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  1. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 12:12 am

    Too easy

  2. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 12:13 am

    I do need to get a life though….

  3. Robert Headford on March 13th, 2007 at 3:24 am

    You wonder why I shake my head™

    Mexico objects to alleged border incursion over fire

    http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0307BorderIncursion07-ON.html

  4. Robert Headford on March 13th, 2007 at 3:25 am

    Mexico objects to alleged border incursion over fire

    http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0307BorderIncursion07-ON.html

    You wonder why I shake my head™

  5. left-2-right on March 13th, 2007 at 4:46 am

    #2…you said it…not me…

  6. Katfish on March 13th, 2007 at 4:55 am

    Mawnin blogoshperians……….

  7. malcolm on March 13th, 2007 at 5:43 am

    Back atchew Katfish!

  8. luv2hammer on March 13th, 2007 at 6:07 am

    Hey guys anybody here watch this?

    http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com/

    Kinda of gives a new spin to Easter.

  9. bigjolly on March 13th, 2007 at 6:26 am

    I’d like to see Ruth Bader Ginsberg in that uniform…

  10. bigjolly on March 13th, 2007 at 6:44 am
  11. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 7:45 am

    RIP Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd

  12. Rastus on March 13th, 2007 at 7:52 am

    Weasels are continuing to eat my flesh daily. How long until Congress goes on spring break or something?

  13. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 8:22 am

    It seems that the world is beginning to wake up to the greatest scam perpetrated in at least the last 100 years, if not all of human history:

    Canada, one of the signatories to the Kyoto Protocol in 2004, has reneged on its commitments. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has referred to the Kyoto Protocol as a “socialist scheme designed to suck money out of rich countries.”

    The President of the Czech Republic stated openly his belief that the human-caused global warming issue is a “myth,” adding it is “green ideology and environmentalism, which can be identified as the incarnation of leftism.”

    Industry, particularly in Germany, is expressing concern. Lufthansa International Airlines CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber reacted strongly to the imposition of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, threatening to move some airline hub operations to Switzerland, which is not an EU member.

    Sayonara, Kyoto!

    http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27303

  14. Big45Iron on March 13th, 2007 at 8:36 am

    The DLWM is showing their short memory again:

    White House mulled firing all prosecutors
    By LARA JAKES JORDAN and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writers

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_go_co/congress_prosecutors

    They seem to have forgotten that Clinton fired ALL of Bush 41’st U. S. Attorneys.

  15. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 8:49 am

    #13 Big, I was wondering about that hypocrisy. Bush fires eight US attorneys and Dems start congressional investigations fueled by endless speculation by the DLWM. Clinton fires all 93 US attorneys and nary a word is printed. And nary a new creation from Acronym Boy, either.

  16. Rastus on March 13th, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Viacom is suing Google over You Tube content. Google stock up - Viacom stock in the tank - Google wins. You heard it here first.

  17. Robert on March 13th, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Well, I see where the first Mexican President, George W. Bush, is in Mexico for discussions about drugs and immigration. I have obtained a copy of their agenda and summarized it into my “Top Ten” list of objectives:

    1) How to better protect the drug smugglers from being shot by the border patrol.

    2) How to better protect the illegal aliens so that they can become “cheap labor” in the US.

    3) Grant Constitutional rights to the drug smugglers and illegal aliens.

    4) Learn the customs and traditions of Mexico so that they can be better implimented in the US.

    5) Get some teachers for the “Spanish Only” schools in the US.

    6) Get some “qualified and educated” cheap labor for the US.

    7) Erase the border and use that “wall” money for bridges.

    8) Get more “taco stands” for other US cities.

    9) Try to out “PR” Hugo Chavez by offerring more foreign aid.

    10) Get Mexico’s opinion on the Dimwit’s plan for amnesty so that the US can become a better Mexico.

    I think this sounds about right!!!!

