video" series that debuted on Saturday mornings in 1984, members of a rock band get sucked into an alternate dimension, where they must use music to fight their enemies and find their way home.
The Jetsons
Question 29 of 30
This Saturday morning cartoon series won an Outstanding Animated Series Emmy for four consecutive years:
Kidd Video
Garfield and Friends
Muppet Babies
"Muppet Babies" debuted as a Saturday morning cartoon in 1984 and featured the Muppets as babies. The show won an Outstanding Animated Series Emmy for four consecutive years.
Question 30 of 30
Name the Saturday morning cartoon character who said, "The snow, I say, the snow's so deep, the farmers have to jack up the cows so they can milk 'em. But I like winter!"
Tom the cat
Jerry the mouse
Foghorn Leghorn
In the 1958 episode, "Weasel While You Work," Foghorn Leghorn wards off a weasel with his quick wit and, in the process, says, "The snow, I say, the snow's so deep, the farmers have to jack up the cows so they can milk 'em. But I like winter!"


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Loss of contact inhibition accounts for two other characteristics of cancer cells: invasiveness of surrounding tissues, and metastasis, or spreading via the lymph system or blood to other tissues and organs. Whereas normal cells have a limited lifespan controlled by the telomere gene, which signals the end of the cell line, cancer cells contain telomerase, an enzyme that alters the telomere gene and allows the cell to continue to divide. Cancer tissue, growing without limits, competes with normal tissue for nutrients, eventually killing normal cells by nutritional deprivation. Cancerous tissue can also cause secondary effects, in which the expanding malignant growth puts pressure on surrounding tissue or organs or the cancer cells metastasize and invade other organs.
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in adults; leukemia is the most common cancer in children. Other common types of cancer include breast cancer (in women), prostate cancer (in men), and colon cancer (see also Hodgkin's disease). The incidence of particular cancers varies around the world and sometimes according to ethnic group. For instance, African Americans have comparatively higher cancer rates and cancer mortality rates. It is unclear whether this is due to differences in exposure or to biological susceptibility. The number of diagnosed cases of cancer rose steadily in the United States for decades, but in 1998 it was announced that the number of new cases had begun to decline.
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The Gospel according to Luke 6:46-49, 7:1
The Lord said, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great." After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people he entered Capernaum.
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To reflect its focus on luxury and sports, PPR will become known as Kering.
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The changes keep coming at PPR SA, the French retailing conglomerate that's selling off brands such as Redcats in order to concentrate on more opportunity in the luxury and sporting goods segments.
Effective in June and following final approval from its board of directors, PPR, No. 5 in the 2012 Internet Retailer Top 400 Europe, will change its name to Kering. PPR, which owns luxury and lifestyle brands such as Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Christopher Kane, Stella McCartney, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron, Girard-Perregaux, Jeanrichard, Qeelin, Puma, Volcom, Cobra, Electric and Tretorn, says the proposed name change reflects its new business to concentrate on apparel and accessories in luxury and sporting goods. "Changing our identity is the logical and necessary outcome of the group's transformation," says CEO François-Henri Pinault. "More than just the change in scope or activity that this new name reflects, it expresses the Group's new identity and our corporate culture."
To build up the new name in the months before final board approval, PPR will launch an international Internet advertising and public relations campaign, although the company has yet to release dates and other detailers. PPR also in April will launch a social media campaign on Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Weibo, a Chinese social network, Vimeo, a video-sharing site, and Youku, a Chinese video-sharing site. PPR has engaged German fashion blogger Garance Doré to develop a series of videos to explain the new focus for Kering, says PPR. The first video is scheduled to debut in April. "Strengthened by this new identity, we shall continue to serve our brands to liberate their potential for growth," Pinault says.
The name change is the latest in a long transformation for PPR from a general retailing and e-commerce company into a more specialized niche retailer. Over the past two years, the company has been selling off and discontinuing operations for Redcats and Redcats USA, No. 34 in the 2012 Internet Retailer Top 500.
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Skip to comments.Obama's House of Cards Already Falling Apart
Posted on 12/12/2008 5:48:04 AM PST by NorthShoreGibby
Last night, Fox News in Chicago was already reporting that Rahm Emmanuel personally met with the governor "on several occasions" to discuss the patronage Senate seat being vacated by Obama. This is getting very sticky already. There are already many cracks in Obama's story, and rumors range from suggestions of his complicity and knowledge to suggestions that his camp blew the whistle on the Blagojevich crime spree. Was the crime stopped before it had an opportunity to implicate Obama? (video)
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I think an Obama supporter in either the Justice Dept or the FBI tipped off the Obama camp before they made a deal with Blago. That said, it may be that Rahm Emmanuel could be guilty of something by even taking part in such discussions without informing the Feds. Knowledge of corruption and not reporting it is a crime.
The Messiah would never lie! The Messiah that is Obama, that is. :)
I would like Freepers to consider participating in an email campaing to Blago, offering support and encoraging him to call the legislature's bluff to impeach. I don't think most Illinois Democrats could survive such a public inquiry, including the President Elect. Blago should say, "Go ahead. Let us air our dirty laundry. Let he who has not sinned cast he first stone."
Yes, but it wasn't stopped for that reason. Once Obama is installed, he was going to fire all those Prosecutors because they are of the wrong political persuasion (wasn't Bush investigated for that). Thus, if Fitz waited much longer, he'd have been out of a job and the man/woman replacing him would sweep the whole matter under the carpet. So they may have pulled the trigger a little early, but they nailed a big bad guy with the shot.
Actually, it's not that bad for Zero. All of the tapes have Blago ranting about getting nothing from Zero in exchange for his senate candidate.
The only thing that could bite Zero in the butt is if it later comes out that he did in fact have at least one meeting (face to face or on the tapped phones) with Blago about Zero's replacement. Zero has denied that he ever met with Blago for that purpose, so he would then be caught in a lie. (I hope Fitz puts Zero in front of a Grand Jury.)
I think Zero knew for a long time that Blago's phones were tapped and so he knew not to offer any quid pro quo to Blago for a senate appointment. That's why Blago went so ballistic when he was turned down.
He was at the courthouse in Chicago yesterday. My first thought: shredding documents. And he wouldn't answer any questions.
