Coffee Shop

[saveliberty]

Wow, @Rheo!

[Valin]

The explanation above was merely to explain, not to persuade.

 

There is something wrong with persuasion?

 

No, there isn't a problem with persuasion, @Valin. I took to heart that you had issues with the Church and just wanted to explain.

 

A. Thanks.

B. I understood

C. I was raised in The Church..ie schooled by The Penguins, so I have a good working knowledge.

 

As I said we are....prayerfully considering a return. The circle turns.

[Rheo]

Great picture of GW.

 

 

[Casino67]

Okay, who wants to hear a story about how bad the VA is?

[pollyannaish]

Okay, who wants to hear a story about how bad the VA is?

 

Me!

[clearvision]

Okay, who wants to hear a story about how bad the VA is?

OK

[pollyannaish]

Great picture of GW.

 

 

 

SIGH! I love that guy.

 

Edited to add: Also: It is totally unfair that men get better looking as they age.

[Casino67]

This is the second attempt. I have two kittens and one just walked across the keyboard and erased five paragraphs of text about the VA I had just written.

 

Having been a smoker for 50+/- years, I have COPD and use an albuterol huffer to help me breath. For the last ten or so days, I have had to use it more than usual. Today I emailed the VA to try and get a refill sooner than they had it scheduled to mail out to me.

 

I described my problems in the email and a few minutes later they called me asking how soon I could get there. I went right away and within minutes of arriving, an LPN was taking BP, temp, weight and a brief history of what was going on. Shortly after that they told me to go get a chest xray. Got it and the xray tech showed me the pic of my lungs. A little cloudy, but that was all I could see.

 

A few minutes later, the gate-keeper called me into her office and said it looked like I had a bit of pneumonia on top of all of the COPD. She called in four rx's to the pharmacy, made a couple of appointments with the pulmonary climic for this Friday and basically told me what and how to use the meds. One of the meds is that Symbicort, the one that has an elephant following him around town. (Disappointed I didn't get my own elephant though, or any animal.)

 

All of this was accomplished in less than an hour with no prior appointment and no one acted like I was holding them back from their other jobs, which I was.

 

I like to share my experiences with the VA because they get such bad publicity. And the VA here in Wilmington is no little deal. It is a major hospital with an unknown number of employees, but many. If I have had a bad experience with them I have certainly forgotten.

 

Soooooo, if you hear a bad story about them, just keep in mind, not everyone has a bad experience.. And maybe share my story with them.

[SrWoodchuck]

WHITE HOUSE INSIDER: How Mitt Romney Mentally Castrated The Obama Campaign …And it’s looking good for them. I’ll tell you that. Not a slam dunk no worried scenario – but they got a real chance here to win this thing. Their campaign…it’s been rock solid so far. Forget the bullsh-t media spin trying to drive home every little supposed mistake they’re makin’ – so far the Romney team is winning this thing. But the real race hasn’t quite started yet so they gotta be ready for the real show. That’s coming up next month. That’s when the real punches start. And Romney better be ready to take a punch, cause they are gonna come at him hard. ‘Course, they did something that got my attention – earned my respect. These boys can crack a lip open themselves. All suit and ties on the outside, but tough bastards behind the scenes. Reminds me a lot of the Reagan team. Smile to your face while they are kicking the sh-t out of you.

 

Thanks, @Rheo! Enjoyed that!

[pollyannaish]

This is the second attempt. I have two kittens and one just walked across the keyboard and erased five paragraphs of text about the VA I had just written.

 

Having been a smoker for 50+/- years, I have COPD and use an albuterol huffer to help me breath. For the last ten or so days, I have had to use it more than usual. Today I emailed the VA to try and get a refill sooner than they had it scheduled to mail out to me.

 

I described my problems in the email and a few minutes later they called me asking how soon I could get there. I went right away and within minutes of arriving, an LPN was taking BP, temp, weight and a brief history of what was going on. Shortly after that they told me to go get a chest xray. Got it and the xray tech showed me the pic of my lungs. A little cloudy, but that was all I could see.

 

A few minutes later, the gate-keeper called me into her office and said it looked like I had a bit of pneumonia on top of all of the COPD. She called in four rx's to the pharmacy, made a couple of appointments with the pulmonary climic for this Friday and basically told me what and how to use the meds. One of the meds is that Symbicort, the one that has an elephant following him around town. (Disappointed I didn't get my own elephant though, or any animal.)

 

All of this was accomplished in less than an hour with no prior appointment and no one acted like I was holding them back from their other jobs, which I was.

