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- The entire city of Bridgeport was without power as of 4:30 a.m. and the situation hadn't changed as of 45 minutes ago (per the Update.) You boys got your lights on yet? And what in the heck could possibly cause that?
- At least one local news outlet (KXAS) has a "countdown clock" for the federal government shutdown. Silly. Just silly.
- Christie Brinkley at 57 is still a definite "Hey, Now."
- It can't possibly be true that the crazy Arizona Sheriff was in Austin yesterday to advise the legislature about a "tent city" jail. (Since I've followed his self-serving and redneck twitter posts, he's really risen very high on my Drives Me Crazy List.)
- The Ticket made a reference to Wise County and Meth yesterday. If I had to guess and the breakdown of drugs cases in the county, I'd go 50% meth, 45% marijuana, and 5% other. (It's incredibly rare to see cocaine, ecstasy, heroine, or the like.)
- And I bet 90% of the drug cases originate out of traffic stops completely unrelated to a drug investigation.
- The amount of time that is spent cleaning inside a household is staggering: Whether it be dishes, counters, rugs, clothes, or the human body, that's a lot of time.
- I heard about some officer in Mesquite pepper spraying a baby squirrel (yep, you read that right), but somehow I completely missed the video! (Any bets the officer's report reads "The squirrel was not complying with my commands, made threatening gestures to such an extent that I feared for my safety and the safety of others, so I used reasonable force to obtain compliance.")
- Mrs. LL woke up early and completely screwed up my morning routine.
- Hot sideline reporter apparently doesn't like fried food (and the cook looks like a young "have you seen my stapler" guy from Office Space.)
- The Texas House bans texting while driving but you would still be allowed to read texts and fiddle with a GPS device. Sounds like an enforceable law.
- And one lawmaker actually threw out the "if it saves one life" card. Hate that argument. I could advocate a law that requires crash helmets and flame resistant body suits while driving because it would certainly "save one life."
- FBI: The Vault looks interesting.
- I heard the Texas NASCAR race was moved to Saturday night so as not to conflict with the Master's final round on Sunday. As odd as it sounds, I bet the average NASCAR fan is a huge golf fan.
- Crazy story: A sex offender in Fort Worth facing new charges kills a homeless man and then burns him in his (the sex offender's) own car in order to fake his own death. That is dark.
- There should never be a remake of Arthur. And there definitely should not be a remake of Arthur starring Russell Bland.
- Viral video from yesterday: Guy cleans Cobra Pit where he is surrounded by cobras looking at him like even they think he's crazy.
103 comments:
HELOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Today is FRIDAY!!! F R I D A Y
That would be a day for FRIDAY thoughts.
FRIDAY.
Like, you know, in Robinson Crusoe?
FRIIIIIIIIIIIIDAY.
I want my electricity back on!!
I pay premium rates for that sh!*!!
Todays girl is a Butterhead,it all looks good Butter head!!!!
Id still hit it,shes purdy in a 12 pack sorta way!!!!!
I'd like to have another picture of yesterday's gal.
8:50 lights back on in Bridgeport
Milk Jug...
Arizona Sheriff Joe spends way too much time reading his own press clippings. Ego multiplied by ten.
My Other Brother Darryl
BISD sends out calls canceling school for remainder of the day because city says electricity will b out for most of the day....10 minutes later....electricity back on
Only in Bridgeport!! Proof city is run and staffed with a bunch of clueless noneducated idiots.
Bacon Scale
3 out of 5
That is because she is not smiling. She is hot.
Sorry had to wait for the mayor to come in and sign the check to pay the electric bill.
Who is Decatur run by? There website for records (Odyssey Program) is working but they can't seem to get it working on the www. It's been at least 7 months. Geezzeeee!
I hate Snakes!
Snakes and Nazis.
Double Fake Indiana Jones.
Wonder how much that snake pit job pays....obviously not enough for some steel toed boots and pants!