It appears that his phone conversations—the ones revealed thus far—aren't enough to convict him of anything, according to all the talking heads I heard this morning. Saying something doesn't mean any money changed hands or anything untoward actually took place. So he's got one foot out the door already. I agree that Blago should take a stand. It's the Chicago way. (And hopefully he and the rest of those involved get their just "rewards".)
And that's why guys like Emmanuel do the dirty work.
Bingo! We have a winner!
No word yet on whether Sandy Berger was with him.
Here's another one to ponder. How about taking a good look at Michelle Obama's previous activities. She tripled her salary by getting on that hospital board. What happened there? Who did who a favor and why? Do hospital boards always give raises like that? Was she THAT good? Nah.........
My first thought: shredding documents.
Ditto, I can't believe Mr Hairdo would be allowed back into the center of a crime scene to tamper with stuff. I guess if all the paper could have been confiscated it would have been ....but guess not??
I actually saw Sandy Berger on CNN a couple of weeks ago. That guy should be in jail.
And here I thought we'd actually have to wait for BO to be crowned before the scandals started.
That is, if they haven't already been wiped!
he's in violation of his plea deal. He's still hasn't shown up for his polygraph. And the Feds still haven't asked him to show up for it.
"It appears that his phone conversationsthe ones revealed thus fararent enough to convict him of anything"
Well, not entirely true otherwise Fitz never would have busted him. Blago conspired to use a public trust for his personal gain.
"Actually, its not that bad for Zero. All of the tapes have Blago ranting about getting nothing from Zero in exchange for his senate candidate."
All of the tapes RELEASED! Fitz said he has only released information pertaining to the case against Blago himself.
Zero's problem (so far) seems to be his denials and his lying about innocent behavior.
That was my thought. How ironic that Blago's wife was being set up to get the same position that Michelle was leaving behind? If the position was able to be handed out rather than earned, why is no one investigation how and why she got the job too?
Of course this is the One was are talking about... what was I thinking?
I thought I saw file cabinets being wheeled out of there a few days ago. I could be wrong I guess, but am pretty sure that's what they were.
Are you serious?
Yes. I saw them wheeling out stuff and carrying out stuff.
Of course you're right. I spent too much time (10 mins.) listening to tv this morning and that confirms what I already knew: MSM covering for Democrats.
Although I can't remember if it was from his home or his governor's office. Probably his home.
You guys need to review how a conspiracy charge is used. A completed bribe is not necessary - only an intent to commit a crime between two or more people. Blago's goose is cooked - like thedentist says Fitz has a limited time frame to work - if he works over Blago he may roll over on the big guy. Fingers crossed. ;-)
I hope you reported this to Patrick Fitzgerald! Seriously.
I think we have our wires crossed :-). These were FEDS that did that. I assume!! They looked official to me. Sorry for the mix-up.
Fitz will protect all those associated with Obama. That's just his style. He is not going to offend his new boss. Rahm will be protected - insufficient evidence to show that he took part in or had knowledge of the illegal deal-making by others.
Here is a link to contact Blago and tell him not to let Fitz keep this investigation private. Blagajevich should call their bluff and say make my day....go ahead with the impeachment. I think we will all benefit from this investigation being kept in the public eye. Once Blago resigns he will lose the one thing he has going for him: bringing consequences to other dirty politicians.
Well that's a relief!
I am not certain that any crimes have been committed. I think Blagajevich is being scapegoated. Politics is a game of "What's in it for me" and Blago was just a little less discreet about how he asked. I really hope Blagajevich fights this with everything hes got.
"I really hope Blagajevich fights this with everything hes got."
You betcha!
As we are so often reminded by the various organs of media record, there is nothing like a public airing of political laundry to restore the confidence of the American people in their political process.
Besides, in these troubled times, I'm sure that the popcorn industry could use a little boost!
That'll be the leitmotif of this next Administration.
This is a gift from God and should not be squandered. An impeachment trial of Blagajevich will reveal politics as usual in Chicago in a way our MSM has refused to do.
Keep posting this with the link you provided above!
Here we go:
The law says that intent is sufficient for conviction so Blago is going to be in trouble anyway.
Obama's House of Cards Already Falling Apart
***and none too soon.
If you have knowledge of a felony - solicitation of a bribe for example - you have to notify the authorities. THAT'S Obama's problem.
I have no doubt they called this thing before it got any deeper, likely because it was getting dangerous for Obama. Question is, who in the Chicago district is perhaps not fully onboard with Fitzgerald and compromising his investigation?
BINGO! We have a winner. Tell me this timeline is just coincidence:
Fitzpatrick gets wiretap subpoena from Federal judge. Gets tons of juicy data including the Obama team trying to setup a deal.
Federal judges are the dominion of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Our friend Patrick "Leaky" Leahy, a proven squawkbox of confindential information, meets with Obama's future AG appointee Eric Holder. Leahy leaks to Holder that a Federal judge has authorized a wiretap of Blago.
Holder informs Obama and guess what? In the next 24 hours, the Obama camp pulls back from Blago, the story is leaked to the press, and Obama's pick Jarret starts claiming she never wanted the job.
The next day Blago is arrested because Fitz realizes his investigation has been compromised by "someone."
My guess is Fitz is REALLY pissed off and if you thought Scooter got a whipping, wait until he finds out who blew his stakeout.
IANAL, I'll defer to you.
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18 US Code Sect.4 - Misprison of Felony- Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
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So basically if all of us got into one huge fight or Battle Royal who would you think would win?
I know already who would win but lets place ur bids first =P
I'd say you'd be the first one down.
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Inherent in Mr Bennion's remarks is the assumption that immigrants and those with ethnic backgrounds and experiences have biases that preclude them from upholding the laws within the United States. This intolerant thinking serves to separate immigrants from others and perpetuate stereotypes such as the disloyal and unlawful Asian immigrant. Asian Pacific Americans have a long history of living in Utah. Chinese and Japanese people immigrated to Utah in the 1860's and Hawaiians helped build the Salt Lake LDS Temple in the1880's. Yet, Asian and Pacific Islanders are often regarded as the "perpetual foreigner." That is, one is regarded as an immigrant no matter how many generations one's family has lived in the United States.
