tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post322158467559705972..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: This is What I'm Talkin' About! Rationing and TaxationDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87983508218775579402008-05-31T09:08:00.000-04:002008-05-31T09:08:00.000-04:00Stick it where the sun don't shine, Joe.Bob, kids ...Stick it where the sun don't shine, Joe.<BR/><BR/>Bob, kids ain't got no place in a bar. If you want to bring kids in here I'll have to find another place to hang out.<BR/><BR/>Building codes, arsenic in the water, etc. Those endanger the public. If I shoot shit in my arm I'm not endangering the public any more than if I drink too much expensive rum.<BR/><BR/>I'll say it Again: The Government has NO BUSINESSS in my Bedroom, or my Den. If I want to drink 190 proof Evergreen, or shoot up Ajax it's none of the guvmint's damned business.<BR/><BR/>People destroy themselves, daily with booze, food, and unprotected sex. It's not my business. It's not my TAX DOLLLARS' Business.<BR/><BR/>The crime wave in the U.K. COINCIDES WITH THEIR BAN ON PERSONAL FIREARMS. PERIOD!<BR/><BR/>You better be damned careful People. A government that's powerful enough to ban behavior you don't like is powerful enough to ban behavior YOU CHERISH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67737221790205745172008-05-31T08:56:00.000-04:002008-05-31T08:56:00.000-04:00A lesser light said, "There is a huge difference b...A lesser light said, <I>"There is a huge difference between giving directly to those in need and giving to the govt. so that they can distribute to those that they deem needy."</I><BR/><BR/>On the contrary, God knows that the hearts of men waxeth cold at times, so charitable giving must have the force of Law in the eyes of God. This is why he issued a Commandment in Deuteronomy 15:11: <B>For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.</B>Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30811942895506723882008-05-31T03:57:00.000-04:002008-05-31T03:57:00.000-04:00The American Airline crew of the plane I was on, t...The American Airline crew of the plane I was on, trying to land in the same storm (over Costa Rica) aborted the landing and got out of Dodge and went to Panama. They got big time applause on the safe landing.<BR/><BR/>Plane Skids Off Runway in Honduras, 5 Dead<BR/><BR/>Fri May 30, 2008 7:47pm EDT<BR/>By Gustavo Palencia<BR/><BR/>TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.<BR/><BR/>The TACA airlines Airbus A320, on a flight from San Salvador with 135 passengers and crew, lay broken in three parts and was spewing fuel after the accident, which happened in heavy rain and fog.<BR/><BR/>Passengers, some with blood streaming from their faces, stumbled out of the plane over the broken wings as onlookers rushed to pull survivors from the smoking plane, Reuters television images showed.<BR/><BR/>A paramedic tried to resuscitate one man in the wreckage, while injured passengers sat stunned on the side of the road. One woman with a head wound asked repeatedly, "Where am I?"<BR/><BR/>Passersby struggled to pry open the cockpit to free the trapped pilots, one of whom died in a hospital.<BR/><BR/>The plane circled the airport several times before attempting to land in heavy fog, survivor Mario Castillo told Honduran television.<BR/><BR/>"Suddenly we felt a big noise and we were all trying desperately to get out," Castillo said. "The worst injured were the people in business class."<BR/><BR/>The plane skidded off the runway, which was sodden with rain from Tropical Storm Alma, and crashed through a fence into a busy road, killing two people in their cars. Two passengers also died.<BR/><BR/>Thirty-eight people were injured, local emergency services chief Carlos Cordero told Reuters.<BR/><BR/>Authorities closed the airport and transferred commercial flights to a military airport.<BR/><BR/>The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.<BR/><BR/>TREACHEROUS AIRPORT<BR/><BR/>Tegucigalpa is nestled in hills and has a reputation as one of the most treacherous airports in Latin America due to a difficult approach.<BR/><BR/>But Boris Ferrera, an official with Honduras' civil aviation authority, said there was plenty of room for the plane to land.<BR/><BR/>One of the dead was Harry Brautigam, a Nicaraguan who headed the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, TACA said. He died in a hospital after being dragged from the wreckage by rescue workers.<BR/><BR/>"The plane landed on the runway and braked and braked but it seems that the rain and the wet made it slip off," said an airport security official who witnessed the accident.