I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Fate.
Fine, leave me down there talking to myself.
Yea!
Rmj, since you stopped my run, I'll call sheets.
Bow down, bitches.
I'm bored. Where's my lightning bolt?
Yodelodleayhehoo
Dragged up from below because I know some smart, knowledgeable folks are around:
Anyone here know about this Purpose Driven Life stuff? I've lost a close friend to the doctrine.
Top Ten???
Anyone here know about this Purpose Driven Life stuff? I've lost a close friend to the doctrine.
noblejoanie
Someone once gave me the book as a gift, but to be honest, I've never opened it.
A note on the bandwagon effect
Working on a Saturday in mid-August. Me and Jim Lampley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The...ose_Driven_Life
George Bush has led a purpose driven life. So did Hitler.
[out of breath]
new -- watchmen -- images ...
about a year to go ...
To counter this, Frank Miller today released new images of his Spirit, in which the Spirit is a muscular black unicorn with mechanical wings that carries a minimum of three Playboy models on its back, shots fire out of its horn and cries acidic tears like Wil Eisner would if he were alive to see it.
My life is avoidance-driven.
Anyone here know about this Purpose Driven Life stuff? I've lost a close friend to the doctrine.
noblejoanie
I should start a cult based on Keeping Your Room Clean.
G. Gordon Liddy.
.
My life is avoidance-driven.
Ali, spiritual advisor
heh, I'm cleaning my house on a 5 min/hour schedule today
My ears were burning.
G. Gordon Liddy.
Now there is a guy who likes to be peed on.
Damn! I'm on fire!
I must say Silk Spectre II looks very uncomfortable. That outfit's gotta be sticky. And Owl looks like a goofy Batman.
Obviously I am an apostate....
Anyone here know about this Purpose Driven Life stuff? I've lost a close friend to the doctrine.
noblejoanie
Someone once gave me the book as a gift, but to be honest, I've never opened it.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I've never driven a purpose. Does it get good mileage?
The Porpoise-Driven Life would save a lot of gas.
Damn! I'm on fire!
G. Gordon Giddy
And you're gonna be fore a long time, fucker.
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ The...ose_Driven_Life
George Bush has led a purpose driven life. So did Hitler."
--Kurt Yödel
Holy moly! I guess I'm in the left behind group. Lucky me.
NTodd's internets connection is SLOOWWWW.
from below
Kaine is not pro-life as a matter of legislative or Constitutional policy. It's his personal commitment.
Sapient
He's a devout Catholic and lists that as one of the reasons why he is anti-choice. If his personal view is anti-choice I question how committed he would be to preserving Roe, given the opportunity.
If he's the pick, I'll vote the ticket and pray he's never in a position to influence policy on this subject.
I've never driven a purpose. Does it get good mileage?
Shaw Hussein Kenawe
Yes but you can't park it on a driveway and you can't drive it on a parkway.
The Porpoise-Driven Life would save a lot of gas.
Gomez
But the Porsche - Driving Life is a lot more fun.
My life has no purpose other than to feast and frolic.
Thanks for all the fish
Obama agreed to be in the same room with this guy?
a muscular black unicorn with mechanical wings that carries a minimum of three Playboy models on its back, shots fire out of its horn
Who doesn't love the overcompensation follies?
Purpose Driven Life eg:
Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (Worship)
Bend over and let the invisable cloud being ass-fuck you!
NTodd's internets connection is SLOOWWWW.
Thers
Thank goodness we have Thers to remind us of what is important.
Obama agreed to be in the same room with this guy?
mer
I think a lot of what Obama's doing (like this 'debate' and the Kwame Kilpatrick uninvite) is not giving the Republicans an angle to attack.
Or, as I like to say, "nod and smile."
Obama agreed to be in the same room with this guy?
mer
Perhaps he has a very sharp pencil with him.
/shakes fist at John Dean
I had a porpoise driven life, but it was all wet.
I won’t be here tomorrow morning, so here is some
Bonus Bobblespeaking:
***********************************************
Costas: the chinese invented the kite
Lauer: i thought that was benjamin franklin
Costas: i dont think he was chinese
Lauer: well what did he invent
Costas: i think the stove or the franklin mint
Lauer: i like mints on my pillow
***********************************************
If he's the pick, I'll vote the ticket and pray he's never in a position to influence policy on this subject.
qlª
If he's the VP choice, first thing the Catholics will do is petition the "holy guys" in the Church to deny Kaine the wafer.
Sigh.
Purpose-driven boobies!!
I have a Vino-driven life, and I don't even like wine!
"I'm not drinking fucking Merlot!"
.
My life is full of porpoise.
I hereby call the the effort to grab the religious vote "The Steeplechase"
Obama agreed to be in the same room with this guy?
mer
I hate this religion shit.
NTodd's internets connection is SLOOWWWW.
Thers
Then he must be a tortoise!
My nets are full of porpoise.
I was hoping someone would give me an 'atta boy for my theory of God as a sadistic 11 year old boy in the last comment thread.
Oh well.
Or, as I like to say, "nod and smile."
jac
Does that go for Wesley Clark as well?
Then he must be a tortoise!
The tortoise-driven life: life in the slow lane. 
G. Gordo is talking about wrapping testicles in wet leather. WTF?
.
I should start a cult based on Keeping Your Room Clean.
I stand in sympathy with the You're Not the Boss of Me Now apostates.
Tom,
What was god doing with the 11-year old boy in the last comment thread?
Did you see?
Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (Worship)
Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God's Family (Fellowship)
Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ (Discipleship)
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God (Ministry)
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission (Mission)
Why does an omnipotent, allegedly perfect being need a bunch of asskissing yesmen, kept in line by the threat of eternal torture, to sing his praises?
Does that go for Wesley Clark as well?
qlª
That would be my take. I don't think it's anything personal, just an effort to make things as bland as possible and take every talking point away from the punditocracy.
Why does Religion have to be based on Not Fucking?
Why not one based on Not Eating Like a Pig?
Why would an all-merciful, all loving God want to kill me in a brutal fashion?
- Vicki
Vicki,
The answer to your question is that God is a temperamental, psychotic 11 year old boy. You see he has constructed the universe in his bedroom, having been sent there by his parents for torturing a cat. So long as you praise him constantly and tell him what a great handsome, smart, intelligent guy he is everything will work out. The moment he becomes petulant and bored he will kick a section of a village he has built across the room.
That is how it works.
Have we learned yet which of the two candidates is the emissary from God?
Why does an omnipotent, allegedly perfect being need a bunch of asskissing yesmen, kept in line by the threat of eternal torture, to sing his praises?
I think Chimpy knows the answer to this.
i guess i'm enjoying this thread as much as i enjoy anything.
Hmmm.
"Republican presidential candidate John McCain's divorce was amicable enough that he and his ex-wife jointly brought a lawsuit 10 years later to recover damages for lost mementos, but it wasn't amicable enough to prevent McCain's mother from suing his ex-wife to get back some personal property.
In the 1980 lawsuit, filed shortly after John and Carol McCain divorced, Roberta sued Carol to reclaim some personal property, including paintings, a needlepoint screen and a pair of earrings. A settlement was reached in 1981.
But in a brief telephone interview, Roberta denied filing the lawsuit.
"I have never heard of what you're talking about. ... I will put my hand on a Bible," she said, to attest that she had never sued Carol.
Roberta's denial prompted laughter from the ex-daughter-in-law.
"Yes, she sued me," Carol said in a brief phone interview.
Why does Religion have to be based on Not Fucking?
my next one will be based on just the opposite. of course, by then i will be too old to do anything but watch.
I am here for God's pleasure? That's kinda sick.
A thought just popped into my head - I'm still so happy that Jerry Falwell is dead.
Hee. Hee.
hey - just got an invitation to audition for stuart little (not for the title role, i think) - semi pro (eg non-union)
Why does Religion have to be based on Not Fucking?
Why not one based on Not Eating Like a Pig?
Oh, that's Emily Postism.
Gromit: I am here for God's pleasure? That's kinda sick.
You're ribbed for His pleasure.
.
I am here for God's pleasure? That's kinda sick.
Gromit | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:21 pm | #
imagine the size of his schwanschtucker.
* What on Earth Am I Here For?
* Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (Worship)
* Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God's Family (Fellowship)
* Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ (Discipleship)
* Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God (Ministry)
* Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission (Mission)
Totalitarian or theo-fascist, or both.
Just kill all the believers and let Gawd sort 'em out.
I am here for God's pleasure? That's kinda sick.
Gromit
I'd say, rather, it's simplistic.
A thought just popped into my head - I'm still so happy that Jerry Falwell is dead.
Hee. Hee.
Gomez
A thought just popped into my head - Ken Lay is not really dead.
Damn.
Gromit: I am here for God's pleasure? That's kinda sick.
You're ribbed for His pleasure.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
And apparently you have one of mine. Give it back!
Hear, hear, I have come to this den, this den of unbelivers, this den of wickedness, to bring the Word.
Take confort my friends. Peace is here among you, evey within all of this evil. Take comfort my dear friends. I am here to guide you. I am blessed beyond measure, I have no higher calling.
Do not faint of heart any longer.
* Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (Worship)
He's not fucking me.
I'd say, rather, it's simplistic.
Rmj, Itinerant Theologist
by nature, theology is wither too simplistic or not completely comprehensible. you know that of course - it's the ones who stick with the simplistic and insist on the rest of us following that are the problem.
He's a devout Catholic and lists that as one of the reasons why he is anti-choice. If his personal view is anti-choice I question how committed he would be to preserving Roe, given the opportunity.
If he's the pick, I'll vote the ticket and pray he's never in a position to influence policy on this subject.
qlª - |
"pro-life" = anti-choice = anti-woman
I don't have to take the religious right wingnuts too seriously--and, at times, they can be downright amusing.
But, the fuckers keep wanting to fool with government, and that, correctly, gives me the goddamned willies.
Why does Religion have to be based on Not Fucking?
Celibacy became popular when priests became wealthy enough to have estates that the Church would prefer reverted to the Church, rather than a firstborn son.
I hereby call the the effort to grab the religious vote "The Steeplechase"
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:16 pm | #
Gravatar
I'm going to violate the living hell out of your copyright on this one. With your permission, of course.
Why does an omnipotent, allegedly perfect being need a bunch of asskissing yesmen, kept in line by the threat of eternal torture, to sing his praises?
Because these needy fucks can't just enjoy watching puppies playing on the lawn, they have to be IN CONTROL of the puppies.
Yes, Tom, that was good about the 11 year old boy.
* Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (Worship)
He's not fucking me.
Gomez
Umm, why do you think you're supposed to kneel?
Hear, hear, I have come to this den, this den of unbelivers, this den of wickedness, to bring the Word.
Whoopty shit.
