tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5503718315260191172..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: All Right, the Party is OverDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15866039041174658232011-05-29T09:31:12.019-04:002011-05-29T09:31:12.019-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2355138521663264262011-05-29T09:28:55.729-04:002011-05-29T09:28:55.729-04:00While it is reported that an aQ faction has taken ...While it is reported that an aQ faction has taken control of a port city, in Yemen.<br /><br /><br />Obviously the capture of the town of Zinjbar by those evil doers justifies an invasion of Yemen, by US forces.<br /><br />We just cannot allow those folks a safe haven, can we?<br /><br />Especially if we are living in fear of flying fat folk in spandex.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6862399254976916552011-05-29T09:09:58.307-04:002011-05-29T09:09:58.307-04:00Mixed messages, to be sure.
The Taliban target go...Mixed messages, to be sure.<br /><br />The Taliban target government and NATO officials ...<br /><br /><i>Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A top coalition general wounded in a suicide attack Saturday in northern Afghanistan -- one that left seven dead and eight others hurt -- said weeks earlier that he'd charged international troops to "show Afghans ... respect," in part to contrast with brazen actions by the likes of the Taliban.</i><br /><br />While the NATO forces, on the day following the attack upon its high ranking officers ...<br /><br /><i>...inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile southwestern Helmand province, killing 14 women and children, an Afghan government official said Sunday.<br /><br />... the alliance launched the airstrike late on Saturday in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day on a U.S. Marine base in Helmand's northwest district of Nawzad. He said NATO hit two civilian houses, killing five girls, seven boys, and two women.</i><br /><br />Tit for tat?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14623423205626328022011-05-29T09:08:08.567-04:002011-05-29T09:08:08.567-04:00Rita's closed at ten and the need to get out o...Rita's closed at ten and the need to get out of my car for DQ just wasn't in the cards so I ended up at MD's for a large Mcflurry, which put me into shock after I paid 2.65 and they handed it to me in a 12 oz cup.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91463613577872030062011-05-29T08:52:12.434-04:002011-05-29T08:52:12.434-04:00We decided not to cut the branches and possibly ma...We decided not to cut the branches and possibly making a video go viral. <br /><br />It was too risky driving while intoxicated and possibly getting caught by an officer of the law. It wouldn't have bothered me to be confronted, but a DUI is something I don't need.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37324466565033405902011-05-29T07:36:35.587-04:002011-05-29T07:36:35.587-04:00Fascinating take on Polynesia being less American ...Fascinating take on Polynesia being less American than Mexico and he is right! As to The Patriot Act and how it is protecting us and is the will of the people, right again.<br /><br />Why two days ago I watched a rather large American white lady, well into her sixties, dressed in slacks, made from a material that had an unlimited ability to expand.( Clearly the result of American knowhow) be pulled aside by our front line federal finest.<br /><br />She was surrounded by federal and pensionable agents of the state security, TSA, defending us from terror, by taking the big jolly woman to wand her with an obviously undersized electronic paddle. The jolly lady said that she had two knees and one hip replaced with titanium but the federal agents, in their smart uniforms all with American flags, were not to be fooled that such an engineering fete was even possible.<br /><br />The bravery of these fine young men shamed me for not having on my own American flag.<br /><br />I backed off fearing for the potential explosion and out of what I estimated to be the range of the potential flying carnage that would result if these brave federal agents accidentally caused the jolly big American lady to prematurely explode. A federal TSA commandante took charge of the operation and after a very thorough virtual interrogation, which I may add did not include the need for wate-rboarding released the jolly lady so that she could waddle with her titanium knees to the first Cinnabon stand to celebrate her release from federal detention.<br /><br />A very happy ending.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65764398390845193442011-05-28T21:47:53.207-04:002011-05-28T21:47:53.207-04:00HellooooooooHellooooooooMeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31771847293510185782011-05-28T20:58:59.031-04:002011-05-28T20:58:59.031-04:00Well, actually only only Deuce was away, oh and Qu...Well, actually only only Deuce was away, oh and Qurik. <br /><br />My point wasn't that my posts were ignored. I don't care whether people read me or not. I thank you for your kindness,though. <br /><br />My point was without the host present the bar couldn't carry on as usual. It's nothing against any of the patrons. You guys are awesome. I knew no one would post all week so I just wanted to experiment with...I don't know I think I might go cut down some branches off a tree that is blocking the school zone sign, on my way to work. <br /><br />When they cut the school budget I think the answering machines were the first to go. I keep calling and no one picks up. I think I might have to do the job myself. <br /><br />Last year? One phone call and one message and the tree was trimmed.