<BR/><BR/>TACA said in a statement the plane was carrying 124 passengers and 11 crew. A local TACA manager said earlier there were 142 people on board.<BR/><BR/>"I am thanking God I am alive -- there are other passengers who are in a very bad way," survivor Roberto Sosa told Honduran radio.<BR/><BR/>The last time El Salvador's TACA was involved in an accident was in 1993 when a Boeing 767 airliner overran the runway as it was landing in Guatemala City and crashed into some houses. Nobody was killed.<BR/><BR/>(Additional reporting by Mica Rosenberg and Cyntia Barrera in Mexico City and Alberto Barrera in El Salvador; Writing by Catherine Bremer; Editing by Peter Cooney)Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71097872551445698882008-05-31T03:20:00.000-04:002008-05-31T03:20:00.000-04:00Ideas have consequences.Ideas have consequences.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78420703162954037382008-05-31T01:42:00.000-04:002008-05-31T01:42:00.000-04:00USA!USA! WHAT A COUNTRY!Puerto Rico inmates cast e...USA!USA! WHAT A COUNTRY!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Puerto Rico inmates cast early ballots for Dem. primary <BR/> <BR/> Puerto Rico (AP) — Arturo Vazquez is locked up for assault and robbery, but he and hundreds of other prisoners may have a say in choosing the next president of the United States, casting early ballots Friday in Puerto Rico's key Democratic primary.<BR/>Along with only two U.S. states, this Spanish-speaking Caribbean territory lets imprisoned felons vote. And Sunday's primary is hugely important: It may clinch the nomination for Sen. Barack Obama or buoy his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Vazquez made no bones about his choice after he voted in one of several curtained cardboard booths erected in a lunchroom with steel tables.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't Clinton.<BR/><BR/>"No woman should ever be president of the United States. It ought to be a man," said the burly convict with dark, close-cropped hair and a gray prison jumpsuit. He told a reporter he marked an 'X' for Sen. Barack Obama on the ballot which he slipped into a cardboard box.<BR/><BR/>A dozen inmates interviewed by The Associated Press at the compound of white buildings surrounded by barbed wire said they were grateful for the opportunity to help nominate a future American president.<BR/><BR/>Elliot Dones, 32, serving a seven-year sentence for robbery, said he is excited that the United States is showing interest in what Puerto Ricans have to say.<BR/><BR/>"I feel great. I feel mostly that we matter to the United States," said Dones, who voted for Clinton.<BR/><BR/>Omar Gonzalez, counting down a prison sentence for attempted murder, hopes Puerto Rico's economy is strong enough to give him a job when he is released — and believes that will depend in part on policy decisions made in Washington and who wins the presidency.<BR/><BR/>"Health plans, education, jobs — these are things I'm counting on when I get out," said the 29-year-old, who sports a cross tattoo on his right forearm, after voting for Obama. Gonzalez said television news reports on the Illinois senator influenced his vote. Other inmates said they followed the campaign in newspapers.<BR/><BR/>Yesenia Lociel, a corrections department spokeswoman, said 130 of the 448 medium and maximum-security inmates at the prison asked to vote — a turnout percentage comparable to local primary elections. Inmates in other prisons across the island were also voting on Friday, two days before the general population votes.<BR/><BR/>The first votes were cast on Thursday by dozens of blind Puerto Ricans. Students and military service members outside the island were also expected to vote Friday.<BR/><BR/>There are 55 delegates at stake in the primary Sunday. Officials predict about 500,000 of the island's 2.3 million registered voters will turn out for its first presidential primary in nearly 30 years.<BR/><BR/>Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but they have no voting representation in Congress and cannot for president in the general election.<BR/><BR/>Some inmates said they hope the island has a larger say over national affairs in the future.<BR/><BR/>"We're American citizens. We should be allowed to vote for the presidency too," said Angel Andino Davila, a 42-year-old convicted rapist.