Working late again…and this may keep me awake the rest of the night!

I try hard.

Squawk’s Open Comments are guaranteed to do what coffee cannot. Keep you awake without the caffeine shakes.

/actually reminds me of a date I had a long time ago…

Hey it ain’t clowns, fat guys with man boobs, tattooed women or freak show escapees. Just trying to stay within requested boundaries.

But it does have a “bride of chucky” feel to it…

finally going to bed. Must take Handsome Son to driver’s ed in early a.m.

THAT’LL wake me up!

I don’t like that picture. I don’t like it at all…

Almost looks like the Hildebeast getting her programming for the next day…

Looks like the average Hillary supporter with that glassy eye look and scary smile.

H I L L A R Y H I L L A R Y

I have posted THE UNDONATION form at http://www.theBIGLOBBY.com

No no, that pic is of Laurie David looking up at her guru Al Gore as she exclaims, ” I wish he would adopt me”

You meet her/him at the bar, share a few drinks, you feel that romantic lust crawling all over your body, you go to her/his place and then she/he asks you the question:

Do you eat meat? What is your answer? Do you lie or tell the truth?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/AAMB4/aamsz=300×44_MULTILINK/4147483a6009.html

#10 - oh good Grief Charlie Brown!

Don’t plants have feelings too?

Beam me UP!!!!

#5 Tedtam
Ditto

” I swear honey I never never eat meat, hows bout another drink ?”

MOO BABY . . . . MOO BABY!

Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™

#11

Katfish

The plants get fertilizer put on them, I wonder where the fertilizer comes from? Through the root system it takes in the fertilizer so the plants have what in their stems? Does this mean that plants have animal by-products in them? Yes I think they have feelings along with other things in them.
/yes… it is sarcasm

Vegansexuals are people who do not eat any meat or animal products, and who choose not to be sexually intimate with non-vegan partners whose bodies, they say, are made up of dead animals.

Vegansexuals? MY body is made up of dead animals? It thought I was made up of dirt. hmmm

Take a look at the photo of the woman in the article AZ posted. NOW take a look at OC photo. See any similarity? Me thinks that vegansexuals are vampires.

1st paragraph should of been a blockquote.
Southerntragedy - 0
Blockquote - 1

DOH!

Daniel, I thought you were out fishing?

Cat Chase

#16

ST

Take a look at the photo of the woman in the article AZ posted. NOW take a look at OC photo. See any similarity? Me thinks that vegansexuals are vampires.

Similarity yes, the only difference is the nose ring. :))))

What if you did not eat meat but wore a fur or leather clothing?

Is fish acceptable? Guess ya have to hid the whip.

Back in the day, I would always respond with a wink and an enthusiastic “Yes”.

#3 tedtam says; actually reminds me of a date I had a long time ago…
You dated a girl, I thought that you’re a girl?

Apparently, the management here at LST is ignoring yet another political scandal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/nyregion/31albany.html?ref=nyregion

ALBANY, July 30 — Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s administration is facing the possibility of as many as four investigations following a scathing report issued a week ago by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s office, a reality that could tie up many of the governor’s top staff members in legal wrangling for months to come.

Obviously, LST does not want anyone to know about the illegal actions of a well known Hillary Clinton supporter—especially if he’s been exposed by a well known political rival of the Clintons.

In addition, the State Ethics Commission is conducting a preliminary review in advance of a potential investigation. Republicans have also called for the State Commission of Investigation, an independent body created in the 1950s and initially charged with investigating organized crime, to review the conduct of the governor and his staff. A spokesman for the commission declined to comment.

Well, no wonder LST doesn’t want it’s readers to be familiar with this scandal—something that would tie the Clinton Campaing to an organized crime investigation would certainly damage her Presidential aspirations.

I am outraged that LST is covering this up. I see all sorts of postings about bad Republicans—-David Vitter, John Cornyn, Rick Perry, Fred Hill, Kay Bailey Hutchison, George W. Bush, Johnny Sutton—

It’s obvious where LST’s true sympathies lie.

