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Obama's Green Gas'n'Go
February 25, 2012 by Ben Crystal
Ben Crystal is a 1993 graduate of Davidson College and has burned the better part of the last two decades getting over the damage done by modern-day higher education. He now lives in Savannah, Ga., where he has hosted an award-winning radio talk show and been featured as a political analyst for television. Currently a principal at Saltymoss Productions—a media company specializing in concept television and campaign production, speechwriting and media strategy—Ben has written numerous articles on the subjects of municipal authoritarianism, the economic fallacy of sin taxes and analyses of congressional abuses of power.
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Here something to think about. I do not think that green energy is bad. But, it can not be done over night or in 3 years or 8 years. To really change this country to green energy is going to take at least 30 years. In the mean time we are paying $4 a gallon for gas and it is expected to go much higher. Even if I wanted to change to green energy how on earth would I ever be able to afford it while I am paying $4 and up for gas. An electric car cost $40 K, no bank in it's right mind is going to give me a loan for 40K for a car, and I am willing to bet most American are in the same boat as me. Have you check the price of solar panels for your home? 15K and that doesn't include installation. Obviously, most American are in no position to pay for that either or so many of the new green energy business like Solyndra would not have filed bankruptcy.
I really think people should stop fight and start to realize we are in really financial trouble in this country. ARE NONE OF YOU CONCERNED THAT THE NATIONAL DEBT IS OVER 15 TRILLION, THAT IS MORE THAN THE GDP. WE ARE GOING BANKRUPT PEOPLE
Obama has doubled our national debt in 3 short years. Whether you like Obama or not this is a FACT! We need Jobs not handouts.
What has happen to personal pride?
I really agree with what you said about the debt of this country spiraling out of control. It would take time to not only pay the thing off, but to keep a balanced budget. Also cutting departments and programs that are not needed, like the welfare state, which is up to 50% of our budget. Our pride? If we go back to running this country by the Constitution, our founding principles, our Christian founding, and stop trying to force God back into the churches, then this would be possible. Don't expect anyone of the lib wackos to understand. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Gas prices are up because the top guy at the department of energy said he wants gas at 7 dollars a gallon…to lower the gas price ok the pipeline and open up the oil drilling in areas
that have already been ok'ed and paid for that all got stopped by Obama because of one oil spill… no one mentioned the one Mexico had over 20 yrs ago…go look it up,
you will see after 20 yrs you can hardly tell there was any oil at all…Nature cleaned that one.
I think algae is the trick but don't push it down our throats with government funds.
over three quarters of the "stimulus green energy" has either gone bankrupt or moved overseas…
The U. S. put a ban on oil drilling in the gulf, then gave two countries over 2 BILLION
in US funds, borrowed from CHINA, to drill for oil offshore… why?
To force the price of fuel up so the "green" energy could compete, it was/is too expensive.
If the system that was set up in the constitution was so bad then how did this country get so great in such a small amount of time?
Why would our founders do that, give control of yourself, back to yourself?
Remember the guy that is pushing this "Green Energy" (Dept of Energy)
Wrote an article in the 1970′s telling us we were going into an Ice Age…
Then it went to Global Warming, and now it is Climate Change…
Well Earths Climate has always changed, and if the pollution we have created
is actually warming the atmosphere, it would warm from the top down, WE WOULD NOT FEEL IT YET! That is physics ( I know getting over your head) when you take the "facts" that the "environmental scientists" showed the public.
Since the heat can come into/thru the atmosphere then it "bounces" off the upper atmosphere, the upper atmosphere where the "heat" is "bouncing" against would warm faster then the earth itself. Did you know New York has been under 100 feet of ice over 20 times.
Yes there is Climate Change, it changes every year…. but it is not man made, part of the dust bowl was man made, but the conditions were just right… and look the Midwest recovered,,,
The conditions now in Africa and in Oklahoma, this last drought, is almost identical conditions as the Dust bowl.. hmmm history repeats itself…
It takes more energy and pollution to create enough batteries to run a car for 40 minutes as it does to run over 1000 big rigs.
The first 5000 Prius cost one kids life per auto for the batteries.
5000 birds fly into a wind farm, about 1000 come out alive.
Wind farm in dolphin breading grounds, dolphins leave breading grounds
after getting confused.
2 billion in US to Brazil to drill for oil offshore then offer to buy all they can find…
yet let Americans sit on the sideline knowing oil is under their feet.
A whole town in Finland is driving electric cars America bought them.
2 billion to France to drill offshore the same time an American moratorium on offshore oil drilling.
I can go on, America is dying faster than I am.
Please quit taking away, what our forefathers died for.
Do as I say NO AS I Do SAYS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF……..must be nice. We te people are the fools
Tell him don't put a higher tax on cooperations because they will hire more people and get the tax from the people that works for the companies. And here is something I know a young man here in Cave City Ky that is drawing 698.00 a month from Social Security if you all would stop handing out dumb-ass drunk checks to people and make them work you could save Social Security and why is he drawing it now he is 20 years old not going to school I think his dad died, but you know what my sperm donor died in March or 1982 I was still in school until 1983 May I did not get anything from his SS that kid walks up and down the streets. He was out at 4:30am this morning on the 24th of Feb. I was on my motorcycle going to the VA Hospital in Nashville Tn. I am a 100% disabled vet. I think I could run this country better than the damn QUACK we have in office now. I wish you could get me a an appointment with Mr. Quack so I could have a list of complants to read to him. One more thing if buying votes at a POLL on election day will get you arrested then HOW can the LOBBYIST BUY YOU GUYS VOTES. I BELIEVE YOU CONGRESS SHOULD NOW PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST INSTEAD OF YOU BACK POCKETS. YOU GUYS SHOULD stop all pork belly junk until you get the country back in shape when the country is in the black then you guys can pay for crap like the BRIDGE TO KNOW WHERE I know how you could have spent the money in a better place. YOU PEOPLE IN THE KENTUCKY CONGRESS NEED TO MAKE IT A STINKING FELONY FOR THE MESS TREATMENT OF ANIMALS ALSO
Kevin, GOOD FOR YOU, WELL SAID! We have supported too many "onlookers" with their hands in the cookie jar for far too long, and now it has become a whole new class. Time for the fog to lift from these dense brains and have a look at reality.
To all you folks that think that they deserve the trips, remember what Michelle said about the Gulf Coast. She had the nerve to tell the country that the Gulf Coast was cleaned up and for everybody to come on down. Then she and her entourage jetted off to Spain at our expense. It does not matter that he gets a bunch for his books, the tax payers have to foot the bill for their security. That alone cost us plenty.
The Obamas did vacation on the gulf in August of 2010.
flying down in airforceone to survey the devastation does not qualify
as a vacation. show me the pic of her and the first young'uns swimming in the gulf, AT THAT TIME.
WHAT??? And mess up her dredlocks???????
michelle was also looking for pond scum deposites in aspen, so it was
a working vaction. please stop picking on michelle and family.
This is for realists, as utopians don't qualify. Doesn't it seem a bit strange that an administration can be truly in love with Mama Earth and green energy while they consume and waste great quantities of aviation fuel and gas and oil for huge personal vehicles? [it's an Al (duh) Gore thing, too]
Is this the same political and economic genius that blesses everything China does, while China is pumping tons of nasty chemicals and gases into the air and it comes OUR way? Maybe we could be rid of the EPA's curse if we
outsourced those retarded SOBs and sent them packing to China. Just a thought or two on a weekend topic.
To Rex L. Fey: Can you post a copy of the letter on Obama that you have sent to the 500? If your evidence is documented or documentable, the right persons may take it up. The man (loosely used term) is definitely a poser.
This is what we need more of: "Where Is the Love", by the Black-Eyed Peas. Lighten up and enjoy!
That was a really good song. Thanks, I needed that.
18 USC Chapter 115, read carefully. Knowledge of treason and not taking action constitutes a teasonous act. I've sent USPS certified letters to over 500 responsible goverent officials who took oaths of office to support and defend the constitution, have a pile of return reciepts. Each letter expained why Obama (legal name Barry Soetoro, Muslim citizen of Indonesia) is a Presidential usuper, commiting treason. I worked Construction jobs in many contries including Kenya, Indonesia and Pakistan. In 2003 I started my own personal investigation into then IL Senator Obama. Discovered 8 factual reasons he is he is a colosal fraud and presented them in all the letters. None of these traitors has done anything. Corsi just scratched the surface in Where's the Birth Certificate'. Who would like to join me in brining charges against all 500+ of them ? I'm just a poor old retired construction worker that can't afford an army of lawyers.
Well, John Boehner did a wonderful job of caving inn to Harry Reid's plan to destroy the Dept. of Defense.