  18. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 8:55 am

    I’d like to see Ruth Bader Ginsberg in that uniform…

    Bigjolly, you are a sick, sick man ;-)

  19. riatta on March 13th, 2007 at 8:57 am

    #4 those BP agents better get Lawyers now Johnny Sutton is licking his lips already.

  20. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 9:03 am

    how about this to chew on…
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/13/congress.prosecutors.ap/index.html

    would we be having the problems with the border agents and all if this had happened

  21. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 9:12 am

    #14 & #15

    Paul Mirengroff is a D.C. attorney and one third of the team which writes the Powerline blog. Here is his short take on the AAG firings:

    http://powerlineblog.com/archives/017018.php

  22. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 9:14 am
  23. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 9:34 am

    Sometimes we Cull the Herd and sometimes they just go back home:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_sc/polar_trek_1

  24. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Atwood said there was some irony that a trip to call attention to global warming was scuttled in part by extreme cold temperatures.

    “They were experiencing temperatures that weren’t expected with global warming,” Atwood said. “But one of the things we see with global warming is unpredictability.”

    Now this is just getting silly. But I hope they keep it up. The sillier they look the sooner we quit wasting resources on a myth.

  25. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 9:50 am

    Hamous,

    global warming is not a myth, think we call the planet mother earth. She has times where she is hot and where she is cold just like a woman. that and it is unpredictable just like a woman. Add to it that it is always changing its appearance, just like a woman. Does any of this surprise you?

    /ducking under the table to avoid the barage coming from Neo, ST, and the others….

  26. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 9:51 am

    #22, #23, You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. Like they say “dont f with Mother Nature”.

  27. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 9:52 am

    #24 BW

    I slept with Mother Earth last night. Hot flashes, kicking all the covers off the bed, complaining then that she is freezing - it was like riding out a hurricane.

  28. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 9:55 am

    check this crap out… The DZ’s dropped the ball when it comes to showing what true social responsability is all about

    javascript:cnnVideo(’play’,'/video/us/2007/03/12/opp.sorority.cnn’,'2007/03/26′);

  29. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    oops here is the link…

    Video: Image-obsessed sorority gets boot

  30. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:11 am

    bweldon, global warming isn’t a myth. Manmade global warming is. Speaking of “Mother Earth”, a couple of years ago I ran across this spoof on James Walcott, who loves destructive hurricanes, discussing the impending hurricane season that was to be worse than ‘05:

    Yes, righteous Gaia has loaded up her sacred vagina with ping pong balls of hurricanes to launch at Jesus loving Republicans who deserve death more than any other creature on earth.

  31. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 10:13 am

    #25 BWeldon: I actually think you hit the nail on the head. See? We CAN be unpredictable! heh heh!

    RE: #29 video. Wow! I’m speechless. Lawsuit perhaps?

  32. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 10:16 am

    James Wolcott defies the broad range of words in our language when trying to describe him. He has even surpassed being a caricature of himself. His blog is so ridiculous you would think that Ann Coulter is writing it as satire.

  33. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:23 am

    #32 - Exactly. I’d put Ted Rall in that category too.

  34. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 10:37 am

    Hamous,
    You can add Babs and Michael Moorer to that list as well

  35. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:54 am

    Rall and Wolcott, arguably had a hint of intelligence at some point, much like a certain rider of rails we’re familiar with. But their vitriolic rantings have turned them into lunatics. Babs and the Rotund One were born morons and remain so today, they’re just famous morons now.

  36. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 10:58 am

    Terrorists Proving Harder to Profile
    European Officials Say Traits of Suspected Islamic Extremists Are Constantly Shifting

    So residents of this 900-year-old river town were thrown for a loop last year when Bouchra El-Hor, now 24, appeared in a British courtroom wearing handcuffs under an all-encompassing black veil. Prosecutors said she had covered up plans for a terrorist attack and wrote a letter offering to sacrifice herself and her infant son as martyrs.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/11/AR2007031101618.html

    Terrorists want to kill us. Just because. Never forget!

