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- Watched the Hangover II this weekend. Meh. Some movies just can't be the subject of a sequel.
- I'm not sure why all the flap about the U.S. Olympic team wearing uniforms made in China. That is uniquely American.
- Wrong way driver death. And if you took 114 through Southlake this morning, you felt the effects of it.
- Mavs Dancer tryouts.
- Messenger Letter to the Editor says an innocent man is in the Wise County Jail. There's probably more than just one.
- ESPNU is counting down the 25 best college games of 2011 and Baylor is in three of them. And won all three. I've got this weird feeling that this is as good as it gets.
- Mitt Romney is catching heat for releasing only two years of tax returns. As George Will said, he has made a calculated decision that the damage done from not releasing them is less than what would happen if he did. How rich is that guy?
- Mrs. LL proclaimed I've officially lost it this weekend when I did a Joel Osteen impression while using the Batman voice.
- Yesterday I saw a convenience store clerk yell at a customer, "I am not your servant!" I have no idea what started that.
- The kid who was "carrying" the cross to Washington D.C. has made it. What are the chances he cheated a little?
- I'm not sure how it made the news, but a federal disability discrimination lawsuit has been filed by a guy who used to work in Bridgeport.
- The Family Cat has calmed down. The Neighbor Boys have calmed down.
- I agree with the President when he says successful people are successful merely because they are smarter or worked harder than anyone else.
- Female MMA fighter knocks out opponent with first punch. I don't know if I'm jazzed or horrified.
- I enjoy weekends more than I used to. My limestone edging project is getting close to completion. I had a complete stranger stop yesterday to talk to me about it.
- This minor league play was ESPN's #1 Play of The Day on Saturday. Outfielder climbs wall. Glove goes over wall. Outfielder hits ground. Outfielder has ball in his throwing hand. How did that happen?
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79 comments:
Holy blasphemy, Batman!
First I must say well done on the RT girl today! Nice!
Second, any news on the letter to the editor? Is anything in that letter true and if so WTF is going on. This is America. Where is his attorney?
I think the President said they are NOT successful just because of those reasons.
You bias has now evolved to your reading comprehension?
There was another mistaken arrest some time ago. If they don't discover their mistake before you are taken to jail, you are stuck until you post bail and spend money on an attorney...they don't just let you out...stupid DA could do it but hey they gotta make some money on it. I could be though that this man is being held on another charge the girlfriend does not know about. See what you can find out Barry.
Bacon Scale
4.6 out of 5
WOW I like her BG!!! GJ
Holy crap, BG. You misrepresented not only the words but the gave the complete opposite if what Obama was saying about successful people. His exact quote: "...look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there." The killer was this quote: "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that.
This is the worst part - you're a degreed professional who attended a prestigious university, and you didn't get what he meant. Yet his words are pretty plain. Is it possible that there's an "Obama filter" which always turns his words into things you want to hear?
If Barry Soetoro Obammy can slam Romney for outsourcing, why can't he be slammed for doing the same thing. I don't have a problem with China making our uniforms. But I do have a problem with Ralph Lauren charging the prices for them that he did. Have you seen the prices? 795 dollars for a blazer with his logo on it? Shouldn't he be paying them for advertising?
Mitt Romney- Because nothing says "I believe in America" like a Swiss bank account used to avoid paying taxes.
Is that a button on your shirt or are you just glad to see me?
Since most unsuccessful people can be found to have made a lot of bad decisions, it would only stand to reason that successful people avoided those bad decisions.
The rest of us are doing just fine living our average lives and don't care much about either of those groups.
You have bought into BO's class warfare rhetoric hook, line and sinker.
Fool.
Since the "recovery" began June 2009, the economy has created 2.6 million jobs and 3.1 million people have gone on disability. If you think this turns out well, you are very bad at math
RMT girl is spectacular. I'm in love.
And yes that was as good as it gets for Baylor. Especially football. Your semi-female basketball team will win as long as the amazon has eligibility.
Innocence doesn't matter in Wise Co. Neither do your Constitutional Rights. I was pulled over and searched not too long ago on a traffic stop- sumbitch went thru everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING in my vehicle. Even wanted to search my electronics .!!!! What the hell does that have to do with a traffic stop, not to mention it's just plain illegal!
So you agree that people who are smarter or work harder make more money? If you work 60 hours a week and you went to college to get an education you also believe that the money your earn working long hours should be shared with the woman with three baby daddies. You know that the baby daddies are not working and she is sharing your money with them. I guess they will vote for you when you run for an elected office. That is part of your base of voters who can be counted on. You can also count on voters without ID to vote for you.