Celibacy became popular when priests became wealthy enough to have estates that the Church would prefer reverted to the Church, rather than a firstborn son.
God | 08.16.08 - 4:25 pm | #
seems like a good argument for gay priests to me.
Walter Isaacson asked John McCain about McCain's inexplicable love for ABBA. McCain played the POW card:
“If there is anything I am lacking in, I’ve got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life,” McCain joked. “I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
What? McCain was shot down in 1967. ABBA began making music in 1972.
i guess i'm enjoying this thread as much as i enjoy anything.
dirk gently,melancoholic
I thought of you last night. I saw my friends, the parents of the kid who died last month, at a party, and we had a real honest conversation about how they're dealing with the situation.
They are just living it at the moment. They're such good people. It's so fucking weird. And of course, I just listened, because I don't know what to say, but my sister, the nurse practitioner, absolutely blew me away in that she had all the right words for them. She faces death all the time with her patients, and it clearly shows that she knows how to help people deal with their emotions. Anyway, we were out until 3:00 AM (I NEVER stay out that late), and I probably had too much to drink, but you were on my mind, dirk, just because...you had all the right things to say. July sucked.
Just kill all the believers and let Gawd sort 'em out.
SoCalCommie
Do you know who originally said that?
* What on Earth Am I Here For?
* Purpose #1: You Were Planned for God's Pleasure (sex, sex and more sex)
* Purpose #2: You Were Formed for God's Family (bigamy????)
* Purpose #3: You Were Created to Become Like Christ (maybe I need to have an operation)
* Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God (hell, god didn't give me any breasts, maybe I am shaped like a man)
* Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission (drink more???)
Thank you Ali. You are most wise.
Kill them all, God will recognize his own.
-Arnald-Amalric, 1208 (when asked by the Crusaders what to do with the citizens of Beziers who were a mixture of Catholics and Cathars)
Celibacy became popular when priests became wealthy enough to have estates that the Church would prefer reverted to the Church, rather than a firstborn son.
God
An interpretation which ignores the example of the Desert Fathers, or the perceived values of ascetism, or the fact that celibacy is a major part of several branches of Xianity, some of which don't involve a hierarchical church and ownership of property by individuals.
But it makes a nice summary of something that's probably not historically sound, so....
Don't even get me started about how "faith" helped cause 9/11.
My major malfunction: I don't mind if these people believe all this kooky shit.
It's when they insist that others MUST believe their kooky shit that I get all "let's get medieval on their asses" about it.
McCain joked. “I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
Crap. He brings that up all the time. It's getting to be embarrassing.
I'm watching a show on the Bio channel about "human transformation."
There's this woman, Cindy Jackson. who has had tons of plastic surgery.
She looks like a Barbie doll. I saw her high school photo. There was nothing wrong with her.
She went to her high school reunion and wondered why no one made a fuss of her.
Why should they? What has she accomplished in those intervening years except have multiple plastic surgeries?
BTW, she lives in a London flat with two cats.
Do you know who originally said that?
God
You did?
Relax and stand easy my friends. I bring you the Word of Peace. You have nothing to fear any more.
“I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
John McCain sure is famously reluctant to discuss his service in Vietanm
Bob Herbert had another good column today:
What we haven’t had is a deep exploration of problems here at home that are threatening the very vibrancy of the nation, including: the dismal employment picture (there are many more Americans out of work than the official statistics show); the terrible toll that the housing and mortgage crisis is taking on families from one coast to the other; the tens of millions of Americans who are without health insurance coverage; the stunning high school dropout numbers; and a demoralizing problem with violent crime in several parts of the country.
Wonder if Rick Warren will want any answers on this stuff. Probably not.
thanks vicki. and i am quite pleased to know that you think about me when you've had too much to drink. 
What? McCain was shot down in 1967. ABBA began making music in 1972.
STOP DENIGRATING MCCAIN'S MILITARY SERVICE!
“If there is anything I am lacking in, I’ve got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life,” McCain joked.
Uh oh. Never trust anyone with power, who is too serious to care anything for music or art; or there will be more wars!
You have nothing to fear any more.
Pastor Mildred
I never feared anything.
I'm not a rightard.
Just kill all the believers and let Gawd sort 'em out.
SoCalCommie
Do you know who originally said that?
God
Deputy Dawg?
But it makes a nice summary of something that's probably not historically sound, so....
Rmj, Itinerant Theologist
Crap. He brings that up all the time. It's getting to be embarrassing.
I'll bet that if the North Vietnamese knew what he'd do with that SAM, they never would have shot him down....
“If there is anything I am lacking in, I’ve got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life,” McCain joked.
A boor.
Just like Bush.
Who knew that the celery stick is the perfect complement to the Buffalo Wing?
But it makes a nice summary of something that's probably not historically sound, so....
Rmj, Itinerant Theologist
I'm a pagan, johnny-come-lately.
I have seniority here.
Crap. He brings that up all the time. It's getting to be embarrassing.
Shaw Hussein KenEVE | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:29 pm | #
the media matters guy on cspan this morning (sorry, i forget which one - peter?) talked about this - how the press goes on and on about how mcthuselah never talks about vietnam, he's so humble, but in reality he talks about it ALL THE TIME.
it's all he's got.
Do you know who originally said that?
God
You did?
SoCalCommie
Don't be ridiculous. If that were the case, the quote would be " . . . let ME sort them out."
Jesus, dude - he's God, not fucking Bob Dole or something.