  37. Narly on March 13th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Instead of trying to put out the fire, the border agents should have put up big fans and tried to burn it down.

  38. dowjones25k on March 13th, 2007 at 11:33 am

    well it on 9-11-07 it will be 6 years since it happened and we cant stop terrorists at our boarder.

    the dems are right - bring the troops home and vote for no new out of country deployments untill the boarder is secure. bring the troops home from all over the world .

    washington idiots fix the boarder!!!!

  39. Cajun on March 13th, 2007 at 11:48 am

    Good video - suprisingly:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/60minutes/main2528226.shtml

    Click on the video.

  40. willsin on March 13th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    #20, 21

    It was my impression that the US Attorneys serve at the whim of the President. It does not matter why he fired them, he can fire them at any time for reason or no reason. More Democratic witch hunts afoot.

    That being said, I do not know why Gonzales would cancel a trip over this. Either W or Gonzales should march into the hearings and say, “We fired them. We can do so with or without cause or reason. We do not have to justify it to you. So, what are you going to do about it?” The hearing would end right there.

  41. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    #40 It was jusst reported that he is giving a news conference admitting that mistakes were made. The mistake was not doing it years ago like Clinton did when he fired all 93. Typical BS.

  42. willsin on March 13th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Why would they admit something like that?! His press conference should have laid it out verbatim what I wrote.

  43. willsin on March 13th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    I think this all just proves how dumb W actually is–i.e. admitting a mistake where no admission of such is warranted.

  44. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    One-way bipartisanship rears its ugly head again. Some folks don’t learn, you can’t be bipartisan with the likes of Reid, Pelosi and Kennedy. Someone, anyone in this administration (besides Cheney; he has no problem) needs to grow some stones and tell ‘em to piss up a rope.

  45. trl3 on March 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    The Iranians are upset at the movie 300. They say it depicts them as blood thirsty savages.

    ANYONE CARE that the Iranians got their feelings hurt?

  46. willsin on March 13th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    #45 Whether they are blood-thirsty savages or not, they are terribly inferior warriors–a la the Spartans holding them off at Thermopylae, Alexander slaughtering them while building his empire, and Saddam fending them off in the 1980s. Unless they get nukes, they are nothing to fear.

  47. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    #44 Too bad we don’t have the ability to call for early elections. The whole bunch are gonadless invertbrates. You are right about Cheney though, says what he thinks.

  48. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    #47 Actually, I take back the early elections. There is noone in the race yet worth voting for.

  49. bweldon on March 13th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    SC, the sad thing is Cheney is part of the dying breed of politicians, those who are plain talkers. We need to find a new generation of these type of people and get them in office.

  50. DanielJames on March 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    I have frequently called GW a traitor. It has been called rhetoric. Maybe. Jorge wants to work for the mexican people at fixing the illegals issue and not uphold his Oath to the Constitution.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bush_latin_america

    “My pledge to you and your government, but more important to the people of Mexico, is I’ll work as hard as I possibly can to pass comprehensive immigration reform,”

    Sleep tight!

  51. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    #49 - I agree. There’s something about the man that says what he thinks. It doesn’t have to be mean or obscene. I’m reminded of Reagan, when a reporter asked him what his strategy for fighting the cold war was. “Simple” he said. “We win, they lose.” What the heck else needs to be said?

  52. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    #50 He did the same thing in Guatamala. The only comprehensive immigration reform I can go for is stop it all. At least for now.

  53. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 1:12 pm

    The inimitable Frank J. at IMAO blog lists the real reasons why former Senator Fred Thompson should be President or Emperor or, perhaps, Ruler of the Universe. Just one reason on his list:

    “Fred Thompson once stood on our south border and glared at Mexico. There was no illegal immigration for a month.”

    http://www.imao.us/archives/007449.html

  54. DanielJames on March 13th, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Now I can agree with Fred Thompson as president.

    Bring him on!