Holy cow, that video of the Cobra Pit just made me curl up into a ball on top of my desk and weep. Points to Crazy Pit Cleaner Man for constantly looking up to see who was videotaping him while he randomly grabs agitated cobras (although he may now be "the late Crazy Pit Cleaner Man").
Barely mentioned in all the talk of the government shutdown is that this budget should have been resolved a year ago when Democrats controlled Congress. Democrats shirked their responsibility and kicked the can down the road. It's a reasonable assumption to figure Democrats did it on purpose because they wanted to avoid a budget controversy in an election year -- the American public was hot on cutting spending, and Democrats can't do that without ticking off their special interest constituencies. Steny Hoyer said last June that Democrats wouldn't pass a budget, and sure enough he was right. And now the media spin is that Republicans will get the blame for a government shutdown. Go figure.
Please shut down the Govt....ASAP!
Barely mentioned in all the talk of the government shutdown is that this budget should have been resolved a year ago when Democrats controlled Congress.
It was stopped by a minority of Republicans in the Senate, and you know it.
Now the House Republicans are holding it up on policy disputes, not because of funding cuts. For political (and personal) reasons, they are attempting to kill the EPA and Planned Parenthood, among other necessary programs. Democrats aren't letting them do it.
For once wordkyle, just one, say something honest.
Rage
This budget crisis was inherited from years of republican controlled government; how convenient that particular fact is ignored by anti-democrats.
What is "silly" about the impending government shut down is that the DEMOCRATS could have avoided this situation if they had, while having a significant majority of BOTH houses of Congress, done their jobs and passed a 2011 budget, waaaaaaay back in October 2010.
I do not know about anyone else but it CLEARLY is the DEMOCRATS who are the OBSTRUCTIONIST party.
Keep in mind, the Republican controlled House of Representatives passed a 2011 budget within a month of the Republicans taking control of the House in January 2011.
For those who are interested. Quote [regarding the budget in 2010]: "For weeks, Democratic leaders have tried to strike a deal on the budget, which is a non-binding resolution, but to no avail. The talks triggered splits in the Democratic Caucus, alienating conservative Democrats from their liberal colleagues."
I remember Christie from before her break in "Vacation" and when she'd come out to party in LA. She's still yummy!
Don't forget Morgan Fairchild. I tried to get her to audition for me and Jamie Gillis in 1970, but she was just a little too shy then. Love them Texas Blondes! Yum diggity!
Christie B. is way way overrated!!!
Remember for every hot chick there's a guy tired of putting up with her crap.
Billy
Who is the girl in today's pic?
For those who are interested, a couple of quotes from wordkyle's link:
"The budget measure last year did not attract any GOP support."
And my favorite:
"the GOP-led Congress didn’t pass a final resolution in 1998, 2004 and 2006."
I wonder if wordkyle and mzchief were complaining when the Republicans didn't pass budgets several times, like they are when the Democrats didn't do it once.
And who was in charge when government shut down in the 90's? Republicans.
Again, wordkyle, try to be honest about this subject at least once. It won't hurt too bad, I promise.
Rage
The hey now girl's top is too small.
Today's pic is Eva Amurri, daughter of nutball liberal Susan Sarandon.
Does it bother anyone else we have 800,000 non essential goverment workers and half the congress can't seem to realize we have a spending problem.
I refuse to look at the video of the squirrel being pepper sprayed! That is horrible!!!
It was stopped by a minority of Republicans in the Senate, and you know it. Says The Troll...
Please explain to us oh Great Troll, just how a minority of Republicans stopped anything. If you can come up with one example, just one, I will give you a little credit.
Not going to watch the cobra video either. thanks for the warning.
Duh Rage! Of course, it was stopped. There wasn't enough cuts.
You'd think someone as smart as you like to think you are would know that!
TrollRage, can you for once talk about something that is relevant to today's issues? I know it's painful for you, but just try.