<BR/><BR/>Maine and Vermont are the only U.S. states that allow inmates to vote while incarcerated on felony offenses, according to Sentencing Project, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75441925261788371792008-05-31T00:01:00.000-04:002008-05-31T00:01:00.000-04:00The Pusher Didn't Deliver<A HREF="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2585.html?theme=light" REL="nofollow">The Pusher Didn't Deliver</A>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32467883445220077882008-05-30T23:42:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:42:00.000-04:00Horse shit makes lousy fertilizer. Cow shit howeve...Horse shit makes lousy fertilizer. Cow shit however is good.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25887053984329710622008-05-30T23:41:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:41:00.000-04:00It's a conspiracy to keep all power in the dynastr...It's a conspiracy to keep all power in the dynastry--<BR/><BR/>SAMUEL HINCKLEY AND SARAH SOOLE <BR/>So far, no sign he's related to Hillary <BR/><BR/>BY SCOTT FORNEK Political Editor <BR/>It sure would be an awkward family reunion. But, believe it or not, Barack Obama is related to both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. <BR/><BR/>OK, distantly related: Obama and Bush are 11th cousins. <BR/><BR/>That's because they share the same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents -- Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole Hinckley of 17th century Massachusetts. <BR/><BR/><BR/>That means Obama and former President George Herbert Walker Bush are 10th cousins once removed. <BR/>Obama is related to Cheney through Mareen Duvall, a 17th century immigrant from France. <BR/><BR/>Mareen and Susannah Duvall were Obama's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents and Cheney's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents. <BR/><BR/>That makes Obama and Cheney ninth cousins once removed. <BR/><BR/>Cheney and Bush are related to one another by a completely different common ancestor. <BR/><BR/>We leave it to you to figure out their relationship.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26224780620158371052008-05-30T23:40:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:40:00.000-04:00I really like "horseshit."I think it may be irrepl...I really like "horseshit."<BR/><BR/>I think it may be irreplaceable.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28419966194857515532008-05-30T23:33:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:33:00.000-04:00legalize it and I will advertise it!crys meth and ...legalize it and I will advertise it!<BR/>crys meth and oxy cot have messed some folks up for good in my neck of the woods. Some people are just too damn dumb to know when to say when. I guess the heavy users and feel good all the time liberals would die off soon enough. Rufus, you may want to lay off of the stimulants a bit and try to mellow down easy for a while.<BR/><BR/>Whit, you are correct. <BR/>There is a huge difference between giving directly to those in need and giving to the govt. so that they can distribute to those that they deem needy. That point is lost on the greater lesser light...joe buzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670669846341801802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18764359894481760242008-05-30T23:29:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:29:00.000-04:00So the government de-criminalizes or legalizes dru...So the government de-criminalizes or legalizes drugs, provides the drugs, makes sure no one is 'stigmatized' by use(other than by the needle tracks of course), picks up the dead bodies, provides intervention services for the domestic violence situations, and provides drug treatment centers for the surviving addicts. Good allround plan.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18151628842355461492008-05-30T23:05:00.000-04:002008-05-30T23:05:00.000-04:00Well, I must admit I can't find the decriminilizat...Well, I must admit I can't find the decriminilization reference but according to the <A HREF="http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/drug-strategy/overview/?view=Standard" REL="nofollow">UK Home Office,</A> the Drug Strategy definitely focusses on treatment which effectiely softens the penalties:<BR/><BR/>This is rich! Here's the <A HREF="http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/drug-strategy/diversity1/strategy/" REL="nofollow">Diversity Strategy.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47199299669277045782008-05-30T22:29:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:29:00.000-04:00An authoritative reference, whit.An authoritative reference, whit.