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English Flag Banned in… England. “Offends Muslims”
In yet another bow to Dhimmitude, England’s St. George’s Cross has been banned from the workplace by a British bureaucrat so as not to “offend Muslims.”
There is still no eletricty in Groveton, 1 stop light working with help of a generator.
Thank you Houston for helping out.
How long until the red crescent appears on the British flag?
Might make a good question for some deranged office pool betting.
“Right, those ads way back then telling people how their freedom of speech, those ads way before I ever went in the grand jury, my decision was based on those ads, not based upon what might have happened in the grand jury room.” -William Gibson, grand jury foreman, Travis County, re: 1st DeLay indictment
His mind was made up to indict DeLay before viewing ANY evidence. The basis for the charges is in doubt and the juror did not make a decision based on the evidence.
Was a law broken? What can be done?
Was a law broken ? No one knows yet. Why not let the court decide ? You think not, I think so.
But based on the last post by LST I am sure we will hear the Grand Jury was on drugs when the idictment came down.
But more interesting there is speculation idictments against Rove and Libby are coming too, so I guess we will see “Opo” research on Fitzgerald as well.
#5 “Was a law broken ? No one knows yet. Why not let the court decide ? You think not, I think so.”
Don’t put words in my mouth, my friend. It deserves some serious investigation. Let’s wait and see.
Obviously, I am of the belief that Ronnie Earle is politically motivated to “find” anything on any Republican. I take it you are from the other camp?
However, I will say if DeLay, or anyone else,conservative or liberal, did something illegal, they should be held accountable.
What is your view regarding a jury member who is convinced of someone’s guilt prior to hearing any evidence? I know of other cases that were dismissed on this basis.
I firmly believe that appeasement is going to kill our country and any country that practices it as a negotiating tool. Seeing Mike Martin’s and Lost Budgie’s comments reminded me of this commentary below.
Europe – Thy Name is Cowardice
Commentary by Mathias Döpfner
Won’t see this in the commentary pages of the Houston Chronicle will you? God help us.
A doff of the fedora to Davids Medienkritik.
We all know why the chicken crossed the road. What about the turtle?
do tell
In a bit. let’s see if anyone knows!
because he didn’t like the hare?
Why did the turtle cross the road?
To get to the Shell station?
Why did the cow cross the road?
#8,
Because he was pinned to the chicken’s back?
Don’t know about the cow MM+I.
#12 you got it!
re the cow. I haven’t a clue!
#7 squawkbox: What else can we expect from Europe? These are the same cowards that looked the other way when Hitler was murdering the Jews. They will roll over every time, then expect America to come riding to the rescue, as always.
We Americans must secure our borders (hello, President Bush?), bring manufacturing back to our country (goodbye, China, Tiawan, Mexico, etc), build oil refineries across the nation and drill our own crude (kiss our tails, Arabs), and think about America first. AND STOP SENDING FOREIGN AID TO OTHER COUNTRIES!
Is any of this possible to do? Yes. Question is, how can we make it happen?
Why did the cow cross the road?
To get to the ‘utter’ side!
Me_Myself_n_I:
Cute! Me thinks we should lighten up a bit occaionally and have some fun. Some of the discourse get’s pretty heated from time to time.
Thanks for joining in!
Have a blessed day! (That goes for all of you out there!)
#15 While I agree with your list of items we must do…they will never happen while we cater to the socialist liberals.
1)secure our borders - This SHOULD be easily done, and can be without too much flack from the libs.
2) bring manufacturing back to our country - not without paying soooo much more for the goods, unless we can rid ourselves of the unions and other organizations and policies that drove manufacturing away to begin with!
3) build oil refineries across the nation and drill our own crude - again, this won’t happen with the current environmental policies in place
Bottom line…we are paying a price for the social liberal policies currently in place. The next time you hear a lib complain about gas prices, tell them to call their elected officials and push to relax the poplicies that DETER companies from building refineries or else they can expect to be glad when gas prices FALL to $5 per gallon.
#15,
Is any of this possible to do? Yes. Question is, how can we make it happen?
All too often I see evidence of permissive parenting. Less of this and more instilling of traditional values would go a long way. In Taekwondo my kids are taught the following:
Courtesy
Integrity
Perseverence
Self-control
Indomitable spirit
Unfortunately, those are not things that can be learned at school. I believe the Scouts to be a worthwhile undertaking for young people as well, in that they teach similar values.