  55. DanielJames on March 13th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    More from Jorges meeting with Calderoni

    Calderon has lambasted the fence — a mix of physical and high-tech barriers. He likens it to the Berlin Wall, and argues that both countries need to improve Mexico’s economy to lessen the desire to seek work in the United States.

    Before their talks, Calderon had a tough message for Bush: The United States must do more to solve thorny issues of drug-trafficking and immigration.

    He was gentler at Bush’s side, but with the same message.

    “We fully respect the right that the government and the people of the United States has to decide within its territory what will be best for their concerns and security,” he said as he welcomed Bush. “But at the same time we do consider in a respectful way that” migration can’t be stopped with a fence.

  56. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

    #51 That’s great. I agree with DJ. Bring him on.

  57. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    OOPs 53

  58. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    #53

    Fred Thompson took over what was Al Gore’s Senate seat, thereby dramatically reducing the Senate’s carbon footprint. Fred Thompson then created carbon offset offsets by wastefully burning hippies.

    LMAO!

  59. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    The United States must do more to solve thorny issues of drug-trafficking and immigration.

    That almost sounds like an invitation.

  60. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    These are good!

    “Fred Thompson can know both the exact position and momentum of a particle. Furthermore, he knows Schroedinger’s cat is dead because he personally strangled it.”

    Of course that may be a deal-breaker for Kittycat ;-)

  61. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    Hamous, my personal favorite from the list:

    “When terrorists get to the afterlife, they’ll find that none of their seventy-two women are still virgins. Why? Because of Fred Thompson.”

  62. tedtam on March 13th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    There once was a man named Fred,
    That every liberal did dread.
    At his glare they would drop -
    Their hearts would just stop!
    Liberals have him seeing red!

  63. tedtam on March 13th, 2007 at 2:14 pm

    A new president we so sorely need,
    A conservative of strong hardy breed –
    To fill this big spot,
    Vacillate we cannot!
    Fred Thompson ahead with all speed!

  64. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    You couldn’t pay me enough to go to the Beijing Olympics. This will be verrry interesting indeed (to watch from affar).

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/03/thousands_riot_in_china.html

    The spectacle may not be limited to the Olympic venues.

  65. tedtam on March 13th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    Fred Thompson, a man he is –
    A man above all men!
    His eyes are more than eagle’s
    And his knowledge beyond our ken.

    His backbone of thick steel is made,
    And with his own bare hands
    He bends steel and pulls it out
    And makes it into bands.

    Taller than ten normal men,
    He sees all things men do,
    And is quick to strike them down
    When evil is done, ‘tis true.

    And to him the weak do cry and turn
    When truly it is they need,
    The frightened kittens he pulls from trees
    And the innocent prisoner is freed.

    Women swoon at mere sight of him
    So powerful is his mien!
    Around him every female feels
    Safe is his power supreme!

    So do not be careless with your thoughts –
    Nor evil mind or crass!
    Or you will find Fred Thompson there
    To kick your bleepin’ a$$!

  66. tedtam on March 13th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    My muse went into high gear at the mere thought of Fred for President!

  67. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    There once was a man from Nantucket …

  68. tedtam on March 13th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    #66 Hamous

    Go for it! You can do it!

  69. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Uh, you don’t wanna hear that one ;-)

  70. SC on March 13th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    #66 Nah, that’s Kennedy isn’t it?

  71. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    HAL won’t even let me quote any of this. After all, he ate my last post…Squawk???

    http://www.acidlogic.com/im_fredthompson.htm

  72. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    We’ll try this again. You could not pay me enough to go to the Beijing Olympics.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/03/thousands_riot_in_china.html

    I predict NASTY.

  73. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
  74. emmekelley on March 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    #73

    marc

    LMAO yes it was good.

  75. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
  76. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Squawk, Is there NO-ONE at LST that knows how to change the friggin time? Someone needs to get hold of WordPress Tech assistence and ask.

  77. Shannon on March 13th, 2007 at 4:24 pm

    from marc’s #71.

