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- The fire in the Bastrop area had to bad -- really bad -- to get that much coverage when most news stations were shorthanded due to Labor Day.
- But I bet Rick Perry didn't mind one bet missing the presidential forum in South Carolina to return to Texas to "survey the damage." It looks like the race is his to not screw up and that was a chance to screw up.
- Heard on the radio this morning: "When we look in a mirror we think 'well, there are some flaws but not too bad.' But when we look at ourselves in a photo we weren't expecting to be taken, our reaction is one of, 'Oh, my gosh!!"'
- From the Update: "ESL classes and a new citizenship class will begin Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Decatur." I'm guessing that's English as a Second Language.
- Jeff Bolton, the conservative talk show host on KLIF, this morning said he wouldn't live in the Hill Country or any other rural area because of the lack of quick fire and police response and the quality of education. Even assuming he's right (a major leap at best), its ironic that a hardline conservative considers government services at the top of his Quality of Life list.
- And the Tea Party will not be happy with what Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. said before he introduced President Obama over the weekend.
- The Big Tex Awards for the silly fried foods at this year's State Fair makes me shake my head. What was the winner, Fried Bubble Gum? Sheesh.
- Sports fans: Did you hear/read about the the shocking "pick u up some wings" tweet that went out over Jean-Jacques Taylor's twitter account? He claimed he was hacked which is a common excuse these days. (Use the Google if interested, but it certainly is an "oh, my" moment.)
- Mrs. LL is having a Softball Team Uniform Breakdown to try and get them done in time. Sometimes, "Baby, it's all going to be OK" just doesn't do the trick. But it'll be OK.
- For you twitter fans, the #FirstWorldPains hashtag is a funny bit.
- Former TCU/Bridgeport star Colin Jones made the cut with the 49ers but it sounded a little closer than expected.
- The Ticket had Daniel Johnston of The Devil and Daniel Johnston on the radio last week. You don't know who he is either, do you? But I'm pretty fascinated now.
- Its the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Week so get ready. And why the government just didn't take the World Trade Center site by eminent domain, and then build those buildings right back like they were will always be a mystery to me. (Side note: A disturbing cover of The Sunday Times Magazine about how we refuse to talk about those who jumped to their death off of the Twin Towers.)
- The Cowboys game on 9/11 in New York against the Jets on national TV on Sunday night has all the markings of being quite the production. The chances of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani trying to get camera time?: 100%
- I had the last pick in a 14 team fantasy football draft yesterday. My pick: Vince Young.
65 comments:
Yummy!! The one in the black and white stripes is hot..
ESL- Learn to speak our language, or go back to Messico.
What, no comments about King Obamy's new low approval ratings? 2 out of 3 say they are WORSE OFF as a result of his policies. Imagine that? A community organizer has no plan??????
Hoffa's remarks are nothing new. Since its inception, the Tea Party movement has been the subject of massive disinformation, venom and off-the-chart belligerence. Because the word is used so often by Democrats and their lapdogs in the media, a valid question is this: When did promoting smaller government and more responsible use of taxpayer funds become "extremist?"
Can't wait for Perry to help us out of this recession. He is a real estate genius. Buys low from a supporter, sells high (two to three hundred percent) from someone whose company needs state government services.
Just imagine what he can do nationally, globally!
Between the fires and the drought in Texas, emergencies on the home front might actually keep Perry off the campaign trail for a while.
I wonder if there are any examples of a frontrunner whose campaign felel apart because his day gig was taking too much time...
Are you saying only the Tea Party will be unhappy about the hoodlum Hoffa's remarks?
Seems to me most folks should reject this kind of talk.
Apparently, Colin still has a chance to be cut.
Random Notes from a long Sports Weekend:
~Listened to the Bulls game on radio Friday night. Man, what a train wreck. Those guys were about one mangled sentence away from "And...Boom goes the Dynamite!"
~The Rangers debut a redheaded(?) black Latin pitcher named...Merkin!