Geni
I do not want to post the whole commentary here but that was addressed along with Kosovo, Iraq and the fact that a Muslim holiday is in the works for Europe. The commentary made a scathing accusation on how with this mentality, Europe has no right to complain of the decisions President Bush has made and the fact that the United States has been called time and again to pull Europe’s collective bacon out of the fire time and again.
It was refreshing to see a European journalist espouse the same views we have. It is a good read.
Me_Myself_n_I #16
Why did the cow cross the road?!?!???
To mooooove along along of course.
Why did the one-handed gorilla cross the road?
Why did the hen go halfway across the road and stop?
Why did the chicken cross the muddy road and not come back?
Oregon woman kicked off flight in Reno over offensive shirt
The shirt had pictures of members of the Bush Administration, and a phrase based on the movie “Meet the Fockers,” but with one crucial vowel changed.
And while Southwest may have kept the peace on it’s afternoon hop to Portland, a woman, not afraid to use her freedom of speech will now be using her freedom of choice.
“I most likely wont be flying Southwest Airlines again after this.”
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I wonder how many people will choose TO fly Southwest after this?
Why did the one-handed gorilla cross the road?
-To get to the secondhand store.
Why did the hen go halfway across the road and stop?
-She wanted to lay it on the line.
Why did the chicken cross the muddy road and not come back?
-He didn’t want to be a dirty doublecrosser.
But why did the shaggy ewe cross the road?
But why did the shaggy ewe cross the road?
He didn’t see the ewe turn
Matt: You must have been a road crossing guard to know all of these! Or at least got caught in the hen house!
What up with the ewe?
Why did Ted Kennedy cross the road?
Why did the urban gang cross the road?
Ditto #18
F the muslims. If they are offended they can go back to their stoneage desert.
Why did the chicken, the turtle, the cow, and the one handed gorilla cross the road?
Why not?
If Ted Kennedy crosses the road my brakes will surely fail
Matt: You must have been a road crossing guard to know all of these! Or at least got caught in the hen house!
Why did Ted Kennedy cross the road?
To go to the bar
Why did the urban gang cross the road?
To ‘ghetto’ the other side
Malcolm:
Why did the shaggy ewe cross the road?
-To go to the baa-baa shop.
No roads involved in this one, but…
How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None of your @#$? business!
Or…
How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
50. 50? Yeah, 50! It’s in the contract!!
#38, #39,
Both excellent answers! You are obviously not a single-genre joker. C’mon give us some more…
A new poll for the day.
Is the end your toilet paper over the top of the roll or under?
How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
#41
I like it on TOP!
How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. That’s a hardware problem.
How many software people does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One, but if he changes it, the whole building will probably fall down.
Two. One always leaves in the middle of the project.
How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Only two, but the hard part is getting them into the light bulb!!
way to go GW !
way to call out the war on terror for what it is ! a war with islamo-facists ! this puts it to the people of islam to separate themselves from the extremists !
too bad he couldn’t do the same w/ democrats by making them stand up as say who they are by appointed known conservative judicial appointees and urging congress to cut spending in the wake of the extra spending from katrina. So, he’s acting like a 1/3 of a republican. Hopefully, republicans only lose 1/3 of the seats in 06.
#41,
Definitely top. In fact, if it’s put on the other way, I take it off and change it. Does that make me anal-retentive? Is that supposed to be a hyphenated term?
#41 Mines over.
Now you guys/gals are getting the hang of this fun thing. Isn’t this a lot more fun than trying to change someones mind about his/her particular position? Blood pressure drops, smiles instead of frowns, stuff to share with neighbors and friends….. you get the picture!
Way to go and keep’em coming. We could break the record replys on this one!
#49,
Agreed. Now if you can use humor to make a point or change someone’s postion, that’s really the shizznit.
There was this guy and he had a girlfriend, named Lorraine, who was very pretty and he liked her a lot.
One day he went to work to find that a new girl had started. Her name was Clearly and she was absolutely gorgeous. He became quite besotted with her and after a while it became obvious that she was interested in him too.
But this guy was a loyal man and he wouldn’t get involved with Clearly while he was still going out with Lorraine.
He decided that there was nothing to do but to break up with her and get together with the new girl.
He planned several times to tell Lorraine but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. One day they went for a walk along the river bank when Lorraine slipped and fell in to the river. The current carried her off and she drowned.
