tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post60766047848304193..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Democratic Lying of the SenateDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78600028901569237772009-08-26T22:08:52.985-04:002009-08-26T22:08:52.985-04:00Nite, Bob.Nite, Bob.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30898476123947516582009-08-26T21:59:12.149-04:002009-08-26T21:59:12.149-04:00The French have that problem of Greater France, hi...The French have that problem of Greater France, historically, on the other side of the Mediterranean. They seem to be paying the price now. The Mexicans are Catholics mostly, the French have the problem of the muslims. Both problems are bad, ours may be the easier one to handle.<br /><br />Good night, big day here tomorrow.<br /><br />We've had the latest harvest in my memory.<br /><br />If it wasn't for these big combines, the farmers would be in a lot of trouble.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44342358126230222802009-08-26T21:58:19.818-04:002009-08-26T21:58:19.818-04:00A raucous crowd of almost 700 gathered in Greenvil...<i>A raucous crowd of almost 700 gathered in Greenville Tuesday night to hear U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis express his opposition to “Obamacare,” which he said was “not the right prescription” for Americans.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Shouting matches broke out as other issues surfaced at the 90-minute meeting, including the war in Iraq and illegal immigration.<br /><br />According to Inglis, the Greenville Hospital System said 11 percent of the care it provides is to illegal immigrants, whom he called “free-riders” in the American health care system.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090826/NEWS/908260320" rel="nofollow">Not the Right Prescription</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25379326778987858652009-08-26T21:46:52.372-04:002009-08-26T21:46:52.372-04:00As often is the case, the worst-hit areas were the...<i>As often is the case, the worst-hit areas were the disadvantaged neighborhoods that sit beyond the suburban peripheries of most French cities. A total of 422 cars were burned in Paris-area housing projects, compared to 12 in the relatively well-policed Parisian intra muros. Other cities whose unemployment-racked, racially tense banlieues also lived up to their reputations for frequent car-burning included Strasbourg, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes. Across France, police arrested a total of 288 people on New Year's Eve (vs. 259 the year before) — though not all were charged, and many were apprehended for offenses unrelated to arson. <br /><br />In a country where car-burning isn't a common symptom of socioeconomic unrest, news of so many automobiles being torched would be alarming — if not a sign of brewing insurrection. In France, however, word of the destruction that accompanied the evening the French call Saint-Sylvestre was met with a mix of Gaulic shrugs and low-grade peevishness.<br /><br />In revealing the figures on Thursday, French Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie acknowledged that the tally of car-burnings had indeed increased over the previous year. Yet Alliot-Marie also said the enormous fleet of now carbonized vehicles shouldn't darken a New Year's Eve that was <b>"unanimously considered mostly calm.</b></i>" <br /><br />Ask.com provides this, too:<br /><i>The Paris metropolitan area population is 9.4 million people</i>.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9240664741603223992009-08-26T21:43:40.179-04:002009-08-26T21:43:40.179-04:00Despite repeated assurances to restive pro-reform ...<i>Despite repeated assurances to restive pro-reform groups, however, it remains to be seen when and how hard President Barack Obama really will push to repair a system that practically everyone agrees is badly broken.<br /><br />Obama campaigned in 2008 promising that comprehensive immigration reform would be on his first-year agenda, but during a trip to Mexico this month, he said it had to be put off until 2009, an election year.<br /><br />The administration is certain to call for swift action on health care reform as a tribute to Kennedy. But it also should accelerate work on immigration reform in his name.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/37971-1.html" rel="nofollow">Honoring Kennedy</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35540197243670558982009-08-26T21:33:41.649-04:002009-08-26T21:33:41.649-04:00And the closed minded French still suffer from the...And the closed minded French still suffer from the car-b-que pandemic, or no?<br /><br /><i><b>France's New Year's Tradition: Car-Burning</b></i>.<br /><a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1869392,00.html" rel="nofollow">By Bruce Crumley / Paris Friday, Jan. 02, 2009</a>.<br /><br />A quick Ask.com search showed articles going back to 2005. Did a cursory review, looking for the latest, most timely article. This was the third look, so the terror campaign continues into its' fourth year.<br /><br />So much for the French model of social integration. Their results in the famous social melting pot of equality that is France, not an encouraging course to follow.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3210309872319386842009-08-26T21:31:20.419-04:002009-08-26T21:31:20.419-04:00“Take Korean, for example. There are only about th...<i>“Take Korean, for example. There are only about three Egyptian tourist guides that can speak Korean.<br /><br />At the same time, there are a lot of Korean tour groups coming to Egypt, so what is the solution? Should we let them work on their own?<br /><br />It is better for them to work under our supervision through this translation permit, which is through an Egyptian guide that accompanies the group and talks about the site in English. Then the Korean tour leader translates from the English to the group.”