tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2021144838870230596..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Three American Generals on IraqDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46850107439106053132007-08-05T20:23:00.000-04:002007-08-05T20:23:00.000-04:00"... the Sacred Tree is found to be none other tha...<I>"... the Sacred Tree is found to be none other than the crossing point of the ecliptic with the band of the Milky Way. Indeed, the Milky Way seems to have played an important role in Mayan imagery.<BR/>...<BR/>Schele demonstrates that it wasn't a Pole Star that the Maya mythologized in this regard, it was the unmarked polar "dark region" symbolizing death and the underworld around which everything was observed to revolve. Life revolves around death - a characteristically Mayan belief<BR/>...<BR/>1) the well known end date of the 13-baktun cycle of the Mayan Long Count, which is December 21st, 2012 A.D. and <BR/><BR/>2) the astronomical situation on that day. Based upon these two facts alone, the creators of the Long Count knew about and calculated the rate of precession over 2300 years ago. I can conceive of no other conclusion. To explain this away as "coincidence" would only obscure the issue.</I><BR/><BR/>This 21 Dec '12 is also the solstice. Coinciding, many fear with a magnetic polar shift, leading to who knows what. The magnetic poles have shifted, in eons past, based on magnetic ore crystallization. studies in CO, I do believe.<BR/><BR/>The "End of Time" 21 Dec 2012. <BR/><BR/>Also coinciding, many fear with a magnetic polar shift, leading to who knows what. The magnetic poles have shifted, in eons past, based on magnetic ore crystallization. studies in CO, I do believedesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28304325933471586522007-08-05T20:18:00.000-04:002007-08-05T20:18:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61253059163216044332007-08-05T14:35:00.000-04:002007-08-05T14:35:00.000-04:00That amazing man and physicist from England, Steph...That amazing man and physicist from England, Stephen Hawking, says, if we're going to make it, <I>somebody has got to get the hell out of here</I> or words to that affect. ;)bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7984631511606342802007-08-05T13:49:00.000-04:002007-08-05T13:49:00.000-04:00Drought has taken down a lot of folks.Drought has taken down a lot of folks.bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4496246197496892292007-08-05T13:42:00.000-04:002007-08-05T13:42:00.000-04:00This wiggling in and out passes us through an area...This wiggling in and out passes us through an area where we are like a clay pigeon at the gun club, is what I think they mean.bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42799864688130392412007-08-05T13:38:00.000-04:002007-08-05T13:38:00.000-04:00I read that we sort of wiggle in and out of the ga...I read that we sort of wiggle in and out of the galactic arm periodically, as we circle about, that this wiggle matches more or less the old extinctions(not the comet one). I wonder whether this might be true.<BR/><BR/>Some extinctions ain't so bad. The last one led to us. It's the next one to worry about. :(bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52942822901058262082007-08-05T13:15:00.000-04:002007-08-05T13:15:00.000-04:00bobalharb said... The More Loving One Lookin...bobalharb said...<BR/><BR/> The More Loving One<BR/><BR/> Looking up at the stars I know quite well<BR/> That for all they care, I can go to hell<BR/> But on earth indifference is the least<BR/> We have to fear from man or beast.<BR/><BR/> How should we like it were stars to burn<BR/> With a passion for us we could not return?<BR/> If equal affection cannot be<BR/> Let the more loving one be me.<BR/><BR/> Admirer as I think I am<BR/> Of stars that do not give a damn<BR/> I cannot, now I see them, say<BR/> I missed one terribly all day.<BR/><BR/> Were all stars to disappear or die<BR/> I should learn to look at an empty sky<BR/> And feel its total dark sublime<BR/> Though this might take me a little time.<BR/><BR/> W.H. Auden <BR/>//////////////<BR/>Auden's thought's on the matter were prudent. Recent research suggests that not just the dinasours were killed off by comets .... but also more recent extinctions like the one that killed all the megafauna 12,000 years ago--was <A HREF="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1876220/posts" REL="nofollow">caused by a comet</A><BR/><BR/>There is evidence that I've seen too ...though I'm too lazy just now to digg it up...that 5000 years ago a number of civilizations like the old kindgdom in Egypt collapsed because of some large natural event.