Thanks for the FBI Vault website info. I pulled up Bonnie & Clyde. Lots of pictures and documents. This might take up a lot of my free time. Yea!! Gonna see if they have anything on me.
Secret police, please google: "Senate filibuster."
Jesus you're dumb.
Rage
I am fairly certain that the City of Bridgeport told the school that the electricity would be off most of the day.... and then it wasn't.
Kinda reminds me of the cheer tryouts will be fair....and then it wasn't.
Or sorry, we did fail your child so he/she can't show their youth fair project...what, they are going into the ring in an hour....well too BAD.
We MAKE The Rules, we can do anything we want at anytime.
We can Change the Rules, we can not tell you we changed the rules and we can completely ignore our own rules.
How is it that some students are given an F and others are given an Incomplete?
Don't Question us, we are Bridgeport ISD! We can call it however we want to or need to at the time. Remember, we make the RULES!
Oh for crying out loud, please do not leave us this morning pic as our Friday "hey now". Friday girls are very important because they have to last the weekend. Oh the shame...
11:32 "We did fail your child"? Teachers don't FAIL kids...kids FAIL. And something tells me your kid had an inkling that was about to happen...just sayin'
Rage, Jesus is NOT dumb.
I asked YOU for one example and Google was your response. You should have checked it yourself prior.
FAIL!!! No credit for you.
Thanks for playing.
Excuse me.......
Jesus
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Please, Don't Feed The Troll, Rage.
Thank you.
that cobra video is insane! ! !
11:51
Are you a teacher, just curious?
Teachers don't FAIL kids, kids FAIL!
Wow, do you really want to go there.
Tell me how it works when some students fail they are given an incomplete and others fail and get an F!
Also, is it ok with you as a teacher to just load up a bunch of BS grades for anything and everything.
Maybe if you wear purple, you get an A today, you people in Green get 50's just saying.
BISD gets worse every year!
If texting while driving is more dangerous than driving while intoxicated then I believe that the penalty should be more time in jail than for the DWI. I also favor technology that would scramble cell signals within 20 feet of a car.
Ya might want to look at yer self mzchief. Ya fall into the troll catagory.
Just saying
Please excuse the troll. He hasn't been the same since his insurance got cancelled because he has been getting rear ended so much.
I don't know who is most insane, the guy in the snake video or the commenters on this blog...
and yea, I already know I more insane than all of you...
I don't know what's going on at Bridgeport High School either, but I'm hearing lots of stuff and none of it is very favorable for the school.
11:32---an incomplete has the same effect as an F when it comes to no pass no play, so either way, sounds like your kid should have taken care of business!
To anonymous 12:34...
Try again. When I post a comment on The Blog, typically, it is in direct response to what Barry has set as the topics of the day. I occasionally respond to other commentors who respond to MY comments. It is RARE that I remark on another commentor's comment unless their comment is directed at me, GROSSLY inaccurate or hilariously funny. Usually, I don't waste my time responding to haters and idiots. In your case, I have made an exception.
Get over me being me and take the time to become someone you like.
Just saying
Sorry Mz. I gotta do it!!!
To 12:37
Yeah, he lost his insurance when he got fired from the Victoria Fire Dept.
What's the matter mzchief, tired of Rage debunking your crap posts?
Why don't you explain the filibuster to your buddy Secret Police? He sounds about as smart as one of your home schooled kids!
To Secret Police...
*OTFLOLHysterically*
That is not feeding the troll, that is mocking the troll.
*StillLOL* @ 12:37's comment.
OH MY GOSH mzchief, surely you are not that stupid?
To anon 1:04,
The ONLY thing the troll has "debunked" is the sleeping quarters at the Victoria Fire Station.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT I DON'T HAVE TO MAIL MY IRS PAYMENT ON APRIL 15TH? NO ONE HOME TO OPEN THEM.
