Here’s the official theme song of the CD22 runoff.
In 1977, Diamond released an album “I’m Glad You’re Here With Me Tonight,” which included the track. “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” was also covered by Barbra Streisand on her album “Songbird,” in the same key (C major). This led Gary Guthrie, then Program Director at WAKY Radio (Louisville) to combine the two in a “virtual” duet.
KSEV just said, Kay Bailey’s spokesperson says she is planning to run for governor in 2010. I knew she was moving people to Austin to run her campaign. So, how do we stop this? Is it preordained? Dov said he would leave the state. I can’t do that, but darn sure don’t want her running Texas.
Continuing from the “Big Oil” thread, I worked for a rig manufacturer the first 18yrs of my working life, went through the 24/7 of the boom years and survived the cutbacks and layoffs of the bust. I worked side by side at times with a man in overalls that two years prior was worth 11 million. Still go into the refinerys today in the construction industry.
I wasn’t on the oil busniness side of things but I have a sense of the monumental feat that it is to get fuel to the pump. People who think we will be switching to anything other than oil in our lifetime are crazy.
It may be sad the oil company execs should have to spend money on PR campaigns but if they don’t want Washington in their business they have to gain public support. Ask Bill Gates about that. If the jumps in fuel prices are out of their control the questions they get should be big fat softballs. They just babble.
I think everyone would roll along fine with 70 to 80 dollar oil, or whatever that number is. Give us your suggestions on how to get there. If they want to take the position that we have to buy the product no matter the cost, continue on.
A strategy needs to be used against KBH and we should start now. I wish I was ingenious enough to know what to do. It also needs a lot of depth to carry on to 2010.
luv2 if i read an article on the chronicle website i post negative things about her - that’s about all i can think of for a pre-ordained candidate. we had it with Rick Perry last time and we gert it again the next time. screwem.
However, it is sad the oil & gas industry has to mount a public education campaign after paying untold billions in taxes to fund public schools in this nation. The environmental lobby is funded by grants and donations unlike the energy industry, driven by the phenomenal efforts, creativity and sweat equity of folks in the oilpatch.
Texpat nails the reason why the O&G industry should not be expected to mount massive PR campaigns to educate the public about why fuel costs what it does. They already have contributed to education in the form of property taxes paid in districts where they do business.
If people want to learn more about the O&G industry (and why fuel prices are high), then they should use the education they received to seek that knowledge. Learning is not a passive sport. You need to actively participate. Of course it’s easier to sit in your armchair and whine about gouging than it is to go get an education in engineering and/or economics.
Seeing this congressional inquiry debacle unfold is like watching the real life version of “Atlas Shrugged” played out before our very eyes. It’s shameful and disgusting. At least as disgusting as the congress that grills the oil companies are the leeches that cheer them on in their inquiries. I look forward to Texpat’s post on the subject.
someone that is a conservative that does not need prodding with emails, faxes and phone calls to do the right thing. i am tired of the Rick Perry’s and our state congress that’s says they are republicans and do something against us.
dude It really is the congress that should be explaining their corngas oil policy. they have known about an energy crunch since 1973. all they could come up with is corngas? aw, recently we had a change to the cafe standards - why not years ago?
if we ask them why all they will do is blame the other party - sickening.
Speaking of politicians who have beenm caught in lies, Barack Obama is finally getting some real scrutiny in the press.
This first is an article from the Columbia Journalism Review which chides both Obama nad the MSM for the lie they tell about “John McCain wants 100 years of war.” When a J School tells you you’re being biased and mislieading, you’re being biased and misleading.
Ever since John McCain said at a town hall meeting in January that he could see U.S. troops staying in Iraq for a hundred years, the Democrats have been trying to use the quote to paint the Arizona senator as a dangerous warmonger. And lately, Barack Obama in particular has stepped up his attacks on McCain’s “100 years” notion.
But in doing so, Obama is seriously misleading voters—if not outright lying to them—about exactly what McCain said. And some in the press are failing to call him on it.
A short read, but a good’un.
Next we find that Obama’s claim of “never taking money from oil companies” is, in the words of that right wing organization ABC in thier researching of an Obama Campaign ad, “misleading.”
“Since the gas lines of the ’70s, Democrats and Republicans have talked about energy independence, but nothing’s changed — except now Exxon’s making $40 billion a year, and we’re paying $3.50 for gas.
I’m Barack Obama. I don’t take money from oil companies or Washington lobbyists, and I won’t let them block change anymore.”
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Factcheck.org today takes a look at Obama’s claim to not take money from oil companies and concludes that the statement “misleading” since according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics Obama has taken more than $213,000 from individuals (and their spouses) who work for companies in the oil and gas industry — not to mention that two of Obama’s top fundraisers are top executives at oil companies”
But it doesn’t end there. Not only does Obama take money from people with a vested interest in oil companies making profits, his implication that the other candidates are doing so is misleading as well:
It is literally true that Obama doesn’t take money from oil companies. No federal candidate does — corporations have been banned from direct contributions since 1907.
The article also tells us that Hillary has goten $360,000 from oil company folks. Can anyone tell us how much money John McCain is getting from them?
The Left is going to try to lie thier way into scaring you with John McCain.
The fact that they have to lie about it should tell you something.
They think it’s important to keep Republicans from governing us using fear. That’s why they are using fear to get elected.
I was saddened to hear that our friend and fellow minuteman patriot Bob Baker (the “Judge”) passed away early last evening while standing guard at Patriot Point near Campo Calif. He had traveled 1,400 miles to do what he considered his “DUTY”, to this nation, by defending our borders from the illegal and drug invasion currently going on.
Bob was a patriot of the highest order, serving his nation in many different capacities. He was a Paratrooper in Europe during WW2, he was a police officer, he was a Judge in his town, he served as Circuit Judge, he was Fire Chief in his home town, a Lawyer, and much more. He traveled the world with his first wife shooting Trap, he was also a big game hunter traveling the world. He was always doing and going and to his last day wanted to give back to and defend his beloved country. He felt that he owed everything to this nation that allowed him, and gave him, the opportunity to become the man that he was.
Good morning all. At 5:30 it was a cool 67 with the beginnings of ground fog forming. The crescent Moon hung low near the horizon, bright against the dark velvet enveloping the sky and hiding most of the stars. On her way to bed for the day, on her journey to her dark phase. The predawn was quiet, too early for the day’s bird conversation.