    Aw, who am I kidding? In 2008 Hillary is going to become Supreme Dragon Lady and all us rednecks will wind up in the UN death camps to subsist on boiled rocks and be human guinea pigs in scientific experiments run by the bass player of R.E.M. such as “What is the reaction of the redneck to a Margaret Cho cable special while I jump up and down on his testicles on a pogo stick while dressed up Julianne Moore in ‘Far From Heaven’?”. But that’s allright, we won’t even know the difference. Once you’ve made it through four years of Jimmy Carter in the White House anything is an improvement.

  78. Shannon on March 13th, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    76
    I think he should leave it as is. I really get off on this dual space/time continuum stuff.

  79. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
  80. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    #79 Yeah, but now we’ll have to import those special truffle-smelling pigs from France.

  81. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    Hmmm I wonder of the hands moved on the clock?

  82. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Yep that fixed it.

    Back to work I say. Back Back.

    Ok I’m goin for cryin out loud. Sheesh

  83. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    He’s aaaliiive! He’s aaaliiive!

  84. Katfish on March 13th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    YIKES - okok who do I sue for my lost hour?

  85. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 7:23 pm

    The moderator giveth

    The moderator taketh away.

    If everyone behaves I might give the hour back around November or so.

  86. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 7:33 pm

    Mr. Wiskerfish: I have sent you 2 e-mails with no reply. I am deeply hurt. (and you may not get a batch of “preserves” come canning season!) o.k., that was an idle threat….

  87. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    Hey
    Felis domestica cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate

    I am holding your hour for ransom or till the next begathon at which time I will auction it off to the highest bidder.

  88. Katfish on March 13th, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    no PRESERVES??

    *slashes wrists*

  89. Katfish on March 13th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    #87 hey dats Mister PezGato to you!

    HEH

    (a customer actually came up with this version)

  90. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    caffish

    Pezgato? Damn check to see if you got a booger in your beard man.

  91. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    Squawk,

    Thanks, my engineer soul is now at peace with all of the timelines now merged into one.

    My watch was bipolar untill I found the manual and re-discovered how to change the analog time. The dang menu is as complex as the one for the TV and recorder. Sheesh, I’ll need a programmers manual to wash clothes, cook food, turn the lights on and off, wash dishes and…you get the picture.

    I’ve given up on car computers. When the light comes on, I just head over to Rick’s Hi-Tech and supervise the use of his $20,000 diagnostic center.

    They even have a computerized tester for the battery and charging system. My battery died overnight last month. After poking around with my meter, and getting the van started with my ancient charger/booster, I got it over there and told them one cell had shorted. It was under warrenty, so they spent 20 min or so running their tester. Cool machine. My 5 min test was verified. At least I know the alternator is good also. And the trip was free!

    What is next??? I am being swamped by tech overload. I went from designing the Dam tings to having my life dominated by them.

  92. emmekelley on March 13th, 2007 at 8:38 pm

    #90

    Squawk

    That isn’t a booger in his beard, it’s preserves he is saving in there to last till the next jar is made and southerntragedy brings them to a BrewHaHa™.

  93. Katfish on March 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm

    #92 *hand on hip*

    Oh I see how yew R miss thang!

  94. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

    #93 - Ok, now that’s an image I didn’t need stuck in my twisted head!

  95. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    #92 Emme: ROFLMAO!!

    Oh, did I forget to mention that you don’t get a refill until you return my jar? OOOPPS! I’ll be expecting some back at the pig races on Friday. I KNOW who you are!

    Who’s in for Friday? I am sure I will be beyond fashionably late since I have to work until 6 and it starts at 6…sigh….

  96. emmekelley on March 13th, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    #93

    Katfish

    Oh I see how yew R miss thang!

    For you “Mister PezGato” that is “Ms Thang” :))

  97. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:33 pm

    A “pezgato thang” too!!!! Ewwwwww Nasty. I’m sure there is some ointment that will clear that up. Won’t cure it but it will be sent into remission.

