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  1. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 9:29 am

    first finaaly

  2. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 9:31 am

    fraud and sorrow in the sports world today

  3. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 9:33 am

    HISD votes down Tax increase

    Despite pressure from union leaders and district administrators, the Houston school board voted 6-3 Thursday to reject a budget that would have raised the property tax rate by 4 cents to repair buildings, buy new computers and increase funding to schools.

    Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra, however, pitched a last-minute plan to fund the extra 1 percent raises he had proposed for teachers in the existing $1.4 billion budget for 2006-07 without a tax hike.

    “In the long run, it’s a budget I can work with,” Saavedra said after the lively three-hour meeting.

    Well I hope he can work within it, I mean 1.4 Billion?

  4. vlou on June 30th, 2006 at 9:35 am

    Which dentist does this animal go to?

  5. FourAlarm on June 30th, 2006 at 9:35 am

    Ain’t America Great? Over here you can run woman off the road then abduct, rape, and try to kill her. After Martinez (a fine American) is found at home and Hernandez (another fine American) at a bus station, they’re held without bond on immigration charges.

    I’m LOUD to be an American.

  6. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 9:36 am

    Somebody slept late

  7. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 9:44 am

    And some people eat beef tongue? Yikes!
    In retrospect, I have had brains and eggs before. As I recall, pretty good stuff! And my Mom would tell me that they would make me smarter. Little did she know……..

  8. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 9:46 am

    Benzene threatened the entire LST staff with a 100% pay rate reduction if they didn’t get an OC thread posted.

  9. cameraguy on June 30th, 2006 at 9:49 am

    stupid hollyweird liberals….. Now Superman doesn’t stand for “Truth, Justice, and the American way..” Now he just stands for “Truth and Justice..

    Stupid, disgusting idiot liberals….if it wasn’t for the American way the world would live in totalitarian darkness…. Have they ever studied Iwo Jima, etc. etc…?? Have they ever….oh, what’s the use…

    I have news for hollyweird - No tickets for me…I won’t watch any stupid movie where Superman no longer stands for “….the American way…”

    I need to start making my own movies…. I’ll have Superman kick some mooslum ass!

  10. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 9:51 am

    Problem solving … after having brains and eggs

    A win win win situation:

    Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border,
    Use the dirt to raise the levies in New Orleans
    Put the Florida alligators in the moat.

  11. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 9:53 am

    A distinguished young woman on a flight from Switzerland asked the priest beside her, “Father, may I ask a favor?” “Of course. What may I do for you?”

    “Well, I bought an expensive electronic hair remover that is well over the Customs limits and I’m afraid they’ll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?”

    “I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie.”

    “With your honest face, Father, no one will question you.”

    When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her.

    The official asked, “Father, do you have anything to declare?”

    “From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare.”

    The official thought this answer strange, so asked, “And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?”

    “I have a marvelous little instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused.”

    Roaring with laughter, the official said, “Go ahead, Father.” Next!

  12. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 9:56 am

    Today is the last day to pay late taxes before we sic him on you

  13. Smacktle on June 30th, 2006 at 9:56 am

    Here is one for Malcolm:

    In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also call Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen.

    The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin.

    Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the nam es of “c ocktails”, “highballs” and just a good old-fashioned “stiff drink”. Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.

    Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer’s research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.

  14. Rorschach on June 30th, 2006 at 9:57 am

    #11, you owe me a new keyboard and a bottle of windex for the monitor.

  15. Ubu on June 30th, 2006 at 9:57 am

    #10 I like that solution. But what do we do with the ones that are already here?

    Oh wait, that whole “cheap labor that Americans won’t do” angle… we use them to dig the moat and raise the levies!

    Actually, I’d seriously suggest that we sentence them to labor battalions, but they’d probably like it — 3 hots and a cot, plus hard work at no pay. If you’re starving for work (or just pain starving) because your home nation’s economy sucks, that might seem like a deal.