The life expectancy of a democracy is 200 years. We are overdue for failure. In 1787 Alexander Tyler wrote "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."
LBJ's "Great Society" was the beginning of the end.
902 - So is your claim that Romney did something illegal or unethical? If so, would you like to cite some evidence? Or is it like the Democrat "felon" accusations against Romney -- proven completely untrue, yet doggedly repeated because of the damage the lie can do?
bonus raisin pie for the RTG.
On the other hand, just can't stand that the kid with the cross made it, can you? Whats with the bashing and all that? Why do you care? He has his faith, and your negative bashing is just strange, don't you think?
Well Word told you Barry. It's kinda like being a kid and Dad slaps you away from the dinner table at Thanksgiving.
BTW-STFU Word...Quit trying to run people down cuz they're not a boring political drivalist like you.
To be realistic, trying to say that there is only one way to build a business is crazy. Some are built on nothing but hard work and brains. Some a built with those and daddy's money (or rolodex). Some are built by cheating, and some are built by dumb luck. Some are built with minority set asides and government contracts. Stump speaches are never factually acurate, and most political actions follow the same course.
Man that chicks Knockers knock me out...or at least I wish she try and knock me out with'em.
Just read the article on Story's son. I cannot believe they would even think about having him play football again. If that leg takes another hard hit, then what?
I understand how hard it is to lose out on a Sr year, but heck, the next year he won't have football and things will be much clearer to him then about why he shouldn't have played his Sr year.
I love athletics and I love watching as people come back from injuries to play again, but there are some injuries that should be left to heal! The boy almost lost his leg!!! No, sorry, but he should NOT play.
My two cents!
After viewing your Random Thoughts pict, I now have Kate Smith singing Climb Every Mountain in my head. Won't go away. Darn you, Barry. Darn you to heck!
My Other Brother Darryl
Does anyone else not understand that BG is prone to typos and leaving words out of sentences? Get a grip, people.
And I'm kind of jazzed about the MMA fighter. I'd like to trade licks with that girl.
Rage
RTG has butt face. Really BG? You can post better then that!
"Mrs. LL proclaimed I've officially lost it this weekend when I did a Joel Osteen impression while using the Batman voice."
Did you blink every other word?
Will there be a Messkin pushing one of those ice cream carts around the square soon? Hell, let's have a Messkin flea market set up on the courthouse lawn on Saturdays!
Mitt makes around $57,000 a day according to Charlie Jones.
If that letter to the editor is true, there needs to be 1 less law enforcement officer in the world...
Let's burn everything made in China, except electronics.
Burning Man
9:04, did the people who work for a company have a choice when management bankrupted it? Sounds like you bought Romney's "They made bad decisions" crapola, hook , line and sinker. Romney would thumb his nose at North Texas Bank, just to make a buck more in a Swiss one.
9:04, did the people who work for a company have a choice when management bankrupted it? Sounds like you bought Romney's "They made bad decisions" crapola, hook , line and sinker. Romney would thumb his nose at North Texas Bank, just to make a buck more in a Swiss one.
We don't need stinkin greasers all over the place.
Nomobama actually said hard work and being smarter are NOT the reason one succeeds. Geesh.
Mitt Romney will outsource Fuzzys Taco shop, and put an end to the Main Street monopoly that violates it's codes.
Skippy, Could you please send your paralegal to one of Obammy's speeches because people are fainting right and left?
BG sure knows how to stir the pot.
Hint: successful people
I hope we have a guy selling blankets on the square soon so we can haggle instead of getting ripped off by the people who have stores there because they have to pay off the Occupy Main Street movement in Decatur.
$57,000 a day?
Ha! That's nothing. I make that in a year.
11;27, there is already a messkin pushing an ice cream cart around the square and around town. They are everywhere!
Here's the Youtube of Obama's speech where he says what Wordkyle said he said. Accurate quote. Obama is a socialist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=192oEC5TX_Q
9:02 That's why I have no desire for anything name brand. It means nothing. People are such fools.
9:52 - AMEN to that. Great comment!
Word is a self centered know it all.......!
Messenger Letter to the Editor says an innocent man is in the Wise County Jail. Well there's one client you won't be getting, eh Barry...
Yes 12:44---
9:52 was a great comment! Devoid of any substance. Just a personal attack on a person who politely stated a point of view. Really makes me wish petty, insignificant people could be in control. You guys are capable of such lofty accomplishments.
By the way, I find WK's comments to always be courteous and informative, containing facts and links. Tell me again what your brand of vitriol contains.
Funny.
People who are jealous of someone who produces actual facts.