    BTW I have two kids that are grown but the one thing I never could finger out was yizzit that littel kids, you know, under 7 years of age always want to give kisses when they have “lunch” hanging out of their nose?

  98. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:35 pm

    Boogers. The original nose candy. Makes great glue too.

  99. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Squawkie, glad to have you back! (but that was icky..)

  100. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Domo arigato, Mr. PezGato, domo…domo
    Domo arigato, Mr. PezGato, domo…domo
    Domo arigato, Mr. PezGato, domo…domo
    Thank you very much, Mr. PezGato
    For doing the jobs that nobody wants to
    And thank you very much, Mr. PezGato

  101. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    100th?

  102. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    Darn!

  103. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    I got 100 too. Ha!!!

  104. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    I’m not playin’ with y’all anymore tonite….
    /slams door hard

  105. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    Essss Teee
    You got kids. Didn’t your little ones want to give you a kiss and hug when the green river was flowing?

  106. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    /sticks tongue out at Esss Teee

  107. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 9:44 pm

    Actually Persia was Turkey at the time Iran had nothing to do with the 300

  108. southerntragedy on March 13th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    Yes Squawk, but I told them they could give me a hug, (’cause their nose was nasty!) I couldn’t afford to get sick, don’t cha know!

    Now they have mono, and they don’t want nuthin’ to do with ME. Now I get a pat on MY back…

    Night all!

  109. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    EPJ
    Persia is Iran….Iran was Persia. Not Turkey.

  110. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    The Persian Empire encompassed parts of Turkey, Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

  111. sunny on March 13th, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    I’ve given up shaking my head…nothing surprises me anymore!

  112. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 9:55 pm

    Turkey was Turkministan

  113. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 9:57 pm

    G’day sunny (I think).

    Are we such a sorry lot?

  114. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

    Turkey was Persia

  115. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    For anyone still awake, here’s news from Michael Yon. Fox has agreed to publish his Iraq frontline news on their front page. This is amazing! Thank you Fox!

    http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/ernie-is-dead.htm

    I am contributing $500 to keep him going. Least I can do since he is a real and unbiased look at conditions on the ground. God keep you Michael Yon!

  116. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    Maybe in your little world Eric.

    Iran was Persia. I learned that fact in high school.

    Google is your friend…. In the meantime

  117. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:10 pm

    what was left of the mighty persian empire is found in Iran

    “The Persian empire has become what we know today as Persia or more commonly, Iran.”

    but it was mainly Turkey their close proximity in ancient times was the cause of war (and it is still today) over the islands off of Greece

    Over here do not call it the PERSIAN Gulf, why, because Turkey according to the GCC people is ancient Persia much hated and reveiled by true Arabs

    go figure - I just try to get along

  118. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Ilike my little world - I am always right and every one says tell us another Eric :)

  119. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:12 pm

    Eric

    Iran was is Persia. Persia was is Iran. Period end of story.

    I am not going ot argue chicken/egg stuff. Iran was/is historical Persia.

  120. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    And remember, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t wipe your friends on the back of the couch.

    Istanbul was Constantinople
    Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, Constantinople
    Now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night

    Every gal in Constantinople
    Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
    So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
    She’ll be waiting in Istanbul

    Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
    Why they changed it I can’t say
    People just liked it better that way

    So take me back to Constantinople
    No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
    Been a long time gone, Constantinople
    Why did Constantinople get the works
    That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

  121. sunny on March 13th, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    It’s been all happening and I’ve not been here! Damn! A friend popped over and we got stuck into a couple of bottles of wine, cheese, salami, olives and crackers…but…we had a great time and lots of laughs and terrific conversation!