WOW, calling our paring down of the BLOATED, EXORBATANTLY expensive military treason. President George Washington said, "In times of peace we must focus on paying off or paying down debt'. He understood that during times of war that debt will be incurred because it is simply SO costly. That coupled with the FAR overreaching Bush tax cuts which helped the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us greatly expand have been the primarly factors in our exploding debt and Obama has been saddled with them both and only now has he been able to make necessary reductions in the military to begin to reduce our debt load. Now only if the Republicans were to quit trying to make Obama fail at the expense of our country they would go along with correcting the record low tax rates to bring in sufficient revenue to make a dent in our debt.Oh and I do not in the least find this guy entertaining or funny. Like Rush Limbaugh these right wingers just don't get humor. As far as us foooting the bill for presidential family vacations I understand the need for them to escape the bubble of the White House and it is necessary to have Secret Service protection especially for a president who is so reviled by extremist elements within our own society.
Nobody needs to help this administration with it's failure.
David a deal,
the only problem with that thought is WHEN IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS HAVE WE NOT BEEN AT SOME ACTION, SOMEWHERE, FOR ANY PROTRACTED LENGTH OF TIME?????
First, Bushs' tax cuts were across the board. I still remember my checks (2 of them) for $600. Second, Bush, baaaaa! The rich, baaaaa! GOP, baaaaa! Obaaaaamaaaaa bin Laaaaaden! Chaaaaange! Quit sounding like a sheeple. Third, let Obama bin Laden do something? The whole point is that he has done nothing, but make everything worse. Fourth, make that popping sound. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
D O D: The problem with your argument is not that you know so little, it's that so much of what you think you know just isn't true. The "record low tax-rates" that you're trying to blame for our deficits and debt are actually not low at all, as a percentage of our GDP. (My source for these facts is none other than the US government's Office of Management and Budget.)
The OMB's statistics show that federal taxes as a % of GDP were in SINGLE digits prior to World War II, and about 1/3 of the 16.6% rate since 2003 when the Bush tax cuts took effect, so the recent period is hardly a record low. Moreover, there have been only 13 years since 1930 (when OMB stats begin) in which government has balanced the budget, or 15.7% of the time. Seven of those 13 balanced budgets years occurred in the post-war years from 1947-1960, during which time average tax receipts were 16.9% of GDP, practically the same rate as the last 9 years. So, that pretty much makes your whole rant about the Bush tax cuts so much BS.
No, as usual you liberals will not admit the truth, that it is out-of-control spending and government growth that is the problem with our economy. Here's some facts that you'll just love to hate:
30′S 5.0 8.0 -3.0 Depression
70′S 17.9 20.1 -2.2 Massive inflation
Obama 15.4 24.2 -8.7
The real cost of government is seen, not in the revenue figures, but in the spending figures, because the excess spending must still be paid by the taxpayers eventually. Only the massive cost of WW II created deficit spending like we've seen under Obama. The pattern is clear, continual growth of government as a % of GDP, leading ultimately to economic armageddon.
That table didn't come out very well as posted. Let me try again…
Government spending as a % of GDP
30′S______5.0______8.0______-3.0 Depression
70′S_____17.9_____20.1_____-2.2 Massive inflation
Obama__ 15.4_____24.2_____-8.7
Hey, edwardo
Just saying most do not come for the real american dream. Just for the free lunch here in the states.
Hmmm, pond scum will help eliminate our fuel problem? Depends on how much they want to "subsidize" that up and coming advancement in environmentally progressive technology. Uh, natural gas is pretty safe and burns cleaner than standard gasoline – only running $1.45/gal here in Tulsa – yet NO, we can't use that since they have to FRAK to get it. Oh well. . .
See what happens to that $1.45 a gal. when it is used in a vehicle. All the taxes that will be added.
If pond scum is viable, private investers will develope it. If not, the Bamunist will, with our tax dollars and regulate it till it's not viable.
It's amazing what we have the knowlege and ability to do. The trick is to make it economical.
The highest gasoline tax in U.S.(Fed and State) is 69.8 with an average of 48.9 cents. That means most gasoline profits go to the oil company (about $3 a gal.).
Eddie, Alot of that $3 goes into the cost of finding the oil, drilling and pumping the oil, transporting the crude, refining the crude, paying the employees, maintaining the refinery, transporting the finished product, corperate taxes. How much do you think is profit?
????? – These guys are making $3/gal??? Hey, wait a minute, which country has reserves of refined gasoline with ethanol already added? Ya mean this barrel of oil business is fake?
Actually, Jim, they are using it quite heavily in, I believe, Argentina. The problem is, the government controlls ALL fuels there so it probably IS heavily subsidized. I still don't see anything man made that is viable out there. By viable, I mean not cost prohibitive, and not taking away from food sources. There was some talk a few years ago of capping all the land fills and using the methane from them to power all all state, city and county vehicles, but I haven't seen anything lately about it. Sounded good then as anything to cut our consumption thus possibly lowering prices would be good.
Hi Joe, The scientist that was interviewed was saying that an acre of soy beans would produce 60 gal. of fuel. I don't remember what corn would produce, but it was close to beans. An acre of algee would produce 500 gal. Algee also grows quickly (doubles in size daily) and year around. Unlike one crop a year of beans or corn. Which also affects food prices. Algee can be fed to livestock also.
I need to look into this more and not rely on what some who would benefit from this has to say. If he is on the level, it looks like something to consider.
If we take the politics out of it, just the science of it is interesting. I hope to find out more about it.
I think it was Argentina or Brazil that wanted to go all ehanol in their vehicles. I'm going to research more into the algee use, though.
It's all interesting.
the real trick is to keep the gubmint OUT of it, and let the market set the price. why is it that everytime the gov sees someone trying to sell a product at a reasonable price, the politicians have to come in and screw it up for everyone?
shakespeare was partly right, but should have included politicians in his "to do list", along with lawyers.
JimH–There are numerouse sites concerning the use of algae for fuel. Sounds okay to me.
Welcome, Friend. Yes Alge can work IF the government stays out of it. Oil could be a lot cheaper right now if it wasn't for government interference.
Hi Claire – Good to see you. How are you doing?
Why of course there will be more taxes added on to CNG/LNG, eventually. That's what they have their squads of tax creators doing all the time. HA, the algae bit isn't new, was developed several years ago. Just hasn't had any backing from private investors and even more so, the gubmint. It, as many other, are simply used as bait to keep the environmentalists satisfied. Look up HHO welding equipment, you'll be surprised at that too. Oh I agree JimH, eddie doesn't understand what it takes to get the oil and all of the rest that is involved – daily. Is that really surprising? Nope, not really.
I'm not sure about Argentina but Brazil has been very involved with the production, refinement, distribution and usage of Ethanol for several years. Yes, the government of Brazil is in full control of this energy source. They are using massive tracts of land to produce the corn, or whatever plant they they're using, to get the Ethanol. GM has been building and providing "FlexFuel" cars down there for a very long time. Before they were allowed to use them here – go figure. Yes, there are a few cities across the country that have tapped into the methane from landfills but those that are using it aren't very large. At present the landfills could't produce enough "natural methane" to fuel, say, Chicago. Then again, they got plenty of politicians there. . . just saying.
Here's a link to a HHO demonstration:
Hi Sirian, Thanks for the link, that was really cool.
The other concern I have about using natural gas as fuel for cars is as the demand goes up, the price will also go up, effecting our heating bills.
I heard on the radio that an independant study was done and fracking doesn't effect the ground water. It's a myth. So maybe we can produce enough for both.
JoeH–Yes, I am your friend. Thank you.
Karolyn: I do okay as long as I keep remembering the good times, and I must forget the bad times when he was so sick he couldn't hold his head up. How peaceful he looked in the casket, he wasn't sick anymore. I put his faithful old hunting dog with him. He loved Lucky so much and spent many many good times with that dog and it was only fitting that I put Lucky's urn in the casket with him. I am not asking for pity, but things will never be the same with me. I lost my heart the day Bob passed away. Right now, my faith in God is not what it used to be., I am wondering if there is a God. I am consumed with thoughts of how unfair that a good person has to suffer and go through the illnesses that my husband went through. I know I sound childish but I can't help the way I feel. I want to rant and rave at God, and ask why. Why did Bob have to suffer, why? Maybe with the passing of time I will be more at peace myself. But right now I am angry.
Claire – Of course. I'm sure you know what you're going through is perfectly normal. I remember how mad my mother was when my father died. I think the only thing that helps when someone dies is the thought that they are free. We are the ones who are suffering now. I'm sure your babies are a comfort. Just be sure to take care of yourself.
karolyn – have to agree with your comments. Claire – it's so darn tough sometimes….
On the contrary, you aren't in any way being childish! you are hurting and naturally so. Just live each day as it comes to you and remember that you have friends here that care about you. I'm sure those kids of yours care deeply, too. you raised them right, lady, so I know I'm right!!! take care. Be well!!
I was listening to an interview with one of the scientists working on the pond scum prodject. It was pretty interesting. I'm sure the scientist would speak highly of his program, but I wouldn't count it out.
The real test of its viability would be if private invester's put money into it, or if it gets Obama stimulus money.(Solyndra?)
Hi,PETA. It's OK to kill a teenage human, but not a mink? As soon as PETA means People Eating Tasty Animals, I'll join.
