Open Thread
30 08 2009
Our virtual flight from Houston to Anchorage now has us somewhere over either British Columbia or the Alaska panhandle. These mountains were absolutely unbelievable. There were little vignettes like this all over the place. No snow but still breathtaking. They look like a row of perfect teeth. Actually that whole group of mountains looks remarkably like the chewing surface of a mastadon tooth.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Lexky: Yeah, BUT… why should she open THOSE before her mail from 2008 that she is supposed to DECLARE?
nswfm: I remember getting a postcard when my folks went to Greece (they went once a year to Europe, but without us kids – it was “their” time, which was always fine with us). She wrote, “Dad had OCTOPUS last night! YUCKY!”
I can’t imagine life without meat. I am a carnivore through and through. Fish, not so much, which is why I could starve in many eateries of Greece.
In 48 Hours, I’ll be looking for a place to smoke a few at the PHL airport!
Wow!
But for now, I’m off to work my land. So much rain around here, I can’t even find Killer the Kitten in the grass!
August 31st, 2009 at 10:31 AM
A comment from Palin’s website posted multiple times:
“Call Congress- pretend to be from one of the blue dog demo districts, and tell them NO to ObamaCare.
Visist my site: meetup.com/FullMetalConservatives, under FILES, you will find a file with ALL the zipcodes for EVERY blue dog.
Call again and again- use a diff zip each time.”
Maybe I just needed to vent it, but it makes me really angry when people encourage stuff like this. GRRRR
August 31st, 2009 at 10:31 AM
As The Eagles once said, “The Greeks Don’t Want Not Freaks”. So, I guess it is safe to assume that Sarah Palin will not be speaking there any time soon.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Don’t yell at me, I know. But I went to the pee’ers to see if they know if HK is confirmed. Wading thru comments of ‘oh, I am wee weeing with excitement’, I see RAM tell one of her loyal peeps to STFU. No confirmation, but she does start a paragraph with ‘What a pack of whiny dopes we’ve become’, hmmm, ..she’s not happy about something…. sorry…
August 31st, 2009 at 10:33 AM
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then its fitting samper is going.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:57 AM
“I really believe that the Pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians, … the ACLU, People For the American Way – all of them who have tried to secularize America – I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this [terrorist attack] happen.” Jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#1988_presidential_biderry Falwell, 700 Club, 2001-SEP-13. 2 Very interesting read and these people claim to be christians
August 31st, 2009 at 11:27 AM
sauerkraut Says: Light may be on but no one is home.
Hm, that was a common statement here in the Capital City when we walked by the Mansion!
August 31st, 2009 at 11:35 AM
C/L has a very funny picture of GB posted there…You all need to see it.
Worth the trip …LMAO
August 31st, 2009 at 12:00 PM
This is hilarious. Apparently, 46 sponsors have pulled ads from Glenn Beck’s program. The URL below is purportedly from Fox Security Cameras inside Beck’s office after he heard the news.
http://crooksandliars.com/node/30856
August 31st, 2009 at 12:16 PM
I just heard about this vigil, so am posting the information here. Please pass the word everybody; we all need to get fired up and involved in a positive way.
A VIGIL to help bring about Health Care Reform
New Seward Hwy and Benson
Wednesday, 2 Sep 2009, 7:30 PM
“We Can’t Afford To Wait Vigil. “A gathering of like minded individuals interested in helping our Senators, Representatives and our President get the Health Care Reform bills passed for our Country.
Message from host: Please come with printed Signs seeking support of Health Care Reform; We need our Representatives, Senators, insurance providers and our President seeking what is best for Health Care for all Americans. Our Federal Employees/Retirees and our Congress People have and Congressional Retirees have Excellent Insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan. It would be great if we can get the Public Option as well as other venues to give the American People Health Care Now! IT IS LONG OVER DUE.
http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/vigil_story_survey
August 31st, 2009 at 12:42 PM
MoveOn and Acorn are organizing these candlelite vigils all over the country. Ours here in the Phoenix area will be held at Harry Mitchell’s office in Tempe. Mitchell is one of the House Blue Dog Democrats.Everybody check your own areas for similar events. Also check for Marches everywhere, and in Washington D.C. on September 13.
August 31st, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Check out the Democracy for America and Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-sponsored health insurance reform ad to run in Iowa and DC – target: Chuck Grassley.
http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5649/t/4944/content.jsp?content_KEY=2782&tag=poc_e-ia-u1
from their email promotion: “Chuck Grassley, the main Senate Republican negotiator, has taken over $2.9 million from health and insurance interests that oppose reform. He’s also said he won’t support a public option because it would beat private insurance in the marketplace!”
August 31st, 2009 at 2:14 PM
lexky (96)
imo i really dont think we should be emailing this group about palin speaking. i think it makes us look sound petty like that other sight we dont speak of. she has a right to make money and if they want to throw it away on her thats on them. i love you all and when something needs to be done we are the first ones emailing, signing petitions, donating to a cause. lets save our energy for this healthcare fight. pallin will dig her own grave, and if she doesnt her republican brethren will take care of the rest.
this is just my opinion.
peace
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lexky,
Exactly!!
You said it so much better than I did. Good job.
Nan
August 31st, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I had posted AKM’s post about the State Fair bumper sticker on a few Huffpo threads last night. I did a Google search to see it here were some Nat’l blogs like Daily Kos who may have commented or if it got any attention and a buzz.
Google found a comment here.
http://www.osborneink.com/2009/08/racist-anti-obama-bumper-sticker.html
August 31st, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I retried the Google search with a different word search.
“Crooks & Liars” did a story posting today. They said they got the tip from Shannyn Moore. Lots of comments.
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/alaska-state-fair-bigotry-bumper-cro
August 31st, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Nan
I am sure many people have money in retirement funds that could be affected by decisions made by this company. I for one would not want to have funds invested in a company who shows such poor judgement,so I will be checking our retirement funds to morrow. Letting the company know that potential or current investors see this move as poor judgement seems to me to be a necessary thing.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Mommom
You make a very good point. And if I had a portfolio, I’d be checking it too!
The thing is, writing to those that signed her up as “keynote speaker” aren’t likely to publicize any negative response, if they even admit there was any. And it could result in their being more resolute in having SP as speaker. Sort of like forbidding a teenaged daughter to see the local biker kid makes him all the more tempting to said teen.
By now, anyone with any sense has learned just what she is. Others simply refuse to see what’s in front of their eyes, and there’s no dealing with that. It seems that this bunch is one that chooses to disregard what is so bleedin’ obvious to the rest of us.
I figure ya just can’t fix obstinate.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:06 PM
A neat article about the Obama team that went to the villages, even if it was a too-quick visit. Very hopeful! Their response was reminiscent of Bobby Kennedy in Tennessee etc back when.
http://www.thetundradrums.com/news/story/6908
August 31st, 2009 at 9:02 PM
@samper: Octopus is chewy. Greece == lamb, yes? Also, it’s the darn Med, try some fish — rascasse, conger eel, their version of sea bass.
And I’m waiting with bated breath for your first reaction to retsina.
Have a hell of a trip.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:15 PM
@lexky, nan : Co-sign. Conferences hire speakers for a lot of reasons: one big one is relevance, but another big one is topicality (or celebrity). Quittypoo can make pretty big bucks if she wants to do the conference circuit, and there’s really no point in trying to oppose it. These guys aren’t expecting any revolutionary insights from any of their keynote speakers.
Frankly, if QP proves to be happy to get rich on the international celeb speech circuit, I’ll be happy.