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64306926181512814822011-05-28T20:43:11.348-04:002011-05-28T20:43:11.348-04:00I'm looking forward to tomorrow. See if Sarah...I'm looking forward to tomorrow. See if Sarah-baby rides her own Hawg into DC. <br /><br />Palin-haters' heads a 'splodin'.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64565983688181585162011-05-28T20:38:57.133-04:002011-05-28T20:38:57.133-04:00You showed a lot of class, Melody. You did good. ...You showed a lot of class, Melody. You did good. Wasn't your fault everyone was on vacation.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63772704261310424532011-05-28T20:30:49.011-04:002011-05-28T20:30:49.011-04:00The party is never over. You know that, at least n...The party is never over. You know that, at least not with me. <br /><br />You got back just in time because my next post probably would have been on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL-5HzoQ3E0" rel="nofollow">Lady Gaga eating Letterman's notes</a><br /><br />This is what I have learned this week. Your roadies, as a rule, never stay on topic. Right? So wouldn't you think that no matter what the post was they should have been able to hold their own. But they couldn't, all week. <br /><br />I"m not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. <br /><br />I feel like I should be doing something.MeLoDyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658982778792168451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25938633096856247602011-05-28T20:27:32.388-04:002011-05-28T20:27:32.388-04:00The early Founders were a sociable lot. They dran...The early Founders were a sociable lot. They drank a ton. And, the big thing was corn whiskey. George Washington was one of the largest distillers. It was a sweet racket. <br /><br />The corn farmers out in W. Pa, of course, could make a lot more money by distilling their corn, and transporting the whiskey back east than they could transporting their corn for someone else to distill. <br /><br />They didn't like the tax, but it really chapped their ass that the big distillers, like Washington, were exempt.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8693388495586287142011-05-28T19:41:53.951-04:002011-05-28T19:41:53.951-04:00Here's another account of the "rebellion&...Here's another account of the "rebellion":<br /><b>In late October 1794, the Federalized militia entered the western counties of Pennsylvania and sought out the whiskey rebels. By mid-November, the militia had arrested 150 rebels, including 20 prominent leaders of the insurrection. Under the President's authority, General Lee issued a general pardon on November 29th for all those who taken part "in the wicked and unhappy tumults and disturbances lately existing" with the exception of 33 men named in the document. [9] While most of the militia returned home, a regiment occupied the area until the following spring, and organized opposition to the tax evaporated.<br /><br />Of the whiskey rebels who were arrested, many were released due to a lack of evidence. Only a few men were tried and just two were convicted of treason. In July 1795, President Washington pardoned the two convicted men and those still in custody or under indictment. Several rebels sought for arrest fled the area, but most were later pardoned as well. President John Adams pardoned David Bradford, who escaped to Spanish-controlled New Orleans, in March 1799.<br /><br />While violent opposition to the whiskey tax ended, political opposition to the tax continued. Opponents of internal taxes rallied around the candidacy of Thomas Jefferson and helped him defeat President John Adams in the election of 1800. By 1802, Congress repealed the distilled spirits excise tax and all other internal Federal taxes. Until the War of 1812, the Federal government would rely solely on import tariffs for revenue, which quickly grew with the Nation's expanding foreign trade.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77753416381941954682011-05-28T19:36:15.151-04:002011-05-28T19:36:15.151-04:00According to Wikipedia, the Whiskey Rebellion was ...According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia, the Whiskey Rebellion was about taxes</a><br /><br /><b>The whiskey excise was unpopular among small farmers on the western frontier, where protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent government officials from collecting the tax. Resistance came to a climax in July 1794, when a U.S. marshal arrived in western Pennsylvania to serve writs to distillers who had not paid the excise. The alarm was raised, and more than 500 armed Pennsylvanians attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville. The Washington administration responded by sending peace commissioners to western Pennsylvania to negotiate with the rebels, while at the same time raising a militia force to suppress the violence. The insurrection collapsed before the arrival of the army; about 20 men were arrested, but all were later acquitted or pardoned.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69932664909386819992011-05-28T19:33:53.112-04:002011-05-28T19:33:53.112-04:00Oh, I knew you knew of the Whiskey Rebellion, Rat....Oh, I knew you knew of the Whiskey Rebellion, Rat. We've discussed it before. I was thinking about some who might not be aware of that particular chapter in our early history.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7520656609609466582011-05-28T18:04:11.725-04:002011-05-28T18:04:11.725-04:00Oh, I know of the Whiskey Rebellion.