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74170225579976871722008-05-30T22:26:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:26:00.000-04:00TGIF, whit.: )TGIF, whit.<BR/><BR/>: )trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28200879903936736202008-05-30T22:25:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:25:00.000-04:00Or....You could simply post a reference to the UK'...Or....<BR/><BR/>You could simply post a reference to the UK's decriminalization.<BR/><BR/>That'd do.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1689013415841020332008-05-30T22:23:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:23:00.000-04:00Now, Trish. No need to get snarky with the lowly b...Now, Trish. No need to get snarky with the lowly barkeep. <BR/><BR/>I'll just shut up and go back to hand-washing some glasses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40352499673478876122008-05-30T22:21:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:21:00.000-04:00The UK has decriminalised its drug laws - whitWow....The UK has decriminalised its drug laws<BR/><BR/> - whit<BR/><BR/>Wow. Who knew.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47230848253314669052008-05-30T22:12:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:12:00.000-04:00The UK has decriminalised its drug laws. Their cri...The UK has decriminalised its drug laws. Their crime rate is steadily going up and guess what? Now, they're finding that alcoholism is going through the roof. <BR/><BR/>I think that even if we were to legalise all drugs, many scumbags would look for the easy money path. They will move on to the next hustle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-755599961555621352008-05-30T22:10:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:10:00.000-04:00From what some would consider the enemy--DEAFrom what some would consider the enemy--<A HREF="http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/demand/speakout/06so.htm" REL="nofollow">DEA</A>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32519042234648216862008-05-30T22:05:00.000-04:002008-05-30T22:05:00.000-04:00I don't even know if that guy's still alive.I don't even know if that guy's still alive.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36000610415807051172008-05-30T21:59:00.000-04:002008-05-30T21:59:00.000-04:00The Chief of Mexico's national police had the grea...The Chief of Mexico's national police had the great good sense to say as much at the end of a WSJ interview some time ago.<BR/><BR/>Sheepish, but he said it.<BR/><BR/>And it's true.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19657384158232483322008-05-30T21:58:00.000-04:002008-05-30T21:58:00.000-04:00You play horse hockey with a horse pucky, of cours...You play horse hockey with a horse pucky, of course.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45769074090359634582008-05-30T21:57:00.002-04:002008-05-30T21:57:00.002-04:00Rufus, even you sound a little hesitant to use the...Rufus, even you sound a little hesitant to use the word heroin.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't have anything at all to do with religion. It has to do with addictive poisons. And the cost to society in crime, treatment, etc. <BR/>And the legitimate function of the state to promote a healthy environment. The state has a right to do that, in my way of looking at it. Building codes, for instance, at least in public places. Outlawing the dumping or arsenic in the water supply. Outlawing the firing of guns in cities, except in defense. On and on.<BR/><BR/>Horse hockey, yeah that was it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57255406936820665112008-05-30T21:57:00.001-04:002008-05-30T21:57:00.001-04:00That was Pablo, challenging the Colombian State. B...That was Pablo, challenging the Colombian State. But Pablo was funded by the prohibition, not a free market or even a regulated one.<BR/><BR/>There was no ideological or religious storyline in Pablo's coup attempt, he did not want to run Colombia, just wanted to be free to run his business, his way.<BR/><BR/>But his business was created by US law, both of supply and demand and legislative prohibition.<BR/><BR/>He is gone, but the coke continues to flow.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63231786165503171622008-05-30T21:57:00.000-04:002008-05-30T21:57:00.000-04:00The War on Drugs is a disaster. Writ large.Opposin...The War on Drugs is a disaster. Writ large.<BR/><BR/>Opposing viewpoints welcome. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, not REALLY welcome. But you know what I mean.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.com