I have come to the conclusion that these feminists are so confused, they don't know which way is up.
I would like to commend Judge McKeon for being involved with the lives and well being of the mentally ill. The only concern I have is that indulging in alcohol alone by the mentally ill is not illegal, so the judge has to be careful in the way he handles these various types of situations.
If it wasn't for the Dems we'd still have jobs in the U.S. because Clinton and the unions wanted NAFTA. Americans wanted cheap cars and bought Japan's junk, and now they cry boo-hoo.
On the little girl that died in Palermo: I really blame some of that on the Social Service department. If they were there visiting that home and found conditions too bad, they really should have got on the case and done something.
Yeah, get off your knees and thank the warmonger Bush and his stooge, Cheney, for invading Iraq and Afghanistan, which if you aren't sure, they are on either side of Iran. Does that tell you something?!
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Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 19, 2008 7:05 PM:
Deep sigh and allow myself a few minutes to relax. "
AJ wrote on Sep 19, 2008 4:28 PM:
" AJ; its friday have a beer! "
I am well stocked cm.. perhaps you could heed your own advice? :) "
cm wrote on Sep 19, 2008 4:21 PM:
I think she would have better than Obama... "
cm wrote on Sep 19, 2008 4:17 PM:
AJ wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:41 PM:
" No, Karl..... think again....
It's not "paranoid speculation by Palin supporters" that's behind this rumor..
it's quite simply the fact that the Demoncrats have realized that they have made yet another blunder in picking Biden! "
I'm just curious as to what the Repugs or Zionists have against Biden. Seems to me you guys should be happy with him. I surely am not, though at one time before he sold out I had some respect for him. "
movedsouth wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:32 PM:
LuvRetirement wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:23 PM:
"You must have gotten into "unknown"'s Southern Comfort today!"
LOL !!
Too sweet for my taste, Karl... but, I'll take a Black Velvet manhatten (light on the wine) any day! "
karl again... wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:07 PM:
"A mistake" picking Biden?!?
Pray tell, what then, sir, would you call the utter catastrophe of the Republiscums picking Palin?!?!
LOL!
You must have gotten into "unknown"'s Southern Comfort today! "
cm wrote on Sep 19, 2008 2:49 PM:
haven't you heard curiosity kills the cat? "
cm wrote on Sep 19, 2008 2:46 PM:
next week maybe you'll see Obama in a red-white-blue speedo! lol "
LuvRetirement wrote on Sep 19, 2008 2:41 PM:
It's not "paranoid speculation by Palin supporters" that's behind this rumor..
it's quite simply the fact that the Demoncrats have realized that they have made yet another blunder in picking Biden! "
AJ wrote on Sep 19, 2008 2:34 PM:
" AJ: I was mocking the media!
if YOU are leaning towards her 'qualifications' I feel they are no better or worse than Obamas.
and I will be joyful when all this election BS is over with and JUST MAYBE we all can try to do something about the issues that are hindering daily lives of Americans! "
CM, you missed the point entirely, but I am used to that from you by now. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 19, 2008 1:39 PM:
Glad to hear you have things to fill your days with interest, 13579 -- and you aren't so very old at all! My mum is about your same age -- she'll be 69 in January, still living in her own home, though it is in rough shape, and driving 100 each way every other week to care for HER mum, who'll be 94 in October, and also still living in her own home (not for lack of funds, but out of stubborn determination).
I must be falling out of the loop, movedsouth -- I hadn't heard the Biden-for-Hillary swap rumor. But I did see a photo of Sarah Palin in an American flag bikini carrying a large weapon on the cover of a tabloid when I was in line at a store today, LOL! "
karl again... wrote on Sep 19, 2008 1:16 PM:
Sounds like some paranoid speculation by Palin supporters! "
karl again... wrote on Sep 19, 2008 1:14 PM:
Most despicable thing I heard of so far is where one of these Republiscum groups is "push polling" in areas of heavy Jewish voter concentrations, and pushing the lie/rumor that Barack Obama is somehow tied to HAMAS. This is where they call you with a pre-recorded message and ask you if you'd vote for someone based upon this/that lie and/or allegation.
Really--what a sign of utter desperation by these jerks! "
movedsouth wrote on Sep 19, 2008 12:50 PM:
I have heard speculation along these lines for a week or so
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Let me share some info with you that I have gotten from excellent sources within the DNC:
On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.