Of coarse it's wrong to want to kill a teenager or anyone for that matter yet why are so many Conservatives willing to kill Muslims . Pat Robertson advocates against Muslims so should the 700 Club be considered a dangerous organization. Franklin Graham has advocated against Muslims so would that make The Billy Graham Crusades an evil organization? Obviously no since I love Billy Graham who wouldn't say such a thing himself. Why is one organization (PETA)picked out and pounced on when one individual considered an evil thought. Maybe PLD (don't get your panties in a wad)should be brought up since so many here want to do harm to Muslims,homosexuals,Mexicanos and a whole list of other people who do things you don't like. How many times have we heard "kill 'um all" from Conservatives. "Put 'um in a boat and sink them out at sea" or "shoot them as they cross the border".
Wow eddie, There is a difference between killing someone because they wear fur and killed an animal, and defending yourself fron a group trying to kill you.
Are you trying to say because others advocate killing, it's OK for PETA to kill people who wear fur(is leather next?)? Or is all of it wrong?
What about the 54 million unborn babies killed by their own mothers? Is the liberal in you good with that?
Hey eddie, it is not the Republicans or the tea party that starts or uses
the Racist remarks, it is the Democrats that take every word someone says
and twists it to what they want to hear. I study a lot about our Constitution
Read it, take a class, hilsdale.edu would be a FREE start, they don't even
fake the use of the word free.. the first course was monday but I am sure
they will let you in.
As for the rest, This Country, America, is a Republic, a land of laws!
The "Progressives" have been walking on our Constitution for years.
If you take the time to learn a few things you will find…
Since the "Progressives" have grown our Governmnet the gap between
rich and poor has gotten greater.
Our "FREE" Country is now number 19 in Freedoms
and 10th in economic freedoms…
the reason is we have allowed our elected
officials treat our country like it is run under a "Democracy".
Democracy is a government that follows the "whim" of the people.
if you do not believe this, then go look up the miliitary training manual
from 1928, This manual taught the men that went into the service, what they were
fighting for… basically our FREEDOMS!
The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land, Our Rights come from
our CREATOR not from elected officials, that by the way are only supposed
to be in office 2 sessions a year and each session is supposed to be 30 days long!
If our elected officials followed the Constitution they would have no choice but to be
in thier store or office making a living… the whole idea, live with the laws you create
live with the taxes you impose on others, do unto others as you would have others
do unto you… hmmm.. almost sounds like this came right from the good book..
If you take the time to read about history, you will find America did the socialism
thing, it almost killed the whole group of people, they got "sick" they stole
food and other things… then the leader said ok all, buck you get that parcel of land
to work with your family keep what you need and trade your extra with others…
you know what, the stealing stopped, the sick got healthy and the start of our
GREAT COUNTRY got going… They figured out that when people are given
what they need, they do nothing for themselves or for anyone else.
Then we fought for our independence, because they were tired of Govenment
Control… When we did finally get our independence personal responsibility
made the youngest country in the world, the Greatest!
Our Liberty is slowly going away and you come out like a "Progressive"
throwing racist remarks and saying they are the ones throwing them…
"don't pee on me and tell me it is raining" !
Progressives want us to go backward in time, more government control
ya know the thing hundreds of thousands of men and women have died
fighting against.. the ones that fought so you and I could sit at our computer
and say the stuff we say!!! yet you back them… I wonder why..
are you even a legal citizen of the United States of America?
It sounds like you are not the way you talk.. it sounds like
you want more government control.. all those people that come here to get away from…
and you want it…. WHY? what is wrong with you?
are not in it buts DEFENSE IS IN IT!!!!
So before you say go Obama and the democrats think about what the mission
of the Democrats is… go look it up, it is REGULATE EVERYTHING!!!!
Lets see how far that gets us… sounds like… Marxism? Communism?
it is not democratic or republic… as far as I can tell…
To your question: "why are so many Conservatives willing to kill Muslims" the reply is simple: "why are so many Muslims willing to kill ANYONE, ANYWHERE who isn't a Muslim?" In a great part it's called "Self defense". Tens of thousands have been killed in recent history for not converting, converting away or even violating the least principle of their canon!
I am NOT advocating "Kill 'em all let God sort 'em out", either! But if you, yours or your Nation is put in harms way …
Hey Freddie, Ron White has talked about eddie extensively.
Lay off the "killing card"! We do it al the time, in fact we have killed several million unborn babies, (that is why so few folks are paying into SS fund now), teh workd for this is "abortion"! Som eof these might hav acu tualy grown up to be deacent "citizens" and held a job,– and made a living, — which equates in payiig "IN" to SS * iocome-taxes.
As for the Muslims, — I hope you are a Mulsim,- because if you are not,– then you are up for execution also,– all these "peaceful folks" want to do is to kill every nom-muslim person in the word! They are only taught this from birth, (so it should be easy to talk them into being peaceful)! …. Come to think abouit it, – they don't seem to be very much against killing their own people — especially women,— or are these not people??
There in the center of the ring and Pilot throws the right hook and connects on Ed's glass jaw. Ed falls to the mat and there's the count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Ding, ding, ding! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Very well said Freddy, very well said!! But here's the problem. . . the useful idiots won't even attempt to read and or study our history let alone think about it. Take a free course from Hillsdale on our Constitution? Please. . . All they are capable of doing is feeding off the BS that is fed to them daily. They are so addicted it's pathetic. That's why we keep reading the same political/ideological based rhetoric over and over and over.
Are you really that dumb, or are you putting on an act?
Please tell us why you love the liberal liars at the helm? Why do you like to give your money and freedom away, and rely on duberment to take care of you and waste the money you earned.
Do you really think they are telling the truth, when the government thugs say they are smarter than the rest of us Americans?
47d, you seem to stand up and protect the government more than yourself, jeeeze, wake up!! duberment thugs are not looking out for YOU!
You know how it is Jibbs, Ed is here just to stir the waters. He has no facts, sources, or knowledge of the subjects at hand. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Wow Jim H. Read my first sentence then get over yourself. If you can't read then kindly excuse yourself. In the last 100 years Christian forms of government have killed many more folks than Muslims and multiple millions more at that. Take the beam out of your eyes before attempting to take the twig out of someone elses.
Hi eddie, We agree that life shouldn't be easily taken away. I don't understand your lack of historical knowlege of Islam though. Tell me somemore about thoughs murdering Christian "forms of governments",(define that) in the last 100 years. You tell me they wiped out more people than Muslims, but you give no example. Has the Vatican issued a Jihad and I missed it? Did some Benidictine monks crash some planes into buildings full of people? I must have missed that one too. Instead of beams from my eye, lets work on your head from your rectum.
Sheesh! For someone who calls himself a Christian, you sure don't sound like it. Care to cite a source on this obvious lie? Oh I see, you are talking about Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Mihn, Saddam Hussein, Ayatolla, but ooops! These were atheists and muslims. How about the fact that the muslims have killed upwards of 270 million people for their so called faith? How about Genghis Khan? He was no Christian. How about Atilla the Hun? He was no Christian. That source better be a good one. I invite you to try posting a source. Let's see if you have the nads to do so. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Jim brought up Christians and Muslims Samurai not Pol Pot (He may have been a Buddhist but certainly not a Muslim or Christian).
Actually Jim the Catholic Church had several edicts to kill non Catholics if YOU know your history. I didn't think I had to write a synopsis since you claimed to know so much.Not all Popes were as "kindly" as they try and be in recent years. They sided with the Fascists and Nazi's during the war.They(Catholics) allowed millions of Indians to be slaughtered in Mexico and South America. Christian Germany killed millions in WWI and many more millions in WWII. So even within the last hundred years Christians have done a real bang up job without flying a plane into a building. This is not a defense of Muslims or an attack on Christian but known facts.
hey eddie… why, when you look up the "koran", you find a page that says
141 lines in the "koran" telling the followers to mutilate, stone, kill anyone that is not "Muslim"
tell me where the 140 that are in the good book.
In the last 100 years the Catholic Church had edicts to kill non-Catholics? Really?
It took the Armies of Russia, Britan, U.S., and Canada to defeat the Nazis. What do you think the Vatican could do to stop them?
What year were "millions" of Indians "allowed" to be slaughtered by the Catholic Church?
If there were MILLIONS of them, couldn't they fight back? Again, how could the Vatican, without an army stop them?
Just where do you get your information? Just make it up?
Once again Ed's reading comprehension is still at "0." I said muslims and atheists. Sheesh! Just roll over and go back to sleep. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Atheists weren't a part of the equation so your comprehension is off samurai.
Jim;Mexico after the their conquest during and after Cortez. Now open them books and get cracking!
Eddie, Unless it is a different Cortez that was way over a hundred years ago.
Unless it was Edddie Cortez, wacked historian.
I'm sure the Vatican didn't order Cortez to kill those "MILLIONS" of Indians.
What book did you get cracking on?