The Sun hides again this morning but still brings his light in soft gray/blue tones. A maybe, maybe not rainy day lies ahead with eventual clearing.
Green in various shades, high and low, rules the landscape. The air is fresh and carries floral scents on its breezes. It also carries pungent wild onion aroma that brings tears to anyone mowing a lawn or pasture. The wildflowers are up and smiling, working toward their ultimate glory.
The tufted titmouse pair are busy around their house on the branch above St. Francis. A tiny head peeks out one opening; this house has two doors, one in each cat ear. The house is made of resin in the shape of a cat, its wire whiskers are the perch. The bird book says they share egg-sitting duties. Daddy is a good sentinel and checks for intruders in the area. For a little fellow, he has tremendous lungs when he’s in a scolding mood. Can’t see how many eggs they have, but there aren’t any wee voices drifting out of there yet. Thank you, Lord, and keep an eye on them.
gee a private organization The federal reserve has a job to keep all of us taxpayers in debt. that really is their primary function. if not we would not need banks if we were on a cash basis.
so our congress gives them the power to commit taxpayer dollars for bailout of private companies all the while working for the banks.
thats my story and i am a stickin to it!
now the meeting with big Bed the chairman from the dimwits is bailing out non performing barrower homeowners. my my.
dowjones, please don’t make dumb comments, even when we operated on a cash basis we still used banks. If you want to make disparaging comments about the FRB, talk about things that actually happened. Can you name an actual occurrence of the FRB “bailing out” a private company?
For we Catholics on this auspicious day - time to laugh at ourselves a bit…(and the Jews, too!)
An old man hobbles into the confessional. The priest slides open the panel and the old man says, ‘I’m 84 years old. I just picked up two teenaged girls hitchhiking, took them to a motel room, and made love to both of them. Twice.’
The priest says, ‘Well, are you sorry for your sins?’
‘What sins?’ says the old man.
‘What sins???’ remarks the priest incredulously, ‘What kind of Catholic are you?’
‘I’m not Catholic. I’m Jewish,’ says the old man.
‘Well then, why are you telling ME all this?’ asks the priest.
On the Political side, “The republican Party of Texas” called me the other day and wondered why it’s been a while since they’ve heard from me and would I like to donate $100. I S’Plained very carefully to the nice young Lady that I had no intention of giving any more of my hard earned money to a Party that doesn’t give a damn about me or my principals’. I talked about the business tax and property tax relief. I also told her that I voted for “The Village Idiot” (Kinky), in the last Gub’ners race). I told her to be sure that her boss knew my stand, and she said that a lot of people have told her the same thing.
Critics call Border Patrol standards lax
Recruits are accepted without a high school diploma or GED
Recruiting standards are higher at most other federal law enforcement agencies. For example, a college degree and three years of professional experience are required by FBI agent recruits. The Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff’s Office require not only high school, but two years of college.
Last night Glenn Beck had Ron Paul on to talk about the subject. Beck admitted that he thought Ron Paul was the only one telling the truth about this subject.
The federal reserve is the problem not the solution.
I say make money money make money money…….
Its a private bank who do ya think they are gonna look out for?
dowjones, and how exactly did the FRB “bailout” Bear Sterns? As a Reserve Bank, they insured the assets of Bear Sterns, which incidentally, is one of the things reserve banks do. They did not offer any cash, they did not give financial incentives, they did not do anything except insure assets.
DJ, I am not saying the FRB is the solution, I am saying if you are going to attack it, get your darn facts straight. There are numerous things wrong with the way the FRB is set up, not the least of which is their power over the National Treasury.
Where is all that optimisim you had last year when your nom de plume was dowjones25k?
I know a lot of folks get skittish about the dropping market, but the market is just like the tides….sometimes you get the ebb and sometimes you get the flow.
I see the next few months (years??) as an opportunity to buy so pretty good companies at a discount. It is a bitter pill for those who are depending on their investment accounts for income, but it is what it is.
Facts in evidence are merely irritating obstacles to some people, duhmoose. It doesn’t really matter to them what the truth is since it might interfere with their conspiratorial delusions.
Hmmm LEOs (carrying guns) without a highschool education?
From the article,
T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said the lack of an education requirement was troubling.
”Well, it’s surprising to me. It’s the first I’ve heard of it,” George Buenik, assistant chief of the professional development command at the Houston Police Department, said about the Border Patrol policy.
Border Patrol officials on Monday said 15,550 agents are on the payroll, up from 10,637 agents in 2003. Bonner said the hiring wave has diluted the quality of recruits and lowered morale for senior agents.
“They’re under tremendous pressure to bring people on board,” he said. ” … and unfortunately, corners are being cut to achieve a meaningless political goal. The real goal should be to secure the border.”
Veteran Border Patrol officials expressed concern about the quality of today’s recruits.
”What they’re getting now is, frankly, pretty disappointing,” said Bill King, who directed the Border Patrol academy from 1977 to 1978 and is retired. ”They just seem to have lowered the standard where it would have been unacceptable to me. It’s a difficult thing for me to say because I love the Border Patrol.”
Arm chair banker telling a guy who works in the banking industry he’s FOS. That’s as funny as the arm chair metallurgist telling a guy who works in a metallurgical testing laboratory he’s FOS when he tells him fire can indeed melt steel. If it weren’t such a serious issue it would be hilarious.
I smell real trouble brewing. Yep the finger will get pointed back at the people as usual with the exact same thing you just said….we are pressuring them. What a joke.
Hiring uneducated people to do the job of an LEO and carry a gun is stupid at best….trouble is brewing.
#52 - I have become convinced that we could build a wall 100′ high, 100′ underground, 50′ thick, a mine field extending 1/2 mile on the southern side, machine gun turrets positioned every 100′, and BP agents positioned at arms length from Port Isabel to San Diego and some folks would still be whining.
I’ve seen the aftermath of fire in countless metal buildings around the country in my life. In almost every case the roofs had collapsed because the intense heat had diminished the strength of the support beams. Why is that such a mystery to some people ? Simply because it interferes with their silly, little narrative of fear and conspiracy.
Then, of course, maybe the Rove/Halliburton/Bush cabal actually did set all those fires over the years…hmmm.
DJ - remember when the illustrious “professor” said that 60 hours of college credit weren’t nothing cause us dumb hicks would probably be gittin them at yonder community collig!