Wake up and smell the coffee

/sarc off.

I would never be considering a date with a vegan.. I cannot imagine our conversation lol To me a steriotypial vegan is very pale, lank thin hair, wears birkenstocks and whether male or female carries a purse ……. hehe

I know Hillary is in trouble with the Peter Paul investigation, but we have another Clinton scandal…….. after Bill, what is the count….. 1,244? None stick. These are the most teflon people I have ever read about.

The young lady is home. Thanks be to the Lord!

79 July 30, 2007 at 11:10 PM CDT

well we are settled in. everything is unpacked.it feels good to be home. i cant wait and i know kay~kay cant either to crawl into our own beds. grandma brenda ended up a a tire blown on the way home. she finally got home safely. jim took his mom home too. we are going to take it easy tommorow. relax and let kay~kay get some rest. thanks for the prayers. please continue to pray for her healing. thanks again God Bless

78 July 30, 2007 at 06:42 PM CDT

Well, we’re home now. We got the car unloaded and helped Kailyn wash her hair (can’t get the incision wet yet, but we worked around that) and she’s taking a bath now. I have to go and drop off Kailyn’s prescriptions in a few, and other than that, we’re going to settle in and maybe get some Chick-Fil-A for dinner or something. It is good to be home…

Last update…Jimb should update us from now on.

#26 - the blessings abound!

Great job with all the updates!

#22 Dave

I was referring to the psychotic look in general.

Anything resembling liberalism scares the heck outta me.

#24 AW

I went to a class on sugars and flours, and there was a lady sitting next to me who went off every chance she got about the meat we eat - how diseased it is, how bad it is for us, etc., etc. She ate no meat, and was looking to cut out all sugars and flours. She kept proclaiming the glories of her raw food diet.

The woman looked like a walking scarecrow. I could count every bone in her arms, and her skin looked so dry I could set it afire with one spark. She may just live forever after all - mummies can last a long time, I hear.

Do the vegansexuals number more than 150 anywhere in the world - who gives a damn - bring me steak n ‘taters with a side of sausage and a chopped beef for dessert!!!

Last night, after reading the report from the Brookings Institute, a Liberal Think Tank, written in the New York Times, THE Liberal Newspaper, it occurred to me that George W. Bush seems to have delivered what the Democrats said they would deliver and could not:

Good news and progress in Iraq.

A second reading of that report

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/opinion/30pollack.html?_r=4&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin

and I note something that might also concern Democrats, something that negatively affected them after Veterans came home from Viet Nam, and accelerating as those who served during that time began to retire and got into politics:

In some places where we have failed to provide the civilian manpower to fill out the reconstruction teams, the surge has still allowed the military to fashion its own advisory groups from battalion, brigade and division staffs. We talked to dozens of military officers who before the war had known little about governance or business but were now ably immersing themselves in projects to provide the average Iraqi with a decent life.

Micheal Yon notes pretty much the same thing here:

I have wondered now for two years why is it that American military leaders somehow seem to naturally know what it takes to run a city, while many of the local leaders seem clueless. Over time, a possible answer occurred, and that nudge might be due to how the person who runs each American base is referred to as the “Mayor.” A commander’s first job is to take care of his or her forces. Our military is, in a sense its own little country, with city-states spread out all around the world. Each base is like a little city-state.

What I’m getting at here is that the Democrats might consider what the future of thier party might become once these capable, dedicated, mostly Conservative, young men and women with a memory of the statements made by Harry Ried, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and a host of other prominent Democrats stating that they had lost the war and that the Surge was a failure before it even began do with thier lives after they come home. Toss in the fact that those very same Democrats are holding up the Defense Appropriations Bill that has money in itthat will give our troops a raise AND newly developed armored vehicles that are designed to withstand mines and IEDs.

What you get is a group of Republican Veterans already skilled at running cities and towns and know how it should be done, and a memory of who treated them right and who did not.

