- I'd be scared to try to pull off a bank robbery because it seems like a lot of things would go wrong.
- Funny line from Raising Arizona. Robber: "All right, ya hayseeds, it's a stick-up. Everybody freeze. Everybody down on the ground." Customer: "Well, which is it, young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? Mean to say, if'n I freeze, I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm a-gonna be in motion. You see..."
- I'm not sure I've ever heard of "freezing fog" until yesterday.
- As much as we get beaten down with "going green", I haven't heard any call to ban Christmas lights.
- The Fort Worth ISD Superintendent now makes $328,950. That's insane.
- Man, the Obama haters won't even give the man a chance. The man won fair and square (I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court didn't have to declare a winner in a 5-4 decision), but they've can't even wait for him to take office before the bashing starts.
- I have no desire to see the Twilight movie about vampires. And I've tried to watch the HBO's True Blood but I've had a little trouble getting into it.
- The Ticket spent a segment on why women think vampires are sexy. I'd never really thought about it.
- I'm buying a black cloak.
- I giggle when I see Santa in the middle of a nativity scene display. Very unstable.
- I've never really thought about the meaning of the word "nativity".
- There was a big story yesterday about a guy who got arrested after a child relative wrote a letter to Santa complaining of molestation. Before we hang him, would you want to be arrested based upon the facts contained in this affidavit as reproduced by The Smoking Gun? Anybody want to investigate those allegations before making an arrest?
- My hot sports opinion: The Cowboys won't reach the NFC Championship game.
- That "Real Wives Of [Insert Geographic Area]" is silly.
- I've got a pretty big and cool bathtub but I use it only once every two years or so.
- Come January 1, I will have worked at the same job for eight years and one day. That's will be a new record for me.
- Very random road thought: That merging of traffic from eastbound 380 to southbound 287 (that relatively new exit) is dangerous.
- Just got a "are you ok?" phone call. I laughed.
- That girl in the top pic reminds me of some celebrity.
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"Man, the Obama haters won't even give the man a chance. The man won fair and square (I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court didn't have to declare a winner in a 5-4 decision), but they've can't even wait for him to take office before the bashing starts."
We are just giving him what we heard for eight years about Bush. I find it funny that after hearing this for eight years, all of a sudden we are supposed to suddenly get behind Obama and support him. I just wish the Democrats had done the same for Bush.
You said the same thing about "freezing fog" the last time we had it.
I could not agree with you more about the dangerous merge from East bound 380 to South 287. The crossover there should be closed!
For that matter the safety of the crossovers from 2264 to North of Decatur should all be evaluated.
Wonder why other cities don't allow traffic to cross their major freeways. Yes, 287 has become our major freeway folks!
Mr. Nelson,
You sir are no genius!
Thats all I have to say about that!
The top pic reminds me of Jenny Garth from 90210.
Wish you had kept your old job!
Wise County would be a better place to live if you had.
Oh, you have to see Twilight! Reading the series was the best thing ever!
That's a good memory, 8:28 AM! As to the highway merge in question, I agree. It's hard to see whether someone in a low car is on it when you're heading south on 81/287 due to the edge of the merging lane being up-angled in your direction--next thing you know--someone's right behind you and you didn't even notice it!!
Please post the All-State Football Selections. Bridgeport had two players named to the second team!
Good Job Boys!
How in the heck do you know Obama won fair and square? He still has'nt even disclosed the majority of his campaign contributors and refuses to do so. Quit drinking the kool-aid!
"Funny line from Raising Arizona."
My favorite line from RA: "I'll be takin' these Huggies, and whatever cash ya got."
"That girl in the top pic reminds me of some celebrity."
I'm thinking that the celeb you're thinking of is Jenny Garth. That's who I thought of when I saw the pic.
"That merging of traffic from eastbound 380 to southbound 287 (that relatively new exit) is dangerous."
Not any worse than trying to cut across the westbound traffic like before. Plus, you still had to merge into the SB traffic...double dangerous
"I have no desire to see the Twilight movie about vampires."
I like vampire movies in general, but I agree with you on this one. Teen fluff. And the sexy/glam vampire is totally Hollywood invention. In the original Bram Stoker novel, Drac was hideous and repulsive. Probably the best movies based on the book are the 1929 FW Murnau German (silent) version and the German version with Klaus Kinski
"I'd be scared to try to pull off a bank robbery because it seems like a lot of things would go wrong."