Consumer bankruptcies jump 27%
Wednesday April 2, 12:15 pm ET
The number of individuals filing for bankruptcy surged during the first-quarter as American households struggled to stay on top of debt, according to a report released Wednesday.
The American Bankruptcy Institute said that consumer bankruptcy filings increased 27% nationwide in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period last year. In March alone, 86,165 individuals filed for consumer bankruptcy - a 13% increase over the 76,120 cases filed in February.
“Bankruptcies are rising due to the heavy burden of household debt and growing mortgage problems,” said ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano. “We expect this trend to continue through 2008.”
The ABI found that nearly 32% of all consumer bankruptcy cases were Chapter 13 filings, which is available to individuals with regular income and calls for budgeting some of the debtor’s future earnings to pay off creditors.
As far as carrying the gun while on duty as a LEO, mandatory proficiency and safety training should be enough. Last time I checked, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, were not really necessary for the proper handling of a firearm. Now if you are arguing that the office of BP requires a minimum educational standard because, then there is no need to even mention the gun part of the office.
dowjones, But bankruptcy courts can not mitigate mortgage obligations, so why would someone file bankruptcy due to mortgage issues unless they were given bad advice?
Can you name an actual occurrence of the FRB “bailing out” a private company?
I think that “bailout” may be as nearly wishy-washy a term as “middle-class”, but DJ4k isn’t the only one who’s viewing what the FRB is doing as a “bailout”:
I will revise and extend my remark on DJ calling for tax increases on big oil. While he did not explicitly state that, he did say this:
This is all about gouging.
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I did say we are being gouged and gouged but good.
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Exxon pays nothing in taxes. Anything they pay on paper comes out of whos pocket? OURS!
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I simply said and am correct that we are being gouged.
Accusing a business whose profit margins average 10% in a good year of price-gouging is anti-capitalist and anti-conservative. There is no lie there.
HoustonDem, just in case you missed this from yesterday’s thread, I’ll repost it for you:
I keep having to explain this to you over and over:
Okay, let’s review Pres. Clinton’s successess. During the first two years of his administration, when they controlled the House, Senate, and WH, the DOW went up 600 points. When the GOP took over the House in 1995, they forced reductions in the rate of GROWTH (Not spending cuts), and the market went up 3,000 points in 2 years. Pres. Clinton signed off on this over the tremendous objections by Democrats in the House and Senate (remember how the GOP was going to starve Grandma and Grandpa the children?). Then the GOP also gained control of the Senate in 1997 and forced further reductions in the rate of GROWTH (NOT spending cuts), and the DOW went up another 3,000 points. This was also signed of on by Clinton, again over the screams of liberals. Sadly, the GOP lost the Senate in the next election, and many of the reductions in the rate of GROWTH in spending were stopped. Consequently the DOW lost 1,000 points and the NASDAQ lost half its value before Pres. Bush ever took office. So tell me, what did Clinton do to help the economy? Name the specific policies he instituted that achieved this great growth. What did the Dems do to cause this? Name them specifically? Other than the largest tax increase at that time in history (and retroactively on the dead), I can’t think of one thing Clinton and the Dems did to help, other than signing off on GOP policies.
73 i don’t know that one, but the fact that bankruptcies are up is not a good sign of the times. the cars and credit card plus any student loans any affect the decisions made.
Yup, they sure are. Otherwise, people would be starving. Instead, we are able to provide for needy people, not that needy people are the ones using the bulk of the food stamp program.
dowjones, you’re right, bankruptcies being up is not good, but it is better that this is happening than for people to have continued getting easy credit and amassing a huge circulating debt. People were applying for credit cards, taking out home equity loans to pay off the credit cards, running the credit cards back up, taking out a larger home equity loan, etc. Home lending tightened, values declined, and people found out their revolving credit scheme was built on a house of cards.
GoodJob, my first job out of the military and school 30 years ago was with Global Marine Drilling. I had been part of Project Jennifer from May to September 1974 when we tried to raise the Russian submarine in the Pacific using teh Glomar Explorer. Dr. Harold Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light and one of the founders of EG&G was the head of the project. Right after I left Global Marine in 1980 they lost the Glomar Java Sea off of Hainan Island near Vietnam. They were home ported near Lafayette, LA, and I had friends on board.
Few in congress recognize the huge risks in capital and the dangers involved in trilling for oil. They only see the bottom line. They have forgotten what happened to oil from 1982 to 1990. The rig count has never recovered from that. I know when Global filed Chap 11 in 1983, they had something like 125 jack up rigs under construction with Marathon LeTourneau, and several semi submersibles also underway.
This whole dog and pony show is merely for sound bites and photo ops. If they want to drive the price of fuel down, you need merely drill and refine. We can do it safely and cleanly now. Time to tell congress and envirowackos to get out of the way.
When, in 1995, the Clinton administration implemented tough and stringent new regulations to force banks, particularly larger ones, to provide mortgages for low and moderate income borrowers, Bear Stearns was the first to jump on the bandwagon. They received considerable praise from the Left for their largesse, at the time. Here is where it all began:
October 20, 1997
FIRST UNION CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., BEAR, STEARNS & CO. PRICE SECURITIES OFFERING BACKED BY AFFORDABLE MORTGAGES
Unique Transaction To Benefit Underserved Housing Market
CHARLOTTE - First Union Capital Markets Corp. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. have priced a $384.6 million offering of securities backed by Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) loans - marking the industry’s first public securitization of CRA loans.
The affordable mortgages were originated or acquired by First Union Corporation and subsidiaries. Customers will experience no impact - they will continue to make payments to and be serviced by First Union Mortgage Corp. CRA loans are loans targeted to low and moderate income borrowers and neighborhoods under the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.
“The securitization of these affordable mortgages allows us to redeploy capital back into our communities and to expand our ability to provide credit to low and moderate income individuals,” said Jane Henderson, managing director of First Union’s Community Reinvestment and Fair Lending Programs. “First Union is committed to promoting home ownership in traditionally underserved markets through a comprehensive line of competitive and flexible affordable mortgage products. This transaction enables us to continue to aggressively serve those markets.”