Some of them will get into politics—all of them will vote.

Granted, most Leftos and Democrats are not spitting on these young men and women like they did when I was in the Army—but Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi might as well have.

Simply put:

Not more than two weeks ago, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi stood on a platform and told a bald faced defeatist lie to the American people:

“The Surge has failed.”

And then commenced to introduce legislation designed specifically to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

As a young Private E1 still in basic Training, I was spit on in the Newark New Jersey airport in 1972. I remember that incident vividly and it shaped my life.

I’m pretty sure the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who have served or are serving in Iraq will remember the words of this year’s Democrats—and I am certain it will shape thier life. And I am sure that it will shape the Democrat Party.

But Kos won’t like it.

I knew someone that went vegan. They moved to teach (gofigger) in Montana or Wyoming on a commune or something. I saw her about a year later and she was so skinny, she could find shade under a clothes line! Her hair was thin and wispy and she said her teeth were loose. Of course, I had to excuse myself to go check on the ribeyes I had on the grill. When we sat down for dinner, I could see the look in her eyes watching the fork as every tasty morsel of deceased grilled to perfection bovine flesh was brought to my mouth. I loved it and watched her eat a plate of salad (no dressing) and brown rice.

They can be healthy and be a vegan, but I think a lot of them don’t know what they are doing and sacrifice their health for some political agenda.

I watched a show on one of the municipal access channels a few years ago. The guy was chronicling his journey from meat-eater to vegan…by saving his feces. I kid you not. He had the turds dessicated and chronologically laid out in a diarama to demonstrate how his body had been cleansed over time. They all looked like turds to me.

#31 Sarge

Well, that IS good news. Let’s hope it lasts.

33 hamous
What a bunch of crap!

So guys if she was hot hot hot, would ya

1. lie and go for it or

2. chomp down a rib eye in front of her or

3. Go for it and enjoy some steak & eggs in the morning

I’d never pass on a ribeye! Already got a woman, why do I need more trouble?

#31 The Op-ed piece’s authors, Pollack and O’Hanlon, are no friends of Bush and have been very critical of the war. I read the article last night and was surprised how objective it was. And a positive piece in the NYT? Unprecedented. Hell, even Shakey agrees its good news!

#37 faster

Because we’re so much fun!

Yeah, right…..
http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/img.php?id=1960

#38 Hamous

The bleeding stopped last night and the Midol is working well.

The moon is waning (or waxing, whatever).

I feel better now.

Good article.

They are short, tall, ten to seventy, students, Sunday school teachers, office workers, military, vets, and Blue and Gold Star parents who ride Hondas and Harleys. They are women and men of the Patriot Guard Riders that now number over 100,000 nationwide.

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,144378,00.html

SARGEVING

Cut the size of your posts down or I will.

#43 Squawkie Lama

Don’t worry, nobody reads it anyway. But it’ll help save hard drive space.

Am I the only one that can smell the new lineup on 950 with the radio in the off and locked position? P U

Man, what a loser. Is this punishment appropriate? Or should he be drug through town while people boo and throw rotten fruit at him too?

“For pretending that he was a decorated U.S. military veteran, 59-year-old Reggie L. Buddle of Puyallup must tend to the graves of those who really were.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/325655_fakevet31.html?source=rss

(He also pretended to be a chaplain and even performed burials and weddings)

#31 Sarge

I am also confident that the surge is working and that our military is doing a good job of restoring and maintaining infrastructure that is still under their oversight. But what troubles me is what’s going to happen when we hand all the fruits of our labor back over to them and they have to lead themselves. From what is being reported, it is not looking good. In fact it’s downright awful. Here is the latest report for the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. This is pretty discouraging and damaging stuff, IMO.

http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jul07/pdf/Highlights_-_July_2007.pdf

Our efforts mean nothing if Iraq leadership won’t maintain the assets after we give them back. Whether it happens now or after we leave, the result is the same. Iraq has effectively decided that it is going to have to fix its own problems.