    Hell, toss in English proficiency classes, paid for by the pro-immigrant groups, and I might even be wiling to call it even & grant amnesty after 4 years. Think of all the public works we could get done cheap….

    And all the Americans we’d put out of work. Never mind.

  16. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 9:57 am

    #10 Malcolm, isn’t the Rio Grande kind of like a moat? Just add aligators and let NO flood.

  17. Smacktle on June 30th, 2006 at 9:59 am

    #11 Malcolm

    Beat ya to it, posted that one yesterday. It’s OK though, because most of the people around here don’t remember yesterday anyway.

  18. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 10:01 am

    #13 Smackie, What about the visaversa pill. It keeps your back from petering out and viceversa.

  19. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:04 am

    What happened yesterday?

  20. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 10:06 am

    gang fight

  21. Smacktle on June 30th, 2006 at 10:11 am

    #19 hamous

    What was yesterday?

  22. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 10:13 am

    What happened yesterday?

    Dunno, I slept since then.

  23. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 10:13 am

    Smacktle: Sorry, didn’t see yours yesterday. But like you said memories are sometime short around here! Thanks for the #13.
    Rorscarch: Just bill Benzion. He’ll be glad to take care of the items for you! Just have him debit Smacktle’s and Malcolm’s account!

    Here’s one more and I have to get some work done!

    This is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade. So remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing and cares less tries to make your life miserable.

    A woman was at her hairdresser’s getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded, “Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It’s crowded and dirty. You’re crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?”

    We’re taking Continental,” was the reply. “We got a great rate!” “Continental?” exclaimed the hairdresser. “That’s a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they’re always late. So, where are you staying in Rome?” “We’ll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome’s Tiber River called Teste.”

    “Don’t go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it’s gonna be something special and exclusive, but it’s really a dump, the worst hotel in the city! The rooms are small, the service is surly, and they’reoverpriced. So, whatcha’ doing when you get there?”

    “We’re going to go to see the Vatican and we hope to see the Pope.” “That’s rich,” laughed the hairdresser. “You and a million other people trying to see him. He’ll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You’re going to need it.”

    A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.

    “It was wonderful,” explained the woman, “not only were we on time in one of Continental’s brand new planes, ! but it w as overbooked and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot. And the hotel was great! They’d just finished a $5 million remodeling job and now it’s a jewel, the finest hotel n the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner’s suite at no extra charge!”

    Well,” muttered the hairdresser, “that’s all well and good, but I know you you didn’t get to see the Pope.”

    “Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I’d be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me.”

    “Oh, really! What’d he say?”

    He said, “Where’d you get the shitty hairdo?

  24. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:13 am

    Harmon “Killer” Killebrew’s birthday.

  25. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:19 am

    Seriously, I was apparently in a crappy mood yesterday and kinda unloaded on the Shakemeister. My apologies to all y’all (and Shakey) for my ranting. Hope I didn’t cause him to make his “last post forever really I mean it this time you won’t have Headshaker to kick around anymore…forever!” ;-)

  26. skicougar on June 30th, 2006 at 10:25 am

    Truth, Justice and all that stuff ???

    I’m listening to pat gray on the way in(please forgive me), ready to hit a fourth of July weekend and see “Superman Returns” tonight.

    For the women who may not understand, any guy that ever reads a comic book lives for movies like these. We can’t help it.

    Pat is making quite a comedy routine that Superman Returns has dropped the, “Truth, Justice and the American Way” motto for “Truth, Justice and all that stuff”.

    This inflames me at two points, the simple one first. If they are going to change it, “Truth, Justice and all that stuff” is the best screenwriters on a major movie release can come up with. Most three year olds can do better than that.

    Second, the obvious inflamation point of dropping, “American Way”. Superman is a US superhero from a US comic book that has been around for longer than anyone who worked on the movie.