WWWWWhhhhhaaaaahhhhh! Sheesh Ed, do you have to cry like that? Oh, well they aren't part of the equation. Whaaaaah! Whaaaaah! You you like some cheese with that whine? How about some fruit? Get over the fact that since you attacked a church, very unchristian of you, I just decided to show you how muslims and atheists have killed millions more. I also gave factual examples of certain leaders, not all of course. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen Ed. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Why doesn't Ben crack any jokes about Romney? He's not a conservative.
[*news flash from Earth to K*] – a deal has been struck to satisfy both sides of the issue] – Ben won't crack jokes about elected, two-legged pond scum if political hacks don't try to sell the idea to millions who already know what green energy is when it comes to jobs or career criminals who expect to be re-elected.
K, pond scum and algae are great on a drawing board, but it ain't close to reality unless you think this criminal administration will be here for 150 years to make that garbage a reality. We'll see hemp used for Navy ropes before we see algae and pond scum have any national uses. Get over it. That KruelAde is warping your mind.
Well, well, well, we agree one something. Romney is no conservative, just a RINO. The GOP version of Obama bin Laden. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum – same kool-aid, different flavor. Only Ron Paul can save us from certain economic destruction and the NWO. The MSM has assured Ron won't get the Republican nomination, but there is an alternative: Go to the website below and learn. Support Ron Paul and fight the two party (same results) system.
I had heard of the algae bio-fuel some time ago. It sounds like it could be a good alternative once the kinks are worked out. There is quite a bit of info online.
Fun to watch as usual. What the flea bags want (everything for free) is entitlements.
Why work when you can get it for nothing, hey just like the illegals..
Did you pat yourself on the back with that one Rick? You couldn't even keep up with the pace of any illegal working in the jobs they do. LOL
Wrong, eddie, I've done that!!! Picked fruit, tomatoes, grapes, and asparagris right along side of them, and held my own. See, I'm not a union man like YOU so I'm not afraid of work!!
Like, 'e,' there is this program seen on 'TV.' Holmes is the name. A guy goes around looking for poorly-made houses. What he finds is enough to make a utopian puke. Did you know that SOME of the people who "build" those houses are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? It's hard work, but as long as Washington and our neighbors to the north wink and look the other way, what could go wrong?
And, as utopians know from childhood, ALL laws were meant to be BROKEN – as long as the intent is 'good and just' – and the ends justify the means. WTF, comrade?
Wrong answer Ed! I can outwork any illegal alien in the field, factory, or elsewhere. Just sit me down, show me how to do the job, and just let me go do it. I'll guarantee doing a lot more then then after 1-2 weeks. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
I watch Holmes on homes and Holmes inspection all the time. I only wish I could have had him instead of the DIPWAD that poured mybasement floor and biult the block walls to my addition!! He's now banned from my town, I saw to THAT! ALL PROVEN BY BLUE PRINTS AND MATERIALS!! A ten Foot basement sudde3nly becomes eleven feet because he couldn't dig footers SQUARE????
Seeing is believing Samurai and we know we'll never see it so brag away. It's all talk and you know it.
I proved it in my 20 years of service and continue down the same path. Just come up here and sit in my classroom and you'll see. BTW, I can even outwork or outperform any union man. I don't believe in going on strike either. Here is something that will bother Obama bin Laden:
…and what union job was that where you apparently proved yourself. What field did you work in for 10 hours to prove yourself? Talk is cheap until there is proof of the accomplishment. Brag about your service not something you may never do.
I think that 20 years in hotly contested fields in far away places would qualify as proof. Never said I held any of those jobs, so your reading comprehension skills are still at "0″ Ed. I said that if you sit me down and show me/tell me how to do a job, after 1-2 weeks I'd be outperforming the people mentioned. Understand? FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
I worked the asparagris fields in Crystal lake michigan. i worked the tomatoe fields around Tipton Michigan, Addison michigan and picked fruit around Tecumseh Michigan with some of the best LEGAL immigrants YOY'LL ever meet!!! I kept up with them and held my own, dude. Have YOU????
just think we have nearly half the population of the country agreeing with barry and admiring moochellas vacations.
this situation going on in the country is contrived and the sheep are allowing their freedom to sail out the window.
the republican sideshow is an indication that party is no longer able to lead the nation, they are allowing the democratic press to nominate their candidates, they rule by contrived polling so what's left? we have an arrogant idiot calling the shots in the white house and a bunch of communist in the background pulling his strings. what better way to conquer a nation than restrict the use of a nations resources and spend them into poverty.. allowing foreign immigrants to illegally cross our borders at will, one has to look no further than what's taken place in california, the state is in financial ruin, yet they welcome more illegals, the education system is in shambles, the governor should be the mayor of the castro district in san francisco. how much more do we take before demanding a stop to this madness??: the communist have started their movement, it's called the occupiers. they have their ground troops the seiu, acorn and the democrat party.
The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet.
You know what the private business sector is a real-life business, not a government job. Here are the percentages.
T. Roosevelt……………….. 38%
Taft………………………….. 40%
Wilson ………………………. 52%
Harding………………………. 49%
Coolidge……………………… 48%
Hoover ………………………… 42%
F. Roosevelt…………………. 50%
Truman……………………….. 50%
Eisenhower…………………… 57%
Kennedy………………………. 30%
Johnson……………………….. 47%
Nixon…………………………… 53%
Ford…………………………….. 42%
Carter………………………….. 32%
Reagan…………………………. 56%
GH Bush……………………….. 51%
Clinton ………………………… 39%
GW Bush………………………. 55%
Obama…………………………. 8%
This helps to explain the incompetence of this administration: only 8% of them have ever worked in private business!
Your last sentence is extremely relevant and important, Buster. You need to remember that utopians look at facts and reason the same way they do truth and common sense. They just can't fit those proven concepts into their busy schedules. They're busy looking for gold-plated teats, you see.
By the way, when utopian is defined properly, it implies 'anything goes, including criminality.' I suspect they secretly the subhumans at the Fed, as they're distant cousins (constrictors, probably).
Yet there are still some who think being a "community organizer" qualifies as a real job, and being a major player in "Chicago" thugocracy qualifies one for appointments as White House czars and cabinet memberships.
Let us try to get this straight. Obama bin Laden is not the POTUS, but he is the COOTUS (Community Organizer of the United States). I guess if Hitler and Stalin could start off this way and eventually become rulers, then I guess Obama bin Laden… H*** no! Hurry up and get here November. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
OMG only 8% actually had a real job.
Obama Must Go
8% had a real job and 92% did not. Unfortunately, Obama bin Laden is part of the 92%. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Perhaps old sixties hippies found it as hard to obtain gainful employment as it is to"create jobs".But anyone but the liberal lame could see that as true.Yet they decided to bring in the clowns anyhow.
Hippies and their yuppie suplicants running the machine?
I wonder why they cant make it work like it used to,or in fact work at all?
Probably because in order to make something work,you have to know the definition of work.
Never having done the particular paticiple,yo0u can see why their answer is:What?
Ben Crystal is actually much dumber in person than in print. That was just as bad as some of the dumb arse reality tv today. I didn't really think there would be any redeeming value to this but I was curious and now I know.
I suppose that drill baby drill for natural gas which is 78% methane and which is really much nastier stuff than CO2 for our atmosphere is his idea of how to save the planet. I know! making more money is all that matters!
Just another greedy bastard!
Sweet…another self proclaimed scientist. Now let me see…where did you go wrong? Probably getting up this morning. Methane by itself is a greenhouse gas worse than carbon dioxide (which every time you breath out you produce by the way so save the planet and stop breathing..Please!) Methane, when burned turns into water vapor and some carbon dioxide true…but far less than other fossil fuels.That means natural gas is a far better fuel from a polution standpoint than gasoline, for example. There are other polutants as well and natural gas produces fewer or none of them.
Heres a deal. Before you shoot off your mouth giving an opinion try studying a little to find out what is real, what is true and what is right. Before you know it you be smarter, hopefully a little more humble and for sure a far better citizen and neighbor.
Eric seems to forget that even the leaves falling to the ground and rotting cause METHANE!!! The government tells you to compost, guess what it produces?? METHANE!! If you pass gas, Eric, and that seems often, what do you pass? METHANE!!
I believe Eric recycles his personal methane, since he has rectal/cranial inversion.
Ooops! I just passed gas! Darn it! More greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere! Oh well! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Eric the line to re-sign for your welfare check forms on the left.
Did your crystal ball tell you that Opal or was it the wind whipping through your head that brought you that brain teaser?
It was that Colorado wind whisteling thru your ears that told me eddie.
Is it possible for a lib to change their stripes? No. So I see that Ed continues down the over beaten path of the personal attack. Classic liberal strategy. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
P.S. Good one Opal. You really are a gem.
Opal the Gem, always wondered how he made those sounds?
Jeff H: D'oh! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Yeah! but you should hear the echoes HE hears when he passes methane!!! Hasn't made that popping sound yet!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha! Now that was funny Joe H! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Are you getting this 47d?
How can you tell if someone is a pathological liar?
Some Characteristics:
•Exaggerates things that are ridiculous.