There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this info. generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this - the "health problem" cited in those articles was aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same rumblings." "
excnyer wrote on Sep 19, 2008 12:37 PM:
13579 wrote on Sep 19, 2008 11:23 AM:
nature lover wrote on Sep 19, 2008 8:20 AM:
The money markets they are referring to are brokered money markets.
So if u have one of those be forwarned...have a good day and a better weekend...
I only watched that movie, V, haphazardly and have vowed to really watch it next time but did c the correlation of 911, Karl. Seems like munchausen syndromes go across the board now as they are saying watch out for munchausen coworkers who sabotage work and suddenly are the fixers. Strange concept to me, anywho, the nite the movie aired, we were slightly preoccupied with getting the wine and glasses together for the nightly bon fire... "
nature lover wrote on Sep 19, 2008 7:24 AM:
cm wrote on Sep 19, 2008 6:56 AM:
if YOU are leaning towards her 'qualifications' I feel they are no better or worse than Obamas.
and I will be joyful when all this election BS is over with and JUST MAYBE we all can try to do something about the issues that are hindering daily lives of Americans! "
karl again... wrote on Sep 18, 2008 11:30 PM:
What an incredible movie!!!!
DO you know what the director is REALLY saying in it? Do you realize that the "plague/disease" that the government really was responsible for is REALLY 9/11 and the fall of the Twin Towers?! That is the REAL core of the plot insinuation!!!
Chris Van Note told me it was also his FAVE movie! (LOL) "
AJ wrote on Sep 18, 2008 10:56 PM:
" todays big news on Palin:
her 'hot' glasses.
what is with the media??? "
Well, cm, if you had been paying attention, you would have read all the answers right here in two cents.
No excuses for not knowing! For that, you get an F!!
FG, I can't say V was a favorite of mine, though I did purchase it for my library. But it is a good flick and I am due to watch it again. Natalie Portman is fantastic in it. It does seem to paint a bleak picture of where we are heading, or where we're at already. "
AJ wrote on Sep 18, 2008 10:49 PM:
What a rock n roll story! That is scary. I have some "memories" not as challenging as that, but I have had some really fun times; especially with psychedelics, and I have never regretted any of those times! "
QT, you might want to try and get your money back or try again (no wait, don't do that) - they didn't work on you like they're supposed to! lol... "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 9:08 PM:
gee I wonder if the media can tell us Palins fav movie tomorrow?
the abuser that received 2yrs for the 7yr old--is that the MAX sentence???
does anyone in NY know? "
quiveringthigh wrote on Sep 18, 2008 7:40 PM:
" "A funny stuper story"?
Well, not really--honestly. I don't ever get THAT drunk...anymore.
When I was 14, I got drunk with a bunch of friends in our "clubhouse", which was near the railroad track which we used to walk to our other friend's house as a shortcut.
We started walking, three of us, and two hours later, I woke up face down between the ties, dirt literally in my mouth. My "friends" apparently hadn't even stopped or noticed my absence, and had gone on without me, leaving me there.
I could have easily become a tragic headline in the morning paper if a train had come along..
That pretty much taught me a good lesson which has stuck with me ever since. "
What a rock n roll story! That is scary. I have some "memories" not as challenging as that, but I have had some really fun times; especially with psychedelics, and I have never regretted any of those times! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 18, 2008 5:45 PM:
The Farrah hairdo was my generation -- every girl tried to get her hair to do that, while the guys all tried to look like Tony Orlando. Well, they didn't consciously choose Tony Orlando, but that's the look they emulated. Open my Yearbook and there probably aren't a dozen kids out of the 365 in my class who aren't trying for one or the other. (My hair has been cut short and parted on one side since high school. Sometimes I have it cut a bit shorter and spike it up, but otherwise, it's still my same hair -- it'll do that without gel or spray or perms, and I refuse to color, so now it is perfectly (and naturally!) frosted in a way many would pay big bucks to have. I was blessed with an abundance of thick healthy hair, for which I am grateful, and I refuse to damage it with blow-dryer, coloring, perming, curling or any other nonsense. It is what is is, and I cannot complain. I sort of like the "Bride of Frankenstein" sweeps of silver that appeared in the hospital overnight after I broke my leg....
I hope Bluefield Manor is a nice place, 13579 -- those places are all so expensive! Farmer Guy's mother was at Longview and now at Alterra in Ithaca, and it's eating up her money (good thing she has it -- she's not one to share it). She thought about going to Bluefield, as she has friends there (she used to be an Auburn High gym teacher and coach and has lots of friends in the area) but the other sons convinced her to go to Ithaca. Anyway, I hope they have enough activities to keep you interested in life, and enough other older folks who are in good shape to give you pleasant company!
