- I saw on the news Wells Fargo has canceled a junket at the Wynn in Las Vegas because they are recipient of some of the federal bailout money. I was more shocked to learn that stingy Wells Fargo needed the money in the first place (which turns out to be $25 billion.)
- If ten years ago you had learned your bank needed $25 billion to survive, there would be a panic. Now we just shrug our shoulders.
- An emailer tells me that the Bridgeport Sissies clinched the district championship last night by beating Wichita Falls Hirschi 52-45.
- Charlie Gibson asked Obama yesterday if he was embarrassed about the "I didn't pay my taxes" nominees that had to withdraw. His answer, "Yes." He also referred to it as a "self induced injury." At least he's taking blame.
- I've got to go to Jacksboro this morning.
- I'm over halfway through Jack London's "The Sea Wolf." Uh, kinda boring. And he's a pompous writer.
- I've been seeing new GM pickups that are a light cream color.
- I was right about people going crazy over the free Denny's breakfast. One person interviewed by Fox 4, who had been standing in line for over a half hour, said she had driven 30 miles to get there. Sheesh. Bud Kennedy wrote about it today.
- Why isn't more teaching done with the School House Rock concept? I can still recite the preamble to the Constitution due to that three minute show I saw as a kid. (Hey, I found it.)
- If I could play the bass, I'd sit around all day playing Nirvana's "Come As You Are."
- Google has announced a new gadget which gets us closer to everyone having a GPS tracking device.
- The Chico girls lost to Peaster 101-15?
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Good picture for The Wednesday Radom Thoughts.. Anyone else notice the poster of the naked girl laying on the beach..
Ok, your bass comment intrigues me. Why "Come as You Are"? I have played bass for 17 years and never thought of that one as one of the highlights of bass playing.
Most of my favorites to play would be Rage against the Machine songs, but to each his own. :)
Totally unrelated to anything in this post, am I the only person on Earth that is sick of being told of Miley Cyrus' every move. This has got to be one of the most overrated celebrities there is. I,personally, would like to be able to open AOL or MSNBC and not have a headline about her latest trip to the icecream shop with her family. Her latest "racial" picture. Am I the only one who see's the Asian dude in the picture with her? How racial could this be? Is this all there is to write about anymore? Sorry to rant,but I've reached my limit. Can't we move on to the next bimbo in line? What about Britt? She is bound to be running around somewhere without any panties on. How about Paris? At least you could find better pictures of them on the web ore the video store when the got their freek on. I guess I miss the good 'ol days.
Chico vs Peaster 101-15, thank GOD for the 15 points..christian school in dassas fired their coach for 100-0..must be pagans in peaster..hee hee
Yes,The Chico game WAS a bad game!! I mean Peaster Really has alot of CLASS,the coach full court pressed the whole 1st half ,and even hough they had a 70 point lead still they were fast-breaking,and pullin up and shooting 3 pointers,so yes they are a REAL class act!!!!! NOT...
Obama is taking blame because he has to. He doesn't want to get ripped apart like W.
It may sound harsh, but I think that the sooner we stop telling our kids that we are all winners the better. This just tells them it is OK to half-ass your way through life. That leads people to be dependent on others or the government to be there to catch them every time they trip. Maybe they need to get a few bruises and learn a lesson. Let 'em fall. They might catch on a little quicker that way. The "you finished dead last and didn't score a point all season, but your all WINNERS" mentality isn't getting the job done. This carries over to adult life. Bailout ring a bell? Throw money at the problem and it will go away. That ain't workin' either. Should take some lessons from someone who grew up in the depression era or soon after. They are the only ones who aren't asking for a bailout. The have a inner drive to get the job done because they know that is the only way the real world will work. Look around you. No one knows how to work anymore. For every worker you need to have 2 managers to keep them going. Thats like taking two steps back to go one step forward. It is always someone else's fault. We need to learn how to take the blame when we are wrong and make it right.
I bought my kids School House Rock a few years ago and they could care less about it. Now they'll miss " I'm Just a Bill", "Magic # 9" and the most famous "Conjunction Function, What's your Junction?" Greatness!!!!!!
"I'm over halfway through Jack London's "The Sea Wolf." Uh, kinda boring. And he's a pompous writer."
I liked that book, and the movie version starring Christopher Reeve, back when he was still an action figure with moveable parts. But then, I READ the book, instead of having someone else read it TO ME!
"The Chico girls lost to Peaster 101-15?"
At least they didn't get skunked!
"If I could play the bass, I'd sit around all day playing Nirvana's "Come As You Are."'