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Skip to comments.Time to Grow Up, GOP
Posted on 01/16/2013 6:42:50 AM PST by Kaslin
It's hard for a lot of people, particularly on the right, to recognize that the conservative movement's problems are mostly problems of success. The Republican Party's problems are much more recognizable as the problems of failure, including the failure to recognize the limits of that movement's success.
American conservatism began as a kind of intellectual hobbyist's group with little hope of changing the broader society. Albert Jay Nock, the cape-wearing libertarian intellectual -- he called himself a "philosophical anarchist" -- who inspired a very young William F. Buckley Jr., argued that political change was impossible because the masses were rubes, goons, fools or sheep, victims of the eternal tendency of the powerful to exploit the powerless.
Buckley, who rightly admired Nock for many things, rightly disagreed on this point. Buckley trusted the people more than the intellectuals. Moreover, as Buckley's friend Richard Weaver said, "ideas have consequences" and, consequently, it is possible to rally the public to your cause.
It took time. In an age when conservative books make millions, it's hard to imagine how difficult it once was to get a right-of-center book published. Henry L. Regnery, the founder of the publishing house that bears his name, started his venture to break the wall of groupthink censorship surrounding the publishing industry. With a few exceptions, Regnery was the only game in town for decades.
That's hardly the case anymore. While there's a higher bar for conservative authors at mainstream publishers (which remain overwhelmingly liberal), profit tends to trump ideology.
And publishing is a lagging indicator. In cable news, think tanks, talk radio and, of course, the Internet, conservatives have at least rough parity with, and often superiority to, liberals. It's only in the legacy institutions -- newspapers, the broadcast networks and most especially academia and Hollywood -- where conservatism is still largely frozen out. Nonetheless, conservatism is a mass-market enterprise these days, for good and for ill.
The good is obvious. The ill is less understood. For starters, the movement has an unhealthy share of hucksters eager to make money from stirring rage, paranoia and an ill-defined sense of betrayal with little concern for the real political success that can only come with persuading the unconverted.
A conservative journalist or activist can now make a decent living while never once bothering to persuade a liberal. Telling people only what they want to hear has become a vocation. Worse, it's possible to be a rank-and-file conservative without once being exposed to a good liberal argument. Many liberals lived in such an ideological cocoon for decades, which is one reason conservatives won so many arguments early on. Having the right emulate that echo chamber helps no one.
Ironically, the institution in which conservatives had their greatest success is the one most besieged by conservatives today: the Republican Party. To listen to many grassroots conservatives, the GOP establishment is a cabal of weak-kneed sellouts who regularly light votive candles to a poster of liberal Republican icon Nelson Rockefeller.
This is not only not true, it's a destructive myth. The Rockefeller Republicans were purged from the GOP decades ago. Their high-water mark was in 1960, when the Goldwater insurgency was temporarily crushed. Richard Nixon agreed to run on a platform all but dictated by Rockefeller and to tap Rockefeller's minion Henry Cabot Lodge as his running mate. When the forebears of today's tea partiers threatened to stay home or bolt the party in 1960, Sen. Barry Goldwater proclaimed, "Let's grow up, conservatives!"
It's still good advice. It's not that the GOP isn't conservative enough, it's that it isn't tactically smart or persuasive enough to move the rest of the nation in a more conservative direction. Moreover, thanks in part to the myth that all that stands between conservatives and total victory is a philosophically pure GOP, party leaders suffer from a debilitating lack of trust -- some of it well earned -- from the rank and file.
But politics is about persuasion, and a party consumed by the need to prove its purity to its base is going to have a very hard time proving anything else to the rest of the country.
Time to replace the GOP
Let me think about it.
Not buying it.
The GOP is composed of a collection of limp-wristed do nothings whose shortcomings are exceeded only by the even more talentless "things" currently living in the cesspool called the democratic party.
I have withdrawn my membership from the GOP and will no longer give them any funds. Perhaps we have to enter the full stall and go into a spin for a while, but we've got no choice, given the lack of talent, ability, creativity and morality of both parties.
Hopefully, we can pull out of the soon to come spin before CW-II starts.
Jonah's flat-out wrong here with respect to the GOP - the party has no use for conservatives, outside of demanding "tribute" in the way of votes and donations. If left to its own devices, the party would not make any push in favor of any significant conservative causes.
He's right about the number of hucksters in the conservative orbit, though — I'd lump Hannity and the Huckster himself in this category, and Coulter has become more of a saleslady for the party than for conservatism.
Jonah's flat-out wrong here with respect to the GOP - the party has no use for conservatives, outside of demanding "tribute" in the way of votes and donations. If left to its own devices, the party would not make any push in favor of any significant conservative causes.
He's right about the number of hucksters in the conservative orbit, though — I'd lump Hannity and the Huckster himself in this category, and Coulter has become more of a saleslady for the party than for conservatism.
But we (rightly, I think) believe they are just looking for anything that will keep them in power. Minority power is OK as long as they hold office. So we don't trust them to have the right goal, and we don't accept their compromise.
I'll grow up, Jonah, when I'm certain I'm playing with adults.
The GOP and conservatives especially don't really have a future and this is why.
2012: 72% of electorate, Romney 59, Obama 39
2008: 74% of electorate, McCain 55, Obama 43
2004: 77% of electorate, Bush 58, Kerry 41
2000: 81% of electorate, Bush 55, Gore 42
1996: 83% of electorate, Dole 46, Clinton 44 (Perot 9)
1992: 87% of electorate, Bush 41, Clinton 39 (Perot 21)
1988: 85% of electorate, Bush 60, Dukakis 40
1984: 86% of electorate, Reagan 66, Mondale 34
1980: 88% of electorate, Reagan 56, Carter 36 (Anderson 8)
1976: 89% of electorate, Ford 52, Carter 48
Sorry, Jonah. You may have missed it, but the party just ran a Progressive Democrat for President and dragged the party to the electoral depths in the process.
He was enabled in this process by a party leadership and apparatus determined to choke off conservative opposition. The Speaker of the House threatened conservative members with, in essence, desertion by the national party for daring to commit the sin of representing their constituents.
Republican leadership is a weak-kneed, vacillating mass of moderation and 'compromise', deliberately out of touch with the populist wave that catapulted it into national influence.