No, I'm not 21 -- I'll be 44 on the 24th, and cm will be 47 on the 27th -- how's that for handy!
Palin's glasses, for gods' sake! Just shows how stuck we are in this media-driven nonsense when the most-reported news about a candidate for Vice President of the United States is commentary on the fashion value of her eyewear. Keeps minds off the issues, how convenient! And Americans eat it up. Pathetic! "
nature lover wrote on Sep 18, 2008 5:02 PM:
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 3:44 PM:
I dont fret over the polls, there are too many of them to know which one is right or even close.
Then they fluctuate daily!
I just think overall the media making a huge deal out her glasses, it will be the next fad:
like the Farrah hair-do, the Don Johnson jacket over the t-shirt, and all new everything of Hannah Montana!
with so many issues that need solving or simple aid, the media in its finest grabs onto 'hot glasses' "
karl again... wrote on Sep 18, 2008 3:14 PM:
Maybe Americans aren't as naive and stupid as I feared...? "
13579 wrote on Sep 18, 2008 3:13 PM:
karl again... wrote on Sep 18, 2008 3:12 PM:
Well, not really--honestly. I don't ever get THAT drunk...anymore.
When I was 14, I got drunk with a bunch of friends in our "clubhouse", which was near the railroad track which we used to walk to our other friend's house as a shortcut.
We started walking, three of us, and two hours later, I woke up face down between the ties, dirt literally in my mouth. My "friends" apparently hadn't even stopped or noticed my absence, and had gone on without me, leaving me there.
I could have easily become a tragic headline in the morning paper if a train had come along..
That pretty much taught me a good lesson which has stuck with me ever since. "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 1:20 PM:
her 'hot' glasses.
what is with the media??? "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 1:05 PM:
I was yaking with an old friend last night, about the old days.
some events we'd all rather forget or laugh to this day and never want to forget!
a future memoir to our kids should we honestly divulge them! lol... "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 12:49 PM:
the system here is only good if you are an illegal or farmer worker.if you own a home (yet have a mortgage) or own a 2006 vehicle (yet owe 13 grand on it)
you have REAL property, real sellable property!
the past 2 months have been a real eye opener, I can deal with no power/no phone/no cable/no water as its been off/on, this one, then that one, then the next one....I feel like I am playing dominos on some days..
But I refuse to lose my home!
I have money, I just dont have it today!
I have a settlement coming and 3 yrs of taxes that were just done..and of I didnt have a good sis, I would be locked up for going mad!
this week I am babysitting grandson, the old sitter TEXT'd at 4 am monday saying I quit! what's with people?
my phone rang at 5am--help!
I am so happy to do it--he has brightened my week. He will be 1 next month yet huge distraction from the nightmare. And at the end of the week,the small pay will buy groceries!
the only way left is UP! "
Unknown... wrote on Sep 18, 2008 12:27 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 18, 2008 10:17 AM:
I had a girlfriend whose ex took her credit card and charged something like $16,000 right after he split. She was unable to do anything about it because he was still legally her husband at the time and hence had a legal right to use her card. She ended up in bankruptcy and he got to keep the toys he bought with her money. Lesson learned the hard way.
The best advice you can give any young woman just starting her adult life (and probably any young man as well) is to be responsible for yourself -- be prepared to support yourself, to pay your own debts, to pay your own way and never count on anyone else stepping in to rescue you. I know you have one sister who has made a career of getting the government to fill her every wish once your dad was no longer there to do it for her, but that's no way to be.
Very sorry it fell out that way and hope things look up eventually. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 18, 2008 8:37 AM:
Farmer Guy makes the best hard cider around these parts -- people are always asking when he's going to make another barrel. This year I helped him made about 25 gallons of rhubarb wine, which is also very delicious -- I think you might like it, Karl. The cider is harder than you think -- you drink it and it is so smooth and tasty you don't realize you've had too much until it's too late. But the rhubarb wine isn't so sneaky. It's sharper, of course, because rhubarb is naturally sour, but it's still smooth. I think the sharpness slows you down a bit, so you are less likely to get snockered.