Again, just for those with a casual interest in civics:
Number of U.S. Senators required to prevent a filibuster: 60
Number of Democrat U.S. Senators in office in 2010: 60
Number of budgets blocked by Republicans using the filibuster threat in 2010: 0
Secret Police, he used wordkyle's own post against him, mzchief realizes she lost so she can only try to get people to ignore the fact that he's outclassed her, and you don't even know what a filibustetr is.
I'd say he's winning.
Who would this Russell Bland bloke be? Does he have a hottie wife like I do?
Double Fake Russell Brand
I molested a Troll under the bridge once.
Rage
Well what do you tell the girls that did not make cheerleader because the new cheer sponsor and principal decided to make grades 25% of the tryout.
So now only the A students have a good chance of being a cheerleader.
Also, they made this change effective this year and failed to tell the girls.
I give Bridgeport High School the F on this one, not the kids.
To 1:37
How did you determine I don't know what a filibuster is? That was an interesting conclusion on your part. But then again the rest of your post didn't make any sense either, so........
LMSBO mz you best re-read the troll link you put up. Surely, somtin ding dongs in that puffed up head of yours.
Suuuuueeeeeee Suuuueeeeeeee
*OTFLOLHysterically*
Number of filibusters: O?
That's contrary to the actual numbers:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/02/10/3878726-graph-filibuster-out-o-control
Try again wordie/mzchief/thesectret[police!
To anonymous 1:29...
April 18, 2011 is the filing deadline for 2010 Federal Income Tax Returns and Tax Extension Requests that are mailed.
April 17, 2011 is the filing deadline for 2010 Federal Income Tax Returns and Tax Extension Requests that are e-filed.
Source
I can assure you, even if the government is shuttered, encased in cement and sealed in plastic wrap, taxpayers will be punished for failing to send in their tax documents, in a timely fashion.
Anybody that links to Rachel Madcow is to be dimissed just like the troll.
ROFLMAO. The Maddow link shows how many times Senators blocked threatened filibusters, not how many filibusters happened. The Republican filibuster count for last year still stands at zero.
There are 58 Democrats and two independents, one of which ran around the country supporting McCain.
Not to mention almost 10 Democratic Senators who are more conservative than most Republicans
No one controls the Senate until a whole lot of horsetrading goes on
In other words, 2:49 is one of the trifecta of idiots that still can't address what they've been confronted with, he's just afrtaid to put his moniker on it.
The electric was off here in Bridgport because they had to pay our payment here at the vet clinic,,, ahh hospital. But all is good here now
Double fake longacre
Well, the two "independent" Senators both caucus with Democrats, and are both counted as Democrats for the purpose of committee assignments. If it walks like a Democrat, quacks like a Democrat, smells like a Democrat....
1:37
A "filibustetr" is what DQ calls a Beltbuster in Philadelphia.
i have a daughter that one day will probably try out for cheerleader for B'port. I can tell you that i think it was completely fair how they handled the tryouts.If you daughter wasn't better than another, then she shouldn't be on the squad. If she wants to throw a fit because she didn't make the squad, then maybe she needs to study harder and practice more. then maybe, just maybe, she can make cheerleader next year.
Maybe they got tired of the cheerleaders being ineligible because of grades! If only 25% of the total score kept your child from being cheerleader-maybe you and your child need to make a new list of priorities!!!
How much is the City of Bridgeport paying for the phone notification system? Ask for a refund! Electricity off at 4:30---my phone call came in at 6:43 a.m. Really????
Do we tell the football players that they can't play football because they made a 'B' and get less points than the boys that made an 'A'...let me answer that one NO!!!
It's not fair to tell a child they can't make cheerleader when their ability is above and beyond what another child's ability is all because their grades were lower. What we're saying here is any child with a learning disability does not deserve to be on the squad. Since when did it not become about the kids?
4:39
We would have called earlier, but we didn't have any power.
Double Fake City of Bport
I just reserved rooms for Wordbyle and MzCreep (and all her split personalities) at every lodging place in Decatur that had available rooms. They all only charged me for double occupancy. I was pleasantly surprised.