Rockefeller Republicans have not been purged from the Republican Party. In essence, they ARE the Republican Party.
Jonah Goldberg is yet another example of nepotism destroying conservatism.
The Fox News Green Room is a generator of RINO isotopes that weaken the will and corrode faith in conservative principles...
...nah, just more money in being a GOP-e sellout and JG ain't selling as many books as before...freekin' hypocrite.
and this is the money line...
The good is obvious. The ill is less understood. For starters, the movement has an unhealthy share of hucksters eager to make money from stirring rage, paranoia and an ill-defined sense of betrayal with little concern for the real political success that can only come with persuading the unconverted.
my case in point is the fubocare ruling...
while fubocare sucks, and i detest it, this ruling was a victory for constitution minded people everywhere, if it was just read and examined..
the talking heads on the radio proclaimed that we were betrayed, and that we lost, that the people who are actually helping fight off the libs are traitors..
I believe this attitude in turn spawned a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness, and that people decided that going to the polls would do nothing to help, so they decided to just stay home...
Now, if the talking heads had stated this law sucks, but went on to reveal the bars of gold hidden in this ruling, the people would instead have realized that the good fight is being fought, that we have people who are dedicated to returning to constitutionalism, and that sometimes you need to take a step back in order to go forward, the masses may have turned out to vote, and we just may have been able to overturn fubocare, keeping the bars of gold in the ruling intact..
but, the talking heads have ratings to uphold, and they mean far more than the advancement of conservative principals....
you have been betrayed, not by roberts, but by the talking heads who are indeed entertainers first, republicans second, and everything else follows....
Boehner and McConnell are pathetic.
RINORomney and all his little RINOs were and have been attacking any and all Conservatives in the party since the MIDDLE of McCain's run in '08!
Purgeing Conservatives is an ineffective strategy, you see.
THAT's why the (spit)GOP loses.
Again, and again, you see.
Ask for $$$$$—then, please PLEASE just go awwaaaay.
In '12, Conservatives did.
Hence—the result.
Happy now, RINOs???
Jonah needs to get a major clue. In the House of Representatives, where Conservatives are hanging on by their fingernails, you can count on the fingers of both hands the number of Reps that have the balls to do what needs to be done.
The national GOP is next to worthless. They didn't stand up on Bengahzi, they didn't stand up on the fiscal cliff and it looks like they won't stand up on the debt limit. What else is there? Worthless SOBs.
I'm sure the GOP doesn't like hearing that kind of talk. Too bad they won't be honest. Even with themselves.
The GOP is begging us to replace them.
Jonah is just another blind insider. The country would be vastly better off if Washington D.C. and it's destructive legislation disappeared.
I'm lucky to have one of those congressman I agree with more than I disagree. (by a wide margin).
I've got plenty of complaints about the GOP-e but only one for some conservatives. My only complaint with conservatives is the attitude that 1 vote we disagree with makes a congressman a traitor to conservatism. Michele Bachmann voted in favor of ethanol subsidies as a freshman but that hardly puts her in the same category as a Fred Upton or John Boehner.
My rule of thumb is that if I agree with any politician 100% of the time, one of us is lying.
I've read some really dumb lines since the election, and the one above has got to be in the top 5.
Using Romney as an example, Romney's problem, we're being told here, wasn't that he was a pro-gay, squishi life, big government, gun grabbing, Benghazi overlooking, conflict avoiding liberal. This says his problem was that he couldn't persuade the rest of the nation.
Horse hockey....he couldn't persuade conservatives.
And what was he trying to persuade the nation of....that a Massachusetts liberal is far better than a Kenyan liberal???
Jonah beclowns himself....he just another tool for the lobby.
Good axiom. No two people are going to agree on every single thing, since we're all different.
However, the core principles of conservatism shouldn't be up for debate within the party claiming to represent conservatism. Today's Republican Party can't even spell the word.
It's sad when the lines are so dumb they're rankable, isn't it?
It was those who decided to be purists, those who had this dumb Axelrodian fixation that Romney was as bad as the worst, most radical, most divisive, most anti-American, anti-capitalist, pro-Marxist, pro-Muzzie administration ever; they were the ones (the 2% idiots) that reelected Bambi by staying home, and they are the ones that will forever be to blame with each new weekly travesty the Kenyan performs to destroy America.
Do you like the new gun control laws this man is about to force on America by executive order? Look in the mirror..... Don't kid yourself, it was the idiot Axelrod driven purists that gave us what we have.
However, the core principles of conservatism shouldn't be up for debate within the party claiming to represent conservatism. Today's Republican Party can't even spell the word.
The beltway GOPs near total silence on gun control is very telling. At this time they are only out for personal gain and to take care of campaign contributors. We The People and our constitutional rights are nothing to them. The GOP elites feel we are not worth fighting for apparently.
I'd far rather have gone down fighting to the bitter end with a Perry, BAchman, Cain, Santorum, or Gingrich (Palin?), than suffered through the embarrassment of that non-campaign by mittens the mild.
I get angry every time I think about that clown NOT engaging on Benghazi. There wasn't a thing in those damning investigative reports that wasn't known within about a week of Benghazi Burning.
Mr Timid apparently has been on a conflict deferment since the Vietnam era.
In other words, the GOP exists today to ensure the GOPs continued existance tomorrow. To that end they would gladly sell their souls. Or throw their conservative constituents under the bus.
We've gotten about as far as we can with politics and politicians.
See #25
I believe the GOP needs to be at least 85% conservative leaning as a whole which means we need a hell of a lot more 95% + individual conservatives.
Don't let all the defeats, surrenders and sell outs fool you.
Do you like the new gun control laws this man is about to force on America by executive order? Look in the mirror..... Don't kid yourself, it was the idiot Axelrod driven purists that gave us what we have.
Why are you trying to fight the last battle? I voted for Romney. He lost. Get over it.
Romney, his pathetic GOTV plan or whoever stayed home does not give Boehner/McConnell and the rest of the beltway GOP a free get out of jail card. It is no longer good enough just be not a democrat. These GOP men and women were elected to represent us and provide credible opposition to Obama.
When I googled "Boehner" and "gun control" yesterday the hits I got were from LAST MONTH.
Do you find that acceptable?