Loverboy's "Turn Me Loose", anything Toadies
" Why isn't more teaching done with the School House Rock concept?"
from The Simpsons spoof:
Boy: [spoken] Hey, who left all this garbage lying on the steps of Congress?
Amendment: [spoken] I'm not garbage. (singing) I'm an amendment to be
Yes, an amendment to be
And I'm hoping that they'll ratify me
There's a lot of flag burners
Who have got too much freedom
I wanna make it legal
For policemen
To beat 'em
'Cause there's limits to our liberties
'Least I hope and pray that there are
'Cause those liberal freaks go too far.
Boy: [spoken] But why can't we just make a law against
flag burning?
Amendment: [spoken] Because that law would be unconstitutional.
But if we _changed_ the Constitution...
Boy: [spoken] Then we could make all sorts of crazy laws!
Amendment: [spoken] Now you're catching on!
Boy: [spoken] But what if they say you're not good enough
to be in the Constitution?
Amendment: (singing) Then I'll destroy all opposition to me
And I'll make Ted Kennedy pay
If he fights back
I'll say that he's gay
Big Fat Guy: [running up] Good news, Amendment! They ratified
'ya. You're in the U.S. Constitution!
Amendment: Oh, yeah! Door's open, boys!
[many bills and amendments run in, guns a-shooting
and bombs a-flying]
Yeah, I saw the nekkid girl in the photo on the right. It appears to be a Playboy poster, notice the bunny logo in the lower left
Also, according to S-T today, a fire marshal had to be called out to a Denny's in the (?)Mid-cities 3 times cuz the line of people was blocking the fire exits
Well, that's the first I've heard that Wells Fargo got bailout money. News to me!
Nirvana's song, "Lithium" also has great bass.
Barry, you may want to tap the brakes on Wells Fargo, I am an employee and we turned down the money, but the Fed said all of the banks had to take it or none would get it. Also we bought Wachovia with no government assistance.
I'm not sure where you meant about being stingy. Wells Fargo continues to be anything but stingy, ask anyone with the Dectatur Chamber of Commerce, we donated that building to them.
I would lick her toes
The Peaster coach will be fired. And I've always wanted to spend $200 worth of my time and $5 worth of gas to get a free $6 breakfast.
When I think bass, I think of Lake Fork or Richland Chambers.
I would think all you bassheads would have said something about Rush (the band, not Limbaugh). Geddy Lee has some of the most difficult bass lines you'll ever hear. He can match Alex Lifeson lick for lick, in a totally non-gay way. I also agree with the guy who said "anything Toadies."
And Barry, the cool part on "Come as You Are" that you're thinking of is a guitar, not a bass. It's got a little tremolo effect on it.
You want Bass? Without a doubt The WORLD has no-one better than BILLY Sheann donr know if I got the last name spelled right "SHI HAN" the dude is quick clean and will blow your mind! And I dont even like BASS!
Wan't some good bass playing? Check out John Myung (Dream Theater) and Christopher Wood (Medeski, Martin & Wood)
9:08 Go here to read about Wells Fargo getting bailout money.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090204/D964HMQ80.html
Peaster coach has twin girls that play on the team. He is only running the score up trying to get them all-state honors etc... Guy is a total idiot. Peaster pulled the same shit on Jacksboro, beat them like 112-8 or some BS.. I think it is a shame. It is why Peaster has open transfers. You move thru the program, play your ass off, parents donate time, money, work the booster club deal, play all of the summer leagues, etc etc...Then the AD bring kids in from around the area and wind up with a "select team" playing for Peaster, while home grown kids get cut or ride the pine. Brock pulls the same shit.
It is just a bunch of folks who have never "done anything" in their pitiful lives and they think high skool sports is the biggest thing in the world.
And I live in Peaster.
I wish we had Curtis and Rhonda Ennis running the whole thing.
Don't forget the School House Rock tutorial for "Onomatopoeia."
"Ouch! Hey, that hurts," said the kid after he got a shot at the doctor's office.
Unfortunately for Billy Sheehan, his time in the David Lee Roth Band and Mr. Big won't help his chances of getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
the peaster coach will not be fired. they have scored more than a hundred points a dozen times the last 3 years years. it's how they roll.
in the case, however, any team could score 100 against chico. it's not that hard, and that's a shame.
Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me.
I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine
test with which I have no problem. What I do have a problem with is
the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine
test.
Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because
I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no
problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other
hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their Ass doing
drugs, while I work. . . . Can you imagine how much money the state
would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public
assistance check?
I guess when teams play chico they should use the same rules that apply to the little dribblers, u cant play defense until they cross mid court also each person needs to wear a different colored wrist band and they can only guard the person with the matching wrist band.