    Sadly, it is true. They have made this change:
    http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/06/superman_truth_justice_an d_all_that_stuff/

    and(some language in this link):
    http://wwtdd.com/index.php?type=one&i=1085

    from the screen writers:
    Dan: “I don’t think ‘the American way’ means what it meant in 1945.” Mike: “He’s not just for Metropolis and not just for America.” Dan: “He’s an alien, from Krypton; he has come to Earth to be kind of a savior for this world, not our country . . . And he has no papers.” Mike: “What would happen with the immigration laws we have now?” Dan: “I’d like to see someone kick him out!”

    I see their point that Superman is not just a hero for the US and understand movies go worldwide these days, but fall back on my point. Superman is a US superhero and this motto, “Truth, Justice and the American Way”; has been around for longer than anyone except grandparents.

    I will now not be spending a dime on this at the theaters and may take up, “Truth, Justice and the American Way” and let it live on through my kids that will repeat almost anything these days.

  27. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 10:29 am

    #9 who do the producers and directors think buys tickets in America. I guess Superman stands for truth, justice and the multiethnic way.

  28. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:32 am

    Hillary Clinton in discussing the House Immigration bill:

    This bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Superman himself.”

  29. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 10:34 am

    Taking 2 of the grandkids to see Cars tonight. Anyone else seen it? Any reviews?

  30. cameraguy on June 30th, 2006 at 10:34 am

    Excellent idea. BOYCOTT this stupid pc version of Superman!

    Lousy stinking liberals…

    “Lies, corruption, and the Democratic Party”

  31. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 10:35 am

    I’ve conversed in the past with some of you about the Free Muslim Coalition. I don’t often comment on LGF, because it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle over there, but I wondered about what their take was on the FMC. So I posed the question. I was directed to this post. That, in turn, led to this. There were some really good points made all the way around, but this really caught my attention:

    Kamal Nawash is a Palestinian lawyer who was once the legal director for the American Muslim Council, a da’wa and taqqiya (propaganda) group like CAIR. The AMC was founded by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison last year for terror financing and conspiring with Qaddafi to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

    Nawash was Alamoudi’s personal defense lawyer during much of those proceedings. He founded FMAT only last year. While I hoped he’d undergone some David-Horowitz-like transformation, close examination of his statements as president of FMAT indicate otherwise. He does not relinquish the theological basis for terrorism, and he continues to have a disdainful, hostile attitide toward non-Muslims.

    Nawash seems to be having an awfully hard time changing his spots, and his ambivalence and arrogance makes him hard to trust. IMHO, FMAT is worse than worthless with a leader like that, because it seems legit in a way that CAIR does not. There are Muslims involved in this event who are the genuine article — e.g., Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi — but Nawash is not one of them.

    Also of interest was comment #66. The long and short of it is that I’m still split in my mind. I’d love to believe there are Muslims committed to overcoming terrorism in their religion, but their scant numbers give me cause for pessimism. In the near future, I’ll try to email Mr. Nawash directly and get his thoughts on the matter. If and when that happens, I’ll post it here for those of you that are interested.

  32. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:35 am

    Smacktle can tell you all about it hogfan

  33. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 10:35 am

    It is a great day in America when terorists are given basic guarantees of our justice system. This is a triumph of rule of law. Quoting Nancy Pelosi.

  34. Rorschach on June 30th, 2006 at 10:36 am

    #28, yeah well, I’d like to see ICE try to arrest him….=D

  35. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 10:37 am

    To:all
    RE: Superman

    I am sorry this is the only superman that I will follow outside of the comics…

  36. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 10:41 am

    Oh BTW, the reason I follow that superman is not for Superman.. but for Lois…

  37. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:42 am

    #34 - Good point. But I’m sure Chimpy BushMcHitler has already directed NASA to reallocate all resources in a massive galactical search for kryptonite to counter his superpowers for just such an event.