You mean like the one where the would-be robber didn't notice a cop was standing behind him in line?
"The Fort Worth ISD Superintendent now makes $328,950."
Seems like a super could make a decent living on about a third of that, and the rest could go towards, what...laptops? Artificial turf? (can-of-worms leftovers, anyone?)
Twilight was definetly a good movie...my wife took it a little too far wanting me to dress up as the "Edward" vampire in the movie...I said "Heh, Heh, Heh, HELL NO!"
For all you Obama haters, there is no way that he can be as corrupt as Mr. Bush. But at least, if he were to turn out as bad, we would be the first to admit it, unlike you!!
Obama comes from the dirty politics of Chicago....everyone knows how many things one would have to do to be successful there..get rid of your opponents that run against you...sit under a racist pastor.....have corrupt crooks for friends...etc. So go ahead and admit it now.
LOL That's a funny joke you made about Obama being treated unfairly. It's almost like you were saying he didn't skate through the election without being seriously questioned. That's a good one.
How many legislators are there in the Florida state legislature? After all they are the ones who passed the law on recounts in Florida (which the Florida Supreme Court ordered violated in 2000.) Seems to me the score is higher than 5-4.
Hey 902 - you used the word corrupt. Can you give an example of how Bush is corrupt? Please remember to check your work.
Raising Arizona...BEST. MOVIE. EVER. Where Holly Hunter is driving the get away car and says "Thangs are Changed!" Priceless. Wonderful advice for any new parent.
Dangit, Barry...quit saying bad stuff about the Cowboys, you always jinks them!!!! And I'm blaming YOU if they don't go all the way ;)
Barry is losing his mind at a young age. Barry, last year you commented on your car antenna's behavior in freezing fog: violently whipping around (when the freezing fog built up), then going back to normal (when the ice broke off).
Sweet little wordkyle. He needs a hug.
the girl reminds me of that chick from Valley Girl
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1) Bushy got a free ride for quite a while after 9/11, so there.
2) I don't like Obama, but if he can get the economy fixed, I at least condsider being less hateful.
3) I loved the Twilight series, but the movie sucked, even though Edward WAS hot.
4) Speaking of movies, what is up with the trailers for Benjamin Button. I've never seen a trailer that was so boring.
5) Use the tub, Barry. Nothing like a nice hot bath to warm up. Or you can just use it as a clothes hamper, like I do
ADJECTIVE:
Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
Venal; dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
Containing errors or alterations, as a text: a corrupt translation.
Archaic Tainted; putrid.
VERB:
cor·rupt·ed , cor·rupt·ing , cor·rupts
VERB:
tr.
To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of.
To ruin morally; pervert.
To taint; contaminate.
To cause to become rotten; spoil.
To change the original form of (a text, for example).
Computer Science To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.
VERB:
intr.
To become corrupt.
My hot sports opinion: The Cowboys won't reach the NFC Championship game.
Not so hot, buddy. there's only about a 1-in-10 chance they will get that far. That's roughly the number of NFC teams still eligible for the playoffs
put that cloak on an bite me, bubear
I didn't vote for Obama and I don't like anything about him or where he came from, but for those others like me, think about this. We can't change Jan 20th when he's sworn in as our next President, and we can't do anything about what he'll do while in office. We have no choice but just to sit back for a while and find out what it is he really will, or won't, do. We're not the lefties who wouldn't even give Bush a chance and we didn't like what they did to Bush, so let's not immitate them with slamming Obama until he does something to be slammed for. We can't change it anyway at this point.
Let's be fair here, I've been bashing Obama since he became a serious contender for the Democrat nomination.
Vampires suck
1011 - You're right about not being able to change the results of the election. What can happen is that pressure is put on politicians so that Democrats can't push the country as far left as Obama would like.
Also, since Obama was NOT vetted during the two-year election cycle, it's appropriate that we ask the questions that were unanswered or to which we were given false and misleading answers.
Example: During the campaign, Obama said William Ayers was "just a guy in my neighborhood." After the election, Ayers comes out saying that they were "neighbors and family friends." Is it inappropriate to criticize Obama for an outright lie? Or to ask upon what basis we can believe anything he says?
Obammy is already awash in scandal and we can't criticize? He lied to all of you kool aid drinkers about not having any lobbyists in his administration. Can you say Tom Dachle?