I love how people are finally weighing in the BHS cheer mess.
No in two words...Very Unfair!
The girls were told grades from the December Semester would count in the March tryout...
Also, not everyone has all A's!
I've been told the girls tried to get it resolved before tryouts and nobody would give them the time of day.
Now it's a huge mess, hope it gets resolved....fairness should be the norm not the exception.
5:42
Would have never happened a few years ago, but now we have the "cheer mom" as the "principal"
just sayin...
4:12
1.if you have a daughter that may one day tryout...please inform us all on how you know so much about the tryouts this year.
2.Or maybe you have a daughter that did try out and they gave extra points for her grades so she could be a cheerleader...so your all Smiles!
Hum...let me see, which do I believe!
I'm going with 2!
This is for the person who commented a couple of weeks ago that any ISD that does notlay off teachers is heroic:
Lewisville ISD is not going to RIF a SINGLE teacher. All budget cuts, and they will be serious, are taking place away from the classroom.
3:11,Try spelling the smaller words correctly and then move on to the larger ones. Baby steps....
wk, Just for the record, Joe Lieberman does not talk like, walk like, vote like, or campaign like a democrat. He supported McCain in the last presidential election and consistently votes with the republicans. There were not 60 senatorial democrats in the last congress.
There were 58 democrats and 2 indepentents. Just for the record.
Uncle Wally
You might have had a point with Sanders but not Lieberman.
wk, Just for the record, Joe Lieberman does not talk like, walk like, vote like, or campaign like a democrat. He supported McCain in the last presidential election and consistently votes with the republicans. There were not 60 senatorial democrats in the last congress.
There were 58 democrats and 2 indepentents. Just for the record.
Uncle Wally
You might have had a point with Sanders but not Lieberman.
Grades still only counted 25% of score! If your daughter is that much better of a cheerleader then the other 75% would overcome her "grades"! Just maybe the other girls were just as good and the extra effort they put in on schoolwork paid off! Don't go off on the other girls just because they are good students! Should not matter when they were told-they should have been putting 100% into their studies all along! Like I said, if she is that much better of a cheerleader-then her total score would have showed that!!! What were the other categories used to judge-tumbling, teacher recommendations, cheer technique, outside judges????? Seems to me it was a well-rounded format used to pick the best all-around ladies to represent BHS! Looking at the list-looks like a great group of young ladies!
Word must be very proud of you Wordtroll followers that picked up on calling Rage a troll at Wordtrolls's command. He has the same effect over you pawns (even MZ) as Hannity and Rush has on him, regardless of him saying he does not listen to them. The power Word has to declare who is a troll and not, is like some of those letter writers to the WCM that declare who is a Patriot, or not. BS. Help me Wordkyle, help me! Help me!
Just a thought. Wonder how many of Barry's daily half nude "chicks" were former cheerleaders?
Wally, Lieberman is enough like a Democrat that a) He is officially listed as an "Independent Democrat," b) Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate, c) The Democrat leadership awarded him committee leaderships, d) He votes with Democrats (the way their leadership wants) 90% of the time.
In January Harry Reid wrote that Lieberman was "an integral part of the Democratic caucus." It takes some pretty hard-nosed ignoring of facts to argue that Lieberman does not walk, talk, vote and smell like a Democrat.
Funny...Dems cannot pass a 2011 budget with majorities in both houses of congress, and the prez.
No compromise about anything, including the health care excrement.
Now, Repubs are blamed for not going along with the status quo, when the country is about to implode from debt.
Wow.
All you libs...please take an intro econ course. Just one.
Then check out the billions of dollars we are spending on interest on the national debt. That is idiocracy. See if you still want all of the non-essential government programs.