Give me a break just because Peaster is a really good team why should they take it easy on the teams they are playing???????????
Good point, 10:21 AM
Wow, a president that actually admits he made a mistake. I've been waiting something like.... 8 years for that.
11:09 You'd better get ready because you "aint' seen nothing yet!" Obama is an idiot and he's already proving it to the world. Good judgement and high ethical standards my a**!
8:40: Nicely said and very true.
11:09, You are going to be hearing alot more admissions by your annointed one. He has made plenty already but has only admitted to one. I am glad you are getting what you wanted.
I am an Obama supporter but the guys with tax problems should never have gotten that far.
One interesting side light however is it never comes out how much tax they really did pay. The Limbaugh puppets would have you believe they didn't pay any.
Obama set the standard. I wish he adhered to it from the start. but better late than never.
One other side note. The Limbaugh puppets aren't complaining about the Raytheon lobbyist who was granted an exception so he could be Gates #2 man at the Pentagon.
Once again, I wised he had held to his standard.
There's a Schoolhouse Rock connection to the "Land of Dairy Queen." Jazz musician Bob Dorough wrote the music and did the vocals for the Schoolhouse Rock videos. Dorough went to high school in Plainview, and got his BA in Music from North Texas State University.
11:09 & 11:24, I wonder if you are going to hear an apalogy from the bug eyed botox bitch that is third in line to be President and is Speaker of the House when she said that 500 million Americans are losing their job every month so we must act on this stimulus package now. Who was it that you were slamming about spreading fear?
I also see where Obammy is backing down from his "Buy American" part of the stimulate pork package. It's kind of hard to push for millions in STD prevention for condoms when you can't produce or buy condoms from the rubber plantations in Kansas. It is all imported from South America. The man is brilliant isn't he?
Jar
I knew you would agree with my Toadies reference
They rock! HARD!
Triple Fake Tyler
1124 - What Daschle and Gaithner paid is of no consequence -- it's what they owed but didn't pay (until after they got caught.)
And how much in penalties did Daschle and Geithner pay? (In addition to the arrears and interest?) According to one tax professor, "Internal Revenue Code section 6662 requires taxpayers to pay a 20 percent penalty for any underpayment of tax that reflects negligence or disregard of rules or regulations. The I.R.S. waived penalties for Mr. Geithner, and there’s no indication that Mr. Daschle will be penalized."
Business as usual with the elites. Certainly no change, and not much hope.
11:20, you better find another word for Obama because he is anything but an "idiot". He was #1in his Harvard Law class. You may not agree with him, but you can not call him an idiot.
OK, He is no idiot. He is a communist community organizer. Oh by the way, the community that he organized has one of the highest crime rates in the nation. Great job, Obammy.
Francine Fishpaw... thanks for yor feedback. I just hope that other people wise up soon. And to 12:00 It takes more than a piece of paper on the wall for someone to be smart. Book smart people live all around us that are very well educated,but lack the common sence to screw in a lightbulb without an electrician on their speed-dial. That type of intelligence isn't taught in schools, it's tuaght at home. The problem is that people like you will follow a guy like Obama like a bunch of sheep over the edge of a cliff without giving it a second thought. But when something like that happens, your the first to line up and point blame, because it sure as hell isn't going to be your fault!I belive that stupid people usually will raise stupid children. But you can't blame the children. They don't know any better.But they also grow up to be stupid people. Visious circle that needs to be broken, badly.
10:21. You choose to work someplace that requires a urine test. There is no law requiring random drug testing for private employers (this is America by the way), therefore there should be no such law for those who receive government assistance. Perhaps you should switch jobs if you don't like that inequality.
I would be interested to know what your total tax liabity is for any given year; why you're OK with a huge portion of it going to US debt interest and why the few dollars that might go to help someone with a drug addiction just pisses you off.
I would lick that poster.
Daschle and Gaithnerare good examples of why liberals are not afraid to raise your taxes. They just don't pay theirs.
And the nekkid girl in the poster must be a surfer chick because she is about to "catch" a wave.
Also, what is that thing in the girl's hand? Is it Michael Phelps' bong?
It's bass you want? RHCPs Flea is your man.
OK - to all the Chico Bashers(ex. 10:20 and 10:25) Sure we got beat but the point is WE as well as any other team should NEVER have to go thru that type of humiliation,i mean its obvious Peaster and Brock are Basketball factories and the coaches and administration im sure Hand pick the transfer rosters.Its a bunch of BS to let schools get away with that crap of letting a kid in just because they are a athlete. And yes i'm on a soapbox because i have a daughter who was on the receiving end of that loss and YES it upset her as well of the girls.....