  38. Smacktle on June 30th, 2006 at 10:50 am

    #29 Hoefan

    Took my kid to see it and he didn’t move the whole movie. Quite a feat for a 3 yr old! Good movie.
    Did you know that Sarge is in it?

    http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/cars/main.html?sec=1&car=7

  39. Smacktle on June 30th, 2006 at 10:52 am

    #25 hamous

    headshaker deleted his account with LST and is really serious about not coming back. Tired of getting attacked by everybody here. When he comes back you can ask him about it.

  40. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 10:55 am

    brs4688’s referenced quote by San Fran Nan bears repeating. I found it hard to believe that even she would say something so idiotic. But its right there on her own website!

    Today’s Supreme Court decision reaffirms the American ideal that all are entitled to the basic guarantees of our justice system. This is a triumph for the rule of law.

    Pelosi thinks that Al Qaeda terrorists have the exact same rights as you and me. Please remember that when contemplating casting a protest vote in November.

  41. cameraguy on June 30th, 2006 at 11:27 am

    wow, Teri Hatcher was really hot back then…. I had forgotten…. Spectacular!

  42. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 11:34 am

    #41 There is more background info at rushlimbaugh.com Apparently, it’s not enough that the terrorists are plotting to kill Americans, now they have the same protection under the law as citizens of this country. Soon, all the libs will be demanding that terrorists be issued SS #, drivers license and voting registration cards.

  43. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 12:29 pm

    Re: Truth, Justice and the American Way

    Since none of our regular moonbat liberals have responded, let me “sit in” for them on the subject:

    Listen up you provincial, moron conservatives. Film makers make beaucoup money off the European and worldwide market. Because of George Bush, the rest of the world hates us. Any Hollywood producer with half a brain won’t do anything to offend 70% of their potential market. Wake up, you brainless, fist dragging Bushbots.

  44. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 12:33 pm

    Thanks, we needed that.

  45. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    43

    “Preemptive Troll Feeding”

    My bad.

  46. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    Shannon,

    Listen up you provincial, moron conservatives.
    (snip)
    Wake up, you brainless, fist dragging Bushbots.

    You buckin’ for Autorantic Virtual Moonbat’s slot?

    /looks like we may have found us a new whuppin’ boy

  47. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 12:52 pm

    #43 My feelings are hurt, but it is okay. I will put those hurt feelings away, away in a lockbox.

  48. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    #38 Cracktle

    Thanks for the update & link. Secretly wanted to see this movie myself but I love reversing the whine machine on the tots once in a while…”But I don’t wanna go to the movies, wah wah.

    OH YEAH, WHO YOU CALLIN A HOE??

  49. LTC on June 30th, 2006 at 1:00 pm

    when will al qaeda investigate their own actions of rape, murder and torture ?

    where is the international red cross, amnesty international and jimmy carter looking into and protesting al qaeda human rights violations ?

  50. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    I will put those hurt feelings away, away in a lockbox.

    You just keep your feelings away from my Social Security money. Remember… conservatives don’t have feelings, we have feeling… same one all the time. The feeling is joy at the culmination of a lifetime spent depriving little old ladies of their prescriptions and forcing them to eat dog food to survive.

  51. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    Dude don’t forget about making them move to Florida to live in that hellhole.

  52. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 1:06 pm

    Renault, Nissan Want Stake in General Motors

    Say it ain’t so, Joe! Not Renault! Anyone remember Renault’s crappy little Le Car back in the 80s? Yeah, that’s what GM needs. To be run by the French.

    #50 - Dude, don’t forget our penchant for drowning puppies and mowing the heads off kittens.

  53. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 1:10 pm

    USA Today Editorial

    Check this out!

    By putting on hold military commissions to try terrorists for war crimes, five Supreme Court justices have made the legal system part of the problem, rather than part of the solution to the challenges of the war on terrorism. They tossed aside centuries of American history, judicial decisions of long standing, and a December 2005 law ordering them not to interfere with the military trials.