Wordy, Although I intensely dislike Bush, I don't think he's smart enough to be corrupt. I'd rather claim he's been shown to be incompetent, incurious and easily led into unfortunate positions.
As for the William Ayers connection: geeze, are you grasping? Ayers committed his anti-establishment acts when Obama was about 7 years old living in Indonesia. Ayers subsequently became an established educational scholar and was on some boards in Chicago with the adult Obama. I'm sure they spoke at times but how in the world does that make Obama a disciple of Ayers' revolutionary philosophy of the 70's? You're just grasping at very weak straws.
The majority of the blog comments,(responses to whatever Barry writes about), are getting more boring every day. I guess that's to be expected.
1205 - Bush incompetent? Other than preventing terrorist attacks on America for seven years, he may fit that description. He proved much more Liberal in his actions than I thought he would. "Incurious" I might argue, depending on your examples. Easily led, possible. None of these reasonably fair descriptions (my compliments) would indicate the ogre that Liberals have portrayed him as for the last eight years.
As for the Obama-Ayers connection, no one has ever accused Obama of committing bombings. However, Ayers represents a particular ideology and view of America, and if Obama associated heavily with him ("Neighbors and family friends," said Ayers) then that association is pertinent. Obama first met Ayers around 1995, when Obama was in his mid-30's, not 7 years old. If it's no big deal, why did Obama feel compelled to lie about it?
Ah, a quick addendum to my last comment. Bush has an MBA from Harvard. Liberals have called his intellect into question many times, but all the evidence points to his being reasonably intelligent. (College GPA higher than Gore's and Kerry's, for example.) Describing someone as being Harvard educated usually implies a reasonably high level of intelligence. So does having an MBA.
Wordy - Let's not just assume Bush's intelligence is something because he has degrees from Harvard. He got in because of family connections and probably survived there for the same reason – Gore, too. Kerry was more on his own. But let's evaluate what Bush did with his degrees: went banko several times and then lent his name to the group that bought the Rangers. Not very impressive to me. The distance of history will provide perspective. I’m guessing he’ll be considered among the worst, least effective president ever.
As for Bush keeping us "safe" after 9/11 - you can't prove a negative. You might also say he kept Martians from invading because none did. Your logic is amusing.
if Bush gets "credit" for keeping us safe since 9/11, does Clinton get "credit" for keeping us safe ftom the 1993 WTC bombing until the end of his administration?
Also since there was already an attack on the WTC in 93 should Bush get the "blame" for 9/11?
Not sure you can have it both ways
146 - You speak of "logic," yet discount all the documented evidence that indicates Bush is not lacking in intelligence, simply because that evidence is inconvenient for you.
There's no need to prove a negative. The climate of Islamic terrorist aggression existed for several years before Bush was President, resulting in 9/11. On September 12, 2001, you would have been called crazy for saying that America would not be successfully attacked again for seven years. Not quite the same as a Martian attack.
Because of Bush's reaction and heightened security, the govenment has foiled several terrorist plots since 2001. That is pretty impressive. Miraculous, by the standards of 9/12/01.
The look on that kids face is priceless...lol.
What do you mean he didn't keep Martians from invading? Have you seen a group picture of Obammy, Reid, Pelosi, Barney Franks, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, and Ted Kennedy? It's right out of the bar room scene in Star Wars.
9:18 - Word needs a couple of shoes thrown at him, PLUS an editor.
Make the comeback quick Wordy.
210 - If Clinton had put systems in place that deterred further attacks, you would have a point. Instead, though, his administration strengthened the barriers between agencies that prevented them from cooperating to prevent such attacks. That's Gorelick's wall. Then there's Clinton's awkward refusal to take bin Laden when he was offered up by Sudan. Those would be some of the "conditions" that led to 9/11 that I have mentioned previously.
249 - Are you French? Your taunts are withering. I feel the urge to run away before you taunt me a second time.
The kid in the picture must be thinking "I don't see what the big deal is about drinking beer, I'm switching back to milk".
Wordy, you asked about comparing your opinions vs. fact. Following are some of your recent comments to consider:
"We haven't had any irony here since about '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at." (Just because you can't recognize irony, doesn't mean no one else uses it.)