And of the Wa...Oh, I know of the Whiskey Rebellion.<br />And of the War of Northern Aggression.<br /><br />There are certainly many aspects of the Federal regime that I dislike, even despise, but even so, it is what it is. <br /><br />Duly elected.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22765226620743493412011-05-28T17:36:28.652-04:002011-05-28T17:36:28.652-04:00Never forget, the first War the U.S. ever fought w...Never forget, the first War the U.S. ever fought was against the Whiskey Makers (AKA <b>Farmers</b>) of Western Pennsylvania. <br /><br />They were refusing to pay a tax that the large distillers, including G. Washington, his damned self, was exempt from.<br /><br />Google: The Whiskey RebellionRufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57321222026036879932011-05-28T17:32:37.958-04:002011-05-28T17:32:37.958-04:00Rat, of course I can't foresee a situation eve...Rat, of course I can't foresee a situation ever developing where I would be at war with the government of the U.S. On the other hand, as I said, <br /><br />It's a Good thing that they know the citizenry is armed.<br /><br />In the final analysis, Nothing scares me as much as a Government - Any Government.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47831360378220112182011-05-28T17:30:41.680-04:002011-05-28T17:30:41.680-04:00The majority of the electorate certainly supports ...The majority of the electorate certainly supports the Patriot Act, or it'd not have been passed by the Congress, twice.<br /><br />Those fellas, they know which way the wind blows.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24533372826163097082011-05-28T17:29:18.257-04:002011-05-28T17:29:18.257-04:00But, you know, it's not usually the country...But, you know, it's not usually the country's equivalent of the "National Guard" that fires on the citizens. As we've seen in Egypt, Iran, Syria, and other places it's usually "paramilitary" thugs, and imported mercenaries that do the dirty work.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2702695946002047842011-05-28T17:27:06.463-04:002011-05-28T17:27:06.463-04:00And why, rufus, would the National Guard be shooti...And why, rufus, would the National Guard be shooting at you?<br /><br />That whiskey still, out in the back?<br /><br />Do you think that Missouri is going to be leaving the Union? <br /><br />That there will be another Civil War?<br /><br />As Mr Lincoln said, we have a government of the people, by the people and for the people, which is ratified by the electorate every two years.<br /><br />As you say.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5108118292806885392011-05-28T17:20:56.066-04:002011-05-28T17:20:56.066-04:00But, in the real world, the beauty of the 2nd amen...But, in the real world, the beauty of the 2nd amendment is that "the assholes in power Know we're armed."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49453929933576256922011-05-28T17:18:56.728-04:002011-05-28T17:18:56.728-04:00Rat, I'll fire on any sonofabitch That Fires o...Rat, I'll fire on any sonofabitch <b>That Fires on Me.</b>Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27131271740935513242011-05-28T17:07:37.866-04:002011-05-28T17:07:37.866-04:00As for the President, he is a Polynesian. That bac...As for the President, he is a Polynesian. That back in the day it was decided to include parts of Polynesia in America, not my doing.<br /><br />Mexico is more American, than Hawaii, geographically.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43876132136011141492011-05-28T17:01:14.756-04:002011-05-28T17:01:14.756-04:00The 2nd Amendment, rufus?
You going to fire on th...The 2nd Amendment, rufus?<br /><br />You going to fire on the National Guard?<br /><br />I certainly will not.<br />Nor support anyone that does.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com