 

I like to share my experiences with the VA because they get such bad publicity. And the VA here in Wilmington is no little deal. It is a major hospital with an unknown number of employees, but many. If I have had a bad experience with them I have certainly forgotten.

 

Soooooo, if you hear a bad story about them, just keep in mind, not everyone has a bad experience.. And maybe share my story with them.

 

Terrific! Here's to a great team of patriots! And I hope you feel better really soon. I'm bummed about those elephants. I kinda thought that might be the silver lining.

[SrWoodchuck]

H/T:TheoSpark

[SrWoodchuck]

This is funny! [Just one stanza]

 

 

This is the gas that was made out of corn

That used to be food for those tattered and torn

That once trusted the priest who was made to reform

That married the men all tidy and shorn

That cheered the maiden in a Georgetown dorm

That milked the taxpayers for the condoms and porn

That the state must provide from the day we are born

That was paid with the money all wasted and gone

That came from the stimulus ready to burn

That the crony big businesses didn't return

That gave to the unions what they didn't earn

That the media saw but didn't inform

That everyone's broke except for those firms

That paid for the house that Obama built

 

http://thepeoplescub...book-t9342.html

 

H/T:ThePeoplesCube

[saveliberty]

@Casino67, I hope that you feel better soon!

 

Thank you for sharing that story! There are doctors and nurses who work very hard in the VA,.

[saveliberty]

“Lord of all pots and pans and things,

Since I’ve no time to be

A saint by doing lovely things or

Watching late with thee,

Or dreaming in the twilight or

Storming heaven’s gates.

Make me a saint by getting meals or

Washing up the plates. Although I must have Martha’s hands,

I have Mary’s mind, and,

When I black the boots and shoes

Thy sandals, Lord, I find.

I think of how they trod the earth

What time I scrub the floor,

Accept this meditation, Lord,

I haven’t time for more.

 

Warm all the kitchen with thy love,

And light it with thy peace,

Forgive me all my worrying

And make all grumbling cease.

Thou who didst love to give men food

In room or by the sea

Accept this service that I do

I do it unto thee.”

 

H/T

Deacon's Bench

Edited August 1, 2012 by saveliberty

[saveliberty]

Keeping up with Granny ain’t easy ...

 

By Howie Carr

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - Updated 5 hours ago

 

How does Granny Warren do it? I mean, do you know how much time it must take, saving capitalism and simultaneously providing the “intellectual foundations” of Occupy Wall Street, which wanted to destroy capitalism?

 

Talk about keeping balls in the air. She’s both an Indian and “Okie to her toes.”

 

She makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for doing practically nothing at filthy-rich Harvard University, which has an endowment of $32 billion and she wishes that we could run our society as efficiently as dirt-poor China.

[saveliberty]

Elizabeth Warren’s silly campaign tactics

 

By Joe Battenfeld

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - Updated 5 hours ago

 

We all know about Elizabeth Warren’s amazing exploits. She’s a genius law professor, the founder of the Occupy movement and the first nursing mother ever to take the New Jersey bar exam, all despite growing up in a poor Cherokee family.

 

But sadly, it turns out Warren is not going to “save capitalism.”

 

Hey, who do you think she is, Superwoman?

 

Democratic diehards and Warren acolytes must be very disappointed to hear that the Harvard Law professor is recanting her latest goofy gaffe, that Wall Street executives actually love her, and told her: “I want to support your campaign because you will save capitalism.”

 

Never mind.

[saveliberty]

Video: Romney aide cordially invites media to kiss his ass

 

 

posted at 4:01 pm on July 31, 2012 by Allahpundit

 

 

They were at Poland’s tomb of the unknown soldier; the questions were shrill, irritating, and dumb; and aide Rick Gorka lost his temper for maybe eight seconds, then apologized. Simple ingredients, but that’s all you need for a tasty summer stew of manufactured outrage that keeps the news cycle churning. September can’t get here soon enough, my friends.

 

Alternate headline: “Conservative support for Romney now at 100 percent.”

[saveliberty]

Harry Reid is either a liar or a lousy critical thinker.

 

FORTUNE -- Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) made political waves today by claiming that a Bain Capital investor told him that Mitt Romney didn't pay any taxes for a 10-year period.

 

One of two things has happened: (1) Reid is simply making the whole thing up, in order to pressure Romney into releasing tax returns for years prior to 2010, or (2) Reid's investor pal lied, and the Senator didn't bother to conduct even a mild vetting before sharing the accusation with reporters. Either way, shame on gossipy gentleman from Nevada.