•One-upping. Whatever you do, this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else. This also applies to being right. If you try to confront an individual like this, no matter how lovingly and well-intentioned you might be – this will probably not be effective. It's threatening their fantasy of themselves, so they would rather argue with you and bring out the sharp knives than admit that there's anything wrong with them.
•They "construct" a reality around themselves. They don't value the truth, especially if they don't see it as hurting anyone. If you call them on a lie and they are backed into a corner, they will act very defensively and say ugly things (most likely but depends on personality), but they may eventually start to act like, "Well, what's the difference? You're making a big deal out of nothing!" (again, to refocus the conversation to your wrongdoing instead of theirs).
•Because these people don't value honesty, a lot of times they will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will not only tell others, but they will embellish to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting, and because they are insecure people, they will find solace in confiding to whomever is in their favor at the moment.
•They may be somewhat of a hypochondriac. This can come in especially useful when caught in a lie, for example, they can claim that they have been sick, or that there's some mysteriously "illness" that has them all stressed out. It's another excuse tool for their behavior.
•Obviously, they will contradict what they say. This will become very clear over time. They usually aren't smart enough to keep track of so many lies (who would be?).
Another WikiAnswers contributor adds:
•They lie about even the smallest things. For example, saying "I brushed my teeth today," when they didn't.
•They add exaggerations to every sentence.
•They change their story all the time.
•They act very defensively when you question their statements.
•They believe what they say is true, when everyone else knows it isn't.
An alternate 'checklist':
•Lies when it is very easy to tell the truth.
•Lies to get sympathy, to look better, to save their butt, etc.
•Fools people at first but once they get to know him, no one believes anything they ever say.
•May have a personality disorder.
•Extremely manipulative.
•Has been caught in lies repeatedly.
•Never fesses up to the lies.
•Is a legend in their own mind.
More opinions and input from WikiAnswers contributors:
•I have found a few differences in pathological liar and a "slime ball" liar. Pathological liars cannot tell that they are lying; they actually believe the lie as soon as it comes out of their mouth. They lie about unimportant things that don't really matter to anyone. This can be caused by mental defect but isn't always. Slime-ball liars lie about things that make them look better or embellish to get attention. They also lie to keep their butts out of trouble and to get what they want.
•Here are things to ask yourself: How could this many things happen to one person? Would believe these stories if someone else told you? Think back to the beginning: you had red flags and alarms going off in you head. Learn to trust your instincts.
•It is very hard to tell when one is a pathological liar. Some people just are liars and lie to lie because they can and they don't care about getting caught and aware that you know they have lied. These people care not about lying, it's no big deal. It's like "ok, so what? I lied". The pathological liar on the other hand, IS aware that they are lying BUT will go to extremes to make you believe that they are truthful. They appear to believe their own lies BUT in truth, they know their lies are just that, lies. But because their efforts are constantly backing up their lies, it appears to us that they actually believe their lies, when we eventually do find out about them and then we tend to feel sorry for these people. Then they have an excuse, "I am sick, I don't know why I lie, I believed what I was saying etc." The only truth was the fact that they don't know why they lie. Other than that it's crap. It is true that most of them have an extremely low sense of self worth and are continuously trying to make themselves feel better about THEMSELVES and this is one reason they lie. It is about them but the lies are not always set up with the purpose to hurt some one else; it's that these people feel so low about themselves they need to create ANYTHING different from the ugly reality they feel about themselves so they lie about even the most tiniest little thing. The people closest to them get sucked into these lies which sometimes start as something very trivial and then turn into something that can turn everyone involved worlds upside down and inside out.
•Unmasking the pathological liar is an easier task when the pathological liar is no more than a casual acquaintence to the "un-masker." Close relationships provide camouflage for the pathological liar, and intimacy provides a heavily-fortressed breeding ground.
•Other indicators: 1) Rage attacks after they realize you're questioning their lies. 2) Distraction techniques, e.g. hanging up the phone when you catch them in lie, playing word games, or even just running out of the room. After using the distraction technique, or rage attack, or sometimes both, they will pretend that nothing ever happened. They re-write history, so it never did happen in their minds. Normal people do it too, but these people take it to the extreme.
•From "Go Ask Alice": Lies are unplanned and impulsive. Behavior is repeated over a long period of time. Lies don't seem to exist for any external reason. Behavior may not always be a conscious act. Lies are admitted, changed, and/or adapted if a false story is challenged.
•From Andrea Broadbent "The Truth about Truman": To begin, the definition of pathological actually means abnormal or grossly atypical. Therefore, a pathological liar prevaricates more frequently than the average person or tells more abnormal lies. In most cases, pathological liars tell lies that are "unplanned and impulsive" (Hausman). These lies are usually very emotional stories that tend to serve no purpose except to impress people (Ford 133). As of now, psychiatrists are unsure whether or not pathological liars are fully capable of realizing if and when they are lying, so detecting whether or not a person is a pathological liar is a very difficult task (Hausman). By looking at the list of conditions commonly connected with people considered to be pathological liars, psychiatrists are better able to determine whether or not a person might actually have the disorder. Some main qualities linked with pathological liars include dysfunctional family origin, family lying patterns, anomalies of sexual life, frequent substance abuse, and a great capacity for language.
•From Raymond Lloyd Richmond, Ph.D. "Psychological Honesty": Even a pathological liar carries deep in his heart a desire for goodness and honesty and yet, because of painful emotional wounds, believes that the world never has, and never will, recognize his pain. And so, to hide that pain from himself, he uses all the lies he can concoct to hurl at the world as he runs in fear from his own goodness.
•For me, the first indication has been that I hear them tell different things to different people and they can't all be right, because they directly contradict each other! And I am able to prove it. If you can prove over and over again that things someone is telling you are outright false, then you have a pathological liar on your hands.
•With the Internet, it is now easier than ever to "fact-check" even the most mundane things. I think pathological liars often lose track of the lies they tell different people and it will eventually catch up with them.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_you_tell_if_someone_is_a_pathological_liar#ixzz1nVbqIHuT
There's so many on this site Jibbs (including You) that it is hard to distinguish. You guys and gals are a dime a dozen!
That is where Samurai doesn't have a clue and is constantly blind sided. Opal makes an insult and Samurai blames a Liberal for calling her out. Samurai is so darn desperate he shoots himself in the foot each and every time. In other words he can't be trusted or believed and definitely shouldn't be teaching children or adults for that matter.
Eddie your a moron! Hopefully conservatives but mainly Libertarians are a dime a dozen and we can restore democracy and get away from this fascist communism that Obummer and most of our politicians are shoving down our throats.
Why did you leave Joe H and Jeff H out of your rant? This coming from someone that never posts facts or sources? Ha, ha, ha, ha! Now that was funny Ed. BTW, at least I have the honor of instructing students and solidiers all of my adult life, how about you Ed? FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
P.S. Remember probation Ed?
Apparently you forgot your turn in the drunk tank. LOL
eddie's a little fuzzy tonight!! He forgot me, jeffH, and even overlooked the poorly concieved attempt of jibbs to stick up for him!!! He even insulted him!!! As you always say, "D'oh!!!!"
It is everyday Joe H. It is every darned day. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Gees, government educated "scientists" such as yourself learned different chemistry than I did. Instead of embarassing you, let me suggest that you learn about the fate of methane as it is released into the atmosphere. You should also know that much of your "information" was determined in a lab, in isolation. What I mean is that testing heat transfer characteristics of methane or carbon dioxide in a lab experiment does not equate to environmental science. Hint: methane can't cause a problem if it is metabolized or changed in form. Just how stable to you think methane really is? Another hint: Anything that easily catches fire is easily metabolized and is relatively unstable.
Re:your response to James; Very well said, Kevin. Thank you.
I beleive you need CO2 for the trees, in return they put out Oxygen for us to bre
Right on! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
nancy says says:
I beleive you need CO2 for the trees, in return they put out Oxygen for us to breath
Correct. Though they do use oxygen too they do not use all of it so there is extra which is released by the plants into the air.
When you hear people complain about CO2 just remind them that
"CO2 suppression is plant oppression."
2/25/12, Why Eric, even a naked communist like you shouldn't have to pay outrageous fuel prices. Tell me, Eric, if you struck oil/gas in your backyard would you pump it? I sure would.
Eric Bischoff returns after a long absence and starts right off with an ad hominem attack.by writing:
Ben Crystal is actually much dumber in person than in print.
This allows newer folk to recognize a liberal. (Progressive not classical)
Do you hear that people. All of you people who work for an Oil Company, Service Company, Drilling Rig, or who want to convert Diesel to CNG and all of you unemployed men and women who would like to have good, jobs to feed your family and buy a home are "Greedy Bastards" according to the liberal democrats. Anybody who would accept one of the several million new jobs that would be created by CNG conversion are "greedy bastards" too. Arrogant liberals.
If Obama thinks pond scum can cure the high cost of gasoline, then he needs to marshall the resources of the US Congress. They're all pretty much pond scum.