  54. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    The only thing we need from France is this:

    http://www.smithappens.com/forthefellas_melissatheuriau.php

  55. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

    brs
    #53

    Hopefully Congress will be able to do something about this dopey decision by liberal SC justices.

  56. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 1:27 pm

    mowing the heads off kittens

    I like to use a croquet malet. Call me a “compassionate” conservative, if you will.

  57. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:29 pm

    Hogfan
    #48

    I think he was calling you a HOE FAN - big difference! ;)

  58. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 1:29 pm

    #55 What really irks me is that there is already a law on the books dealing with this issue.

  59. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

    brs
    #58

    Can you give me a link. I’d like to take a look at it. Or give me more info so I can google?

  60. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 1:32 pm

    #55 Careful Neo, they are not my justices.

  61. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 1:34 pm

    PEST CONTROL
    A woman was having a passionate affair with an
    inspector from apest-control company.
    One afternoon they were carrying on in the bedroom
    together when her husband arrived home unexpectedly.
    “Quick,” said the woman to her lover, “into the
    closet!” and she pushed him in the closet, stark naked.
    The husband, however, became suspicious and after a
    search of the bedroom discovered the man in the closet.
    “Who are you?” he asked him.
    “I’m an inspector from Bugs-B-Gone,” said the
    exterminator.
    “What are you doing in there?” the husband asked.
    “I’m investigating a complaint about an infestation of moths,” the man replied.
    “And where are your clothes?” asked the husband.
    The man looked down at himself and said,.. “Those
    little bastards!”

  62. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
  63. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 1:39 pm

    Neo

    I guess the best time to whack a smacktle is when you got the hoe in your hand.

    I wonder…
    If you whack a smacktle with a hoe does it sound like a cowbell???

  64. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:45 pm

    Hogfan
    #61

    Best I’ve heard in a long while! Too funny!

  65. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:47 pm

    Hogfan
    #63

    There is no scientific proof that that is the case. Perhaps at the next BrewHaHa™ you can bring your hoe and experiment! Might make the term “whack a smacktle” take on a whole new meaning!

  66. brs4688 on June 30th, 2006 at 1:47 pm

    Neocon: also check out the National Review Online article

  67. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 1:52 pm

    brs
    #62, 66

    Thanks, I heard Laura’s show this morning talking about this. I just didn’t hear about the 2005 law. Thanks for the lead!

  68. marc on June 30th, 2006 at 1:58 pm

    Squaki’ Need to fix it:

    “67 Responses to “Friday Open Cpmments”

    Imkpept waiting for a correction.

    Hehehehe.

  69. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 2:02 pm

    By the power vested in me I hereby declare 5:00.
    The long weekend has arrived.

  70. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:05 pm

    Any of you guys have to work on Monday?

  71. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    I hereby trademark “whack a smacktle”. Now I just need to learn how to do that tiny TM thingy.

  72. SC on June 30th, 2006 at 2:07 pm

    #70 No work Monday
    All be safe.

  73. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 2:09 pm

    Slave to the man, I gotta work Monday. You would think after 26 years of hard labor…..

  74. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    I stumbled across another Democratic ploy to convince voters to vote for them. We’ve all seen them trying to act like they’re “people of faith”. That hasn’t panned out. We’ve all been told about the group of Vets they are running for congress this year to convince us they can be “for the troops but against the war”. I’m still waiting for that list Noodleman promised. And since their party leadership lacks courage, what would be the best way to convince us they’re changing their ways? Find someone who’s name actually is Courage! John Courage is running to oust Texas pubbie Lamar Smith.

    John Courage’s name embodies what Texans in District 21 are looking for

    Yup, its all in a name for these guys. I hear they’re combing the phone books looking for a Bill Patriot and Frank Army. Maybe they can get Captain America to come out of retirement.

  75. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    Hogfan

    Add the AND sign followed by trade followed by ;. Don’t forget to put the ; at the end. Hope this works.