I think I saw Lee Corso holding up a cryptic sign in the background
~If there was any justice in the universe, the Rangers' recent call-up pitcher Mark Hamburger would have a wife named Patty - and she would be a real tomato. Aaaand, that should close the book on cheesy jokes about that guy's name
~It's so painful listening to a Rangers' game when it's called by the network guys, especially when they play the Yanks or Red Sox (their bias is obvious - those teams should get the win just for showing up!). Plus, they say such stupid things -
"The Rangers spot-started Feldman for Harrison and may do the same for Ogando; that means they're in trouble." WRONG! That is a good strategic move to rest young arms for the final month of a playoff push. Plus, they have the luxury of a pitcher in the bullpen who can spot start
(At Fenway) "You never see the home team fans do the wave when their team is behind." "Yeah, and if they do, it means they haven't been paying attention!" I'm pretty sure they did the wave the night before when the Sox were getting creamed. Are you saying Sox fans don't pay attention?
Isn't Vince Young battling for the starting quarterback position against Quinthy Carter in Big Springs semi pro ball?
"If they bring a knife, You bring a gun." "The tea party can go straight to Hell." The Democratic Party of civility on full display. Don't you love it when a rat is backed into a corner?
Softball Uniforms? What happened to the old reliable shorts and t-shirts off the rack from China-Mart?
My Other Brother Darryl
The words "child-bearing hips" come to mind.
Bastrop State Park is a big deal. Half of it burned. There's not too much to do at that park, but those trees needed to be saved at all costs. If you don't know why, don't assume it's a tree hugger thing. Those pines are unique.
I actually give credit to Perry for getting back to Texas. Had he ignores the fires he would have been subject to the same ridicule the rednecks give Obama every time he's overseas and someone dies--theyd act like he was fiddling while Rome burned. So he kind of had to do it, but I'll attribute it to him doing it for the right reasons. He usually comes out of his cave when Texas has an emergency.
When is advocating small government an extremist position? When you advocate doing it by violene and with hyperbole that is often riddled with racism. The teap party looks like the political arm of the KKK.
Rage
Daniel Johnston is a fascinating character of questionable musical integrity.
The movie about his life is fantastic.
Triple Fake: Don't you remember how bad the network guys' coverage was of the Rangers in the playoffs last year? Got so tired of hearing it---MUTE button came in handy! On that wonderful Friday night (when I watched the game live) and we were one last strike away from The Series (thank you A-Rod), I was sooo glad I wasn't having to listen to it on TV! Made it even better that the Rangers opened a can of Texas Whoop Ass on the Yanks that night--
I want the one on the right.
And if Jimmy Hoffa keeps that rhetoric up, then maybe he'll end up buried in concrete like his daddy!
As I said, disinformation.
"The fire in the Bastrop area had to bad -- really bad"
You think!! Todays news from TFS.
BASTROP COUNTY COMPLEX, Bastrop County. 30,000 acres, no containment. Heavy airtankers and single-engine airtankers assisted on this fire that started in the Lost Pines area just northeast of Bastrop. The fire continues to move rapidly to the south, with some eastward movement. Numerous subdivisions have been evacuated. Reports indicate nearly 600 homes have been destroyed.
UNION CHAPEL, Bastrop County. 750 acres, 10 percent contained. Twenty-five homes were destroyed on this fire just west of Bastrop. Aircraft responded immediately after the fire was reported, but were ineffective in the windy conditions.
The State Fair fried foods have lately not been as advertised. Fried bubble gum, yet it's not actually bubble gum. Fried beer last year, which was basically a ravioli. Is nothing sacred. I'm going to enter next year with fried football strips, and just fry up some bacon.
Maybe Chevy Chase can play the lead in Hoffa Family Vacation.
I like stripes.
Wonder if she likes tea...
The tea party (I prefer coffee) and its followers have proven themselves to be belligerent time and time again. People are not stupid and know exactly what tea mob represent. On only has to look at the common photos lynching, in effigy, of blacks and Latinos to understand their politics. Look at how many vehicles carry "tea" and "Bring back Jim Crow" stickers to understand their world view.