  122. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    Iran is in Iran

    Turkey is in Persia

    Uless it MOVED during ancient times to border greece them MOVED back

    My Christopher Columbus elementary history book and some stupid homer simpson Odyessy must have had me fooled all this time

    Iran simply did not exist as a functioning state in the time of Spartus

  123. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    America did not exist as a state back then either

    Neither was china, Russia, insert every other country existing today but greece, Turkey (Persia) Syria, and Egypt (well Rome if we must)

    Persia was Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Kurdistan, Armenia and parts of Georgia

    It was a really long time ago

    My Point is Iran has Persian roots just like we have cherokee roots, not real relevant today

    The Persians were killed off

  124. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    Here Eric

    Go argue with about 1,920,000 sources

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=History+of+Persia

  125. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    Saying Turkey was Persia is like saying Ireland was Rome. It may have been part of the Roman Empire but it was still Ireland. Turkey may have been part of the Persian Empire at one time but it was still Turkey.

  126. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:27 pm

    Be careful Squawkie. He was a history teacher too.

  127. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

    Ahh crap and all I was a rocket scientist brain surgeon turned trucker.

  128. EricPJohnson on March 13th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    Squawk

    I can clear my day…….

    Turkey was the centerpoint of Persian at one time was the Capital of both the Muslim world and the Christian world

    The Spartans fought Persia in Persia not in Iran

    I guess my point was that Iran has about as much claim to being Persian as Ireland has to be Roman

    Turkey was not occupied by Persia it was Persia

    My Elementary School Book Said so so I’m sticking with it

  129. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    Holy crap the weather is bad here in the sticks. Hope y’all are Ok.

  130. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:33 pm

    Eric go argue with Google OK.

  131. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
  132. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
  133. DanielJames on March 13th, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    Lake Travis is up 10 feet from the last two days rain.

    Sweet.

    Go Nancy Pelosi. Finish GWs hard work. Lets crash this beotch and start from scratch!

    God bless.

  134. hamous on March 13th, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    #129 - Round one just blew through here. Looks like 2, 3, 4 and 5 are loaded up in Gaia’s sacred pitching machine ready to slam all us global climate change deniers over the next few hours.

    #132 - Heh. I think there was a Stevie Wonder song about that.

  135. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:53 pm

    It is good to be back btw. Being sick made me sick.

  136. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    Yeah I just checked the ol’ weather rock outside and it says we are screwed here for weather for quite a while longer.

  137. sunny on March 13th, 2007 at 11:04 pm

    #113…not at all, Marc…or I wouldn’t be here! Or, perhaps it’s like water…water finds it’s own leve! ;)

    #136…Squawk…my weather rock said “Rock it!”…so I am…whether the weather wants to screw me or not…I care not! I’m along for the ride!

  138. sunny on March 13th, 2007 at 11:04 pm

    Whoops…”level” even in #136! Am I drowning or not??

  139. texpat on March 13th, 2007 at 11:07 pm

    I just couldn’t resist this and I need to go to bed, but this one is for DJ. Frank J has the inside scoop on Nancy and the Dems planning exit from Iraq:

    http://www.imao.us/archives/007443.html

  140. Squawkbox Noise on March 13th, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    Sunny
    It is raining so hard

    /How hard is it raining?

    The frogs are riding piggyback on the ducks.

  141. marc on March 13th, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    For those who missed this earlier, The earth godess g-whatever has us surounded. Plea for help from Katy, TX!

    http://www.katyweather.com/Lightning/RealTimeLightningDetection/tabid/57/Default.aspx

  142. sunny on March 13th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    Lucky ducks, Squawk! ;) I adore rain…I wish it would pelt down here right now. In saying that…today has been a beautiful day here…perfect late summer, early autumn weather.

  143. EricPJohnson on March 14th, 2007 at 12:15 am

    Squawk

    just playing with you glad you are feeling better :)

  144. texpat on March 14th, 2007 at 3:09 pm

    I posted this late last night when most sensible people were sleeping. This is the true, unfiltered story on how Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership devised their plan for surrendering in Iraq:

    http://www.imao.us/archives/007443.html

  145. texpat on March 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    And for those of you who just can’t decide what to give Daniel James for his birthday, fret no more !
    Go here:

    http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=53515994&pr=F

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