  76. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:11 pm

    70
    Part of the day, I’m sure.

  77. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:11 pm

    No work Monday… took vacation. Enjoy it all.

    Hogfanman,

    whack-a-smacktle™

    Just copy and paste (yes, it’s just that easy). Either that, or do this

    & trade ;

    without the spaces and your bigbrother internet will take care of the rest.

  78. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    & t r a d e ; take out the spaces

  79. marc on June 30th, 2006 at 2:13 pm

    You poor working kids. Pay that SS…Pay that SS. I just may get something out of the SS Pyramid scheme.

  80. jimb on June 30th, 2006 at 2:13 pm

    Who’s whacking their smacktle™ here? This is a family website!

  81. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:14 pm

    Opps sorry Dude for running into you!

  82. jimb on June 30th, 2006 at 2:14 pm

    OK, can someone fill me in on the latest Shaker drama? I think I missed something…

  83. johnny833 on June 30th, 2006 at 2:14 pm

    malcolm Says:
    June 30th, 2006 at 9:44 am
    And some people eat beef tongue? Yikes!

    Hey Malcolm:

    Nuthin wrong with tongue. As I used to tell my little sisters, its the only meal you can eat that might be tasting you back!

  84. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 2:16 pm

    I’m off to Amsterdam tomorrow on business. My first trip there. Any of you world travelers got any tips for a conservative redneck going to arguably the most liberal place in the world?

  85. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:16 pm

    Speaking of National Review Online, VDH nails it as usual.

  86. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 2:18 pm

    #82 - Jimb, its my fault. I gave him a real hard time yesterday (look at the posts earlier in the day) and now he’s not coming back…ever…for real…I’m not kidding.

  87. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 2:20 pm

    whack-a-smacktle™

  88. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:20 pm

    #81,

    Es no problemo, Nuevacon.

    /Spanglish state o’ mind

  89. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:21 pm

    84
    Wear blinders. And maybe a gas mask….or…er, maybe not. :)
    Great museums there.
    I saw several Da Vinci originals when I was there.

  90. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

    Huh huh, huh… Hogfan said whack-a-smacktle.

    /Beavis and Butthead state o’ mind

  91. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    77/78
    Thanks for the schoolin’.

    84
    hamous

    You got all your shots?
    Mrs. HF is the Foreign Travel Nurse at Kelsey Downtown.

  92. Butch on June 30th, 2006 at 2:25 pm

    ™ You knew I had to try it.

  93. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 2:25 pm

    I don’t know why but this song just popped into my head. Bob Wills’ Milk Cow Blues:

    Well I tried everything baby to get along with you
    Now I’m gonna tell you what I’m gonna do
    I’m gonna stop my crying, gonna leave you alone
    And if you don’t think I’m leavin’ big momma
    Just count the days I’m gone

  94. marc on June 30th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    83
    My grandmother would cook beef tounge as a German dish when I was about 5yo. It was delicious because I never had to look at the main ingredient. My Mom carried on that traditional meal until my Neices discovererd that it wasn’t steak. Sad. Done right, tounge is as good as steak. I would try it again, but they turn it into dog food now.

  95. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:28 pm

    82
    Shakey lost his bearings. Forgot how to “back off”.
    Hopefully he’ll be back.

  96. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 2:29 pm

    marc, go to any grocery store on the Northside (note - that’s not “The Woodlands”) and you can still get beef tongue.

  97. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    #71, & 75

    actually there is an easier way hold down the alt key and type 0153 on the keypad and you get it ™ and ¢ is alt-0162

    Note this has to be done on the key pad…..

  98. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:33 pm

    Have to work on monday, the hazzard of working in the travel industry as well as being a contractor.

  99. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 2:34 pm

    There were four country churches in a small TEXAS town:
    The Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church. Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels.

    One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they Determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn’t interfere with God’s divine will.

    In the BAPTIST CHURCH the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.

    The Catholic group got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town.
    Three days later, the squirrels were back.