2:3 He is a community organizer who has spent his time convincing fools that "the man" is keeping them down.
LMAO at the fools who listen to him.
RTG girl got a heart-on. Me too.
Her silicon doctor should go to jail for malpractice. Just think, she once was a beautiful woman.
For all of you people that are bashing Romney, please research how George Soros made his BILLIONS and then see if you agree with him on how he donates millions to democratic causes. You can thank me later.
Mitt doesn't have to use loopholes when filing taxes, but he'd be crazy not to. To regular people, the loopholes would appear unethical even though they're legal. He's wise to keep his taxes personal rather than have the Liberals nitpick them. He has provided more than is required to run for president.
Dude's GIRLFRIEND declares he is innocent. Imagine that. Wonder if perhaps there was MORE THAN ONE person involved in the crime and the victim didn't see this guy? Hey, dumbasses, 90% of the inmates at the county jail ARE INNOCENT ... according to their girlfriends.
12:44 I know he is but what are you? He's rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off him and sticks to you! Oh wait........, we aren't in third grade? I was confused by your juvenile comment. One day you can sit at the grown up table and have a big kid conversation.
2:32 PM
Are we not SUPPOSED to be presumed innocent until proven guilty anymore? Asshat.
Are you people serious?
I watched the Obama clip. He says successful people didn't get there on their own...they had help (eg. teachers, parents, infrastructure, government, researchers, technology, etc.). He says we succeed because of our individual initiative and because utilize things that we created together.
There's plenty to complain about, but that part of the speech isn't one. Aren't there real things to discuss?
2:32 is right. They are also innocent according to their mommies.
2:22 Research? That's a tough one for the lefties. They know no research. Much less what the word means.
Just saying
He's wise to keep his taxes personal rather than have the Liberals nitpick them.
You left off: DF Rick Perry
Rage
Hey, 2:14 ... I'm not a member of the dude's JURY. I don't have to presume shit. Neither does the cop, the DA, the media or his girlfriend for that matter.
253 - "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen." That's an exact quote, and pretty clear. It's also difficult to reconcile that sentiment with the half-hearted lip service he gave to "individual initiative."
What Obama tried to say, in essence, is "Government creates everything" and we are all simply the beneficiaries.
Tell the entrepreneur working 90 hours a week, sometimes going without pay to cover expenses, sacrificing time with his family to make the business work, that he didn't build it.
Rage Sandusky, Where are you going to get your marching orders now that MSNBC is taking down it's website?
I as so proud of our President since he went to Cairo to give his "We Are the World and The US is Evil" speech. Now they love us over there. They love us so much that they feel sorry for us and think we must have a shortage of tomatoes, shoes and bottled water. Hillary will be passing them all out when she gets back from meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood. Be patient.
I'm sure no other person besides Romney has Swiss Bank accounts to shelter their earned money to keep the government from taxing it. He is only taking advantage of legal loopholes. If you don't like it, demand congress change the tax laws.
Tell the entrepreneur working 90 hours a week, sometimes going without pay to cover expenses, sacrificing time with his family to make the business work, that he didn't build it.
Interesting that you use 'entrepreneur' as your example, as an entrepreneur uses other peoples' money to get his business going.
Rage
2:53 How biased are you?
Either watch it again, or read Wordkyle's post at 9:01am. You misqoute the President when you say he says "we succeed because of our individual initiative and...". Perhaps you WISH he had said that. Perhaps that's why you would direct our attention away from that part of the speech. He said nothing of the kind. In his several remarks, he gives no credit to the successful or the business owner. In fact, regarding the business owner, he says "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." This is a real thing to discuss, because he is justifying and rationalizing moving further away from capitalism, individual ownership and responsibility, toward socialism, govt. ownership and no personal responibility. His point is that successful people don't earn their success, that they are just lucky, and that that's not fair. That success is not the result of good plans, hard work, and delayed gratification. He gives no reason for a lack of success, but I suppose he implies it's because the unsuccessful have had no help (eg. no good teachers, parents, infrastructure, government, researchers, technology, etc.) Yea, I can see why if he's your guy, you would want to change the subject to more "real things". In fact, dollars to dimes says you don't consider yourself successful, nor do you own your business, and you do consider that someone else's fault because you had no help.
2:53 Obama did say individual initiative. Just heard it on Levin and heard it this am on WBAP.
Signed, Conservative
Wordkyle,
Get your head out of the a$$ of fox news and read Obama's entire speech. Obama is saying that you received help from other people, whether it was teachers of the government that built the roads so a business can transport merchandise. You're such an idiot...probably picks and chooses scripture from the Bible to fit you own needs.