I wonder if they ever did a study of all the Vietnamese that McCain killed with his bombing?
Do you know who originally said that?
God
Arnaud Almaric, Abbot of Citeaux, 1209.
Wasn't it Herman Göring who said "When someone mentions culture, I reach for my revolver?"
You did?
SoCalCommie | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:29 pm | #
he was, as usually, misquoted.
War destroyed McCain's ability to appreciate music, art and the other finer things in life.
And he wants revenge by god.
Sounds like a good 30 second campaign ad doesn't it?
John McCain sure is famously reluctant to discuss his service in Vietanm
BlueinColorado
Funny you should bring that up. I know a lot of 'Nam vets (being one myself). To a man, they don't talk about it... ever... period.
The first thing I must do is stop this fighting among you. Then together we can drive out the trools, they are of the devil.
Yes, Tom, that was good about the 11 year old boy.
The fundy God is evidently a lot like that kid played by Billy Mumy in the Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life"...
Mr. Fremont: It's snowing outside! Anthony, are you making it snow?
Anthony Fremont: Yes, I'm making it snow.
Mr. Fremont: Why, that'll ruin half the crops! You know that, don't you, half the crops! That's what that... But it's good you're making it snow. It's real good. And tomorrow's going to be a good day too.
A boor.
Just like Bush.
Terry C - Obama/Clinton 08
He is trying too hard.
It's manufactured ignorance.
Wasn't it Herman Göring who said "When someone mentions culture, I reach for my revolver?"
Apprentice to Darth Holde
To see if they had a Vermeer he could steal?
Who knew that the celery stick is the perfect complement to the Buffalo Wing?
The tastes complement one another. But you really shouldn't be eating that shit, Gomez. Fried food is bad for you. Same goes for KFC and General Tsao's Chicken.
/scold
Pastor Mildred
Where are your deacons?
Veda, Ida, Bert and Monty?
Socal commie
"Kill them all, God will recognize his own."
-Arnald-Amalric, The Papal Legate, in 1208 (when asked by the Crusaders what to do with the citizens of Beziers who were a mixture of Catholics and Cathar heretics)
Again, from Herbert:
The mayors talked about clogged highways, the high price of gasoline and an air transportation system that seems to get more pitiful by the day. Mayor John Robert Smith of Meridian, Miss., called on the presidential candidates to take a bold, creative approach to the nation’s transportation needs, including substantial investments in railroad infrastructure.
I believe McCain has a word for all that Mr Mayor. It's pork. Because the idea of money going to someone who isn't going to give him a cut is unbearable to Mav. Just marry an heiress like he did and you too can pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
The tastes complement one another. But you really shouldn't be eating that shit, Gomez. Fried food is bad for you. Same goes for KFC and General Tsao's Chicken.
Only dreaming about it.
Funny you should bring that up. I know a lot of 'Nam vets (being one myself). To a man, they don't talk about it... ever... period.
SoCalCommie, you were likely in the shit, yes?
Unlike the flyboy McCain, who didn't experience it up close and personal until he crashed into it.
Who knew that the celery stick is the perfect complement to the Buffalo Wing?
Gomez |
I predicted that.
War destroyed McCain's ability to appreciate music, art and the other finer things in life.
All that culture stuff is furrin and commie.
The fundy God is evidently a lot like that kid played by Billy Mumy in the Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life"...
-Richard
Precisely!
-Arnald-Amalric, The Papal Legate, in 1208 (when asked by the Crusaders what to do with the citizens of Beziers who were a mixture of Catholics and Cathar heretics)
God
Learn something new everyday.
Only dreaming about it.
Gomez
I know you like those wings. You like big butts and you cannot lie...
The fundy God is evidently a lot like that kid played by Billy Mumy in the Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life"...
-Richard
Precisely!
Tom
The fundies are, as usual, projecting.
I believe McCain has a word for all that Mr Mayor. It's pork.
Mississippi has been particularly hard-hit in this regard since the departure of Trent Lott from government....
Who knew that the celery stick is the perfect complement to the Buffalo Wing?
Oh, indeed. Add some carrot sticks too. You'll thank me later.
This is new to the Church. We have been sent into the blogosphere to bring the Word of Pease.
The tastes complement one another. But you really shouldn't be eating that shit, Gomez. Fried food is bad for you. Same goes for KFC and General Tsao's Chicken.
God created these delicious things for Me to enjoy. T'would be blasphemy and a sine for Me to deny them their Purpose.
You can make delicious hot chicken wings in the oven--no frying. I do use some melted butter in the hot sauce I toss them in, but not much. Just keep basting every now and then for 45 minutes. Temp at 350.
This is a Photochop, yes?
.
I wonder if they ever did a study of all the Vietnamese that McCain killed with his bombing?
Gomez | 08.16.08 - 4:33 pm | #
McCain wasn't very competent.
~
Abbott Amalric made his famous statement during the siege of Beziers, at the beginning of the Albigensian Crusade, commonly considered the start of the Inquisition. The heretics in question were Cathars, people who considered themselves the "true Christians", some of whom taught (just to tie things together), that Jesus came into this world: "through fucking and shitting, rocking back and forth and fucking, in other words, through the coitus of a man and a woman, just like the rest of us."
Everything old is new again.
SoCalCommie, you were likely in the shit, yes?
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Yes, but not for long, and that's all I'm going to say on the subject. Thanks, in advance, for dropping the subject.
Have you ever BEEN to Meridian, MS?
Not likely the Mayor will be able to find a millionaire beer heiress to marry.