Hey Vig,
Know how everyone down south is gripin' about kudzu??? There ya go!!!!
got it right
Everyday I see fox news and I see another stupid thing Obama is doing or said. The worst part of all ,of this is that his policy to strip down our military is dangerous and stupid and is treasonous in my opinion. I believe Obama is setting up the United States for attack by getting the Muslims all keyed up on us, weakening our militatry and weakening our economic structure. I believe this series of events is a planned effort to injure our country and it is the job of Congress to unseat this impostor and put him in jail. Since Obama has now attained our national secrets he cannot be let loose, he has to be detained and detained for the rest of his life.
The stripping down of our military is a hoax. Don't fall for it. There are more covert mission teams, mercenaries, illicit arms sales and funding of "rebels, insurgents or infidels", then there ever has been. Funded by you know who. Beware of an "attack" on us during this election season, as I beleive this will also be a hoax . It will be used as yet another tactic meant to strip our liberties away one "earmarked" bill at a time. They need war to keep taking rights away from us under the guise of "protecting" us. Ever notice how we're always at "war" with something (i.e. terrorism, drugs, class warefare, threats from abroad, contraception)? These are just the wars from this week. There's only one way to go for a true "change". Paul/Napolitano 2012
You are not far off…but what you should be aware of is not the dismantling of the military, but the reorganization. Look for Obama to work out a way to use the military against the American people….when that happens, maybe you libs will believe that freedom is important. When that happens, the only thing that may save us is the 2nd ammendment, and even then many will die…..all because of liberal ideals that were forced down our throats by corrupt politicians who sold our freedoms for power and money……all of which means nothing without the America they are destroying.
That is because everything Obama says is oppisite of what is actually is. If Obama says it is good for you, bet it will be a bad thing for you. Then if he says something is bad for you then it is a sure bet it is good for you.
When he says the democrats are the only ones working on your behakf just look at the health cre they rammed through. I am telling you this guy only knows how to lie and he never tells anything that is true.
Obama Must Go
Liberals aren't smart enough to see what's happening to our liberties or rights. Wait till their door gets kicked in for smoking weed or we all have to go thru roadblocks to go anywhere. Our police are as equipped as the military ground troops are already.
Don't need weed Bob! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
A war will start in October blamed on economic conditions and wealth envy. Obama will declare Martial Law and bring in the National Guard to confiscate all guns from the honest people. As far as the regular Military, Obama with have fired 50% and he will have most of the others in the Middle East where they won't be here to protect us. Obama will remove all current department heads except for a few and replace them with his Czars who are waiting in the wings. He will then ask the UN to send in peace keepers which will actually be an Army to round up all Americans and put us in Camps. He will also have help from the Nation of Islam and the Muslims in the US who have been stock piling weapons in their Mosques all over the Nation for 10 years. Obama's goal is to take over all of America's wealth, property, Corporations, Banks, you know, the businesses he's made an enemy of recently. He will house us in concentration camps allowing us to starve to death or be killed by gassing or something along those lines. The people that convert to Islam will be spared death but be slaves for the rest of their lives. Obama of course will be a life long Dictator.
Just a nightmare I had once.
OMG! – Paranoia at it's finest! I can't wait til none of this happens, so you can eat crow!
Well Karolyn, I don't think we will have marshal law, but the chance of having an economic downturn is possible. We haven't recovered one iota from Obama bin Laden's policies yet and the chances of doing so are slim to none. And slim is walking out of the door. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Thanks Rev and the military budget has actually grown. With these unfunded wars who knows where it will land.
So, the Solomon of Colorado has spoken. Tell us, Sol, is a funded war 'better' or more' socially just' than an unfunded war? Is THAT the half-assed game you want to play?
'E,' your use of the term known as caring (also known as 'compassionate') has run out. It's as asinine as the way you and your kind use racism or fair or mean-spirited. I wouldn't think of asking you how to define hope-and-change, as even your White House 'God' REFUSES to tell America what is is.
Dream on, utopian. Your 'God' is drooling at the thought of getting us into more wars. Whether or not they're 'funded' makes NO difference. Follow the fuhrer. Love the fuhrer. Worship the fuhrer. Do you sit in the first row of the Enlightened and Useful Idiot Church?
You mean like Lybia (With no Congressional or Senatorial approval), Yemen (Where he killed American citizens, though they may have been scumbags), Pakistan (Where his drones have killed moe U.S. personnel and Pakistanis then Al Queda and Taliban), sending an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan (Though he promised to end that war), sent troops to Unganda to protect the muslims there (Notice that it boarders
with Kenya? Maybe to support his murderous brother?). This wouldn't be his first time doing things for his brother in Kenya:
Think about these things. Ooops! I forgot that libs cannot rationally think. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
The simple fact that you swallowed SC's swill proves that Samurai doesn't have the credentials to teach. Period! If Conservatives want credibility you better come up with more than trash talk!! For the 12th time Samurai and the other brain dead commenter's (that would include you SC) I don't approve of that Libyan incursion funded or unfunded! Now wipe that Kool Aid drool off your lips or is that blood?
Where in my post did I say you support these things Ed? Reading comprehension "0″ by you. I was just giving a list of what Obama bin Laden has done, that's all. Don't get so sensative about things Ed. Here is a source about your "messiah's" arrogance:
I'm not necessarily for or against drones but I doubt if what you said is true in your other comment.
I don't believe in using drones either. No honor in them. I'd rather face my opponents. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Eddie, I'm sorry but you're way too far gone to ever be convinced of the massive evil in Obama, even though it so obvious. The statements about Obama in this post are mostly all true and they don't even cover the worst. You are either blind to what Obama is doing or you have lost your mind. Virtually every move he's made has had a negative effect on our Country. He picks Islam over Christianty, he picks enemies over allies, he kill jobs instead of allowing them to be created by the market. Obama intentionally spends money he knows we don't have. We are now expected to hit the debt-ceiling in Novermber instead of February, remember the debt ceiling that lowered our ratings, he's doing it again. Open your eyes Obama is bad, he's destroying our country. The Republicans haven't had any power since 2006, its the democrats and now Obama who are responsible for this coming misery, you ain't seen nothing yet, if he's reelected.
Let me get my prayer rug out so I can bow down to Obama. LOL!! You are a wee bit naive yourself!
Texasnation grabs Ed by the throst and there's the chokeslam! There's the cover and the count! 1, 2, 3! Ding, ding, ding! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
2/25/12, Hello Mike, It's strange how the human mind can work; how it can be mesmerized by stentorian propaganda & rhetoric. What we now have is a naked communist in power who doesn't even pretend to be otherwise. We've seen a doubling of fuel prices in the last 3 years, same for food; the devaluation of the US dollar.
What's worse is after 3 years, certain people still swear by this admin like 'Stepford Wives.' I'm retired & ok, but even I shouldn't have to pay $3.98/gal for fuel oil. Thank God for mild temperatures; I'm getting hosed as it is.
Well said! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
The scientist in chief is absolutely brilliant. The solution to our energy problems is right in everyones back yard. I'm filing for gubmint loan today!
Will there be any rational comments on here today or will it be the usual? Thanks Michelle and girls for spending time in Colorado.The last I looked it is a US state and we welcome your visit.
so nice of us to foot the bill for Michelle and the girls to come to Colorado.
My grandkids have not been on vacation for almost 4 years, yet I pay for Michelle and girls to visit Colorado.
Something wrong with that!!!!!!!
I didn't see nor hear anything about "W and Laura and family taking a trip or vacation. Iunderstand because some of your family hasn't been on a trip the Obama's can't go anywhere. Pardon me please grow up and stop actiing like this is the first time the first family has been anywhere in history!!!!!!!!!!!
The last time I looked the President receives a salary and made 3 million off of his books. That means his Family can afford to take those vacations. I also take vacations when I can afford them and stay home when I can't. The Obamas also work at soup kitchens and plant a garden so if their children grow up to be decent youngsters then hooray for them.
I work at the soup kitchens here too, however, that does not m,ake me a saint any more than it does them. I planted a garden so I could eat, as I can't afford the price of vegetables
If I could afford the taxes and a trip I would, I have nothing left since Obama took office.
Bush, Regan, and other presidents who worked for a living before being elected president more often than not went to THEIR OWN PROPERTY when on vacation. When Michelle and the girls take 30 of their closest friends on a foriegn vacation, it isn't to family property. They don't have any family property, probably because America is so unfair, so they find the most expensive place they can find and spend, spend spend. They could go to camp David, which goes with the office of the president, but that's where all the old, uncool white presidents go. Instead they choose to act like petty dictators, preaching about "fairness" for the people while living like royalty on our dime. They look more like Saddam Hussien and his children than an American 1st family.Of course, for those who don't pay any income tax, this is of no concern. Its like watching someone win the lottery or "American Idol". Only these folks aren't smart enough to grasp that tax money is the least of the cost. It is your freedoms you had better consider, James. People like Obama begin to believe they are actually "special" and that they are owed their position – sort of like our entitlement class and those in Greece. Hear me James, I have no King and no master on this earth, and if you think Obama or any other lib politician is so powerful, try locking them in a room with an angry conservative for about 10 min and lets see how all that "power" works out for them. Without the trappings of corruption, Obama is just a man; not even a very impressive man. The only thing that give any man power is the weakness of other men; weakness of those who are morally corrupt and go along for personal gain, and weakness of those who have no spine or character, allowing wrongs to continue because they are afraid to resist. Which are you James? In times like this, you don;t get to watch from the sideline.