Is it conservatives fault that these beltway guys have no stomach to do heavy lifting and fight for our constitutional rights?
The beltway GOP are failing miserably in every political skirmish and could not lead a troop of scouts. Stop blaming conservatives for their failures.
Fortunately for us a hard reset within the next decade is likely. Unfortunately whatever it is it will bring suffering like no living American has ever experienced. But it is what we have asked for by elevating spoiled children to rule over us.
Hi, there, Sooner!
We have been so badly burned by the GOPE, and we have discover American voters can be bought by a sugar daddy, made into a majority electorate, that it is painful to entertain some intellectual posit that it is we conservatives, the base, who are conceivably cramping the style of the Republican brand with our rigidity.
I just don't understand why the Constitution is barely give a hat tip, public schools are camps for Marxist curriculum, the tiny union behaves like thugs that they are, Hollywood despises Americans but loves America so much they want us to equally distribute poverty and opportunity. No one must excel on merit or in prosperity.
I can't change on those counts, but apparently we're going to anway, against my wishes. ;,/
It was when Newt was ascending, and looked like the nominee. The group assembled was from all wings of the right, each one had their pet candidate, and was shilling for them.
He looked at everyone there (this was waaaaay before Romney won, no way anyone thought he would win back then), and said to work like Hell for the candidate you want now, but whoever wins, whoever wins, you have to coalesce around that candidate because: If you don't, you will be responsible for allowing the most monstrous, anti-everything you claim to love administration ever to have another term effectively destroying America.
I understood immediately that he was right. I was for Newt (after Palin didn't run), and would have accepted heartily the ones you mention, even though I didn't think they were as good as Newt. Romney was barely my second to last choice behind Ron Paul.
Now that the 2% have gotten what they want, Breitbart was correct, they are responsible for each week's travesty the monster will do. Anyone who actually believed the Axelrodian invention that Romney was as bad as the Kenyan and stayed home or voted third party as a result, they're the ones at fault for each new disaster.
Sorry, it's simply true.
I agree, for conservatives, the GOP is a ruined brand.
Time for a new party.
Pointing out how the Axelrodian purists reelected the monster is hardly fighting the last battle........
Saying the 2% lost the election is the same as saying that Romney failed at reaching out to the 2%.
It is evident now that the numbers of voters were down across the board. It's also evident that Romney maxed out on those who did go to vote. He did NOT get blacks, Hispanics, the "he doesn't care about me" vote.
So, all his efforts to win liberals & moderates were to no avail. They figured, "Why vote for lite when you can have the real thing?"
In sum, Romney lost because he refused to reach out to conservatives. Instead he made stupid remarks about gay couples adopting, about health of the mother abortions, about bi-partisan gun legislation being the kind he likes. He refused to engage over Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and the Arab Spring.
He lost enough conservatives in doing so that suggests he could have won if he'd simply backtracked and reached out.
Given Romney's past comments on guns, I've no doubt he'd be leading the charge at Sandy Hook to ban guns. It's just the kind of squish that he was.
Key thinking there, for sure! We shall unlock no doors but with a single key! Not five.
Without a drop dead date ESTABLISHED in ADVANCE for coalescing, we cannibalize our candidates ourselves.
This, Chaplain. Well said.
And you know, in the final analysis, it wouldn't really have mattered to me in which order those names you listed might have appeared. I was never a Gingrich fan during the primaries (and am even less so now) but had he prevailed he'd have been a much better option.
The wagon-circling by the establishment (and yes, Jonah, you are part of the Republican Establishment) is telling.
Yep. Demographics is destiny.
Good post. The GOP constantly screams about spending cuts and they don't work unless your goal is to go into recession and making the deficit problem worse.. The only economic solution to our debt problem is economic growth. Period. Obama has instituted so many regulation that are crushing economic growth that we will never be able to get out of this mess if nothing changes. The GOP message needs to be to educate the public on pro-growth policies. Just slashing spending will never work.
It's unfortunate that they won't be the only ones who will have to deal with his monstrosity of the week, all of us will suffer greatly for their stupidity.
Jonah is absolutely full of it. I've read Before the Storm, about the 1960 campaign, and right now I'm reading The Crusader, a bio of Pat Buchanan and his runs for the presidency. Both books fully and clearly establish the weak, cowardly moderation that infects the GOP. They document the inescapable fact that Republicans are deeply embarrassed by and ashamed of true conservatives. It's always been this way.
Rush said it a while back.....the Republican party has always contained conservatives, but it has never BEEN a conservative party.
Romney is the one with the ball, Lake. HE'S the one who took the ball and went home with it. It's up in Connecticut or Massachusetts or Michigan or Utah...whichever one is actually home to him.
Romney refused to play with the conservatives.
You can't blame a couple million anonymous, little name people when ONE GUY could have changed everything by simply shutting up on some things, reaching out on others, and going on the attack on foreign affairs.
There weren't 3 million little balls. There was ONE BALL.
And Romney was the candidate, so Romney had the ball.
The only economic solution to our debt problem is economic growth. Period. Obama has instituted so many regulation that are crushing economic growth that we will never be able to get out of this mess if nothing changes.
It is only going to get worse. The obama indirect tax plan seems to be to push the costs of socialist government on to businesses. They will then have to raise their prices, cut employees, etc.
That will devastate the economy and spending power of consumers. The dims will try to claim they didn't raise taxes on the "middle class". It's a truly viscous cycle we are entering.
A depression might cause Americans to turn back to their God.
That would be the best that could possibly happen.
The left is all aglow with the Krugman piece last week stating that "the deficit problem is over" because it will "come down naturally over the next few years as a percent of GDP." So i asked one of the, on Twitter what the implied GDP growth rate was in those projections. The CBO is assuming AVERAGE growth of 4.7 percent from 2014 - 2020. Absolute joke growth rates. We haven't seen a period like that in ages.
Political change IS underway through a 4+ decade barrage and infestation by New Left Democrats who openly have a hard on for Communist dictatorships. The media, academia, and DNC stinks of their rhetoric.
It became "a scandal" to call out Communists at some point in this country. Those who say it is scandalous are among the red dupes who are blind to the problems of Socialist Utopian visions. As if the rhetoric and "lists" regarding gun owners is somehow more "well intentioned" than the outing of traitors in the State Department in coordination with the Soviet Union.