"724 - There are just under 7 billion people on the planet. Your numbers would indicate your POV is in the minority." (No one said that the 1 billion Muslims were the only ones not happy with Bush)
"Isn't eight years of maniacal anti-Bush raving enough?" (Any criticism of Bush is “maniacal?)
"Let's look at your logic. Under Clinton, I presume you believe that we were "loved."" (you may presume but that may not be the writer’s view. The problem in the Mid East has been our long support of Israel and our stationing troops in Muslim countries. We were certainly not “loved” by all during Clinton's or anyone else’s term.)
"Also, in every official count and recount done in Florida 2000, Bush had the most votes. But don't let the facts get in your way." (However, there was never a complete recount of the entire state. Not to mention the confusion caused by the “butterfly” ballot that obviously confused many voters.)
"Regarding 9/11, it appears that you are arguing that America was beloved up until January 2001 and …." (again you make many assumptions about the writer’s thoughts and proceed to counter your assumptions of his/her position.)
"This ignores, of course, Osama bin Laden's known (during the Clinton administration) crimes and aspirations to commit terrorist attacks, and Clinton's refusal to take bin Laden when he had the opportunity." (This reference is to questionable information from Sudan (a reliable source?) in 1996 to take bin Laden. In any case, Clinton tried to get him several times after that and launched missiles at him and at a factory in Sudan. You choose to select some comments and ignore others from the same testimony.)
"…Clinton's Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, who strengthened the bureaucratic "wall" that prevented criminal investigators and counterintelligence agencies from cooperating with each other before 9/11?" (In any case, this was the LAW at the time. Of course that never bothered Bush – or apparently you - who just ignores laws he or his OLC choose to ignore).
"What happened during his (Clinton’s) eight years in office created the conditions that led to 9/11. They did not happen as a result of Bush's eight months in office before September 11, 2001." (However, there were no attacks on the USA after 1993 under Clinton. Clinton’s team warned Bush’s team that al Qaeda was a real threat. Bush took no action and available information was ignored and 9/11 took place – on Bush’s watch.)
"Dr. Frank is an avid partisan Democrat. His opinions on Bush are not unbiased." (Because he is a Democrat that makes his opinions invalid? You are obviously an avid partisan. So, should that make your comments invalid, too?)
"For eight years Liberals have used the Hitler comparison against Bush, simply because it's the worst thing their simplistic minds can think of -- regardless of how inapt the analogy." (you assume it is only Liberals who have compared Bush with Hitler AND that they ALL have simplistic minds).
OK - look in the mirror before casting your random aspersions.
441 - I'll try to be brief.
The "irony" quote was from a movie. I hoped someone would be clever enough to catch that. I do it a lot.
The (unprovable) number cited by the poster was one billion. I emphasized that there are six billion other people on the planet. I used his (your?) numbers.
Florida officials conducted the recount per Florida law until the FL Supreme Court told them to violate it. Gore never wanted a complete recount, only a partial, limited one. Even if that had been allowed, Bush would have still won.
In his own words, Clinton said that Sudan offered up bin Laden and he refused to take him into custody.
Gorelick strengthened the wall between agencies that impeded cooperation.
No attacks on American soil after WTC '93, yet steps were not taken to prevent them. (Ergo, 9/11.) You imply that Bush knew that al Qaida would fly planes into skyscrapers and took no precautions. Is that your claim? I'd love to see your supporting evidence.
Criticism of Bush is fair, I do it myself. Eight years of maniacal raving by his raving maniacal critics is enough.
Besides the evidence I provide, I occasionally offer conclusions based on evidence. (Dr. Frank is a partisan Democrat, giving thousands of dollars to Democrat candidates; he violated his professional ethics to write an anti-Bush book; his attack on Bush was unscientific as well as unethical, since he had never treated Bush; he used his credentials to imply authority. I concluded that Dr. Frank was biased. That, I believe, was a reasonable conclusion.)
That's enough for now. I have other chicken to fry.
Nope not French Wordy, but it's fine if you want to run away, or better yet, run for office, but please don't run as a Republican.
PLEASE!
4:41''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Cut some of your fingers off with a hatchet or something. You're kind of a boring blob of it.
The game here used to be fun.
Meh.
4;41 &5:09 PLEASE quit making your blog so lengthy
No president bashing the terms before Bush. Bush was the first to get bashed. Poor Bush.
Oh boy, Skippy is back to making sports predictions.
Raising Arizona-- "Son, you got a panty on your head."
Classic!
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