Promoting class warfare are we? What is therer for a young family to do at Camp David? The Bush's were older and not as active as younger people. The Obamas are a young family. I could not see Laura Bush skiing or being as active as Michelle Obama.
What's kind of amazing is, here we have guy who couldn't have won a mayoral contest in the city if chicago, become the fraud in chief. Hmmm, come to think of it, nobody in the world could have won an election against the mayor of chicago. That would lead a reasonable person to conclude that the leader of the world should be the retired mayor of chicago.
I wonder, is there such a thing as a progressive that isn't sucking on gubmint teat?
Well said Shoestring 47, Kevin, and Warrior. You just have to understand that the libs on this site are such sheeple, they'll back up Obama bin Laden on everything he does or says. James, Bush, baaaaa! Vacations, baaaaa! Obaaaaamaaaaa bin Laaaaaden! Chaaaaange! Kevin is right. When the Bushes went on vacation, it was either to their home or to Maine (I can't even begin to spell the name of the town.). Why did Obama and Michelle bin Laden have to take a foreign vacation with 30 other people at the expense to the taxpayers? Who paid for Air Force 1? Who paid for the fuel? Yep, the American taxpayer. What about when they went to Hawaii, 6 times farther than Texas, they had to pay for a seperate plane for their dog? Do we really need to pay for that? Was taking the dog necessary? No! Ed, I have also spent time in Colorado, a place called Fort Carson. Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak were great. Sook Young still likes the Broncos. Though these are true, I didn't do anything at taxpayer's expense. This Community Organizer of the United States needs to go back to Chicago, with a quickness never before seen by our fellow man. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Karolyn Kennedy, Carter, and Clinton had young kids while they were in office and somehow those kids found plenty of fun stuff to do at Camp David.
Don't count on it, with them growing up in a socialist Mooslim family like that.
I see nothing wrong with taking vacations — heck I even had 2 myself — in (55 yeras of working and paying SS, & income taxes)! And I also remember "the Biggie",– that one cost almost $5,000 for the 5 of us for 2 weeks! And took us from east of Missippi all the way to the west coast! But 2 – in 55 years is a little different than the frequency of this presiodent, and of course he could not go anywhere cheap,- could he! The other week long trip we took cost about $1,000 and we spent that in Colorado, up in the mountians above Denver (Idaho Springs). Perhaps their accomidations were a little better?? But what does it matter,– even if I can't afford to spend a lot on my family,. I can afford to give up a lot for their entertainment! How about you ??
I agree, this' has to be what the 15th vacation or better they've gone on in three years? but Obama says everyone should tighten down and make sacrifices? you first bucko! shyeah right whatever, we pay the dime and he steps up servin' a load of bs lipservice and then goes on vacation in Aspen? most people can't afford to go on vacation, really haven't been able to since he got into office. I definitely see another year of people having staycations. At least one good thing I can say about Bush is that when he went on most of his vacations they were to his ranch in Texas where they only had to set up security once instead of everywhere else.
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The last time I looked the President receives a salary and made 3 million off of his books. That means his Family can afford to take those vacations. I also take vacations when I can afford them and stay home when I can't. The Obamas also work at soup kitchens and plant a garden so if their children grow up to be decent youngsters then hooray for them.
Working the soup kitchen was only for the camera. As far as a garden, I'll bet none of the obamas has never ever had any dirt under their finger nails!
I feel sorry for you Jibbs that you can't take vacations or enjoy time with your family. Different strokes for different folks. Do you own a nice car or property worth money? Maybe your choices are different in life. I took my kids to all 50 states and I don't regret it even though my youngest didn't always like the car trips.
What is your point Ed? I've taken my 4 kids on vacations around the U.S. and to different countries, usually when stationed overseas in Germeny and Korea. I remember them learning about other countries and cultures, so they can broaden their horizons. But the point that Jibbs was making was the money part. Taking vacations are good, but it is impossible if you don't have the money to afford it. Many of our vacations overseas were sponsored through the USO or Army Family Services. I remember the shopping trips to Seoul, Taegu, and Pusan in Korea sponsored by them. Trips to the wine country of France also. I have lots of pictures. Like you, I don't regret taking my family on these things, but I always made sure we could afford it. BTW, at least I spent my own money and not the taxpayer's money. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
What part of they have their own money don't you understand. Are you saying they shouldn't have Secret Service protection when they travel or would you wait for a crises incident. (kidnapping or killing). I wouldn't want any member in the Presidential family to be harmed so the tax money used for that is warranted.
No, not at all uncommon. You should really get over it. It's life in America.
Tell 'em Shoestring! Is Ben dapper or what?!! And like he said eddie, bring it on "fleebagger"!!!!
Nice complacent attitude Robin. Very unpatriotic. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
P.S. Nice to see you hear Tom W.
Hey Eddie,
Obviously you really don't get it……….Have another sip of that cool-aid.
eddie are footing the bill or is coming out of my tax bill
Is your comment rational or the usual, Ed? Ha, ha, ha, ha! FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Here is another source for you Ed. This is what Obama bin Laden did when it started getting tough for him and his policies.
Eddie, you have your priorities ass backward. What a dunce you are.
You say "My grandkids have not been on vacation for almost 4 years, yet I pay for Michelle and girls to visit Colorado'
Well my heart bleeds for you and yours!!!!!! Ever think their vacations are paid by themselves, (expletive deleted)??.
you got that right. This site is full of brain dead haters who wouldn't approve of a anything the president does. I'll bet they were pissed when he gave the order to kill bin laden. Btw if you put money into SS or Medicare it is not an entitlement. Are these the same stupid tea baggers who want govt hands off their Medicare?
First, put down the 40 ounce kool aid. You seem to be very punch drunk. Second, get some sleep and allow your body to detoxify. Third, go to the hospital and have doctors take you to the OR for an emergency cranial rectumotomy. Four, learn about what the Community Organizer of the United States is really about. The ones really pulling his puppet strings. Five, ah yes, the personal attack. Classic liberal strategy. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
What's wrong with telling the stupid Liberals to keep their hands off Social Security and Medicare? It isn't the Tea Party people who are trying to eliminate it, but the Obumski administration along with Prince Harry, and Princess Nancy. Also the ignorant liberals in the Senate and the House of Representative are pushing for it. The death panals, the rationing of drugs and services to those over 65, One of them even said it was the seniors responsibility to die as soon as possible.
Looks like you two guys have the corner on the Kool Aid. Think Much?? Mr Air Force seems to leave out all the Republicans who advocate abolishing SS on it's own or forcing folks into a wild and reckless Wall street ponzi schemes. Mr Samurai is the one who needs to duct tape his head (as Beck says) . Yes Samurai you know what I'm talking about!
Sheesh Ed! Do you always have to lie? Look at what LBJ did with social security and Obama bin Laden taking $500 billion dollars from medicare/medicaid for your answers. All GOP and conservatives that I know do not want to abollish social security, but to reform it. Give it to the people that paid for it, but not pay to the younger generation that seem to want to milk the system instead of working. Also, to arrest and incarcirate ones that are committing fraud. You talk about Beck? I don't watch Beck, no cable, so I have no idea of what you are talking about. Neeeeed to be making that popping sound. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
Beck used a duct tape metaphor in the video YOU posted and yes there are Republicans who have wanted to abolish SS. No lies as you always assume.
I don't know about all GOP, but I was just talking about the ones I personally know. Understand Ed? FOR GOD AND COUNTRY!
P.S. Social Security is a violation of the Commerse Clause of the Constitution. That's why the SCOTUS said it was unconstitutional in 1934, 1935, 1936.
Agreeing with the Military to kill Bin Laden was the one thing I have agreed with him about. I sure didn't agree with him last week when he passed the "Dream Act" by Executive Order handing amnesty to millions of Illegal Aliens. To qualify all they have to do is have a family member in the Military or go to college, paid for by us. Funny how the DOJ has blocked Arizona's voting law that requires a picture ID. Oh and Arizona has the largest number of Illegal Immigrants in the US, all votes for Obama, illegally of course, but who cares he doesn't. For someone to still be for Obama after these first three years, you have to be completely brain dead or an America Hater. No President in the History of this country has caused as much damage to America as has Obama. There's no way anyone could make this many mistakes by accident, he has to be doing it on purpose. He's also blatantly lying when he tells the American people we are importing less oil. As a percentage of total amount we use, our usage of foreign oil is up. The overall usage is down due to the awful economy and the high price of gasoline. Gasoline was $1.78 gal. last year at this time. When asked what he's going to do to lower prices, Obama said basically nothing, grow algae is the next new energy source. Obama has a third graders knowlege of energy production. He thinks he can snap his fingers and we can change over to some ridiculous new form of energy. The only real option is Compressed Natural Gas. We can convert all Diesel engines to CNG cheaply and fast. A new fuel injector has been invented that will do the conversion from diesel to CNG. All we need is the go ahead from the government. This will reduce gasoline and diesel consumption by 40%. It can even convert train engines, and we have an abundance of Natural Gas in America and it burns cleaner than bio-diesel.