And Romney was the candidate, so Romney had the ball.
Exactly. It's not difficult. Romney lost because he BUNGLED THE CAMPAIGN. He knew what to do. He whipped the kenyan in the first debate. He whipped the MSM at the Jacksonville press conference. He CHOSE not to do that more often. He CHOSE not to fight back against the outrageous smears in critical places like OH, etc., etc.
The loss is all on Romney and his campaign. It shouldn't have even been close. I find it silly to blame his errors and subsequent election loss on those who didn't vote.
I have yet to hear a "good liberal argument".
They have no qualms about lying (how many phony anecdotal friends do the Democrats bring up, like the "racist" hunter who supports gun control?). Any "outrage" they have over "war crimes" disappears when the president has a D after his name.
I saw a book in the 1990s that "solved" 10 controversial issues. Among them were abortion/overpopulation/teen pregnancy. The theorist said first that the issue over whether abortion kills a living thing needs to be set aside. After that, the issue is "resolved" because abortion is used on demand. THAT is a "good liberal argument"?
Not one liberal who said it is "wrong" for Warren Buffett's secretary to "pay more taxes" than he does bothered to discuss how he owes a billion dollars in back taxes. So much for an honest discussion.
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The Ecru Christmas Parade was another success this year. I know there were over 30 entries for when Marie and I were looking for The Center Hill Float, we asked one person what number he was and he said 31…we were #21…We rode the float with the younger ones and enjoyed it, but we missed all the other entries so we're going to let the younger adults ride next year so we can enjoy seeing them!!!
The Adult Sunday School Class will have their Christmas Party on Saturday December 8th at the home of Jolene Tutor. Bro. Stark will be cooking most of the food but anyone wanting to bring a dish or dessert is surely welcomed to do so.
The Young Adult Sunday School's party is also on December 8th with everyone meeting in the home of Anthony and Danica McCord.
Our Christmas Program will be on Sunday, December 23rd during the Morning Service. It's going to be 'An Ole Fashioned Christmas' with real piano music and the young children will do their play at the same time. We will follow with our Church wide Christmas Lunch after services. Everyone is invited.
Ms. Bonnie, Pam Lessel, Lois Herring, Marie Grant, Denise Presley and I went to Memphis on Friday Christmas Shopping. Ms. Bonnie took us to some of the best places. We ate lunch at the Dixie Caf and had supper at Cracker Barrel. We did a lot of walking, shopping and talking throughout the day so it was okay for us to eat twice while we were gone!!! We had a really good time and are looking forward to the next trip.
Bernette Mask, from Arizona, is home this week visiting with her dad, Mr. Buddy Hamblin and her sisters, Denise Presley and Marie Grant. She will be here until next Sunday, December 9th.
Happy Birthday this week to Dalton Tutor on Wednesday, December 5th, Mr. Buddy Hamblin who will turn 85 years young on Thursday, December 6th and Jimmie Lessel on Saturday, December 8th who will just turn Mr. Buddy's number around!!!
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1 can Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
1/3 cup key lime juice
1 graham cracker crust or vanilla wafer crust
Mix cool whip and condensed milk together, then add lime juice. It will 'cook' the filling. Pour into the pie shell and refrigerate. It also freezes well to be used when needed.
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Spoiler!Aokiji is part of the underground eh? Wow, I never really did see him as that loyal to the government but still.
Hahaha, Momonosuki is playing a dangerous game XD
One final very important thing, Aokiji Said the Smoker must tell Akainu to dispatch the Admirals,as it more then one Admiral, which means there are new admirals that replaced Aokiji and Akainu. Can't wait to see who they are. I know Law also said Admirals as a plural 2 chapters ago, but I didn't really notice till now.


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First toon I roll is a two handed Orc berserker type. So Daggerfall Covenant.
Will roll a Bosmer Hunter and a Khajiit Assasin. They're both Aldmeri Dominion.
The Alliance of Show Results is a great faction comprised by Gnomes, Trolls and Fairies. Some races are new to TES games but since ESO is taking so many liberties already, zenimax figured players would accept them. While they was originally going to stick to 3 faction the developers started thinking... if 3 is better than 2, then 4 will be greater than 3! - thus this new faction is born.
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Didn't see the option...
I want to play a Breton but have no interest in the war or joining a faction at all...it would harm my sales and ability to travel the lands as a travelling merchant.
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I know nothing of the lore, where is a good place to educate myself?
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
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If you mention rose tinted glasses, you better be referring to Mitch Hedberg.
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There isn't enough info out there right now to make a decision. I personally base much of my opinion on how the areas look. Since I will be spending many hours out leveling in PvE zones, I want it to be the best looking experience possible. So, I'll decide once I see the areas.
Well if you have played previous elder scrolls games you'd know skyrim and morrowind will be areas for the ebonheart pact so i'm guessing that faction will be quite popular.
Originally posted by ashleymorrow
I know nothing of the lore, where is a good place to educate myself?
http://www.imperial-library.info - This website is devoted to TES lore. It contains a well written section on the different races found in Tamriel, as well as other informative articles. Give it a read.
To OP, my first TES character was a Dunmer, so Ebonheart Pact would be my immediate choice. But Im really not sure yet.


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A lap steel with a genuine vintage vibe.
The Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar has a '50s vintage vibe that is enhanced with a genuine pearloid finish, a highly decorated gold plastic fingerboard with 23-3/16" scale length, and chrome hardware. A single humbucking pickup gives you all the sweet singing tones you need to play Hawaiian or Country styles. Controlling your sound couldn't be simpler with single master volume and tone knobs. The lap steel guitar has sealed die-cast tuners that let you easily go from standard to the alternate tuning of your choice. A full-sized chrome pickup cover lets you comfortably rest your right hand while playing.
- Pearloid finish
- Humbucking pickup
- Full-sized pickup cover
- Chrome hardware
- Die-cast tuners
- Volume and Tone controls
- Highly decorated gold plastic fretboard
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A Great Lap Steel, But Remove Bridge Cover
Very nice, but watch for sharp strings on the peg board where they are cut. I cut myself. I always bend my strings down when changing them after they are cut, so they...Read complete review
Very nice, but watch for sharp strings on the peg board where they are cut. I cut myself. I always bend my strings down when changing them after they are cut, so they can't stick me or someone else.