</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6887" rel="nofollow">Foreigners Invade</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84907901096023699872009-08-26T21:19:44.705-04:002009-08-26T21:19:44.705-04:00The kids do not leave the country, bob. So if we d...The kids do not leave the country, bob. So if we do not educate 'em, or at least try, the result would be a fully ignorant underclass. That would have to be worse than what we have now.<br /><br />While the French can use their nukes to power their "City of Light", it takes more than electricity to illuminate a "Shining City on the Hill". <br />That is an energy we do have, in abundance.<br />Human energy. People power.<br /><br />There are citizens and people.<br />The Constitution utilizes both words and does not use them interchangeably, both having distinct and different meanings.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79278161768776014582009-08-26T21:17:55.307-04:002009-08-26T21:17:55.307-04:00The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesda...<i>The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested an important member of an international human smuggling network, who was also mentioned in the agency’s Red Book. Muhammad Saleem alias Jogi smuggled people to Iran, Turkey and Greece.<br /><br />He is a close associate of notorious human traffickers Muhammad Jamil alias Billa Qasai, Raja Iqbal alias Goli, Mazhar Iqbal, Shahid Baloch, Sadique Baloch, Hussain Haji Puri, Nadeem Butt of Gujrat, Nadeem Butt of Gujranwala, Muhammad Iqbal and Imran Jogi. Saleem was arrested by FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Assistant Director Gul Sanobar.<br /><br />According to a report sent to agency Director General Tariq Khosa by Punjab FIA Director Muhammad Azam Joiya, Saleem had been involved in human trafficking for seven years. He recruited hundreds of people seeking illegal immigration in exchange for around Rs 700,000 and sent them abroad.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C08%5C27%5Cstory_27-8-2009_pg7_21" rel="nofollow">Human Trafficker</a><br /><br />The Butt's accomplice, Seymour, remains on the run.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7250911947239273002009-08-26T21:04:16.655-04:002009-08-26T21:04:16.655-04:00Doug, there were some court cases back in those da...Doug, there were some court cases back in those days, that ruled that the schools had to educate those people, whether they were here legally or not.<br /><br />I don't have the cites, but I remember dad talking about it.<br /><br />I don't know what the legal situation is now, probably the same, but honest to God, what other nation on earth would do this?<br /><br />Can I just walk into France, and have them pay for educating my kids?<br /><br />I doubt it.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29813367862923217792009-08-26T21:00:01.357-04:002009-08-26T21:00:01.357-04:00Hakim's family emerged as one of the top threa...<i>Hakim's family emerged as one of the top threats to Hussein's regime during the 1970s. Hakim was imprisoned after a 1977 Shiite uprising and fled to Iran three years later.<br /><br />He was among the founders of the Supreme Council in 1982. Hakim led the party's militia, the Badr Organization, which many years later became one of the building blocks of Iraq's new army and police forces.<br /><br />The Supreme Council did poorly in January's provincial elections and appears to have all but abandoned a project to create a semiautonomous region in southern Iraq.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082603481.html?hpid=moreheadlines" rel="nofollow">Leader Lost</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73397258662936151202009-08-26T20:53:14.681-04:002009-08-26T20:53:14.681-04:00I smoke shavings from Hawaiian coconut shells, whe...I smoke shavings from Hawaiian coconut shells, when I can't my Kool 100s, Doug.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13260523090103202862009-08-26T20:45:53.549-04:002009-08-26T20:45:53.549-04:00Too bad most of us have put our wealth in the wron...<i>Too bad most of us have put our wealth in the wrong places.<br /><br />Like Lynn’s about to:<br /><br />Hi Garth, I’m an avid reader of your Greater Fool blog. As I fight the emotional urge to buy back into the real estate market, it is so refreshing to hear your common sense take on the real estate situation in our country, let alone in this silly little town I live in. ;-)<br /><br />...<br /><br />My dilemma is what or where do I put my cash. Currently it is sitting in a so called “high interest savings account” which has dropped considerable over the last year and now only earns .75%.<br /><br />I’ve met with a couple of investment advisors but my lack of knowledge in this area is causing me to hesitate when it comes to investing. I’m leaning towards a portfolio that consists of 83.5% in Canadian bonds and 6.8% Canadian stocks with the remainder in Cash, US stocks, International stocks, and Foreign bonds.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.howestreet.com/articles/index.php?article_id=10582" rel="nofollow">Greatest Risk</a>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23884455180643616662009-08-26T20:43:20.680-04:002009-08-26T20:43:20.680-04:00Don't think a single piece of legislation has ...Don't think a single piece of legislation has ever had more effect than Kennedy's '65 immigration reform.<br /><br />...which he gauranteed would not result in millions of poor folk rushing into our cities, nor a whole block of folk from one country, nor would it result in a change of the ethnic mix of the country.<br />Obviously, he deserves all credit for what turned out to be a grand slam example of his truthfullness.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25372885790994260552009-08-26T20:38:48.812-04:002009-08-26T20:38:48.812-04:00I was tryin to figure out what you'd been smok...I was tryin to figure out what you'd been smokin, dropping, or shooting up.<br />You should do it more often!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6904019754221916772009-08-26T20:26:58.165-04:002009-08-26T20:26:58.165-04:00I think you are right about that, Rat.