"11:20, you better find another word for Obama because he is anything but an "idiot". He was #1in his Harvard Law class. You may not agree with him, but you can not call him an idiot."
Where did you get this nonsense from- just make it up, or an email rumor libs pass back and forth?
No Obama Hussein's not an idiot...we are.
9:08,
Your bank took the bail out just like allmost all other banks.And fyi...your bank is one of the stingiest banks i have ever done business with.Wanted to loan me 1/2 of the money i needed for my business and i would have had to put up my first born for that.Even though i had banked with you for 15 yrs and had paid off 2 loans on time and one early.Thank GOD for north texas bank..they loaned the amount i asked for which allowed me to secure the biggest contract for my business to date.I see why you want to remain anonomous i on the other hand will not.
Billy Patterson
Patterson Machine
Hey 12:53
Shouldn't Chico be used to getting beat like that???
One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here." The old man said, "Okay", and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here." The man thanked him and, again, just walked away. The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?" The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it." The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."
2:22, There weren't any sunny days in Washington D.C. in January 2009.
I had heard rumors about this, but never checked it out. From Time magazine: "On October 13, the nine bank bosses, assembled in the Treasury's imposing boardroom, were each handed a piece of paper [by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson]...
"[The government's program] called for the U.S. government to take partial ownership of nine leading banks...
"Although Wells Fargo chairman Richard Kovacevich resisted, Paulson gave the bankers no choice." (Emphasis mine.)
Now Wells Fargo is being slammed in the media for conducting their traditional celebration because they took bailout money -- even though they were forced to take it. In other words, the banks have been nationalized, some against their will. And today Obama announced a salary cap for executives in companies who took (or were forced to take) bailout money.
I'm no particular fan of Wells Fargo, but it is one of the healthiest banks, and the government strongarmed WF into handing over control. Might the criticism be a little misguided? Shouldn't the government be the one in the hot seat?
I think on the second day the Marine would have fixed bayonet and hooked and jabbed the filthy liberal scum right in the chest.
P.S. I think that joke was adapted from the beginning of the Bush administration right after Clinton left office. No self respecting, Marine would do what this shitbird did. Pfft. Nice try. They must let any old pot-smoking leftist hippie in my beloved Corps these days. Sheesh.
I hate Wells Fargo. A few months ago I made a mistake with my numbers (my mistake, I know it...) and was a few dollars short on my auto payment. When two checks hit the bank, they reversed the order so that I was overdrawn for both and got hit with $70 in overdraft fees instead of $35.
DATCU does not do that.
Yes, Obama is this country's savior. And I'm glad that fact is driving you backwards rednecks nuts.
Yes, he is our savior. He is going to do for us what he did for the Chigago neighborhood.
Went to the Chico game last night. Peaster shot 3 pointers all night. Ran the score up. Coach had no mercy for the chico girls.
Man...I likes me a guy that can play a guitar.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_PTqvyzwRg&NR=1
Watch this and then tell me again how dumb Sarah Palin is.
Check out Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole." It's a great running/jogging song.
Schoolhouse Rock was for a generation that was taught to think for themselves...not today...that's not something you can take a pencil and color a bubble with.
Is it true that the Decatur Superintendent's contract was extended to 2012 and he was given a 10 percent raise?
That 12:32 sure has good sentence structure for a welfare recipient.
has anyone ever heard of a bass banjo, i'd like to hear foggy mountain breakdown before 2012
2:39 Wells Fargo fan, the cap placed on executives who take our tax dollars in a bailout did not apply to all the banks who took it and their are many loop holes in place to get around it. It just sounds good and helps promote the "stimulus" plan that will: pave roads in neighborhood streets in Dallas, build new signs in Las Vegas, build a frisbee course in Austin, a doggie park, $200 million to DISD, tennis courts in Virginia, to be paid for later by our children and grandchildren!
This is the first step in spreading the wealth and the first step in setting a cap for executive pay. I think if that happens, all professional sports should be capped along with all the Hollywood stars!
When that happens, we could move to Cuba where at least it is warmer and we can eat bananas!
On December 21 2012 there will be a lot of things broken down.
Peaster loves to run up the score when they can but put an equally talented team out there they don't do as well.Brock beat them once and almost did twiceAn above average Krum team beat them..Maybe running up the score on inferior talent really doesn't make you better.I'd like to see them play Bridgeport or Bowie.
I can't believe some of you people and the way you all bash schools.
don't you know all of this winning and losing goes in a big giant cycle. sure chico hasn't won a district game in a while now. it will be their time again someday. and all of you will be blown away.
watch out for chico. maybe not next year or the year after that.
but they'll be back.
GO DRAGONS!
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