The guy stopped for a moment by the river and then ran off smiling and singing:
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“I can see Clearly now Lorraine has gone”
RE: My poll question about Toilet Paper
In the interest of full disclosure….my roll sits on the side of the tub. Shows you what type of cretin I am. Guess I wiped that out huh?
A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption.
One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named “Amal.” The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him “Juan.”
Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mom. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal.
Her husband responds, “But they are twins…if you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Amal.
squawkbox
I finally followed the link associated with your name…
he he he
Me_Myself_n_I
I change that thing occasionally. Keep checking back.
On my personal blog (it is not open for all to see) I got chastised for comments I made. I used that as my splash screen for a long time.
I know lawyer jokes are cheap applause, but here goes…
A lawyer and an engineer were fishing in the Caribbean.
The lawyer said, “I’m here because my house burned down, and everything I owned was destroyed by the fire. The insurance company paid for everything.”
“That’s quite a coincidence,” said the engineer. “I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything.”
The lawyer looked somewhat confused. “How do you start a flood?” he asked.
Drudge had this; I wish this WERE a joke…
“Americans may soon be able to use the telephone to vote in local elections, and could someday dial in their decision in national races, the WALL STREET JOURNAL reports on Thursday.”
Is anyone else freaked out about this?
#57,
Unless there is a secure and reliable method of verifying identity over the phone (not subject to identity theft issues), I’d have to say that is worthy of some freaking out.
MissFish
There is currently a big push to get better auditing of E-Voting. Currently there is no paper trail to speak of. The same organizations that are pushing for these paper trails are also attempting to block telephone voting for the same reason.
A better place to learn about the issues/concerns of any type of e-voting is http://www.eff.org. (The Electronic Frontier Foundation) As to your question…..ummmmm nope I’m not freaked out. Just another rung in the ladder.
I’m sure the accusations of the far left and/or far right dialing in multiple votes via their ‘puter are already being formed.
squawkbox
What’s the record number of comments for one post on LST?
well - one of the threads from day before yesterday or something like that got 73. Someone said that in the old Chronically Biased days, there were 200+. Guess it depends on whether or not Chronically Biased counts…
Correction from the thread with 74 responses:
Way to go Southwest! I’ll not change them as my air carrier.
rj
Back to the TP. Over the top, but some bozo in the office always changes it.
TP should always be over the top. Ironically, the rest of my family usually just throws it on however it lands, and I wind up changing it. What’s wrong with that picture?
Same here, SC. I’m thinking we should ask Laurence, since he’s the crap expert. I’m forwarding this as we speak.
#65,
What was it that kid was alleged to have said on the air way back when, “cram it bozo!”? I think that’s just an urban myth, though.
#50 We can try!
What do you call a cow with no legs?
Ground beef!
Just because I’m full of crap, it does not make me an expert.
Mike Martin #68
The Bozo Urban Legend is plausible according to Snopes, but questionable. Hmmm is that a denial denial with a twist tossed in to make it a maybe.
Ouch I think I heart myself with that.
Squawky,
You’ll put your eye out kid!
Two Islamists are raising a pint in the local goat’s milk bar, when one of them pulls out a photo of his son and says, “This is Ahmed. I really miss him. He’s gone now.”
The other Islamist takes out his wallet and produces a photo of his son, saying, “This is Ayahd. He is gone also to be with the virgins.”
Both look at each other’s photo for a while, and then the one says to the other…
“They blow up so quickly, don’t they.”
DING DING DING! We have a winner in today’s little impromptu joke contest. Congrats, Budgie. You’ve just won a FREE lifetime subscription to Lone Star Times.
Matt…
Had I known it was a CONTEST I would have have been more particular with my submittals!
Lost Budgie…will you share your lifetime subscription with me!
Matt:
You shouldn’t declare a winner of the contest if the rest of us didn’t know we even had one. We cry “FOWL”! (Or chicken or something like that!)
I believe there are readers out there who were just getting warmed up!
I’m sure there’s others out there who would like to win a subsciption, too!
Hell, okay. Malcolm gets one too.
This guy walks into an adult toy store. The clerk behind the counter says,
“May I help you sir?”
The customer replies. “I’m looking for a blow up doll.”
“Would you like male or female?” asks the clerk.
“Female,” replies the customer.