10:42
No one is knocking the girls who made it, they are all great girls. However, because of the grading policy some A/B students who also happen to be GREAT cheerleaders did not make the squad. The girls are devastated to say the least. Not to mention that the scoring was not calculated correctly to begin with. The girls were told grades would count 25% each 'B' was 1 point and each 'A' was 2 points. In the end that is not how the scores were calculated that is why the squads are now uneven. The sad part is many girls have been hurt by the whole situation. Those on the squad are being hurt because people are saying they don't deserve to be on there and the one's who didn't make it hurt because they should have.
OH, I loved watching King Obamy on tv last night. HE just made the LARGEST BUDGET REDUCTION EVER! REALLY NOW, after HE created the biggest spending mess ever? And now He is the GREATEST? sheesh
They defang the cobras in those shows and force feed them formula through a tube.
It would be more dangerous to clean a spider monkey pen.
The best thing you can do for your daughter who didn't make cheerleader: Tell her to move on with life. Suck up the hurt feelings, and be glad that she'll have the time to develop other interests and focus on academics. Sheesh. It's high school.
I was a cheerleader (one year, after that, I didn't want to make it my entire life), and a beauty pagent winner. Neither of those has made an iota of difference in my adult life, except to cause me NOT to feel the need to live out my failed dreams through my kids.
Really? Your still talking about the whole cheerleading try-outs? Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with freshman being on Varsity, but seriously it's done and over with!
The 8th graders (soon to be freshman) who made varsity worked just as hard as the other girls, therefore they deserve that place.
But come on people, it's BRIDGEPORT CHEERLEADING. What's the big deal? It's not like our cheerleaders do anything anyway, the crowd does everything. That't the way it's always been. Like I said, it's Bridgeport Cheer...get over it.
wk,
Who did Lieberman campaign for
in '08? Refresh my memory. How did he vote on the health care bill? Refresh my memory.
Uncle Wally
lets treat cheerleaders just like we do football players -- hire a cheerleading coach -- eveybody makes the squad either as jv or varsity -- with starters and bench warmers -- make substitutions based on grades, injuries or how well the starters are performing -- and while the starters are cheering the bench warmers can stand out of the way and watch their teammates. LMAO
all of you people who are pissing and moaning about little suzy who made the squad or little suzy who didn't, need to realize that it is only cheerleading parents who are truly upset because of what used to be a popularity contest is now a more formal tryout.
in all reality who even cares if we have cheerleaders anyway? most of them don't seem to even understand the sport they are cheering for(sometimes they do defensive cheers when we have the ball and offensive cheers when we are on defense) if little suzy cant handle a little adversity, then i would suggest mom & dad hasn't done a very good job of preparing them for life in the adult world.
as a parent of a former cheerleader it is my opinion that we can do away with cheerleading altogether and outside of a few noone would really notice or even care for that matter.
What ever happened to Freshman cheering for the Freshman, Soph for JV and Jr.Sr for Varsity? Was pretty simple then. No freshmen do not desirve to be on the V squad...
9:39
Life is full of disappointment! I'm sure the girls will learn a good life lesson from this! Too many parents today try to shield their kids from disappointment and try to make every excuse in the book! Sometimes you are just not good enough and there is always someone better! Work harder and try again next year!
Sorry to bust your bubble, but you are wrong. The answer is #1. my daughter is in 2nd grade, but dreams of one day cheering for the Bulls. She makes straight A's so far, and is super talented, but that doesn't guarantee her a spot on the squad when she is old enough to tryout. Where I went to school, you tried out in front of the student body and they voted, so it was just a popularity contest. Half way through the season, we were down to 5 cheerleaders because 1/2 failed. The girls need to get their priorities in order.
10:13AM, you are so ignorant and misinformed that you should not be allowed to vote for ANYTHING, not even Dog Catcher.
If that baby squirrel had went for some kids jugular, they would all be singing a different tune.
I was off on Friday and finally got around to reading all the comments. WOW 101 comments, Is that a record? Do you even keep track of that?
8:23 I AGREE!!! No one would ever miss them!
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