He's gonna hafta find another way, 'cause those folks surely will not tax themselves for progress. (based on my experience to their east)
Condi the USSR expert strikes again.
I have heard more than once that McCain "deserves the presidency" for what he went through in Vietnam.
I invited the last person who said this to walk to downtown Portland with me to meet some homeless guys who, by his logic, should make up McCain's cabinet.
He didn't understand my point.
Will somebody please go up to Karsh's before it closes and get me half dozen sausage rolls and a loaf challah?
I'll trade you the receipt for Orange Julius....
I had a porpoise driven life, but it was all wet.
The cetaceans of Phocoenidae denounce this slur on our kind and bare our flat teeth in your general direction.
Who knew that the celery stick is the perfect complement to the Buffalo Wing?
don't forget the blue cheese.
fried buffalo wings? not in my buffalo they aren't!
This is a Photochop, yes?
.
Lord, I hope so....
God owes me a beverage....
T'would be blasphemy and a sine for Me to deny them their Purpose.
BlueinColorado | 08.16.08 - 4:38 pm | #
Now you're off on a tangent.
A thought just popped into my head - Ken Lay is not really dead.
Damn.
Tom
Here's the proof:
Costas: and here are the caymans
Lauer: a cayman bit my sister
Costas: leading for the Cayman Islands is ken lay
.
The catch is that some of that infrastructure spending is siphoned off for the personal enrichment of key cronies.
You can look at that as a cost of doing business, but the thing is, infrastructure spending IS investment, because it facilitates economic activity. All you have to do is look at how the Interstate system brought economic action to areas that hadn't seen much economic action apart from susbsistence farming.
Of course, the tension between short term personal gain and long term economic prosperity is one that has been decidedly lopsided for several decades. No one in Reagan's kitchen cabinet had any of the long term prosperity sense of Alexander Hamilton. They were all looking to make a pile and book.
"If fried food is so bad fer ya, then why'd Jebus invent it?"
/wingnuts
You know what I'm really looking forward to come January 20, 2009?
I won't have to hear Bush's voice hardly ever again. He has the most grating voice.
God owes me a beverage....
Rmj, Itinerant Theologis
maybe he could just turn your water...
Only dreaming about it.
Gomez, I also have a wonderful receipt for Buffalo Chicken meatballs, which are baked, not fried, and go beautifully with celery and bleu cheese dressing. I assure you they are anything -but- harmful.
John Prine, on American Routes, just said he's gotten more flack for one line about George Bush than he got for all his stuff about Vietnam in the seventies
Someone who said they were a lifelong fan couldn't believe that John Prine would do a political song.
rmj,
God owes you wine made from water.
commie.
Terry C - Obama/Clinton 08
Hey! I resemble that statement!
The tastes complement one another. But you really shouldn't be eating that shit, Gomez. Fried food is bad for you. Same goes for KFC and General Tsao's Chicken.
Ahem!!!
Costas: this is china's finest moment
Lauer: that and the invention of kung pao chicken
Costas: nobody puts General Tso in a corner!
.
Don't forget the bleu cheese dipping sauce. Now I want some.
Have you ever BEEN to Meridian, MS?
mto3
Too many times to count. I grew up 60 miles from there.
I believe Smith is buddies with Gil Carmichael, once Governor of Mississippi and Sec. of Transportation under Reagan. He was a big rail proponent, actually commuted to DC on Amtrak.
Meridian's got a gorgeous passenger train / bus station.
John Prine, on American Routes, just said he's gotten more flack for one line about George Bush than he got for all his stuff about Vietnam in the seventies
Someone who said they were a lifelong fan couldn't believe that John Prine would do a political song.
BlueinColorado
Amazing what a mere 30 years can do, huh?
John Prine, on American Routes, just said he's gotten more flack for one line about George Bush than he got for all his stuff about Vietnam in the seventies
He'd better watch out or Toby Keith will say bad things about him.
These springboard divers are trying to distract me from my porpoise, but I will not be distracted.
This is a Photochop, yes?
Probably. Veneman's a Republican, isn't she?
"Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime"
Ray Davies/Kinks; Sunny Afternoon
Now I owe dirk a beverage!
All right, I'm gone until Monday.
rmj,
God owes you wine made from water.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
'long as I don't have to make the water first.
It’s like every question McCain gets asked he has to talk about his time a POW.
One wonders what deep demons he must have inside. Not sure this guy is stable to be President. Of course ,no Dem can say this because the talking heads would go crazy.
But someone needs to say it. Chimpy is stupid, this guy may well be insane.
gwpda, any chance that recipe is available online?
Chimpy is stupid, this guy may well be insane.
sally
MAY be?
Oh, I googled. Found a few of them.
'long as I don't have to make the water first.
Rmj, Itinerant Theologist
this is why yellow wine has never been popular.
It’s like every question McCain gets asked he has to talk about his time a POW.
It's amazing to me how well McCain plays the media, like a harp from hell, to quote Danny DeVito. And I genuinely don't think he's smart enough to have done it on purpose. It's just a weird confluence of his personality/biography and their insecurities.
It is not easy to bring the Word of Peace anywhere. But we are committed beyond measure. We are the pastors of the internet.
This is my calling, here with you. Do not worry my friends, fret no longer. Peace is coming.
ali, you could also google low carb buffalo wings, i expect you'll find recipes for baked or grilled wings as well.
it's the sauce that makes the wing. we even have veggie wings sometimes. ok, not quite the same, but we have them.