So the bottom line is that the surge my be successful, out efforts to rebuild services and government in Iraq may be successful, but the Iraqis will just let it all go to hell when we turn it back over to them. The report is proof that will happen. It is already happening.

And to top it off, their Parliament takes the month off even though there is much critical legislation languishing. That’s not what I call a sign of commitment.

I supplied the link to the summary repory. Here is the link to the full report. Much more detailed and really sickening.

http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jul07/pdf/Report_-_July_2007.pdf

# 46 fasternu 426

Didn’t we have one of those here in Houston a while back who forged documents to get a Purple Heart tag on his car ?

ExCUSE moi?

This ‘nobody’ reads em!
(yall should givvit a try - you only have to look up a few words - SNIKKER)

Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge
Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge
Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge
…….Ban Smacktle Ban Smacktle Ban Smacktle……..
Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge
Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge
Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge Ban Sarge

49 dov
I don’t recall. But I hope he got what he deserved.

#50 Katfish

Most of us don’t have time to play around on the computer all day. I used to read Sarge’s posts, then realized I was reading the same thing over and over again ad nauseum.

#53 - Gosh I never realized 10 to 15 loads and many tens ofTHOUSANDS in sales a day equated PAYING AROUND!

some folks kin multi task - some folks WHINE……..viva le difference!

Multi taking is easy when you only have 2 tasks.
Booking loads and blogging.

Some folks brag, some folks do.

On the subject of Marathon Postings,

Smacktle is quite right in one respect. Long repetitive postings usually have the opposite of the desired effect.

Short and Simple is the most effective. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address had only 269 words and was done is less than five minutes.

Lincoln was not even the featured speaker on the day that the Gettysbury Cemetary was being formally opened. Indeed the first speaker used nearly two hours in his address and for the life of me (or anyone else for that matter) can I remember who was the keynote speaker. It is Lincoln’s speech that is remembered.

KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid !!

Simple

#23. sargevining

Here’s another Grand Old Pig for ya:

FBI, IRS raid Senator’s home
Sen. Stevens probed for taking bribes
http://capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/3039

Both major parties are rife with liars, thieves and special-interest whores. I wouldn’t give you a dime for either one.

I am.

BE. DO. Have.

57, txpatriot

Nothing new about Stevens. Folks in Alaska have been joking about this relationship for a while.

The “Fly by Night” Comedy Club has had a standing Ted Stevens routine rolled into their act for years.

I do agree that both parties are rife with corruption, but what else is new? We have a political system that is constructed to leave the voters a choice between tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum.

Simple

If you truly believe there are no honest politicians, there is only one course of action - ANARCHY BABY!

23 Sarge,

You need to check your pipe tobacco. LST is not a bias-free blog, but I would not accuse them of being FOB or FOH (Friends of Bill, Friends of Hillary).

Simple

I think. Therefore, I am. I think.

Simple, did you miss the /sarc tag?

Hamous,

I have a SIMPLE solution. Dismantle completely the current closed primary system.

Lets have a primary system where there is no party distinction and make it possible to be able to choose between two Republicans or two Democrats in a run off election.

No one wins the primary outright unless they get a simple majority greater than 50%. I am tired of having to vote for candidates in the general election that got there on 34% of the vote.

Simple

64, Hammie

He lurks

Simple

?
!

Regarding the original posted item, may we conclude from this that Mother Nature is not “pro life”?

An awesome display of intelligence here thanks to the ToolSmacker.

On the subject of the patriot guard, I met one of these fine gentlemen in a gas station one afternoon. He was returning from a soldiers procession.

With tears in my own eyes, all I could do was thank him, Thanks him for his service and for doing what I could not, for being there for the families and letting them know that they are not forgotten.

Pic:
The woman is obviously enraptured by the sight of a chocolate cheesecake (or a male stud muffin…)

#65 Simple

Have you tried organizing others to move forward on your idea?