Chrome cover over bridge is terrible, prevents palm muting the strings at the bridge for Hawaiian style music. I recommend removing the cover completely. I took out the two Philip's screws and removed my cover. The pickup is chrome anyway and still looks very nice.
Tone and volume controls are out of the way of picking hands, which is very nice.
Felt underside of lap steel is classy, which prevents guitar from slipping off your lap.
The Jersy lap steel is light weight, which is really nice.
Guitar has awesome tone and great sustain when playing harmonics.
I bought the red, which I think matches the gig bag best. The red is really pretty. I think the black is ugly. The white looks nice and the blue is cool. But the red is classy. The guitar comes with a plastic protective strip over the fretboard and pickup, which is nice. I peeled them off, which you're suppossed to.
People were coming up to me at the beach and admiring the guitar and the music. If you are interested in Hawaiian music, check out my website at steelc6th.com (I don't sell anything, it's all free).
I have been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for many years and have an assortment of very nice guitars, including a 1936 Bakelite Rickenbacher with a horseshoe pickup that sounds awesome. This Jersey Lightning lap steel is very nice, and not just for the price.
I've played much more expensive lap steel that don't sound as good as this one or have these nice features.
For one, it is rare to find a lap steel with felt glued to the underside to prevent the guitar from sliding off your lap.
Another great feature is this guitar is very light. I have a jerry Byrd aluminum frypan that weighs a ton and must have a stand to play or your knees will go numb. I like this Jersey lap steel because it is very light and can rest on your lap for hours without slipping off.
I also like the humbucker pickup. The sustain while playing harmonics is excellent on this guitar, unlike older Fenders which making playing harmonics difficult. The sustain is excellent. I played through both VOX and a MicroCube battery-powered amps. Very nice. Rolan's MicroCube I think is best for that nice Hawaiian tone. The smaller speaker is what gives it that classic Hawaiian tone. The VOX is nice too, with a bigger speaker, but I like the MicroCube better for Hawaiian steel guitar.
I tuned the 6th string up to Bb fine, but I think it'll break if you push it to a C#. I made C, but it was tight. The 6th string is a roundwound at about .065" guage when you get it. I left the original strings on as they sound very nice. Alan Akaka uses round wounds for Hawaiian. Flat wounds deaden your harmonics and overall sound. Semiflats are ok, but I am going with round wounds for a brighter tone lately. I've been using round wounds on pedal steel for 20-years. In fact, they don't make semiflats for pedal steel that I know of. If your bottom string is not super thick, roundwounds are fine.
I like the positoning of the tone and volume knob on the Jersey lap steel, not getting in the way of my picking hand. The Artisan and Rogue guitars are nice for the money, but the pickups are not very good sounding and the volume and tone control get in the way of your picking hand, which is a bad design.
One thing I DON'T LIKE AT ALL, and it's a bad design flaw from the manufacturer on the jersey lap steel is that big clumsy plate they installed over the bridge and pickup. Every true hawaiian steel guitarist wants to do palm muting with their right hand at the bridge (which you cannot do with that chrome plate in the way). I removed the two Philip's screws and took the chrome cover off completely. It won't go back on either. The pickup is chrome anyway, so the guitar still looks very nice without the cover. I highly recommend that you remove the chrome cover so you can do the palm muting technique.
Very nice lap steel guitar, not just for the money, but amongst all guitars I've played.
One thing that I will warn you about though. I poked my finger on a 1/4" sharp piece of string at the tuning peg board and it bled and hurt for hours. I know all guitars have the potential for sharp strings, but what I do is bend the excess string down and out of the way when I change my strings (so there are no sharp strings sticking out). It's just something that you need to watch for, the strings are cut close to the peg and are like sticking out razorblades.
Great guitar for any price, but remove the chrome cover blocking the bridge which obstructs the right hand from picking or the guitar is no good in my opinion. That cover is a bad design. Other than that it's an awesome lap steel with high-end features, like felt glued underneath and a humbucking pickup. I like that the tone and volume controls are out of the way of your right hand while picking. And it's light weight!
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Terrible Quality Control
I purchased this lap steel approximately two years ago. It arrived from the manufacturer with a cracked "fretboard" which is really just a plastic sheet. I was willing to replace that...Read complete review
I purchased this lap steel approximately two years ago. It arrived from the manufacturer with a cracked "fretboard" which is really just a plastic sheet. I was willing to replace that myself, but the manufacturer could not send me a replacement part. I should've considered this an omen.
Two years later after average use, the headstock developed a crack on its own. This was NOT designed to handle the tension that lap steel strings usually have. I discovered that the body seems to be made from a presswood. After nearly a month of emails back and forth with musician's friend (since Rogue cannot be contacted directly) I was told that Rogue could not provide a replacement part because they had discontinued this model and then was sent a link to purchase more lap steels by musician's friend customer service, which I found a bit distasteful. Save your money and buy something more reliable.
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- Good Tone
- Cosmetic Flaws
- High action
- Stiff Tuner
Best Uses
- Practicing
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
I am a novice steel player, but have several years experience with multiple other stringed instruments.
After much consideration I ordered this over the cheaper RLS-1 mainly based on reviews here and elsewhere. I returned it the same day I got it due to the following:
Unfortunately, the one I received (red) had numerous quality control issues.
There was a small crack in the finish on the corner of the headstock.
There was glue all over the back of the headstock from the felt paper that is on the back of the guitar.
This paper was not pressed down properly around the back curve where the neck tapers into the headstock, so it wouldn't lay down flat. No way to fix this other than peeling it off which would probably rip it, or cutting it with a razor knife to give it enough slack to glue down and leave a gap.
The action is very high on this guitar, in other words the strings are much higher above the fretboard than most lap steels. Although you don't have to actually fret a lap steel, I have small hands and this made my right hand position somewhat awkward if you position your hand somewhere other than the pickup cover, which you will have to do if you use palm blocking techniques. As stated in other reviews, removing the cover will be the best idea in that case.
This is a personal thing and may not really bother most folks.
One of the tuners seemed to be overly tight when tuning.