There is no disinformation when they (tea) demonstrate the vile hatred so openly. A negative response is exactly what the tea want.
Wordkyle gives me the giggles. But he's from Lubbock and can see Mexico when he looks outside, so I guess he feels a kinship with those tea party yay-hoos. What he calls disinformation, the rest of us call 'direct quotes.'
I have never heard a legitimate Tea Party member make any racial remarks or any of the vile that you "libs" keep crediting to the Tea Party. You must be attending some other tea party than I am. Exactly as WK says "mis-information" from the left (as always).
Big Ed
You can't claim to be a de-centralized grass movement, and disavow what many of the grass roots believe. Kind of like a Plaintiff in a lawsuit, you take 'em like you find 'em.
Rage
a lot of these so called tea party folks are sure gonna be in for a surprise should their candidates get elected.
Instead of making accusations of what you think the the Tea-Party stands for can any haters provide us any actuals facts to back your claims up?
When did attacking the middle class, working people, and greedy CEO's become "extremist behavior"? God Bless the Hoffa Family. The UPS guy, and the rail worker neighbor that live down the street are NOT the enemy. They are hard working members of the Teamsters. They spend their money in Decatur and make my neighborhood better than any CEO Wall Street Fat Cat ever did. I choose Main Street over Wall Street.
Big Ed said it very well. As I've noted before, when any movement such as the Tea Party is gathering steam, some crazies will try to attach themselves. Organizers of Tea Party events have ejected such people from their events for exhibiting racist signs, and have repudiated racist thinking publicly. There is absolutely no evidence to confirm accusations of widespread racism in the Tea Party. Such accusations are what Liberals always fall back on when their ideas run out. It usually happens pretty quickly. (See today as an example.)
What we do know for sure is that 1) America is close to financial ruin because of unfettered and unwise government spending; and 2) The Tea Party is the only group consistently and publicly opposing such spending.
Tea pary people have supported foreign jobs over USA ones. I see Toyota SUV's with winches and 4x4 gear that have Tea Party stickers all over them. BMW and other foreign cars now have Tea Party license plates on them. If they love the USA, then support the USA!
The Tea part bitches about Govt. spending, yet I see tons of their members using products not made in the U.S. Half even own non U.S. made firearms.
The difference in the Tea Party and the Weenie Party is that after a Tea Party Rally, they take down all the blacks from the trees that they have hung and give them a proper burial and clean up the place. The weenies, leave the blacks hanging in the trees, leave all of their placards and signs, water bottles, whiskey bottles, dirty diapers, used syringes, and beer bottles lying on the ground for the city to incur the cost of clean up.
R: Teaparty
Methinks thou protesteth too much.
Did not the liberal news media condemn the Hoffa type rhetoric when U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gifford was shot?
" Half even own non U.S. made firearms."
Yes, but they compromise and use US-made bullets. It's kind of a NATO alliance of death!
I would be interested to know how you know all the members of the Tea Party, and where they obtained their weapons
Knee-jerking Jerk!
The Tea part and the Tea pary are about some illiterate sumbiches.
In ten years, Obammy care will go by the way of the government run USPS.
I saw a liberal weenie the other day shopping at Walmart. If you love China, then support China!
It's hard to tell what is made in the USA and what is not these days. I drive a GMC truck (2WD) and shoot Rugers and Remingtons. Sometimes I use Russian ammo (better to get it away from them anyway). Every box counts. My wife drives a Ford. That is about as American as I can think of. To some, my life would seem full of hate just from this short description.
Big Ed
12:28 and 12:38 those are the stupidest complaints ever. That's all you got?
Sometimes, when it comes to Tea Party critics such as 1228 (who is also 1238, I suppose,) you just want to give them a dollar and tell them to go get themselves an ice cream cone.
I get a kick out of how many Teabaggers I see using Food Stamps then whip out cash to buy a couple 30 packs of Keystone and a carton of smokes while crying about how Messkins and niggers are bleeding the country dry.