85 duhmoose it is/was a house of cards and the banks are finding that out right now!
they are all credited up on mortgages and credit cards plus being upside down on the auto they drive. declining house values means they will be or soon will be upside down on the house as well and that is the problem for the banks etc.
the bear sterns deal will put thousands out of work and if dell starts making computers in china as HP (formerly COMPAC) has then there will be layoffs there. this whole thing with housing is causing layoffs in every housing support industry. these layoffs will cause round 2 of the credit crunch.
dowjones, most credit card debt is carried by credit card companies which are subsidiaries of banks and/or alternative financial institutions. In fact most banks don’t do anything but service the CCs. Approval, terms, etc are handled by the credit card company. Same with quite a few mortgages. The banks have been lobbying for years to have restrictions put on mortgage and credit card companies because they saw what would happen.
I’ve been teaching my kids for years not to fall into the easy credit trap. I’m working on paying off my debt (cc and car, at least) and should be done by the end of the year. When the kids ask why I say “no” to an extra I tell them - I’m paying debt and don’t let this happen to you.
duhmoose i am not to sure of that. most credit cards are issued by banks. i once looked at private labeling a credit card for a major automotive company (Toyota) and i spoke with banks directly. they came in from all over the country.
jimb cash is king now and soon will be super king with your mortgage company if you have the cash to pay off your mortgage. you will be able to make an offer on the principal in cash for the payoff. i know i did it once and waiting to do this time.
dowjones, yes the banks SERVICE the cards, but most are still owned by a third party, whether it is another financial institution that specializes in CCs or a wholly subsidiary company of the parent company.
I’d venture a guess that 95% of everything in your home has made in somewhere other than the USA on it. Probably our groceries are the highest mades in the USA things we have.
Government has got to get out of the way with taxes and regulations if we are to compete in foreign markets. Otherwise, the situation will never be cured. It really comes down to that. BigJ, if it’s not being made here, you can’t shop for it here. And if what we are getting from overseas is 1/2 the price of what you can buy it for here, is the consumer every going to buy the domestic product? We are experiencing now with China what Europe experienced with the USA from the 1770s thru the 1950s. The real danger, and I do mean REAL DANGER, will be to keep China from taking Taiwan back by military force. It’s building a huge military capability far in excess of anything it needs for domestic use. And China is not employing that force to fight international terrorism or to lend humanitarian aid during a crisis. So there is only one purpose for it. And thanks to Bill Clinton’s treason, we no longer hold the strategic nuclear sword of Damocles over the head of Beijing.
So the race is on as to whether we can convert China to a true democracy before they feel ready to take Taiwan, or if we’ll all just go up in a cloud of radioactive dust.
dowjones, We offer a credit card where I work. Our name is on it, our members make their payments to us, we answer all the questions, we accept all the applications, we handle all the mailings. We do not own a single CC that we service, however anyone from the outside would never know.
jimb with that goal, you will have a much less stressful life. Good for you!
I said this the other day, but will say it again. There are 5 or 7 drug cartels. They are deadly. Human life means nothing to them. We have a history of prosecuting border agents at the request of Mexico. Perhaps those two things are causing, to diminish, our ability to attract educated agents. There is an outcry by residents along the border to increase the numbers. There are less people interested, thus, we lower the standards. Why don’t we try offering a bigger salary for dangerous work?
Jeffrey Skilling’s legal team has filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. The former Enron executive may have a very good chance of winning this round. RickG has posted a thread on the front page about it. The word out on the legal street is the Skilling appeal brief is brilliant.
I just want to go on the record here as predicting penetrating wails of indignation and cries of injustice will abound if Skilling triumphs in his appeal. Somehow it will involve Karl Rove, Halliburton, Harry Houdini, Blackwater and subprime mortgages.
And the seasons they go round and round
And petroleum futures go up and down
We’re captive to the evil plans of Bush
We lost our rights and can only stare
behind from where we lurk
And go round and round and round
In the circle jerk
Planned Parenthood had a very profitable year in 2007. They broke the 1 billion mark. I tried to find their annual report to back this up, but the report I found didn’t have that info. The New Republic writes about this, and some other sights. I’m leaning to the truth in the amount.
Wheee Dov, today is PB&J day? Well I celebrated Saturday. I made two sandwiches, in case someone needed one…….. and ate the second on the way home. hehe. Thanks for telling me
First! Can’t believe it!
Good Morning! The ads on talk radio are running hot and heavy for these two.
That they are, AW. I think it would be funny to splice together short phrases from both candidates ads, forming a nonsensical dialog.
But come to think of it, KTRH had both of them on the air yesterday morning, and the dialog was already nonsensical.
Harvard closes its gym for specific time frames so Muslim females can work out. Males are banned.
It’s only the first phase in this assault against our culture. Watch.
Here’s the official theme song of the CD22 runoff.
KSEV just said, Kay Bailey’s spokesperson says she is planning to run for governor in 2010. I knew she was moving people to Austin to run her campaign. So, how do we stop this? Is it preordained? Dov said he would leave the state. I can’t do that, but darn sure don’t want her running Texas.
5 Aw it has been blessed by the gods of the republican party.
texpat
Continuing from the “Big Oil” thread, I worked for a rig manufacturer the first 18yrs of my working life, went through the 24/7 of the boom years and survived the cutbacks and layoffs of the bust. I worked side by side at times with a man in overalls that two years prior was worth 11 million. Still go into the refinerys today in the construction industry.
I wasn’t on the oil busniness side of things but I have a sense of the monumental feat that it is to get fuel to the pump. People who think we will be switching to anything other than oil in our lifetime are crazy.
It may be sad the oil company execs should have to spend money on PR campaigns but if they don’t want Washington in their business they have to gain public support. Ask Bill Gates about that. If the jumps in fuel prices are out of their control the questions they get should be big fat softballs. They just babble.
I think everyone would roll along fine with 70 to 80 dollar oil, or whatever that number is. Give us your suggestions on how to get there. If they want to take the position that we have to buy the product no matter the cost, continue on.
what more could they want a liberal female with name recognition.
Start working against her now. No one becomes governor without first winning the majority of votes in the primary.
I think I’ll make her the first subject of my “Where do they stand on the platform” series.
Excellent Hamous. Where do I start in the ” working against her phase?”
AW, find out who her opponents will be and contribute time and money to their campaigns.
#10, The only thing I could think of to do now, was email the Texas Republican Party. Done.
Is Shelley the one with the moustache?