Unless som...I think you are right about that, Rat.<br /><br />Unless something big happens, like a small nuke going off in LA.<br /><br />Which is not out of the realm of possibility.<br /><br />Hey, I was for Operation Wetback back in the Eisenhower days.<br /><br />The immigration problem got out of control in the days of Kennedy and Johnson.<br /><br />---<br /><br />I've had a peace pipe I bought from the Nez Perce many years ago.<br /><br />Let's both have a toke.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1324588412771376042009-08-26T20:18:57.280-04:002009-08-26T20:18:57.280-04:00I wouldn't have dreamed in my youth of such a ...I wouldn't have dreamed in my youth of such a communicative society.<br /><br />Today I got something like 1ike 18 e-mails, a couple from my daughter, and five or six messages on my cell phone.<br /><br />This is different than a stamp and letter society.<br /><br />Whether it's better, I'm unsure.<br /><br />Whatever else we may lack, seems to me we can sure talk.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74499947681189395332009-08-26T20:11:05.956-04:002009-08-26T20:11:05.956-04:00... "or the threats is less than imagined.&qu...<i><b> ... "or the threats is less than imagined." ..</b></i>.<br /><br />Finally figured it out, aye.<br /><br />Your imagination, and that of many others, ran wild. While the reality, the border bandits are just that, border bandits.<br /><br />They've raided once, they may raid again. Other border bandits raid in my area of the country quite often, just not as spectacularly, but the cumulative negative effect on the country has been much greater.<br /><br />But there is little to no public concern about the threat. In fact it is not even considered a serious threat, the 40,000 deaths each year that can be attributed to border bandits crossing over our southern frontier.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23150897172622916502009-08-26T20:04:37.009-04:002009-08-26T20:04:37.009-04:00Or do you have Google on the same list as the NYTi...Or do you have Google on the same list as the NYTimes, seeing as how their Corporate Officers supported Obama, some now working as Federals, I believe.<br /><br />But then again, we have this forum thanks to not only the efforts of deuce and whit, but that corporate giant of the internet, Google.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34898536181088012622009-08-26T20:03:04.880-04:002009-08-26T20:03:04.880-04:00I'm amazed we haven't had anymore terroris...I'm amazed we haven't had anymore terrorist attacks.<br /><br />There are so many targets of opportunity just around my backwoods area--the whole nation seems to be a wide open target. Those of you who live in more populated areas can write a list of targets of opportunity on the back of a postcard that I imagine would go past 20, easily.<br /><br />We've either got better intelligence (I hope this is so) than suspected, or the threats is less than imagined.<br /><br />Obviously I don't have any insight into any of this, but the world can turn topsyturvy.<br /><br />I remember the day of 9/11, I got up a little drowsy, wandered into the kitchen, and it was all of a sudden "Dad Dad, haven't you been watching..."<br /><br />grrrbobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2226886880525179772009-08-26T19:58:32.695-04:002009-08-26T19:58:32.695-04:00Google, rufus, that or yahoo or ask.com.
Google i...Google, rufus, that or yahoo or ask.com.<br /><br />Google is number one for a reason, as far as search engines go. It's almost become a verb, like xerox did, back in the day.<br /><br />Go xerox a copy ...<br />Google that, will you ...desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40283682523290808862009-08-26T19:48:33.887-04:002009-08-26T19:48:33.887-04:00Google?<i>Google?</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74430112183638078182009-08-26T19:17:27.275-04:002009-08-26T19:17:27.275-04:00Disclosure of methods:
I put "9-11 wall"...Disclosure of methods:<br /><br />I put "9-11 wall" in Google.<br /><br />Did wonders for my memory.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21151361923537383522009-08-26T19:13:43.169-04:002009-08-26T19:13:43.169-04:00"We are so far and away ahead of everyone els..."<i>We are so far and away ahead of everyone else, the existential threat will be some time in arriving.</i>"<br />---<br />Another 9-11, not being "existential"<br />...not worth the worry.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7976351229877167472009-08-26T19:10:03.928-04:002009-08-26T19:10:03.928-04:00Doug, I couldn't remember Gorelick's name....Doug, I couldn't remember Gorelick's name. That IS the "Wall" I was referring to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com