Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Yuck. Will they next show the effects of obesity on the packages of all the processed sugar foods people consume that cause disease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 I was so giddy thinking my wine entry was done. Nope, we had forgotten a category of reds from France. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Next debates: July 10th, 2011 6 PM Pacific Time, TV Network TBD – Purchase Tickets Location: The M Resort, Las Vegas, NV Sponsor: The Daily Caller, Americans for Tax Reform and Citizen Outreach Foundation Participants: TBD August 11th, 2011 Air time TBD on Fox News Location: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Sponsor: Fox News and Republican Party of Iowa Participants: TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Next debates: July 10th, 2011 6 PM Pacific Time, TV Network TBD – Purchase Tickets Location: The M Resort, Las Vegas, NV Sponsor: The Daily Caller, Americans for Tax Reform and Citizen Outreach Foundation Participants: TBD August 11th, 2011 Air time TBD on Fox News Location: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Sponsor: Fox News and Republican Party of Iowa Participants: TBD I read something this morning about some of the candidates complaining that Romney is not showing up for the Daily caller debate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Yowser, pretty nice jump she had. Excellent jump. Amazing what you can do when you're mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartlover Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Yuck. Will they next show the effects of obesity on the packages of all the processed sugar foods people consume that cause disease? Don't give them any ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Bernake having a news conference now to lower economic projections and raise inflation projections Doesn't see the unemplyment rate getting into the 5% 's till 2013. I am certainly not an economist, but I think we need demand before inflation becomes an item. If no one has money or confidence in their economic standing, they aren't going to be out spending what little they have. No demand, no inflation. I think that is how it works. P.S. Is this the thread to which I am posting on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Well there was inflation with no economic growth in the Carter years. The called it stagflation, remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 P.S. Is this the thread to which I am posting on? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 SIMPLY AMAZING VIDEO... Up close and personal at the John Conyers "estate" in Detroit. (Some pretty good reporting!) Take a gander at the Congressman's home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 NCT, HAH, like we were talking about yesterday, Detroit is one of those special cities with special people. I suppose this also might be just an example of parents who spoil their kids by giving them a house and then the kids don't appreciate it nor take care of the gift they were given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 SIMPLY AMAZING VIDEO... Up close and personal at the John Conyers "estate" in Detroit. (Some pretty good reporting!) Take a gander at the Congressman's home That was a good interview. Shame on you Mr. Conyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 This is an old story, but I had not heard it before. Did you know about it? It bears repeating . . . and I did verify it on UrbanLegends and Snopes. Mornings at the Pentagon Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY | McClatchy Newspapers IT HAPPENS EVERY FRIDAY! Over the last 12 months, 1,042 soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air Force personnel have given their lives in the terrible duty that is war. Thousands more have come home on stretchers, horribly wounded and facing months or years in military hospitals. This week, I'm turning my space over to a good friend and former roommate, Army Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, who recently completed a yearlong tour of duty in Iraq and is now back at the Pentagon. Here's Lt. Col. Bateman's account of a little-known ceremony that fills the halls of the Army corridor of the Pentagon with cheers, applause and many tears every Friday morning. It first appeared on May 17 on the Weblog of media critic and pundit Eric Alterman at the Media Matters for America Website. "It is 110 yards from the "E" ring to the "A" ring of the Pentagon. This section of the Pentagon is newly renovated; the floors shine, the hallway is broad, and the lighting is bright. At this instant the entire length of the corridor is packed with officers, a few sergeants and some civilians, all crammed tightly three and four deep against the walls. This hallway, more than any other, is the `Army' hallway. The G3 offices line one side, G2 the other, G8 is around the corner. All Army! Moderate conversations flow in a low buzz. Friends, who may not have seen each other for a few weeks, or a few years, spot each other, cross the way and renew. Everyone shifts to ensure an open path remains down the center. The air conditioning system was not designed for this press of bodies in this area. The temperature is rising already. Nobody cares. "10:36 hours: The clapping starts at the E-Ring. That is the outermost of the five rings of the Pentagon and it is closest to the entrance to the building. This clapping is low, sustained and hearty. It is applause with a deep emotion behind it as it moves forward in a wave down the length of the hallway. "A steady rolling wave of sound it is, moving at the pace of the soldier in the wheelchair who marks the forward edge with his presence. He is the first. He is missing the greater part of one leg, and some of his wounds are still suppurating. By his age I expect that he is a private, or perhaps a private first class. "Captains, majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels meet his gaze and nod as they applaud, soldier to soldier. Three years ago when I described one of these events, those lining the hallways were somewhat different. The applause a little more wilder perhaps in private guilt for not having shared in the burden ... Yet. "Now almost everyone lining the hallway is, like the man in the wheelchair, also a combat veteran. This steadies the applause, but I think deepens the sentiment. We have all been there now. The soldier's chair is pushed by, a full colonel. "Behind him, and stretching the length from Rings E to A, come more of his peers, each private, corporal, or sergeant assisted as need be by a field grade officer. "11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt, and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. My hands hurt. Please! Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after soldier has come down this hallway - 20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come with them, and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid hearts. They pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet for a private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by the generals. Some are wheeled along. Some insist upon getting out of their chairs, to march as best they can with their chin held up, down this hallway, through this most unique audience. Some are catching handshakes and smiling like a politician at a Fourth of July parade. More than a couple of them seem amazed and are smiling shyly. "There are families with them as well: the 18-year-old war-bride pushing her 19-year-old husband's wheelchair and not quite understanding why her husband is so affected by this, the boy she grew up with, now a man, who had never shed a tear is crying; the older immigrant Latino parents who have, perhaps more than their wounded mid-20s son, an appreciation for the emotion given on their son's behalf. No man in that hallway, walking or clapping, is ashamed by the silent tears on more than a few cheeks. An Airborne Ranger wipes his eyes only to better see. A couple of the officers in this crowd have themselves been a part of this parade in the past. These are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our brothers, and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 I had not been aware of that either, Chickadee! We had a good team in place 2003-2007. Wonder if they still do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 SIMPLY AMAZING VIDEO... Up close and personal at the John Conyers "estate" in Detroit. (Some pretty good reporting!) Take a gander at the Congressman's home That was a good interview. Shame on you Mr. Conyers. Shame on you Junior Conyers... running around the house at 5pm in your underpants. (However, knowing the Conyers family and the looks of the house... the kid may not be potty trained.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Well, shoot. I was expecting to see an AlGore-style mansion. But this was more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 WOW, can't you feel the excitement rising? Only 35 minutes until the 0 comes on. I know I can't hardly wait. Electricity in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 WOW, can't you feel the excitement rising? Only 35 minutes until the 0 comes on. I know I can't hardly wait. Electricity in the air. Thank goodness. I thought I had gas. What is his teleprompter going to tell us tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I guess we can't hope for a resignation speech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 ah. Obama Prepares to Recall Surge Troops From Afghanistan Amid Calls for Rapid Drawdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 I guess we can't hope for a resignation speech? No there is no hope for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 In a way he did just resign. The libs aren't going to be happy with only a 10k reduction and the right wouldn't vote for him anyway. I went over to MSLSD to see what they said and their coverage was very brief. Have no idea what they said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 CNN is doing their best to prop him up with why we can't get out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Ann Coulter's book "Demonic" arrived today. Based on just the first few pages, it is going to be a fun and informative read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Ann Coulter's book "Demonic" arrived today. Based on just the first few pages, it is going to be a fun and informative read. What is the subject? By the title, I can assume, government and those that are "serving in public office" for decades. or a PMS diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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