The Purpose driven Life. Cathar style (from WikiP):
"According to some Cathars, the purpose of man's life on Earth was to transcend matter, renouncing perpetually anything connected with the principle of power and thereby attain union with the principle of love. According to others, man's purpose was to reclaim or redeem matter, spiritualizing and transforming it. This placed them at odds with the . . . " (guess who)
It's amazing to me how well McCain plays the media, like a harp from hell, to quote Danny DeVito. And I genuinely don't think he's smart enough to have done it on purpose. It's just a weird confluence of his personality/biography and their insecurities.
BlueinColorado
doesn't take remarkable intelligence to play the press like a harp. Consider Chimpy.
I suppose it's a kind of intelligence, but not the one people think of when they say "smart." OTOH, McCain makes things go.....
Will somebody please go up to Karsh's before it closes and get me half dozen sausage rolls and a loaf challah?
Would gladly go, but am chained to my desk for the duration.
Texas Pete's Hot Sauce mixed with about 2-3 Tbs. of butter (heat together in a saucepan until butter is melted) makes a delicious coating for baked hot wings.
Well, it's funny that democrats defend John Breck Edwards by saying at least he didn't leave his wife like McCain. Listen, I don't approve how McCain handled his first wife but
killing babies is okay like Obama believes as long as you stay married to your first wife? This is idiotic and Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
it's the sauce that makes the wing. we even have veggie wings sometimes. ok, not quite the same, but we have them.
dirk gently
Tastes like chicken, doesn't it?
Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
1 pound ground white meat chicken
1/2 small onion, grated
2 cloves garlic, grated
1/2 cup parsley, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup hot sauce, Frank’s
3 scallions, green and white parts thinly sliced
bleu cheese dressing for dipping
Yields: 4 snack-size servings
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400ºF.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground chicken with the onion, garlic and parsley, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Flatten out the meat in the bowl and score it into four portions using the side of your hand. Shape each portion into four balls – you should have sixteen meatballs in total.
Arrange the meatballs on a nonstick sheet pan and drizzle them with oil. Place in the oven and bake until the meatballs are cooked through and golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.
While the meatballs are baking, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the hot sauce and whisk to combine. Toss the baked
meatballs in the hot sauce to coat.
All right, I'm gone until Monday.
Have fun!
Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
Texaschilibean
Noted. And the value of your opinion in such matters is....?
Merci bien, GWPDA!
Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
No one here gives a fuck about that opinion, Mkay?
in my opinion.
Texaschilibean
Like any body cares a flying fuck about your opinion!
It's amazing to me how well McCain plays the media, like a harp from hell, to quote Danny DeVito
or the media just gives him luvin. note how he paints it: that the media loves obama! just like the public finance crap - he was playing fast and loose with public money while painting obama as the one who flipped on it. or that little article in the wapo headlined 'obama to increase budget by 3.4tril', which (in para 10) "mentioned" that by the same projections, mccains would increase it by 5.3
it's a game. all a game. and the media is on his team.
It’s like every question McCain gets asked he has to talk about his time a POW.
The interesting thing is that he doesn't really talk about it--instead, he alludes to it constantly. It's a continuing reference point so that he can keep the fact of it in the public mind (in large part so he can win the "he's entitled" and "poor suffering John" votes).
But, actually talking about it, no. We don't have much of an inkling of his current feelings after forty years.
This is idiotic and Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
Texaschilibean
Shut your fucking pie hole and go to hell, you little creep.
One wonders what deep demons he must have inside. Not sure this guy is stable to be President. Of course ,no Dem can say this because the talking heads would go crazy.
But someone needs to say it. Chimpy is stupid, this guy may well be insane.
sally
Funny - this is exactly what Bush's people were saying about McCain in 2000. They spread the word that the poor guy was a good man who was driven insane by his POW experience.
killing babies is okay
Dropping bombs on women and children is NOT okay.
Terry C... I owe you a coke!
quite simply, i don't want to live anymore.
I hate life and I hate living and I hate people.
I don't approve how McCain handled his first wife but
killing babies is okay like Obama believes as long as you stay married to your first wife? This is idiotic and Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
Texaschilibean
Bush has killed 1 million in Iraq, and 3 million have had to leave the country.
Don't talk to me about your make believe christian values.
Noted. And the value of your opinion in such matters is....?
The devil is in the details.
I bet my kids will love these meatballs. I'm going to make them tonight.
No one here gives a fuck about that opinion, Mkay?
Terry C - Obama/Clinton 08 | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:51 pm | #
he doesn't have an opinion. he just mindlessly parrots whatever his evil masters tell him to say.
you should have sixteen meatballs in total. ...
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian | 08.16.08 - 4:50 pm
Is that before or after the dog or cat gets to them?
This is idiotic and Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion.
I could only hope.
Bush has killed 1 million in Iraq, and 3 million have had to leave the country.
Don't talk to me about your make believe christian values.
sally
Wish I'd said that.
No one here gives a fuck about that opinion, Mkay?
Terry C - Obama/Clinton 08
Is it just Toby we're not quoting anymore?
TexasChiliFarts doesn't know the difference between blastocysts and babies.
Why am I not surprised?
or the media just gives him luvin.
Yup. The media's appointed task is to paint lipstick on the pig.
They aren't being played. They are in on the game.
Okay, u can haz it anyway.
Orange Julius
1 cup orange juice
1 cup water
2 egg whites
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 heaping cup ice.