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309874271007264384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43981040841293127482007-08-05T12:44:00.000-04:002007-08-05T12:44:00.000-04:00Damned burocats can't even spell.Damned burocats can't even spell.bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2360878500063608402007-08-05T03:33:00.000-04:002007-08-05T03:33:00.000-04:00Never underestimate a federal bureaucracy. The FCC...Never underestimate a federal bureaucracy. The FCC has struck again.<BR/><BR/>One responsibility of this agency is to assign call letters to new TV and radio stations. <BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/26/business/engle.html" REL="nofollow">Honolulu Star-Bulletin</A> has reported that deep in a 15-pages list of new call letters issued by the FCC last month, the call letters<B> KUNT</B> were granted to a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36818459459343694192007-08-05T02:24:00.000-04:002007-08-05T02:24:00.000-04:00Is that a Condor? Golden Eagle? What?Is that a Condor? Golden Eagle? What?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79482648617813936282007-08-05T01:18:00.000-04:002007-08-05T01:18:00.000-04:00Joey Negro?Headlining!Still crazy after all these ...Joey Negro?<BR/><BR/>Headlining!<BR/><BR/>Still crazy after all these yearsdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67728217761034518962007-08-05T00:32:00.000-04:002007-08-05T00:32:00.000-04:00Qutb over-revs in his Grave: The paradise describe...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/travel/05explorer.html?pagewanted=2&8dpc" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>Qutb over-revs in his Grave:</STRONG> </A><BR/><BR/>The paradise described by the shuttle driver certainly seemed to have blossomed anew during race weekend. It would be tough to find a more diverse couple of square miles on the planet than the Bahrain circuit on race day — a sort of pre-Babel world where all speak the lingua franca of glamour and sports, and share an appreciation for humanity’s technological achievements. A common vocabulary — “Ferrari,” “McLaren,” “Renault,” “BMW” — was on everyone’s lips as well as plastered in bold letters and symbols on banners snapping in the wind.<BR/><BR/>Then, as night fell, paradise took cover beneath the cool glow of backlit vodka bottles in hotel clubs — becoming more earthy and Dionysian — a reminder of why this town is such a popular destination for revelers every weekend.<BR/><BR/>At Trader Vic’s, a Caribbean-themed bar on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton, things felt abundantly familiar to the Western visitor. No burqas, hijabs or abayas on the women here. On the contrary, the waitresses were all dressed in form-fitting floral-pattern dresses, with slits cut up the side. It was just shy of indecent, but just enough that the groups of men huddled around their beers kept their eyes peeled.<BR/><BR/>Fliers for other parties pointed the way to musical acts imported from overseas — like the D.J.’s Andy Norman and Joey Negro and the popular Lebanese-Canadian R&B singer Massari —Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13843850086477888952007-08-05T00:07:00.000-04:002007-08-05T00:07:00.000-04:00RufusRatand went to the casinoRufus<BR/><BR/>Rat<BR/><BR/>and went to the casinobobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25613356299219724752007-08-04T23:48:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:48:00.000-04:00Happiness pissed him off, doug.Val Kilmer, as Doc ...Happiness pissed him off, doug.<BR/><BR/>Val Kilmer, as Doc Holliday, describes Ringo as having an empty hole in his soul, and that no amount of hate and killing could ever fill it, nothing but Ringo's death would bring an end to it.<BR/><BR/>Even a cad like Doc had a streak of sheepdog in him.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32702031067645167372007-08-04T23:46:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:46:00.000-04:00"Couldn't tell from personal experience, but I hav..."<I>Couldn't tell from personal experience, but I have a couple of associates ...</I>"<BR/>---<BR/>Sounds like your talkin about men that once took the vows.<BR/>In sickness and in health, but I thot there was an exception for sadistic deprivation.<BR/>Gun Shyness does take it's toll, tho.<BR/>Shoot me once, shame on you,Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74320346485306989832007-08-04T23:42:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:42:00.000-04:00Maybe what REALLY ticked Qutb off was the leftover...Maybe what REALLY ticked Qutb off was the leftover Injuns?