12:16 Only a small minority of workers are union workers compared to the many who are small business owners, non-union public workers, school teachers, medical providers. This is especially true here in Wise County but our tax dollars are going to pay back labor for backing Obama in the last election through stimulus spending, bailout for GM and "green jobs". Public labor unions are under attack in states where taxpayers can no longer support pensions we in the private sector can only dream of.
Labor unions once served a purpose that has long since past and increases in spending just for payback to the labor base in the Democatic party should be protested by every taxpayer. The Tea Party is a threat to thugs who lead the unions!
Sorry, but I'm one of your neighbors who doesn't need a thug to protect my job!
Because of GREEDY UNION WORKERS no wonder companies go overseas. I have no problem with that.
Are we nearing a full moon or something? Seems like the crazy talk is on high today!
When one has tunnel vision then truth and reality can't be seen.
Much like an abused spouse can't see the reality of the abusive partner (tea party).
Abuse does not have to be physical.
Like a con the abuser can be pleasant at times to lure into the trap from which it will be difficult to escape.
Hoffas just pissed daddy didn't tell him good bye. Cry baby.
Hey clueless.
Mexicans and blacks are democrats.
Barry, did you see in the update under the Pioneer Days at Rhome where they are having an "Ugly Woman" contest? Somehow that doesn't seem right.
Okay people, Almost everything you buy at Walmart is not made here in the U.S. Chevy's R & D corporate headquarters is in Shanghai. And nearly every part of your vehicle is made outside of this country (no matter what brand) then assembled in the Western Hemisphere.
If you only bought US made products you would be riding a bicycle, eating from your own garden and wearing the same style clothes everyday, while shooting with a bow and arrow (maybe, you may have to make your own knife, to whittle the wood for arrows). (FYI, when a company says "Made in the USA" it only has to do a small percentage of the work here then claim that tag)
Oh and it isn't the politicians fault it turned out this way, they did it because of consumer demand. Remember, Americans want it cheap and convenient, and we continued to bitch about it until our leaders did something about it. We screwed ourselves.
Why are the unions not saying anything about Obama supporting the new billion-dollar Ford plant in India? The Democrats believe in exporting American jobs, bringing in illegal labor from Mexico to take American jobs, and passing out free housing, food and medical care to unemployed citizens. Donald Trump has figured this one out. Being a supportor of American jobs, I think my next truck will be a Toyoto.
I agree with wordie! George Bush ruined the budget surplus and spent too much money!
"Labor unions once served a purpose that has long since past"
Rick Perry said that if he's elected, regulatory agencies won't know what hit them.
I'd say unions will only be more needed, and I don't even like unions.
Rage
"ESL- Learn to speak our language, or go back to Messico."
That's what ESL classes are for, jacktard.
Rage
Big Ed, use your head, the Russian junk will dirty your gun. Use Remington ammo made in USA.
2:30 , if you enjoy weekends, holidays, and good pay, then than the labor movement. You don't need someone to protect you from corporate greed? I think not! This is an attack on ALL workers, Union represented or not.
Barry you already know this to be true, but I'll say it slowly anyway. Conservatives want the government to do what is SUPPOSED to do which are the things we CANNOT, like fight wars, fight fires, police the bad folks and build and maintain roads.
Don't leave reason behind simply because you choose to self identify with an odd, unsustainable philosophy.
Ya'll, it's just that 9/11 changed everything.
Them people that drank the Tea Party koolaid are as worthless as the welfare mommas with their ipads!
Teabaggers beat douchebaggers.
Greedy CEO's and tax write off's put more jobs overseas than any union. I vote republican and support any United States labor.
Ford plant in India is still an American company, Would you feel better little girl if it was a Nissan plant?
DF Archie Bunker
5:40 What is more important to you? Why do you need a union boss to protect your job and get you benefits that drives up the costs of products and services that forces production overseas?
Whether you like it or not, we live in a global economy and now unions have to depend on the government to borrow to provide labor union jobs in the public sector.
Again, most workers can make it on their own without union leader thugs to protect them when actually they are just taking their union dues and living high on the hog while visiting the White House on a regular basis!
Cops pay dues to the Fraternal Order of Police to protect us from 7:32.
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