Combine all the ingredients in a blender set on high speed for exactly 1 minute.
Makes two drinks.
Is it just Toby we're not quoting anymore?
Ali, spiritual advisor
Understood.
quite simply, i don't want to live anymore.
I hate life and I hate living and I hate people.
Dr Roberta | 08.16.08 - 4:52 pm | #
i can relate. unfortunately, you have little choice. because somewhere, someone will be put through hell if you go too early.
so suck it up. don't worry, it can't last forever and you'll never have to do it again.
[this is why they won't let me work the suicide hotlines]
Person on the radio just said that McCain and Obama are appearing together tonight. Is that accurate?
All faiths welcome. All nonfaiths welcome. What is everyone looking for? Peace. And through me it will come here on this internet blog. I have been called to this service.
I have completed sermon one. That wasn't so bad at all, was it? I will bring you slowly, step by step.
I could only hope.
Gomez
Really. They've done so much damage to this country it's pathetic.
With their hatred of science alone....
GWPDA has aided me yet again, by reminding me that I'm out of vanilla extract.
god. so, what the hell happened to the rest of my tailbone anyway?
And what is the appendix for?
Orange Julius
Yum! Thanks!
They aren't being played. They are in on the game.
Richard | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 4:55 pm | #
hell, they own the franchise.
doesn't take remarkable intelligence to play the press like a harp. Consider Chimpy.
Bush is a master predator, he has an innate ability to control certain personalities. Like a Charles Manson.
It’s like every question McCain gets asked he has to talk about his time a POW.
He lives in the past.
Person on the radio just said that McCain and Obama are appearing together tonight. Is that accurate?
masculine_monica_nyc
Yup. At Rick Warren's church. To talk about faith and what kind of good people they are.
Blecch.
Is that before or after the dog or cat gets to them?
I think that receipt would make exceptionally big meatballs. I made much littler ones and was quite content. I also added fennel seed, more garlic, an egg, and enough 'italian seasoned' bread crumbs to lighten things up.
And what is the appendix for?
Ali, spiritual advisor
footnotes.
Bush is a master predator, he has an innate ability to control certain personalities. Like a Charles Manson.
puppethead
Bush is what Charlie Manson COULD have been if he'd had money.
MMNYC-
my understanding was that each gets questioned for 1 hr by Warren (& cong?), w/ BHO going first due to coin-toss 7 McC in a 'cone of silence' next. guess they'll cross paths at the break, since talking heads have been speculating on handshake (yeah, dumb, I know). don't know if they share the stage at the end (of days).
What is everyone looking for? Peace.
not me.
guess again.
You have a friend now. I will be with you always. It will take some time but we will stop this fighting among each other. Then we can vanquish the trools. But, first things first.
What is everyone looking for? Peace.
not me.
guess again.
dirk gently,melancoholic
- A piece?
hell, they own the franchise.
And the refs, umpires, line judges and official scorers.
Yup. At Rick Warren's church. To talk about faith and what kind of good people they are.
Feh. Must not see tv.
I'd add an egg and the bread crumbs, too, GWPDA.
It does sound good.
And the Orange Julius?! Thanks!
I will be with you always.
NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!!!
if i repent, will you go away? surely my sins can't be THAT bad!
- A piece?
Tom
Nudge, nudge...wink, wink...say no more!
Fox "News" Flips Out When 12 Year Old Girl Reports About Her Experience in S. Ossetia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f...h?
v=ffJjyHhnjXM
- A piece?
Tom | 08.16.08 - 5:00 pm | #
got one, thanks.
but thanks for playing.
"Person on the radio just said that McCain and Obama are appearing together tonight. Is that accurate?"
--masculine_monica_nyc
Yes.
he has an innate ability to control certain personalities.
I remember when Olbermann did the story on Rove's first sight of Chimpy and the beginnings of his mancrush.
Tres creepy.
All faiths welcome. All nonfaiths welcome. What is everyone looking for? Peace. And through me it will come here on this internet blog. I have been called to this service.
I have completed sermon one. That wasn't so bad at all, was it? I will bring you slowly, step by step.
That's kinda presumptuous, y'know. How do you know that everyone's looking for "Peace?"
I guess you are. Maybe some other people, too. But, everyone?
C'mon. Most of the people I know aren't looking for peace. They're looking for enough money to live on and to get laid once in a while.
"Person on the radio just said that McCain and Obama are appearing together tonight. Is that accurate?"
--masculine_monica_nyc
Yes.
mer | 08.16.08 - 5:01 pm | #
going to see who is jesusier.
I been thinking lately about the people I meet
The carwash on the corner and the hole in the street
The way my ankles hurt with shoes on my feet
And I'm wondering if I'm gonna see tomorrow.
Father forgive us for what we must do
You forgive us we'll forgive you
We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue
Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven.
I wish Obama was not going on with McCain and the Rev.
I don't think the future president should go on bended knee to these megachurch nuts.
Yep, Rick Warren will be interviewing
Obama and Mcain tonight on Fox News
at 7:00. Because it will be fair, the liberal media has not mentioned it much. Obama will be interviewed first while Mcain is out of earshot and then Mcain will be asked the same questions.
Father forgive us for what we must do
You forgive us we'll forgive you
not me. i hold a grudge.
my life sucks shit.
i'm tuck in an endless rut and nothing will stop it.
i hate my parents for creating me.
Fox fair?
:
not me. i hold a grudge.
dirk gently
NO FISH FOR YOU!