A strategy needs to be used against KBH and we should start now. I wish I was ingenious enough to know what to do. It also needs a lot of depth to carry on to 2010.
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
Which one is SSG? Oh never mind I recognize her with the red shirt.
luv2 if i read an article on the chronicle website i post negative things about her - that’s about all i can think of for a pre-ordained candidate. we had it with Rick Perry last time and we gert it again the next time. screwem.
Count me in. The next governor of Texas is going to have a lot of issues to contend with.
How is KBH “pre-ordained”? All she’s got going for her is name recognition and money.
You know who should run for governor?
GJT and Texpat (from yesterday):
Texpat nails the reason why the O&G industry should not be expected to mount massive PR campaigns to educate the public about why fuel costs what it does. They already have contributed to education in the form of property taxes paid in districts where they do business.
If people want to learn more about the O&G industry (and why fuel prices are high), then they should use the education they received to seek that knowledge. Learning is not a passive sport. You need to actively participate. Of course it’s easier to sit in your armchair and whine about gouging than it is to go get an education in engineering and/or economics.
Seeing this congressional inquiry debacle unfold is like watching the real life version of “Atlas Shrugged” played out before our very eyes. It’s shameful and disgusting. At least as disgusting as the congress that grills the oil companies are the leeches that cheer them on in their inquiries. I look forward to Texpat’s post on the subject.
hamous
someone that is a conservative that does not need prodding with emails, faxes and phone calls to do the right thing. i am tired of the Rick Perry’s and our state congress that’s says they are republicans and do something against us.
dude It really is the congress that should be explaining their corngas oil policy. they have known about an energy crunch since 1973. all they could come up with is corngas? aw, recently we had a change to the cafe standards - why not years ago?
if we ask them why all they will do is blame the other party - sickening.
All this talk of “preordained candidates” is ridiculous.
Speaking of politicians who have beenm caught in lies, Barack Obama is finally getting some real scrutiny in the press.
This first is an article from the Columbia Journalism Review which chides both Obama nad the MSM for the lie they tell about “John McCain wants 100 years of war.” When a J School tells you you’re being biased and mislieading, you’re being biased and misleading.
http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_us_iraq_and_100_years.php?page=all
A short read, but a good’un.
Next we find that Obama’s claim of “never taking money from oil companies” is, in the words of that right wing organization ABC in thier researching of an Obama Campaign ad, “misleading.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obamas-oil-slic.html
But it doesn’t end there. Not only does Obama take money from people with a vested interest in oil companies making profits, his implication that the other candidates are doing so is misleading as well:
The article also tells us that Hillary has goten $360,000 from oil company folks. Can anyone tell us how much money John McCain is getting from them?
The Left is going to try to lie thier way into scaring you with John McCain.
The fact that they have to lie about it should tell you something.
They think it’s important to keep Republicans from governing us using fear. That’s why they are using fear to get elected.
Blockquotes, 583, Sarge 0
/sorry, Sarge, had to poke fun today
This came in my inbox this morning.
I was saddened to hear that our friend and fellow minuteman patriot Bob Baker (the “Judge”) passed away early last evening while standing guard at Patriot Point near Campo Calif. He had traveled 1,400 miles to do what he considered his “DUTY”, to this nation, by defending our borders from the illegal and drug invasion currently going on.
Bob was a patriot of the highest order, serving his nation in many different capacities. He was a Paratrooper in Europe during WW2, he was a police officer, he was a Judge in his town, he served as Circuit Judge, he was Fire Chief in his home town, a Lawyer, and much more. He traveled the world with his first wife shooting Trap, he was also a big game hunter traveling the world. He was always doing and going and to his last day wanted to give back to and defend his beloved country. He felt that he owed everything to this nation that allowed him, and gave him, the opportunity to become the man that he was.
RIP Bob
#19 I wonder who is the person that can be the next Govenor of Texas!!!!!!
#19, 27…
Well, I’ll go ahead and say that I wouldn’t mind seeing Ron Paul in Austin, along with a gross of veto pens. But I doubt that he want the job.
#28 - Yeah, not a lofty enough position to feed his superego.
I must say that I would have considered voting for him before considering Kinky had he run in 2006.
Of course, now that I know him…
Good morning all. At 5:30 it was a cool 67 with the beginnings of ground fog forming. The crescent Moon hung low near the horizon, bright against the dark velvet enveloping the sky and hiding most of the stars. On her way to bed for the day, on her journey to her dark phase. The predawn was quiet, too early for the day’s bird conversation.
The Sun hides again this morning but still brings his light in soft gray/blue tones. A maybe, maybe not rainy day lies ahead with eventual clearing.
Green in various shades, high and low, rules the landscape. The air is fresh and carries floral scents on its breezes. It also carries pungent wild onion aroma that brings tears to anyone mowing a lawn or pasture. The wildflowers are up and smiling, working toward their ultimate glory.
The tufted titmouse pair are busy around their house on the branch above St. Francis. A tiny head peeks out one opening; this house has two doors, one in each cat ear. The house is made of resin in the shape of a cat, its wire whiskers are the perch. The bird book says they share egg-sitting duties. Daddy is a good sentinel and checks for intruders in the area. For a little fellow, he has tremendous lungs when he’s in a scolding mood. Can’t see how many eggs they have, but there aren’t any wee voices drifting out of there yet. Thank you, Lord, and keep an eye on them.
Amen.
Good morning, all! I’m going to try hard to focus on work today and tryyyyy to catch up. Lovely Daughter is only a few days away!
#33
It’s an exercise in futility, I know. Catching up, I mean…
I bet those rock em sock em toys would work wwell here too.
Yeah methinks Dan needs to step up his timeline a little and start working on 2010…
gee a private organization The federal reserve has a job to keep all of us taxpayers in debt. that really is their primary function. if not we would not need banks if we were on a cash basis.
so our congress gives them the power to commit taxpayer dollars for bailout of private companies all the while working for the banks.
thats my story and i am a stickin to it!
now the meeting with big Bed the chairman from the dimwits is bailing out non performing barrower homeowners. my my.
dowjones, please don’t make dumb comments, even when we operated on a cash basis we still used banks. If you want to make disparaging comments about the FRB, talk about things that actually happened. Can you name an actual occurrence of the FRB “bailing out” a private company?