#69 - but but but I thot “it” was a cult?!?!

(and it aint braggin if it’s SO!)

U.S. Toll in Iraq Lowest in 8 Months>

See, I post positive things also.

WARNING WARNING WARNING

Student Driver Handsome Son hits the road between 2 and 4 pm today!

Stay off the sidewalks!

What does the car look like and where should we avoid? lol

#45, I noticed the stink as well. I gave it a couple of minutes on Monday before my first cup of coffee came back up on me. By the time they realize how badly they screwed up they won’t have any listeners left and they’ll have to switch to Latino Rap.

I tried to be a vegan once. It lasted a day before I turned into a stark raving carnivore.

#65 — Simple == That is the way the Houston Mayor’s race is run and it doesn’t help us get a good candidate. Garbage In, Garbage Out

79,

Of course the fact that there are more Democratic leaning voters within the city limits of Houston might have been a slight factor.

Simple

If God had wanted me to be a vegan he would not have given me incisors.

Simple.

Hamous

I’ve been checking your site. Will you be posting my essay there? Will it be under your “essay” link?
/just curious

All I can say to vegans is this:

More for me! Pass the bbq sauce and onions, please? And could you hand me a napkin?
http://justinsomnia.org/gallery/d/575-2/IMG_4249.jpg

If God had wanted me to be a veternarian, He wouldn’t have let me become an engineer. Oh! that was Vegetarian…

Which country is it where they do not eat animals or kill insects because they believe them to be deceased relatives?

#83 Faster

Plastic forks, styrofoam plates and that table cloth! Perfect.

85
AZ
“Which country is it where they do not eat animals or kill insects because they believe them to be deceased relatives?”

California?

Smack, need a beer run. Can’t eat ribs and brisket without beer. Mom has the money and the keys to the truck.

Video of what used to be insurgents getting caught planting an IED.

****Language and mildly violent image of big gun being used to full effect and detriment of the person on the receiving end****

http://patdollard.com/2007/07/31/video-fin-die/

Get some!!!

God has been trying to correct a mistake he made years ago by including California as part of the USA.

Some day he will shake it hard enough and it will fall off, he does keep trying.

What did the left sagging breast say to the right sagging breast?

We better get some support around here or someone will think were nuts

AZ,

That is not a “country” thing, it is a relgion thing. In India they have Areas that are strictly vegan, But North indian food is not vegan at all. Many of their dishes have Goat or Lamb in them. Also fish, chicken and shrimp. I don’t remember for sure, but the Hindu religion comes to mind as what you mentioned.

Ok Squawkie, I appologize, just know the devil made me post it!!!

Is india where some religious sect considers cows sacred.

If so I am having a sacred indian BBQ this weekend.

Squawkie, hot tub still available! come and get it

If my relatives come back as a cow or a pig, all I have to say is. Pass me another serving of Uncle Charles.

They think Monkeys are sacred also. Real modern thinking.

91 Did you say nuts?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NySN_plfiNI

GET SOME NUTS!

#92 marc

Yes, i remember viewing a segment on tv about the monkeys taking over a town becase they believe them to be relatives and will not harm or chase them.

I hope using the word monkey does not cause that ape person to start posting, sorry.

“They think Monkeys are sacred also. ”

You mean like Michael Nesmith, Davey Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork?
http://www.hooloovoo.com/dolenz/images/gallery/monkees66-promo.jpg

I hope that breast talk does not start another round about Ken Lay’s nipples.

Coke or DP?
Coke or DIE!

Superbowl Ad. Banned of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYnXCRCjs0&NR=1

#99 Fasternu

Nope, like Kennedy, Pelosi…

102 tedtam

Well, I’m not their stepping stone!
http://www.themonkees.com/monkees_sound_files/Steppin%20Stone.wav

The Hindu religion teaches the doctrine of “ahimsa”, or reincarnation, and that all living things are sacred, therefore, they should not be harmed. There are about 800 million Hindus in the world with most living in India. The majority (about 80%) of Indians are Hindu while approximately 16% are Muslim. The Muslims live primarily in the northern and northwestern provinces, such as Jammu & Kashmir, which border Islamic Pakistan.