 

*****

 

H/T Instapundit, who has more information

[saveliberty]

 

H/T Instapundit, though originally from Hot Air.

[saveliberty]

‘You Didn’t Build That’ and the Darkness of Collective Punishment

 

The fallacy of collective achievement led directly to last century's murderous scapegoating.

by

Oleg Atbashian

Bio

 

July 31, 2012 - 12:53 am

As Obama’s “you didn’t build that” quote is probed and analyzed, note that the idea of redistributing other people’s achievements is only the tip of an ideological iceberg.

 

Lest we take Obama’s words out of context and be accused of “swift-quoting,” let’s review the full passage. Speaking at a campaign stop in Roanoke, VA, on July 13, Barack Obama said:

 

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

Edited August 1, 2012 by saveliberty

[saveliberty]

This is a snippet from Patterico, in reference to a boycott of a bakery. Read the whole thing, but I am highlighting the comparison to Chris Christie:

 

There was a great story in the Atlantic recently about Chris Christie’s unrequited love for Bruce Springsteen. Like many from New Jersey, Christie is a lifelong Springsteen fan. But Springsteen treats Christie like dirt:

 

Despite heroic efforts by Christie, Springsteen, who is still a New Jersey resident, will not talk to him. They’ve met twice—once on an airplane in 1999, and then at the 2010 ceremony inducting Danny DeVito into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, where they exchanged only formal pleasantries. (Christie does say that Springsteen was very kind to his children.) At concerts, even concerts in club-size venues—the Stone Pony, in Asbury Park, most recently—Springsteen won’t acknowledge the governor. When Christie leaves a Springsteen concert in a large arena, his state troopers move him to his motorcade through loading docks. He walks within feet of the stage, and of the dressing rooms. He’s never been invited to say hello. On occasion, he’ll make a public plea to Springsteen, as he did earlier this spring, when Christie asked him to play at a new casino in Atlantic City. “He says he’s for the revitalization of the Jersey Shore, so this seems obvious,” Christie told me. I asked him if he’s received a response to his request. “No, we got nothing back from them,” he said unhappily, “not even a ‘f%@# you.’”

 

So how does Christie handle this? By boycotting Springsteen? He would never do that.

 

He's right that people are free to shop where they like and that owners can choose what they want to do. He's also right that it's best to be magnanimous, where possible.

[nickydog]

 

“Lord of all pots and pans and things,

Since I’ve no time to be

A saint by doing lovely things or

Watching late with thee,

Or dreaming in the twilight or

Storming heaven’s gates.

Make me a saint by getting meals or

Washing up the plates. Although I must have Martha’s hands,

I have Mary’s mind, and,

When I black the boots and shoes

Thy sandals, Lord, I find.

I think of how they trod the earth

What time I scrub the floor,

Accept this meditation, Lord,

I haven’t time for more.

 

Warm all the kitchen with thy love,

And light it with thy peace,

Forgive me all my worrying

And make all grumbling cease.

Thou who didst love to give men food

In room or by the sea

Accept this service that I do

I do it unto thee.”

 

H/T

Deacon's Bench

 

Brother Lawrence could have prayed that prayer. It's a good one. Thank you, @saveliberty.

[Rheo]

WHITE HOUSE INSIDER: How Mitt Romney Mentally Castrated The Obama Campaign …And it’s looking good for them. I’ll tell you that. Not a slam dunk no worried scenario – but they got a real chance here to win this thing. Their campaign…it’s been rock solid so far. Forget the bullsh-t media spin trying to drive home every little supposed mistake they’re makin’ – so far the Romney team is winning this thing. But the real race hasn’t quite started yet so they gotta be ready for the real show. That’s coming up next month. That’s when the real punches start. And Romney better be ready to take a punch, cause they are gonna come at him hard. ‘Course, they did something that got my attention – earned my respect. These boys can crack a lip open themselves. All suit and ties on the outside, but tough bastards behind the scenes. Reminds me a lot of the Reagan team. Smile to your face while they are kicking the sh-t out of you.

 

Thanks, @Rheo! Enjoyed that!

It was good.

 

I even got mentioned in the comments.

 

Jules

August 1, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Oh, probably not, but Charlotte is thinking, always thinking rather than waiting around for the answers, admirable.

 

Another tireless researcher seems to have disappeared. Remember Cindy, who was hot on the trail of Barry’s supposed past loves? Where did she go?

[nickydog]

Did the trail peter out?

[Rheo]

Did the trail peter out?

My comments kept disappearing so I stopped for awhile, then just burned out on anything political. (still burned out on anything political)