For we Catholics on this auspicious day - time to laugh at ourselves a bit…(and the Jews, too!)
bear sterns
On the Political side, “The republican Party of Texas” called me the other day and wondered why it’s been a while since they’ve heard from me and would I like to donate $100. I S’Plained very carefully to the nice young Lady that I had no intention of giving any more of my hard earned money to a Party that doesn’t give a damn about me or my principals’. I talked about the business tax and property tax relief. I also told her that I voted for “The Village Idiot” (Kinky), in the last Gub’ners race). I told her to be sure that her boss knew my stand, and she said that a lot of people have told her the same thing.
great tohear that dave.
My oh my
The BP is stepping up their recruitment.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5663913.html
April 1, 2008, 7:07AM
Critics call Border Patrol standards lax
Recruits are accepted without a high school diploma or GED
Recruiting standards are higher at most other federal law enforcement agencies. For example, a college degree and three years of professional experience are required by FBI agent recruits. The Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff’s Office require not only high school, but two years of college.
AW
Today is National PB&J day according to the station I listened to this AM
Peanut Butter and Jelly
And for everyone here. Lets hit the streets, door to door if necessary. Anyone except KBH
dowjones
duhmoose doesnt want to hear it.
Last night Glenn Beck had Ron Paul on to talk about the subject. Beck admitted that he thought Ron Paul was the only one telling the truth about this subject.
The federal reserve is the problem not the solution.
I say make money money make money money…….
Its a private bank who do ya think they are gonna look out for?
My, oh my, let’s blast the BP for doing what we’ve been blasting them for not doing.
Too funny. As well as predictable.
dowjones, and how exactly did the FRB “bailout” Bear Sterns? As a Reserve Bank, they insured the assets of Bear Sterns, which incidentally, is one of the things reserve banks do. They did not offer any cash, they did not give financial incentives, they did not do anything except insure assets.
DJ, I am not saying the FRB is the solution, I am saying if you are going to attack it, get your darn facts straight. There are numerous things wrong with the way the FRB is set up, not the least of which is their power over the National Treasury.
Gee Dow,
Where is all that optimisim you had last year when your nom de plume was dowjones25k?
I know a lot of folks get skittish about the dropping market, but the market is just like the tides….sometimes you get the ebb and sometimes you get the flow.
I see the next few months (years??) as an opportunity to buy so pretty good companies at a discount. It is a bitter pill for those who are depending on their investment accounts for income, but it is what it is.
Simple
#47 duhmoose
Facts in evidence are merely irritating obstacles to some people, duhmoose. It doesn’t really matter to them what the truth is since it might interfere with their conspiratorial delusions.
bigjolly
Hmmm LEOs (carrying guns) without a highschool education?
From the article,
T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said the lack of an education requirement was troubling.
”Well, it’s surprising to me. It’s the first I’ve heard of it,” George Buenik, assistant chief of the professional development command at the Houston Police Department, said about the Border Patrol policy.
Border Patrol officials on Monday said 15,550 agents are on the payroll, up from 10,637 agents in 2003. Bonner said the hiring wave has diluted the quality of recruits and lowered morale for senior agents.
“They’re under tremendous pressure to bring people on board,” he said. ” … and unfortunately, corners are being cut to achieve a meaningless political goal. The real goal should be to secure the border.”
Veteran Border Patrol officials expressed concern about the quality of today’s recruits.
”What they’re getting now is, frankly, pretty disappointing,” said Bill King, who directed the Border Patrol academy from 1977 to 1978 and is retired. ”They just seem to have lowered the standard where it would have been unacceptable to me. It’s a difficult thing for me to say because I love the Border Patrol.”
Daniel,
You guys are the ones pressuring them to do it, don’t blame me. On the other hand, you guys are also the ones saying that they aren’t doing anything.
Hmmmm.
Arm chair banker telling a guy who works in the banking industry he’s FOS. That’s as funny as the arm chair metallurgist telling a guy who works in a metallurgical testing laboratory he’s FOS when he tells him fire can indeed melt steel. If it weren’t such a serious issue it would be hilarious.
bigjolly
I smell real trouble brewing. Yep the finger will get pointed back at the people as usual with the exact same thing you just said….we are pressuring them. What a joke.
Hiring uneducated people to do the job of an LEO and carry a gun is stupid at best….trouble is brewing.
#52 - I have become convinced that we could build a wall 100′ high, 100′ underground, 50′ thick, a mine field extending 1/2 mile on the southern side, machine gun turrets positioned every 100′, and BP agents positioned at arms length from Port Isabel to San Diego and some folks would still be whining.
#53 hamous
I’ve seen the aftermath of fire in countless metal buildings around the country in my life. In almost every case the roofs had collapsed because the intense heat had diminished the strength of the support beams. Why is that such a mystery to some people ? Simply because it interferes with their silly, little narrative of fear and conspiracy.
Then, of course, maybe the Rove/Halliburton/Bush cabal actually did set all those fires over the years…hmmm.
Its official. Daniel James proves he’s not a conservative by suggesting an educational requirement for carrying a firearm. Wow.
Ya’ll really are ridicules!
Why not just have hiring standards like HPD or any other LEO agency across this country?
You know Hamous, if we just had the mine field we might not need the other stuff!
DJ - remember when the illustrious “professor” said that 60 hours of college credit weren’t nothing cause us dumb hicks would probably be gittin them at yonder community collig!
You nailed it. I am not a conservative.
#58 So I’m assuming you will be first in line to take an intelligence test before you’re allowed to own a gun? Absurd in the extreme.
The rank and file BP agents dont like this. I guess I am in good company.
Your positions in the last 24 hours:
- Increase taxes on “big oil”
- Educational requirement for gun-toting.
Polar opposite positions of conservatism.
Circle jerk is over. I wish those poor bastides the best. They are being set up for failure.
Johnny Sutton will be busy.
I’d like to point out that there never has been a requirement in the Border Patrol for a high school diploma or GED.
hamous you are a liar!
I never sasid tax big oil and never said there was a need for educational tests for gun toting.
Being a cop is a bit more than gun toting.
Stop lying!
I’d like to point out that many in the BP arent OK with that.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5663913.html
You are the one that put in “and carry a gun”. If you were only talking about the job of an LEO you would have said:
“Hiring uneducated people to do the job of an LEO is stupid at best.”
yea times are great
Just released..