104 texpat
And they don’t eat barbecue! What a shame….

Is that why when I view stories about people starving over there and for .86 cents per day I can feed a kid there is always a happy cow in the background?

Faster

All that good Texas Brahman beef you eat, such as Brangus (w/ Angus), Braford (w/Hereford), Brahmasin (Limousin)etc, and other cross bred beef got its start in India. Some Texas rodeo and wild west show promoters were the first to bring Brahman bulls here from India, around the turn of the century, as novelties for their audiences. Many of them escaped or were turned loose onto the open range in South Texas.

texpat, which one pays to marry the daughter?

That is only one flat price right? Not per year.

#107 boy did those cows get screwed, from the fire into the frying pan. Then they became chicken fried steak.

#82 - tedtam, yes it will be tonight. In fact, I’ve got an offer for you. More info to follow.

Tired of watching paint dry?

Grass ain’t growing fast enough for you?

Have you succumbed to the wiles of boredom?

Watch this guy nuke different items in a microwave. Yeah I know we have seen this before. I got a kick out of the Christmas lights and bottle of glue.

Dahej is the marital dowry in Hindu India. It can be quite substantial among wealthy families. Unfortunately, dowry-related abuse and murder of brides in India is a very serious problems. It is illegal there, but the law is obeyed about like turn-signal regulations in New York.

That does it. Things are going to dang far when my comments get eaten by HAL.

I am not making funny here, but if I understand it correctly you cannot eat the cow, but you can murder your wife?

#110 Hamous

Hear that sound? That’s the bells I have on. While I’m waiting.

Would Dhimmicrats put party over country?

YOU BET!!!

“House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to press for a timetable to end the war.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001380_pf.html

Forget winning a war, win an election.

Another quote and the most telling:

“Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would present a mixed analysis of the success of the current troop surge strategy, given continued violence in Baghdad. But of late there have been signs that the commander of U.S. forces might be preparing something more generally positive. Clyburn said that would be “a real big problem for us.”

Latest on Kailyn (Thanks Marc for keeping everyone up to date):

Kailyn’s been fine today. All of us have been catching up on sleep, so except for getting up a few times to check on Kailyn, we were in bed for a good long time. I expect that Kailyn will sleep a lot for the next several days between her pain meds and just plain healing. Some folks from church have gotten together and will be providing meals for tne next several days, so that will make things easier.

Kailyn has cleared her first big hurdle. She’s still got a few hurdles to clear. We haven’t heard back any results from the MRI that was done right before Kailyn left the hospital, so I will probably check back tomorrow just to see how that went. She needs to finish healing from the surgery and have the staples removed. We also look toward the pathology report coming back so we can confirm what sort of tumor they removed, and whether or not any further steps are necessary. Finally, she has stated that she wants to wants to resume swimming by September, if not earlier.

Other than that, we pray that Kailyn will continue to heal well and without complication, that she will tolerate her meds well (I’m particularly looking forward to the day we can take her off the Dilantin - it is not very good for the teeth, I understand) and that the surgeons indeed got every last vestige of the tumor so it cannot return. That last one will be an over-the-years prayer, but I know that God is in control, so we will continue to trust in Him.

#114 AZ

Some of the murders have been of new brides where the groom or groom’s family did not think the dowry was large enough. This is typically done by burning the woman alive and then reporting it as an accident or suicide. Official estimates are around 25,000 annually, but most people put the figure much higher. This horrendous practice is rather new, historically speaking, and has gotten worse as India has become more prosperous.

jimb

This has been a pretty miraculous deal so far. I have been telling Her Highness about it each step of the way. When I told her Kailyn was going home on Monday after surgery on Friday, she was incredulous. I said that’s the way we do things in Texas - we don’t mess around and we have, of course, the best surgeons in the world. God Bless.