I am hoping to have an open house for my new home some time in the next few weeks, and wish I could invite some folks from here -- but I don't think there is any safe way to do that and not have just any potentially dangerous, criminal or obnoxious person show up at my home. Well, just know that my heart would invite a bunch of you if the logistics made it possible -- and then we could sample that rhubarb wine! "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 7:40 AM:
mental note:
1. never ever have shared finances because you TRUST...
2. casinos and strip clubs are open 24/7
3. a fool and his money WILL part but not for resposibilities "
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 7:17 AM:
cm wrote on Sep 18, 2008 7:12 AM:
your inner voice yells for obama while mine yells no way.. "
karl again... wrote on Sep 18, 2008 12:13 AM:
If I drink, I have the WORST sleep!
I will occasionally have a "Weiss Bier" over in Bavaria, but here in the States I hardly ever drink at all. Maybe some Beak-n-Skiff Hard Cider or Blueberry Wine, at like 2.5 percent alcohol--it's really nothing, but it tastes nice. "
brew1234 wrote on Sep 18, 2008 12:09 AM:
quiveringthigh wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:26 PM:
" Yes, cm, back in college I did the same thing, 12+shots, and I was totaled. It was the 100 proof stuff too. I was at the porcelin alter all night. I can't look at that stuff today. "
100 proof... The Good Stuff. That will light on fire! I used to do 151 rums.. flaming shots. Those will get ya! "
quiveringthigh wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:21 PM:
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 8:51 PM:
these grandparents say the child was NOT wanted by the mother, in fact she wanted an abortion but the parents said NO WAY.
knowing how she felt from the start, would keep a red flag up at all times.
I couldnt/wouldnt keep my child in my house not knowing what/where my grand-daughter is..
I think they know more, and are hiding facts too.
I guess I am a different kind of grandma, even if my son and I have a tiff, I still know how my grandkids are!
First I ask their siblings then I read their myspace! lol.... "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 8:42 PM:
there is this country song out 'all my friends say' I think its by luke bryan, everytime I hear it, I think of that night. "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 8:30 PM:
the day of my bday
sept.27..
I will be 47, but no one thinks I am near that age! until I mention my oldest sons age (soon to be 27), No, I wasn't a teen mom! lol
I remember how I couldnt wait to be 44, for my mom passed at 43. I was having a silent anxious thoughts about NOT living past HER age--silly I know,but I know others who have had parents die young and go thru the same thoughts.
back in the day she turned 16 in august and had me in sept! we were more friends than parent & child, most of the time I was the parent and she was the child.
for the past year I have been receiving AARP stuff??!!! even funnier the "ex"
was too and hes only 44.
Some places give him the senior discount without asking. While salespeople think I am the 'mom' of my grandkids.
thank-goodness for Loreal hair color..
lol "
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 7:17 PM:
Did anyone see Chris Mathews completely EVISCERATE the Republican McCainiac Congressman Kanter on "HardBall" tonight?!?
WOW! :0 ! ! !
The guy was pulling the typical spin, won't-answer-the question, change-the-subject crap, and Chris just was having NONE of it!
"I've never seen a political party run from their record he way the Republican Party has in this election" said Matthews.
Man! It was inspiring! I am ebullient! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 17, 2008 7:08 PM:
And it seems clear there is something really wrong with the mother of the child. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 17, 2008 7:08 PM:
Booze at bedtime can help you conk out, but it will cause you to be more restless in your sleep and to either wake up often, or "sleep" without getting any rest. So, it is better to have your booze earlier in the day and stick to something like herbal tea at bedtime.
I never drank as much as you all describe. Never ever. When I was in college, at the last day of soccer camp before the rest of the student came back to school, I had a beer. I no longer drink anything carbonated because it makes me swell and be miserably uncomfortable, and I don't really care for the taste, but it's what everyone else was drinking and I didn't want to be a stick in the mud. Well, my body was so clean and healthy that after one beer, I was woozly. Then I saw this girl swimming in the lake. I had swum competitively in high school, so I got the stupid drunken idea that I would jump in and match her pace-for-pace. I did, and she stopped and we treaded water and talked, and I was feeling tired, so I decided to leave the party and go up to my room to rest. Thank goodness my soccer team captain was in the room next door, because the rest of my floor was empty (students not back yet, all the athletes at this dock party) -- I was so sick, crawling on my floor and couldn't get up -- she came over and helped me to the bathroom to be sick.
I didn't enjoy that. I haven't had too much to drink very often since, and I certainly wouldn't drink and then participate in vigorous physical activity immediately following. But in those days, I was so squeaky clean that I could get very sick on a single beer.