    But — the METHODIST CHURCH came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter.

  100. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
  101. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:37 pm

    Well if y’all are going to run a school today:

    How do you post a link that shows up posted as any blue-highlighted word?

    If that makes any sense.

  102. TheRipper on June 30th, 2006 at 2:38 pm

    Hamous — way to go!! I never did like his pompous and condescending attitude.

    Shannon — he’ll be back; imagine George Washington in bizarro world, liberals cannot tell the truth. I think he gets lonely on his blog.

  103. malcolm on June 30th, 2006 at 2:40 pm

    100# Dude:
    Now you’ve gone and done it! I won’t be eating at any of those taquerias any more! How do you say: “What do you make this stuff out of?” in Spanish?

  104. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:40 pm

    Dude
    #100

    Yuch!

  105. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:41 pm

    Hammie,
    The Anne Frank hideout in Amsterdam was pretty interesting, too.

  106. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:44 pm

    #97 BW,

    That’s based on the ANSI Extended ASCII (Windows) table.

    http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/papers/ascii.html

    (the table is all the way at the bottom)

    You’ll have to convert the hex value in the table to decimal to make it work.

    For example Hex 99 = Decimal 153
    -to make the ™

  107. Neocon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:46 pm

    Shannon

    Here is what I was given, but I can’t make a lot of sense out of it:

    http://www.webmonkey.com//reference/html_cheatsheet/

  108. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 2:51 pm

    To link as desired text:

    The Dude

    <a href=”http://home.houston.rr.com/brewme”>Shannon text</a>

    Substitute the desired URL in place of my brewme (inside the quotes) and the text you want in place of Shannon text.

  109. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 2:55 pm

    107
    I have that one, too, Neo. Didn’t realize the linking procedure was there!

    108
    Gracias, Senor Tongue Taco.

  110. marc on June 30th, 2006 at 2:59 pm

    BTW you can use Windows calculator to convert stuff.

    Hey whatever happened to kidwttape?

  111. Hogfan on June 30th, 2006 at 2:59 pm

    For hamous and his trip….

    BROTHEL TRIP
    An elderly man goes into a brothel and tells the madam he would like a young girl for the night.
    Surprised, she looks at the ancient man and asks how
    old he is.
    “I’m 90 years old,” he says.
    “90!” replies the woman. “Don’t you realize you’ve had it?”
    “Oh, sorry,” says the old man. “How much do I owe
    you?”

  112. The Dude on June 30th, 2006 at 3:03 pm

    Senor Tongue Taco

    Bwahahaha!!! I’m gonna have to change my name now…

  113. bweldon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    #106 Dude or you could go
    Start
    Run charmap and look for the character you want to use. It gives you the ability to use the ASCII code or copy and paste if a one time thing…

    Windows class dismissed till Thursday…

  114. Senor Tongue Taco on June 30th, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Yeah, Kidwittehtape was pretty good with this html stuff. He even convinced an old stick in the mud like me to try Firefox. I still don’t think it’s any faster than IE, but I do like the extensions you can get with it. The tabbed browsing is pretty cool, too.

  115. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:08 pm

    Speaking of Milk Cow Blues….You ain’t seen it done right if you never saw Alvin Crow do it at the Broken Spoke in Austin.

  116. Senor Tongue Taco on June 30th, 2006 at 3:09 pm

    Windows class dismissed till Thursday…

    I vote for a return to DOS 5.0

    /stick in the mud talking

  117. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    Alvin Crow! Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in awhile. I saw him at a free concert at Miller Outdoor Theater probably in the early 90s. Is he still alive?

  118. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:30 pm

    Last time I saw a schedule for the Broken Spoke, Alvin was still a regular there. Couple of times a month, I believe. Still makin that fiddle bawl, I bet.