Consumer bankruptcies jump 27%
Wednesday April 2, 12:15 pm ET
The number of individuals filing for bankruptcy surged during the first-quarter as American households struggled to stay on top of debt, according to a report released Wednesday.
The American Bankruptcy Institute said that consumer bankruptcy filings increased 27% nationwide in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period last year. In March alone, 86,165 individuals filed for consumer bankruptcy - a 13% increase over the 76,120 cases filed in February.
“Bankruptcies are rising due to the heavy burden of household debt and growing mortgage problems,” said ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano. “We expect this trend to continue through 2008.”
The ABI found that nearly 32% of all consumer bankruptcy cases were Chapter 13 filings, which is available to individuals with regular income and calls for budgeting some of the debtor’s future earnings to pay off creditors.
As far as carrying the gun while on duty as a LEO, mandatory proficiency and safety training should be enough. Last time I checked, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, were not really necessary for the proper handling of a firearm. Now if you are arguing that the office of BP requires a minimum educational standard because, then there is no need to even mention the gun part of the office.
dowjones, But bankruptcy courts can not mitigate mortgage obligations, so why would someone file bankruptcy due to mortgage issues unless they were given bad advice?
Actually, times aren’t bad. At all. Just signed another contract for another plant expansion here in Texas.
Starting prelim work on putting up a new facility in Nevada.
Finishing up plans on putting up a new facility in Arkansas, won’t be long before shovels hit the ground.
Damn Bushco.
I think that “bailout” may be as nearly wishy-washy a term as “middle-class”, but DJ4k isn’t the only one who’s viewing what the FRB is doing as a “bailout”:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Yzc3NjIwNWRhOTllMDk4MTY2NWFiM2FmNzI1ZWYxNWQ=&w=MA==
I will revise and extend my remark on DJ calling for tax increases on big oil. While he did not explicitly state that, he did say this:
Accusing a business whose profit margins average 10% in a good year of price-gouging is anti-capitalist and anti-conservative. There is no lie there.
Everybody, listen to “Butterfly” :
http://www.myspace.com/bluefieldband
Dude, I know that, but to me a “bailout” requires money to change hands.
HoustonDem, just in case you missed this from yesterday’s thread, I’ll repost it for you:
I keep having to explain this to you over and over:
Okay, let’s review Pres. Clinton’s successess. During the first two years of his administration, when they controlled the House, Senate, and WH, the DOW went up 600 points. When the GOP took over the House in 1995, they forced reductions in the rate of GROWTH (Not spending cuts), and the market went up 3,000 points in 2 years. Pres. Clinton signed off on this over the tremendous objections by Democrats in the House and Senate (remember how the GOP was going to starve Grandma and Grandpa the children?). Then the GOP also gained control of the Senate in 1997 and forced further reductions in the rate of GROWTH (NOT spending cuts), and the DOW went up another 3,000 points. This was also signed of on by Clinton, again over the screams of liberals. Sadly, the GOP lost the Senate in the next election, and many of the reductions in the rate of GROWTH in spending were stopped. Consequently the DOW lost 1,000 points and the NASDAQ lost half its value before Pres. Bush ever took office. So tell me, what did Clinton do to help the economy? Name the specific policies he instituted that achieved this great growth. What did the Dems do to cause this? Name them specifically? Other than the largest tax increase at that time in history (and retroactively on the dead), I can’t think of one thing Clinton and the Dems did to help, other than signing off on GOP policies.
73 i don’t know that one, but the fact that bankruptcies are up is not a good sign of the times. the cars and credit card plus any student loans any affect the decisions made.
big iron would you send that to cons-gress?
yup times are good.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/us/31foodstamps.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1206929080-T1nWta1S+xNL5uA16620wA&oref=slogin
Yup, they sure are. Otherwise, people would be starving. Instead, we are able to provide for needy people, not that needy people are the ones using the bulk of the food stamp program.
bigjolly - I just got a copy of “The Link Letter” in the mail today. First time I’ve ever received it.
dowjones, you’re right, bankruptcies being up is not good, but it is better that this is happening than for people to have continued getting easy credit and amassing a huge circulating debt. People were applying for credit cards, taking out home equity loans to pay off the credit cards, running the credit cards back up, taking out a larger home equity loan, etc. Home lending tightened, values declined, and people found out their revolving credit scheme was built on a house of cards.
GoodJob, my first job out of the military and school 30 years ago was with Global Marine Drilling. I had been part of Project Jennifer from May to September 1974 when we tried to raise the Russian submarine in the Pacific using teh Glomar Explorer. Dr. Harold Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light and one of the founders of EG&G was the head of the project. Right after I left Global Marine in 1980 they lost the Glomar Java Sea off of Hainan Island near Vietnam. They were home ported near Lafayette, LA, and I had friends on board.
Few in congress recognize the huge risks in capital and the dangers involved in trilling for oil. They only see the bottom line. They have forgotten what happened to oil from 1982 to 1990. The rig count has never recovered from that. I know when Global filed Chap 11 in 1983, they had something like 125 jack up rigs under construction with Marathon LeTourneau, and several semi submersibles also underway.
This whole dog and pony show is merely for sound bites and photo ops. If they want to drive the price of fuel down, you need merely drill and refine. We can do it safely and cleanly now. Time to tell congress and envirowackos to get out of the way.
Hammy - just THINK how many
“more”illegals the BP will scoop up while taking take time to practice their algebra before drawing their weapons?81DJ, if pro means for, and con means against, and progress means to go forward, what does congress mean?
Is it the same one?
When, in 1995, the Clinton administration implemented tough and stringent new regulations to force banks, particularly larger ones, to provide mortgages for low and moderate income borrowers, Bear Stearns was the first to jump on the bandwagon. They received considerable praise from the Left for their largesse, at the time. Here is where it all began:
http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/textonly/0,,134_307%5E306,00.html
Katfish - I guess geometry could come in handy in calculating trajectories.
re #65: Apparently CJs are fun unless you’re the middle man
#89 It’s got the “drunken sailor” crap about Siegler so I’m guessing yes.
85 duhmoose it is/was a house of cards and the banks are finding that out right now!
they are all credited up on mortgages and credit cards plus being upside down on the auto they drive. declining house values means they will be or soon will be upside down on the house as well and that is the problem for the banks etc.
the bear sterns deal will put thousands out of work and if dell starts making computers in china as HP (formerly COMPAC) has then there will be layoffs there. this whole thing with housing is causing layoffs in every housing support industry. these layoffs will cause round 2 of the credit crunch.