If your man Obama would approve the Keystone pipeline and go forward with the CNG conversion starting with all government owned vehicles it would put millions to work immediately and several million in the near future. The savings on fuel and tax receipts from increased employment would go along way toward cutting the deficit, but Obama refuses to do anything to help our Country. He must be removed.
The president and his family can take a vacation anywhere they like as far as I'm concerned. We'd all like them to pay their way and evidently they can. But we pay for the presidential perks. The first family will have to deal with the fallout from people who see their own income dwindling day by day. And sorry, I wasn't impressed that Obama agreed to have bin Laden killed. That was a bad precedent for our country. Better to have been tried like Saddam. The Muslims never forget, don't you know?
Are you for real 17 vacations, Rockstar concerts at the White House, actors galore, basketball stars, campaigning constantly and he can't even pass a budget just give me more money to pass out to my cronies. Does he actually have time to be president as the country goes down the shitter. No problem passing laws to take our freedoms away though. Think your really missing the point her eddie!
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That's right boys & girls, about 6 months ago, City Zoo officially became a band. With it being the end of the year, most of us look for resolutions to make or look back on the year that was. As far as City Zoo goes – here was ours:
Shows played = 10
Venues Rocked = The Neutral Ground, The Roof of the Woodward, Whiskey Dix, The Howlin' Wolf, The Allways Lounge, The Ivory Lounge
Bands Played With = The Green Genes, The War Office, Jak Locke, Easy Company, Snuff Sugar, Enharmonic Souls, Underwater Aces, Lovehog, Rik Slave & the Phantoms
Originals Finished = 15
Originals Currently playing = 10
Covers Played = 22
Songs Recorded = 3 & 1/2 (I swear we have part of Hot Pursuit done!)
Total Watches = 733 (About 73 views per – Who thinks we can get some more?)
Facebook Group Members = 177 (Can we get to 200? Maybe more? Doesn't 200 look like ZOO?)
Website Info: Started In July '09.
Hits = 1,384
Busiest Day = 88 December 5th, 2009
There's also been a few songs that have been bouncing through my head as this year has gone on. Keep in mind, I'm not putting an emphasis on songs from this year. They're from all over the place:
Everlong/Foo Fighters
The National Anthem/Radiohead
Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground/The White Stripes
Juicebox/The Strokes
Joker & the Thief/Wolfmother
I haven't been able to get enough of these songs over the past several months. If you've probably heard some of these, you've probably figured out where at least I'm drawing some inspiration from. I'm sure you guys have a lot of other songs that have been bouncing around in your heads as well. Maybe we'll get to hear some from them??? Who knows?
Sticking to the subject of music. Here's a list of bands I've seen this year. WIth the exception of Soul Asylum & Clarence Carter, everyone on this list is local accompanied by the amount of times I've seen them in 2009:
MyNameIsJohnMichael (3), Silent Cinema (3), Happy Talk Band (2), The Public (4), Felix (3), Caddywhompus (2), Lovehog (At least 4), Arbor Vitae, The Green Genes (5), Kermit Ruffins, White Bitch, The Tomatoes, Big Rock Candy Mountain (2), Blackbelt Band (3), Antenna Inn (2), Glasgow, The City Life, A Living Soundtrack, The Burning Castles, Smiley with a Knife, The Peekers, The Medics, Cowboy Mouth, Allen Toussaint, Dash Rip Rock, We Landed on the Moon, The Bingo Show (There's a ton of bands here, so I'll just say CLICK HERE. You can find most of them here. BTW we hope you'll find us all over that site one day too!)
Within this I might add that positively the two shows of the year were hands down the final shows of The City Life & Antenna Inn.
I think that's all of them. If I forgot any, let me know. There was this awesome Rockabilly/Punk band from Mississippi, but I can't remember their name.
I guess I just wanted to share with all of you how we've been doing and what music has looked like to me over the past year. However, once that big ball drops in less than 24 hours, this will all be the past. 2010 is ahead of us waiting for us to do all sorts of odd Rock n' Roll things to it.
Kind of a cross between resolutions and a wish list.
For City Zoo:
1.) To play with a large amount of the bands mentioned above.
2.) To get more of you guys and gals out there involved in what we're doing.
3.) To record at least 1 more Ep…Maybe 2
4.) Write at least as many new songs as we did this year.
For Me, ST (Same thing applies. Sort of half resolution, half wish list)
1.) To get better. (As a singer, songwriter, & musician)
2.) Record more demos (Of the Garage Band variety. Who wants some?)
3.) Get off the XBox long enough to make the previous two happen.
4.) To lay off the beer. 12 beers in a night = well over 1,000 empty calories = Bad.
We'll see if both myself and City Zoo can stick to these resolution/wishes (if the other bands want to make that happen, we're only an email away – insert moment of shameless promotion.) If you've gotten through all this, you should pass it on to others, you know, spread the Rock n' Roll goodness. Why? We've got 3 shows for you to help ring in the New Year!
January 1st – Banks St. Bar w/ The War Office
January 8th – Dockside's Lounge w/ The War Office
January 14th – Circle Bar w/ Easy Company
Hope to see you at all 3!!!
See you next year!
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EDELSTEIN: Harbaugh brothers? Super Bowl? It's Biblical
OK fine, so maybe I convinced my little brother the potted plant in the corner of the family room was poisonous and he'd go blind should he ever so much as brush up against it. Guilty.
And sure, perhaps I played "barbershop" with him using real scissors. So sue me.
And yes, OK, I admit convincing him he was Chinese (he's not) may not have been my greatest moment. Water under the Yangtze River bridge.
But come on — what do you expect? I was the older brother (by five solid years) and so yep: He was going to get the short end of the stick. And the long end. Basically, if there was a stick, I was going to beat him with it.
Today, we're adults, and it's abundantly clear my terrorizing of him as a child has left no lifelong scars. He's fine now, even allowed out on weekends. (Rimshot, please!) But yes. He's fine. More than fine. Finemore. He's a successful husband and father with a robust, highly lucrative career doing something I have no idea. It's with computers and the stock market … I don't know. Doesn't matter. What does matter is this: Old habits die hard. So when I see him — he lives out west — we sometimes slip into our old roles. Or, more precisely, I'll slip into my old role. I'm big brother, hear me roar!
Of course, as we've grown older and the actual age difference between us becomes less of a factor, he's prone to surprising me at times. Like a few years ago when I was giving him a good one-two and he decided to go three-four on me and lift me up into a fireman's carry, spin me around, and drop me to the ground. Was it a shock? I suppose it was. But even then … I don't know. I stood up, dusted myself off, wiped the tears from eyes, and remained: The big brother.
Which brings me to the Super Bowl. Baltimore vs. San Francisco. The Ravens vs. the 49ers. John Harbaugh vs. Jim Harbaugh. Older brother vs. younger brother.
Now, while the Harbaugh brothers are only a year apart, I'd bet my brother's bottom dollar that growing up, the John the Elder was still the big brother over Jim the Younger. There's just no way it could be any different. Big brothers lord over little brothers. Period.
Look at Cain and Abel, for instance, mankind's first brothers. Quick Q&A …
1) Who's the older brother? Cain. Continued...
2) Who gets royally pissed off at his younger brother, Abel? Cain.
3) Who gives atomic wedgies to Abel until he kills him? Cain.
This is historical fact, people. Unarguable and unassailable. Trust me. I'm an older brother, and so I know.
And so my point, in case you're a dopey little brother and haven't guessed by now, is take the Ravens +4. You won't even need the points. There is no way on Lombardi's great green Earth younger brother Jim defeats older brother John. Of course, I know it's the players who will ultimately decide the fates of the brothers, but I'm telling you: No way an older brother lets his younger brother beat him on a stage like this. No way, no chance, no how.
Now as I said earlier, younger brothers are known for surprise, so anything can happen, but believe me: In the back of young Jim Harbaugh's mind rests the possibility that he might, in fact, be Chinese.
Mortal lock, folks. Ravens 26, 49ers 24.
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December 9, 2011
I love how light weight all the dishes are! They stack perfectly, and easy to life from the shelf.
While I do love my dishes, one came warped, and the two that I ordered extra have never come. Will try ordering some other dishes.
December 4, 2011
love it.......
I am extremely happy with the product love the dishes wash
well and shows well too
October 19, 2011
I love the Vive plates and bowls
I really love the Vive plates and bowls. They are so light and stack beautifully and they clean easily in the dishwasher. My only complaint is that it is hard to tell between the dishes with the scalloped edges (which I prefer) and the ones with plain edges. I am thinking of getting more dishes in case I have more than 12 people for dinner, and I want to get matching dishes
October 10, 2011