<BR/>Far cry from his Indian/Paki Muslim brothers.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90902365242226971742007-08-04T23:33:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:33:00.000-04:00Doug.Doug.bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6207490959415916152007-08-04T23:32:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:32:00.000-04:00Vice President Lyndon Johnson received the followi...Vice President Lyndon Johnson received the following message from a <BR/><BR/>Native American Indian Chief on a reservation: "Be careful with your <BR/><BR/>immigration laws. We were careless with ours."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Native American Observation:<BR/><BR/>Recently an old Indian chief sat in his hut on the reservation, smoking <BR/><BR/>a Ceremonial pipe and eyeing two U. S. Government officials sent by <BR/><BR/>the President to interview him. "Chief Two Eagles" asked one official, <BR/><BR/>"You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars <BR/><BR/>and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the <BR/><BR/>damage he's done." The Chief nodded in agreement. The official con- <BR/><BR/>tinued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the <BR/><BR/>white man go wrong?"<BR/><BR/>The Chief stared at the government officials for over a minute and then <BR/><BR/>calmly replied, "When white man found the land, Indians were running it.<BR/><BR/>No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, women did all work, <BR/><BR/>medicine man free, Indian man spent all day hunting and fishing, all <BR/><BR/>night having sex." Then the chief leaned back and smiled. "Only white <BR/><BR/>man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."bobalharbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002916750686257873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19485655750796167972007-08-04T23:24:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:24:00.000-04:00You are right about not knowing about being a 50 y...You are right about not knowing about being a 50 year old virgin, but that may not as frustrating as being 50 and not gettin' any.<BR/><BR/>The memory could be more frustrating than the ignorance.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't tell from personal experience, but I have a couple of associates ...<BR/><BR/>Any way, from my understanding of Ozzie and Harriet and the birth of little Ricky Ricardo, immaculate conception was all the rage, in the '50'sdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14172165391509684142007-08-04T23:23:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:23:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62565034798219564282007-08-04T23:06:00.000-04:002007-08-04T23:06:00.000-04:00unPCunPCDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39079714475904506862007-08-04T22:57:00.000-04:002007-08-04T22:57:00.000-04:00...and, you have no idea what it's like to be a 50......and, you have no idea what it's like to be a 50 year old virgin.<BR/>So, judge not, lest ye be.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13290641335064032062007-08-04T22:55:00.000-04:002007-08-04T22:55:00.000-04:00Qutb,But you gotta remember, that was back in the ...Qutb,<BR/>But you gotta remember, that was back in the 50's, and them farm girls DID get Frisky!<BR/>...just ask AlBobAlDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88960274776160106382007-08-04T21:54:00.000-04:002007-08-04T21:54:00.000-04:00Remeber that the Muslom Brotherhood founder, doug'...Remeber that the Muslom Brotherhood founder, doug'll know his name, was in Greely Colorado, and found that town to risque for a man of true faith.<BR/><BR/>There is no accounting for taste, but...<BR/>There can't be accomadation with those that disapprove of Greely, Colorado and a Saturday night Church social and dance.<BR/><BR/>I mean, if somebody does not want go, fine by me, not my style either, but to see that type of social interaction as so depraved as to demand the hall be burnt down.<BR/><BR/>Gets the sheepdog in me growlin'desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58220335348730914052007-08-04T21:36:00.000-04:002007-08-04T21:36:00.000-04:00My daughter took a side trip to Vegas this summer ...My daughter took a side trip to Vegas this summer for Cirque du Soleil. Her first time up there.<BR/><BR/>Greatest Vegas impression: Everyone dresses like a hooker, most especially those who can least justify it.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.com