The guitar had a very nice sound, however I noticed more hum than I expected for the humbucker pickup that it has. (I'm running a Peavey Nashville 400 amp with a quality cable...very quiet without the instrument plugged in.)
On another personal note, I don't care for the positioning of the tone control on the bass string side of the guitar.
All in all, if you got one of these without the cosmetic and qc issues mentioned above, it would probably be a satisfactory instrument for a beginner. Especially if it was their first steel guitar. It does have a very pleasing, full tone.
By the way, if you get one of these, plan on buying a set of strings for your tuning of choice. It comes with strings gauged for open E or G tuning, and the bass strings seem extremely course wound and noisy. If you plan to play C6 it is imperative that you re-string it with the correct gauge strings or you will most likely break a string or worse, strip a tuner.
I'm checking yes on the bottom line because I think it would be unfair to give the guitar a negative bottom line on experiences with one that had some obvious qc issues which apparently are not the norm, and some personal taste issues. Had it not been for the defects above, I probably would have kept it and tried to get used to the personal things listed. The pickup is pretty hot, so the hum was pretty far down when adjusted for normal volume. It might have been an issue if you play with loud volume such as a performance or group setting.
I would also like to report a very favorable experience with the returns department. They sent me a prepaid return label and were very helpful.
Shipment and delivery of the item was also very prompt.
- Affordable
- Breaks Easy
Best Uses
- Entry-level
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
This is an affordable, entry-level lap steel with cheap machine heads and inefficient headstock. When in open G or open D the guitar was fine and a good one to learn on. I, like other reviewers, removed the tailpiece cover immediately to make it easier for palm blocking.
The problems began when I switched to C6 tuning. The .026 gauge string usually recommended for the G (4th) string is far to thick to tune to the required note and stripped the machine head immediately. Also, the headstock has the machine heads arranged in a way that makes it very difficult to change strings in order from low to high.
- Good Tone
- Long Sustain
- Playability
- Breaks Easy
- Cheap Body Materials
- Discontinued
- Fretboard Cracks
- Not Consistent
- Parts Not Replaceable
- Rogue Customer Service
Best Uses
- Concerts
- Practicing
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
I purchased this lap steel approximately two years ago. It arrived from the manufacturer with a cracked "fretboard" which is really just a plastic sheet. I was willing to replace that myself, but the manufacturer could not send me a replacement part. I should've considered this an omen.
Two years later after average use, the headstock developed a crack on its own. This was NOT designed to handle the tension that lap steel strings usually have. I discovered that the body seems to be made from a presswood. After nearly a month of emails back and forth with musician's friend (since Rogue cannot be contacted directly) I was told that Rogue could not provide a replacement part because they had discontinued this model and then was sent a link to purchase more lap steels by musician's friend customer service, which I found a bit distasteful. Save your money and buy something more reliable.
- Defective Hardware
- Poor setup
Best Uses
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Looks very nice. Tuners were so tight, it was impossible to tune. Not just a question of adjusting the screw on the end of the tuners. It felt like the gears were glued together somehow. We're talking two hands really pushing to get them to turn a quarter turn. Completely unusable. The pickup cover was also loose, resulting in string buzz if the lap steel was tilted at all. I'm sure this is a quality control issue and I just got the bad one, but needless to say it went back to Musicians Friend and I'm looking at other options for lap steels.
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Still getting acquainted with it, but have been really impressed by the ease of play. Also impressed with the speed of delivery, the great gig-bag that came with it, too!
Great value for the price! Intermediate guitarist, wanted to get a lap steel to play around with and couldn't be happier with this one!
It's obviously not a Gibson, but certainly stays in tune and is easy to play.
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Over all, I wish I had paid the extra cost to buy a Peavey Powerslide. I am using a keyboard stand to sit it on to play it. The Peavey has a special strap so you can stand with it.
I bought the white pearloid model because it was the cheapest one. I am going to use it in the studio and not for gigs, so the color didn't matter. I started playing a lap steel when I was six years old, but haven't owned one for forty five years so I wanted one to play around with. The guitar was certainly cheap enough. I took delivery of the guitar today and I have already had my money's worth of fun playing it. Keep in mind the price as you read this review. The guitar is very lightweight and cheaply made. At first I thought the tone pot was improperly wired and it was a volume control, because both controls cut the sound off when you turn them down. The tone pot doesn't control the tone very well, but it doesn't matter to me. I will be playing through a Fender Frontman 25R for recording purposes and I can adjust the amp tone. The humbucker is an unknown brand and doesn't have much output. Again, I'll make adjustments through the amp and the DAW. The tuners are cheaply made and I had to tighten them before tuning. The nut is plastic and the slots are shallow, just enough of a slot to guide the strings to the tuners. In hindsight, I wish I would have paid the extra money and bought a Peavey Powerslide. The gig bag is cool and better made than the guitar. There are no pouches in the gig bag to hold the finger picks and slide, but remember what I paid. The humbucker is more full sounding than a single would be. You get what you pay for. In my case I will keep it, but I would never gig with it.
Poorly made.
Not bad for the money. You get what you pay for.
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
I am just starting to learn to play the steel, so I have no history. I got the steel because my fingers are too stubby and wide to fret a guitar. So for me the slide works great. I like it a lot.
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
If you are looking for an entry level lap steel, this is a good choice. Good tuners, easy to see fret markings, nice finish and a humbucking pickup under the chrome cover. Volume and tone controls are well placed. It also comes with a nice little tweed-look gig bag if you need to take it somewhere. I got the LapDawg tone bar too. You will need some kind of slide as it doesn't come with one.
Comments about Rogue Jersey Lightning Lap Steel Guitar:
I haven't played it constantly but it seems solidly built so I suspect it'll last a while. the pickup sound is way better than I expected..really.
I got the Lap steel shipped very quickly as does everything M-F ships. Played great and sounded good right out of the box. I got the white because it was a little cheaper, but I think I will probably fall in love with the white eventually. Everything seems ot work.
I have a heavier wider Fender one, so it felt a little light. I am not sure that's a bad thing... it didn't slip off my lap. Cool looking case as well.
the price I paid for this it was a steal. I had to pull off my face mask when it came to get rid of some residual guilt.
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You can't beat this. I've played it out already, and it holds up when turned up loud.
I got surprised with this on Christmas. Great sound and lots of fun.
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