  119. Squawkbox Noise on June 30th, 2006 at 3:31 pm

    Hide the children. Sequester your loved one. Lock the doors and bar the windows. Put 911 on the speed dial. It is the return of  

    PROXY DELETED

    Muhwahahaha

    You know you wanna look.

  120. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    My favorite Alvin Crow song was always Nyquil Blues.

    Give me a bottle of Nyquil,
    That restful sleep my body needs.

  121. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    That’s the worst yet, SQ.
    AEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAA

  122. shannon on June 30th, 2006 at 3:36 pm

    Those two guys are listed as Hillary’s California Campaign directors, aren’t they Squawk?

  123. Squawkbox Noise on June 30th, 2006 at 3:39 pm

    I think so

  124. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 3:42 pm

    I’ve had less offensive pic links deleted by the moderator here. Hey wait! You are the moderator!

    I agree with shannon. It can’t get much worse…unless you photoshopped those manboobs onto the pic of kennedy in the boat.

  125. gregg aka T-BONE on June 30th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    #119 Squawker, I demand the power to delete that picture,name and entire post. That has done the impossible and disgusted me.

  126. Squawkbox Noise on June 30th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    I think this dog agrees with y’all

  127. Butch on June 30th, 2006 at 3:47 pm

    #93 hamous - we must be about the same age. I grew up with that….plus a few other gems. I listened to country when my sister wasn’t listening to KYOK…Daddy Deepthroat….or Biff Colley on KNUZ, along with Paul Berlin.

  128. Squawkbox Noise on June 30th, 2006 at 3:47 pm

    I disgusted gregg?

    Muhwahahahaha

  129. hamous on June 30th, 2006 at 3:52 pm

    #127 - Butch, I’m probably a little younger, born in ‘57. I had a father that instilled a love of music in me at a very early age.

  130. Artificial intelligence on June 30th, 2006 at 3:54 pm

    Neo, I have to be at work on monday - it really sucks

  131. Senor Tongue Taco on June 30th, 2006 at 3:57 pm

    Even our President is talking about Squawk’s picture.

  132. Matt "Zilla" Bramanti, CPO™ on June 30th, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    Sheesh, Hamous, you’re my dad’s age!

  133. Butch on June 30th, 2006 at 4:15 pm

    I could be your grandpa MattZilla. lol

  134. gregg aka T-BONE on June 30th, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    #131, you are wrong. GWB is holding the new invisible watermellon invented by Texas A&M.

  135. gregg aka T-BONE on June 30th, 2006 at 4:25 pm

    We need some jokes.

    US tourists, a man and his wife are traveling in the Middle East. An Arab approaches the husband, saying, “I’ll give you 100 camels for your woman.”

    After a long silence, the husband says, “She’s not for sale.”

    The indignant wife says, “What took you so long to answer?”

    The husband replied, “I was trying to figure out how to get 100 camels back home.”

  136. Senor Tongue Taco on June 30th, 2006 at 4:26 pm

    G AKA T-B,

    Is that a standard invisible watermelon or a yellowmeat? Oh wait, how would we know?

  137. Peter on June 30th, 2006 at 4:40 pm

    SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

    http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/doc1.pdf

    Apparently it is an unclassified document that details how to go to war with Cuba. The scariest part of all is on page 11 where it details how the U.S. could sink one of its own ships or shoot down an airline and blame the cubans to go to war. (Along with other ideas - such as an attack on Miami).

    And for those of you who pay attention, it is from 1962. You know, when the liberal all-star JFK was in charge. I wonder what Edward Kennedy would have to say about what was going on in his brother’s administration?

    Can anyone verify this?

  138. gregg aka T-BONE on June 30th, 2006 at 4:45 pm

    Whats so hard to believe about that? GWB blew up the twin towers so he could go after Saddam because he tried to kill Bush 41 and he hit on Laura in college. Its all tied together. The passengers on all those planes are being held in GTMO dressed up like Muslims and alcaders. You need to think like a corrupt politician.

  139. Butch on June 30th, 2006 at 4:49 pm