Ah reckon truck driving is a boring job eh? THIS is gonna leave a MARK!
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5J2yzZKqc
If people would refuse to buy Chinese made laptops……
dowjones, most credit card debt is carried by credit card companies which are subsidiaries of banks and/or alternative financial institutions. In fact most banks don’t do anything but service the CCs. Approval, terms, etc are handled by the credit card company. Same with quite a few mortgages. The banks have been lobbying for years to have restrictions put on mortgage and credit card companies because they saw what would happen.
#93 - LOL, the joke’s on you - Dell laptops are already made in China. Probably for longer than HP/Compaq laptops!
I’ve been teaching my kids for years not to fall into the easy credit trap. I’m working on paying off my debt (cc and car, at least) and should be done by the end of the year. When the kids ask why I say “no” to an extra I tell them - I’m paying debt and don’t let this happen to you.
duhmoose i am not to sure of that. most credit cards are issued by banks. i once looked at private labeling a credit card for a major automotive company (Toyota) and i spoke with banks directly. they came in from all over the country.
jimb cash is king now and soon will be super king with your mortgage company if you have the cash to pay off your mortgage. you will be able to make an offer on the principal in cash for the payoff. i know i did it once and waiting to do this time.
dowjones, yes the banks SERVICE the cards, but most are still owned by a third party, whether it is another financial institution that specializes in CCs or a wholly subsidiary company of the parent company.
ok the ones i spoke to were wholly owned then because they were all big named banks.
#50 Texpat, Oooh, that perfectly describes our kooky neighbor with the deed restrictions obsession. That was a two-fer, and thanks.
I’d venture a guess that 95% of everything in your home has made in somewhere other than the USA on it. Probably our groceries are the highest mades in the USA things we have.
Government has got to get out of the way with taxes and regulations if we are to compete in foreign markets. Otherwise, the situation will never be cured. It really comes down to that. BigJ, if it’s not being made here, you can’t shop for it here. And if what we are getting from overseas is 1/2 the price of what you can buy it for here, is the consumer every going to buy the domestic product? We are experiencing now with China what Europe experienced with the USA from the 1770s thru the 1950s. The real danger, and I do mean REAL DANGER, will be to keep China from taking Taiwan back by military force. It’s building a huge military capability far in excess of anything it needs for domestic use. And China is not employing that force to fight international terrorism or to lend humanitarian aid during a crisis. So there is only one purpose for it. And thanks to Bill Clinton’s treason, we no longer hold the strategic nuclear sword of Damocles over the head of Beijing.
So the race is on as to whether we can convert China to a true democracy before they feel ready to take Taiwan, or if we’ll all just go up in a cloud of radioactive dust.
#104
You might be surprised at how much of what we eat comes from outside the US.
’specially since more and more of our farm land is being used for biofuels.
dowjones, We offer a credit card where I work. Our name is on it, our members make their payments to us, we answer all the questions, we accept all the applications, we handle all the mailings. We do not own a single CC that we service, however anyone from the outside would never know.
bigiron i dunno i bought some crawfish at wally world raised in china - i saw it when i got home - shucks - i could not believe that one!!
107 i know you just collect a fee on the amounts.
#100 - Cash is already king for me. If I don’t have the cash for it, I pretty much don’t buy it.
I don’t intend to buy anything less than 10 grand on time ever again, if I can get away with it.
SHORT NOTICE ESCORT HOME tomorrow THURSDAY April 3rd
Confirmed: Spc. Joshua V. Molina 20, Houston, TX, 3 April 2008
Spc. Joshua A. Molina, died in Baghdad on Thursday 27 March 2008
from injuries he suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Molina was assigned to the 1st Squadron 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
stationed in Vilseck, Germany. His tour of duty in Iraq was scheduled to end in November.
Born and raised in the Houston area, Molina joined the Army Junior ROTC at Bellaire High School.
All details at:
http://www.fauxnews.org/blog/2008/04/02/short-notice-escort-home-thurs-april-3rd/
jimb with that goal, you will have a much less stressful life. Good for you!
I said this the other day, but will say it again. There are 5 or 7 drug cartels. They are deadly. Human life means nothing to them. We have a history of prosecuting border agents at the request of Mexico. Perhaps those two things are causing, to diminish, our ability to attract educated agents. There is an outcry by residents along the border to increase the numbers. There are less people interested, thus, we lower the standards. Why don’t we try offering a bigger salary for dangerous work?
Jeffrey Skilling’s legal team has filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. The former Enron executive may have a very good chance of winning this round. RickG has posted a thread on the front page about it. The word out on the legal street is the Skilling appeal brief is brilliant.
I just want to go on the record here as predicting penetrating wails of indignation and cries of injustice will abound if Skilling triumphs in his appeal. Somehow it will involve Karl Rove, Halliburton, Harry Houdini, Blackwater and subprime mortgages.
Oh, and “Big Oil”.
and Big Corn and Big Mama Cass
And the seasons they go round and round
And petroleum futures go up and down
We’re captive to the evil plans of Bush
We lost our rights and can only stare
behind from where we lurk
And go round and round and round
In the circle jerk
It looks like US Rep William Jefferson’s brother has just been indicted for bribery. All in the family……
crud here is the link, sorry.
http://www.examiner.com/a-1316322~La__Congressman_s_Brother_Indicted.html
Evening Folks!
Bubba loses it, again. I don’t think he has the temperament to be First Lady.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/04/02/BAVNVU2PJ.DTL&type=printable
Hiya KB.
Evenin–Shannon
120: Fighting the urge, fighting the urge–won’t say it, don’t say it Kent…
GEEZ….
Planned Parenthood had a very profitable year in 2007. They broke the 1 billion mark. I tried to find their annual report to back this up, but the report I found didn’t have that info. The New Republic writes about this, and some other sights. I’m leaning to the truth in the amount.
#120
Don’t that sound familiar?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs
120: Maybe he’ll go through menopause before she’s elected and get over the hotflashes and short temper.
AW
Did you hear the PB&J Day thingy.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Wheee Dov, today is PB&J day? Well I celebrated Saturday. I made two sandwiches, in case someone needed one…….. and ate the second on the way home. hehe. Thanks for telling me