“Black or white?” asks the clerk.
“White, please,” answers the customer.
“Christian or Muslum?” asks the clerk.
The customer looks at the clerk witha puzzled expression, then asks, “Christian or Muslim? Is there a difference?”
“Yea,” answers the clerk. “The muslim dolls blow themselves up.”
Allright! Wait until I tell my grandkids!
Just for that:
A man with a extreme speech impediment calls the long distance operator and says. ” I want Republick Un, seben, two, two, pie. The operator says, “I’m sorry sir, I can’t unstand you, could you talk a little more clearly.” The man again says, this time even louder, ” I want Republick un, seben, two, two , pie.” The operator repeats, “Could you get someone else to tell me the number you want, I can’t understand you. Having been chided all of his life for his speech difficulty, he gets exasperated and yells. “You can take dis pone…you know what you can do wid it! You can understan dat canch you?” And he hangs up.
A while later, his door bell rings. The man walk to the door and finds two representatives from the telephone company. One says to him, “Are you the person who told one of our operators what she could do with the phone? The man answers with a lisp, “Yeth, I am!”
The representative responds, ” If you don’t call back and apologize, we’re going to take out your phone.”
He says. “Well, allright!
He dials the operator, she comes on the line and he says, ” Are you the operator dat I tole what she could do wid da pone?
She say, “why, yes, I am.”
He says, ” Well, you better git reddy, they bringing it ober!”
OK - here’s mine:
A father watched his daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and innocent his little girl was. Suddenly she
just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her and noticed she was looking at two spiders mating.
“Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?” she asked.
“They’re mating,” her father replied.
“What do you call the spider on top, Daddy?” she asked.
“That’s a Daddy Longlegs.” Her father answered.
So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?” the little girl asked.
No,” her father replied. “Both of them are Daddy Longlegs.”
The little girl thought for a moment, then took her foot and stomped them flat.
“That might be OK in Massachusetts and California, but we’re not having any of that here in Texas”
I swear, I’m giving away free subscriptions left and right. When Benzion gets back from Rosh Hashana, he’s gonna take this all out of my paycheck.
Jimb;
Classic!
Keep’em coming!
Ths is a lot better than throwing barbs at one another, doncha’ think?
Matt: How many subs you got? You may need them!
The conviction of Tom Delay or any other Congressman will be a triumph for the American people.
Why do I say that?
Professional politicians have been highjacking this country for sometimes, they have been getting away with their self serving agendas. It’s about time we got our country back from their corruption.
And that is the long and short of it!!!!!!!!!
Well, we have a ways to go to hit that 163 figure. I hate to be a pessimist, but I don’t think we’re gonna do it today. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Unfortunately, Friday is gonna be busy for me, so I won’t be able to contribute much. Uhhh, quality over quantity, yeah, that’s it….
Good night all!
Nixons approval during watergate 39%. Latest poll shows Bush at 37%. Stunning.
Guess it depends on the poll:
Still low either way, but a reasonable swing.
I find this more disturbing:
I guess I understand his point, but I would probably stay away from quoting the Koran as a Christian…
The most recent poll. http://www.pollingreport.com
The most interesting number is among independents.
It is a stunning number.
But JimB I am heartened. Once again we are in agreement. I do like the new Nickleback CD.
Guess I did mention that here, huh? Yep, they did a good job on that one…
Can’t you pitiful clods find a real chatroom?
Did you know Hillary spoke at a La Raza meeting (LR’s actual motto: for the race, everything. outside the race, nothing.)?
She of course praised them and offered all sorts of aid & bucks to illegals.
Meanwhile, NM Gov. Bill Richardson is doing a similar two-faced thing.
States REALLY need to go ahead and do the Feds’ job of closing up the border!
Now THERE’S a topic for y’all to have something to mull over!
#90 If you can’t stand the “heat”……
Bear Creek
Look before you leap. The subject of this thread says “Thursday’s Open Comment Thread”“. Emphasis on Open.
Bear Creek, Welcome to the “Pitiful Clods” chatroom. Nice to have you along.
Squawbox:
Are we in a “Chat Room”??? (ref. #90)
Or is this a blog?!
I am confused…
All right you pitiful clods, fun time’s over. I’m the tough, smart commenter and I’ll get you every moment of seroiusness you have coming.
/points finger at monitor in pitiful clodlike imitation of Jim Adler with stern expression