#61. Hamous

There are a few honest politicians, but they are not in charge. Sadly, we haven’t had legitimate government in this country since the traitorous, Radical Republicans of the 39th Congress overthrew the Constitutional Republic and instituted a Federal tyranny during Reconstruction, about 140 years ago.

God Bless you and your family Jim.

We have all been praying especially for Kaylin, but also for your family. It was hard, but now the bad part is over with. Please keep us updated as things continue. You could also let her get her screen name here and give her perspective.

I kept the updates going here,and on a couple other blogs, because I knew that not a whole lot of people signed in to the CarePage. They updated my email. Pretty cool.

Get rested up.

#119 texpat, why has this not been broadcast all over the world. If this was going on in Iraq you know it would be on the evening news everyday. And of course it would be Bush’s fault.

#121 txpatriot, the missing element of our representative government is the involvement of the citizens. Too many are asleep at the wheel.

Jimb we are all so glad everything is going smoothly. #123 AZ it has been reported on…. not too long ago a young woman was torched and the speculation was dowry was insufficient. Three teen girls were murdered a couple weeks ago, by their father and brothers. An honor killing because they were believed to have held hands with boys!! yikes

Who are we to apply our mores to other cultures. They’re not wrong, just different. /sarc off

#125 Ahem Hamous it is so generous of you to be magnanimous to these other cultures since , the attrocities only happen to females!! Ya’ll would get the 70 virgins ………… Question? How long could a middle age man live if he were given 70 virgins?……

Some of you have never ventured past our continental borders. We have such an open society and culture here. (OK, the Latino crap is pretty closed).

I have seen the way people live in Asia, sometimes not by choice, but many times by choice. Until the majority of these folks decide that their lives could be better, it won’t happen.

Same goes here (Try NO, LA)

An Alabama couple, both bona fide rednecks, had 9 children. They went to the doctor to see about getting the husband “fixed.”
The doctor gladly started the required procedure and asked them what finally made them make the decision — why, after nine children, would they choose to do this?
The husband replied that they had read in a recent article that one out of every ten children being born in the United States was Mexican, and they didn’t want to take a chance on having a Mexican baby because neither of them could speak Spanish.

#128 malcolm, I resemble that remark. ;=)

#129

If The United States, especially Bush, could somehow be blamed for these murders the news would be all over the tube 24/7, all over the papers, etc. They put underwear on the head of a terrorist and it was days and days of coverage.

Where are the female Dems. On this?
Where is Rosie O’? Bet if they were gay she would be screaming.

#124 American Woman

Islamic Honor Killings vs Hindu Dowry Slayings

It is very important to distinguish between these two religions and cultures aa well as honor killings and dowry murders. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING. Don’t lump together South Asian/Near East mistreatment and abuse of women as having one cause or source. These two criminal practices have entirely different histories and causes.

India has been a steadfast ally of America and a good friend to Israel, especially since 9/11/01. They are more than 80% Hindu and have nothing in common with Islam but geography.

There was a convenience store next to my office near 610 & 290. It was a few days after 9/11 and an ignorant redneck who worked for one of my friends was in there giving the owners a hard time one day. I couldn’t understand why he was acting that way so I intervened and took him outside. He pointed at the store and said these people were just like the ones who flew planes into the WTC. I took a world atlas out and gave him a quick history and geography lesson, on the hood of my truck, about Sikhs and explained they were not Muslim and, in fact, were actually from the Punjab region of India. They have traditionally been very pro-American. All this guy knew was they had turbans on their heads - it was enough for him. The thing is: Muslims don’t wear turbans.

Texpat I thought the girl who had gas dumped on her was muslim……… was I wrong?

Sorry Dave… If the flew sh*ts…..
You a Tiger or part of a Tide?

And one more thing…. I don’t care how nice anyone is from these countries…. if their gas station/convenience store smells like curry, I am never setting foot in it again.