Because it will be fair, the liberal media has not mentioned it much.
the scmsm has been blabbering about it for days. the reason you haven't heard it from the liberal media is that there isn't one.
And what is the appendix for?
Ali, spiritual advisor
If it calls for an appendix, you may wish to choose another recipe.
Texaschilibean | 08.16.08 - 5:03 pm |
Do you live in a tar paper shack with a shortwave radio glued to your skull?
i hate my parents for creating me.
Dr Roberta | 08.16.08 - 5:04 pm | #
you can blame the fundies for that, too.
All together now, we must reach out to Dr. Robera. She is a lovely person and we must tell her that.
Dr. Roberta, you can talk with me. You can talk to the other good people here. Just don't talk to any trools.
It will be fine, I promise you
Butler is a preacher now?
my life sucks shit.
i'm tuck in an endless rut and nothing will stop it.
i hate my parents for creating me.
Seek medical assistance.
ah, i get it now. Alias has abandoned the ultra tedious misses for a new pair of morons.
i hate my parents for creating me.
You got caught ridin' dirty, didn't ya?
.
I think it's gonna be Nunn: haz gravitas (old, not as old as Mcthuselah) bland(not haz celebrity)corporate friendly(Arco,Coke)social conservative (a closet in every fox hole)village approved(the dean of wank)not viable in 8 years(go ahead Jeb,Hill, whoever)
Pastor Mildred | 08.16.08 - 5:05 pm |
Do you have purpose-driven boobies?
ah, i get it now. Alias has abandoned the ultra tedious misses for a new pair of morons.
Very creepy, isn't it?
What is everyone looking for? Peace.
Christ, you know it ain't easy.
"Saturday, August 16, 2008
Wes Clark "Not Going" To DNC
Can't comment, all there are is cuss words.
General Wesley Clark is not attending the Democratic National Convention. I was told by General Clark's personal office in Little Rock that he would not be attending.
Clark was informed by Barack Obama's people that there was no reason to come.
General Clark has been given no role of any kind at the convention.
Oh wait, Matt found some words-
Clearly, we'd rather hear about how to handle this delicate military tussle from Evan Bayh and Ken Salazar. I do want to point out how deeply we respect John McCain's service to his country, though of course, Wes Clark's 34 years in the military and near fatal wounds in Vietnam are kind of yawners.
UPDATE- Clark's son (yes, it's verified that it's his son- he's been posting at Kos for a while) has some additional comments here.
Changed title from "Disinvite" to reflect more of what is being said in the above diary.""
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blog...ted-to-
dnc.html
NO FISH FOR YOU!
BlueinColorado
some nice sushi places around here.
acl! puppy attack! can;t tyor!
My goodness. Watching Jailhouse Rock (black and white)--that is the gayest song/performance evah!
Do you live in a tar paper shack with a shortwave radio glued to your skull?
Alias has abandoned the ultra tedious misses for a new pair of morons.
dirk gently,melancoholic
Every bit as objectionable.
hard to post w/ 2 puppies sitting in one's lap licking one's face.
anyway, Alias is pronounced "a LIE ass."
just fyi.
s h i t t z
.
I think it's gonna be Nunn: haz gravitas (old, not as old as Mcthuselah) bland(not haz celebrity)corporate friendly(Arco,Coke)social conservative (a closet in every fox hole)village approved(the dean of wank)not viable in 8 years(go ahead Jeb,Hill, whoever)
It's possible, but that pretty much destroys the implied age argument with McCain. Nunn will be 70 in September.
god. the reason i asked is that there's been a time or two in my life (as you know) that it would've been handy to have one...
Texaschilibean
When anyone here wants your cretinous opinions, we will beat them out of you with a railroad tie.
So even with Rove's, Condi's and Scheunnemans provoking of a small war in the Ukraine, they still haven't been able to move McCains numbers. McCain spent all week lambasting Russia because the Georgians started a war, and NOTHING on the poll numbers.
It was nothing but an attempt to get his numbers up and it failed miserably and the biggest loser was their dupe Saakshvili, and of course the people who got killed. But Rove and company have never hesitated to get people killed for a political advantage.
So what's next for the McCain campaign. They won't let him talk to reporters, they won't let him do his townhall meetings and the war they started for him didn't get him anything. Who the hell cares if Graham and Lieberman go over there? They've got zero authority, and zero power to do anything. I guess Lieberman can whine at them, and maybe Lindsay can buy some nice cheap rugs.
But really, what is left for the McCain campaign? All of his strong suits have proven to be disasters. One after another. And this latest is so tainted with Rove and Scheunneman that the White House is in a panic to quell the rumors that they told Saakshvili that they would back him up.
"...killing babies is okay like Obama believes as long as you stay married to your first wife? This is idiotic and Obama in NOT A TRUE CHRISTIAN, in my opinion."
Texaschilibean
Let's stop this crap once and for all time. Mkay?
How many babies do you think were killed as a result of Dubya's excellent Iraq adventure? Katrina? Collateral damage okay with you--in times of war and natural disasters? Unavoidable. Right?
It's an imperfect world we live in, pal. Your idiotic ranting shows that you have a good deal of trouble understanding this.
Now please go shoot yourself.
Enkew.
Shaw Hussein KenEVE | Homepage | 08.16.08 - 5:15
(STANDING OVATION)
y'all know about the sheets, right?
Analysis: Candidates can't ignore values-based voters
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS...ters/
index.html
Who decided to allow these people to define values?
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