Nowadays I'll go out with Farmer Guy and sometimes have 2-3 drinks, but if I have more than one, I make him drive. Mostly, I just have my single "cocktail" soon after getting home from work to help unwind, and that's enough for me. "
nature lover wrote on Sep 17, 2008 5:39 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 5:26 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 5:25 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:59 PM:
AJ wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:50 PM:
If drinking is disruptive to your sleep, then you haven't had enough!! lol...
Have fun and relax... "
AJ wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:48 PM:
" For your information, NAFTA was designed & drafted by the first Bush administration, but signed by Clinton. It's still a Republiscam tool. "
Which is one of many reasons I never quite understood the vitriol spewed over the Clintons - they were pretty good Republicans, except they did tax those who could afford it more. I cannot think of a single other reason for Republicans to be upset with him. "
movedsouth wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:45 PM:
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:27 PM:
I now open wide my mouth, insert my foot, and leave myself wide open for the anticipated and well-deserved retorts of "what have YOU (I) been sipping?"!!!
Take your shot--no pun intended--I deserve it! LOL! "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:13 PM:
that night I lost count after a dozen shots..all my friends say I had many more! hahaha
I went to work the next AM, went to serve sunnyside up eggs, ran to the bathroom, and was good as gold from that point on!
BUT I cannot even smell the stuff even all these years! "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:07 PM:
what kind of grandparents dont know ro report their grandchild missing for a month?
and protecting their daughter instead of looking for their grandchild? "
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:59 PM:
LOL!
OH NO!!
I said "Liberal"!!!
LOL!
Get it?
Got it?
Good. "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:55 PM:
right now I am so NOT agreeing with Obamas ideal of several hundred thousand Americans to work under the UNION...
The 'unions' were an aid in the past but today they are more harmful than helpful. "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:52 PM:
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:51 PM:
it was me and unknown! "
movedsouth wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:35 PM:
hmmmm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:30 PM:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY "
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:12 PM:
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 3:12 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Sep 17, 2008 1:45 PM:
" movedsouth; "Southern Comfort", eh?
That explains a lot!
LOL! " HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? "
nature lover wrote on Sep 17, 2008 1:40 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 12:39 PM:
" For your information, NAFTA was designed & drafted by the first Bush administration, but signed by Clinton. It's still a Republiscam tool. "
I have posted that b4 only to hear that the Clintons were idoits/crooks. When that was signed it was supposed to be a hopeful tool to broaden the wealth of the world - we would all benefit. This because in Bill's 2nd term we were finally able to take down that deficit meter that h/b set up in the Reagan era. However NAFTA did the opposite - noone could have really predicted that. So Gee Dub ya had 8 years to recind it but he did not because his wealthy croonies were swimming in liquid gold! This election period is a very scary time with how bad things are and the ref's to the 30's and how the waves we are riding now have nvr been ridden b4. Reagrdless of who gets elected, the mere thought that that moron that bought the election will finally be gone. ANYone is better than Bushie. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 17, 2008 1:23 PM:
To me, a feminist is a person who believes women are people too. Pretty simple. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 17, 2008 1:21 PM:
(Doesn't help one's metabolism either, even aside from the calories).
Long ago in high school (ca 1981-82), I got very sick on rum and just cannot bring myself to drink it anymore, though I do love a good rum cake, saturated and dripping booze. Can't figure out why that doesn't bother me, as the smell is the same -- maybe it's the sugar? "
karl again... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 1:00 PM:
That explains a lot!
LOL! "
Unknown... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 12:39 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Sep 17, 2008 12:37 PM:
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 12:31 PM:
mostly SHELL stations are 'out-of-gas'
not too long ago this was also a ploy-admitted by workers at the stations, officials said NO gas when employees stated those were lies had--they were holding out for when they could RAISE their profit.
another fact is we IMPORT most of our oil..so how is this effecting a
so-called shortage and higher prices?
also the media is saying dont rush to stations to fill up or that will make the problem worse?
If people wont listen to get out of the way for a huge hurricane, do you think they will NOT fill up?? "
cm wrote on Sep 17, 2008 12:26 PM:
I am hoping to be in a drunken stuper, lord knows I really need just one 'forgetful' day,
however, it doesnt look promising since I hardly ever drink! lol...
hmm...my last stuper was Halloween 1984, that explains why I dont get into halloween and I haven't drank
'southern comfort' since that night!!! lol.. "