Hey Google! Define "entrepreneur" - "A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so."
There you go Rage. I believe you have just simultaneously made an ass of yourself and had it handed to you.
Maybe ad hominem WK hating is not the best strategy for proving your intellectual prowess.
Well, I have a business. Small one. Just me and my son. I worked long hours in my youth to buy tools, instead of sitting on my butt evenings and watching TV. Yes, I use roads and such. I paid for them, just like all of us did. Would you like to compete with me? Go ahead. Make the sacrifices to buy all the same tools, jump on our roads and get to it. What you can't have is part of mine if you chose to smoke, drink, party and watch TV instead of investing in tools.
Randy Girl = Tory Lane
(Do the googles on her; her images can be NSFW)
HOT!
523 - You likely watch more Fox News than I do. As for something "of the government" -- where does government get the money to do anything? From taxpayers who earn their money from businesses that someone built, shareholders who profited from those businesses, or from those businesses themselves. Here's an illustration of what Obama meant.
2:53 I don't need to watch it again or read Wordy's slanted interpretation. But, clearly you need another listen. Your, "He said nothing of the kind" reference to his discussion of individual initiative means that you either didn't listen or that you are so biased you refused to hear. Listen again.
If I'm grading your response as a teacher, you get an F because you were not able to correctly summarize the main point of the speech. Thereafter, you just made stuff up. There is nothing there about moving away from capitalism. Nothing about government ownership. He never intimates that people are only successful because of "luck". He never says success doesn't come from work. That is all from your biased imagination. It's fine to disagree with the man, but I don't see the need to fabricate things.
Let me help you out, in summary, he says that nobody got successful completely on their own. Every successful person had help, whether it be parent, teacher, mentor, financier, etc. and yes, some of that help was even governmental (roads, internet, research, GI Bill, etc.).
IMO success is when hard work meets opportunity. Obama is talking about the opportunity part. If you haven't known anyone that worked hard and yet still didn't find much success, you need to meet some more people.
Apparently, you felt threatened so you decided to attack my personal success. Suffice it to say, you are wrong there as well. However, I'll be honest and say that I had great parents, a fantastic education, and caught a couple of breaks along the way. BTW, I've never read a biography of a successful person that said, "I did it all completely on my own."
Wordy - Your position that his main point is that "Government creates everything" earns you an F as well. But, I know that you regularly make posts like that to purposely distort the truth. I don't excuse it, I just expect it from you. The next time you post something without your preconceived (or regurgitated) spin will be the first time.
Soros and Romney suck
@Conservative @5:15
4:39 here. I went back and watch the video again, and you are accurate, he did say individual initiative. I stand corrected. But I also stand by my other remarks, and my conclusion that he is a socialist. He just won't admit it, and the majority of his supporters don't know.
@Conservative @5:15
4:39 here. I went back and watch the video again, and you are accurate, he did say individual initiative. I stand corrected. But I also stand by my other remarks, and my conclusion that he is a socialist. He just won't admit it, and the majority of his supporters don't know.
752 - "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen." Any further mention of "individual initiative" is negated by that statement. So what is the message?
"Somebody invested in roads and bridges." The implication is that this was the government. However, "the government" does not produce a single nickel. All wealth is created by private business. Any "investment" by government -- whether roads & bridges or the internet -- is made with revenue produced by private business. Without that revenue, government can "provide" nothing. So what is Obama's message? Moving toward "the government provides," wouldn't you think?
As for your definition of "success" as when hard work meets opportunity, you get an F yourself. Simplistic, lazy, and equates opportunity with luck. A more complete and accurate definition was made by John C. Calhoun more than 150 years ago:
"Now, as individuals differ greatly from each other, in intelligence, sagacity, energy, perseverance, skill, habit of industry and economy, physical power, position and opportunity — the necessary effect of leaving all free to exert themselves to better their condition, must be a corresponding inequality between those who may possess these qualities and advantages in a high degree, and those who may be deficient in them."
1:28 - oh yes, Wordy produces "facts"......
...they are all somebody elses.
..brilliant?
7:51
How are "facts" sombady else's?
Facts are facts, no arguments allowed. The sky is blue, water is wet, the sun is hot, those are facts.
Obama is a socialist, Dems want big government, Libs are wrong minded, (Also facts).
8:17 LOL Trust me. It gave me a really bad taste in my mouth to gree with anyone on the left but facts are facts as much as we may hate them.
Signed, Conservative
9:13 You must remember what you are dealing with in someone like 7:51.
Questionable mentality supreme.
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