tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post570350275023150430..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Treat the Bankers Like Crack DealersDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4593729222819930402012-04-13T11:59:20.341-04:002012-04-13T11:59:20.341-04:00Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as
...Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as <br />long as I provide credit and sources back to your webpage?<br />My blog is in the very same niche as yours and my users would genuinely benefit <br />from some of the information you provide here. Please let <br />me know if this ok with you. Appreciate it!<br /><i>Also see my website</i> - <b><a href="http://www.autoperfection-mmx.com" rel="nofollow">automotive body shop</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89697557301332052042011-08-31T10:45:17.417-04:002011-08-31T10:45:17.417-04:00It's the Bureau of Land Management, not the Bu...It's the Bureau of Land Management, not the Bureau of Animal Management. It's the National Forest Service not National Animal Forest. True that animals freely range, but with your muddled thinking, if a wolf or some other critter ranges on to a private ranch then that rancher manages that animal? He can kill it or feed it at his wish?<br /><br /><br />State Game and Fish departments dp the best job of controlling the numbers of game and fish populations. They use scientific proven methods to do so.<br /><br />The wolf issue is an emotional issue for some. Decisions based on raw Bambi emotions are destructive, which is exactly why wolves have been delisted. Someone finally had some clarity bases on proven scientific facts. <br /><br />Let me remind you that Bambi is either a cartoon or a scantly dressed lady dancing around a pole.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74102349588704228842011-08-31T10:30:20.289-04:002011-08-31T10:30:20.289-04:00What was the point?
Seemly pointless but 'twa...What was the point?<br /><br />Seemly pointless but 'twas never let an urbanite from east of the Mississippi sit on any Fish and Game Commission.<br /><br />Good advice. We've all learned the lesson.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88097558269804448082011-08-31T10:25:49.340-04:002011-08-31T10:25:49.340-04:00G-D sent Quirk to 'make a point' and a poi...G-D sent Quirk to 'make a point' and a pointed point it was, too.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56878529249220780682011-08-31T10:21:05.795-04:002011-08-31T10:21:05.795-04:00.
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele ....<br /><br /><i>Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) told supporters God was sending a message to Washington politicians through the earthquake and hurricane that pummeled the East Coast this weekend, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times. The hurricane killed more than 26 people, including at least two children. <br /><br />While giving a speech about the merits of small government and tea party activism, Bachmann said:<br /> <br />"I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”<br /><br />Bachmann’s press secretary said that Bachmann was “saying it in jest” to prove a point...</i><br /><br /><br />The Press Secretary didn't mention what point Bachmann was trying to make.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/michele-bachmann-jokes-that-god-sent-hurricane-earthquake/2011/08/29/gIQAUN6QnJ_blog.html?hpid=z10" rel="nofollow">Hey, I was Kidding. I'm a Kidder.</a><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12982186588625863622011-08-31T10:20:33.274-04:002011-08-31T10:20:33.274-04:00The US, great health care for the aged, not so goo...The US, great health care for the aged, not so good for the new born.<br /><br />Interesting, where the priorities have been placed by the powers that be, in DC.<br /><br /><i>CNN <br /> <br />Babies born in Cuba, Malaysia, Portugal, and the United Kingdom have a better chance of surviving the first month compared to those born in the United States, according to researchers at the World Health Organization and Save the Children.</i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40782076529647216382011-08-31T10:16:35.976-04:002011-08-31T10:16:35.976-04:00DJIA Back to Gains for 2011
Wall Street Journal - ...<i><b><br /><br /><br /><br />DJIA Back to Gains for 2011<br /></b>Wall Street Journal - <br /><br />NEW YORK—US stocks advanced, putting the market on track to close out August with a four-session win streak, as hopes for further stimulus from the Federal Reserve and a modest rise in private-sector job creation emboldened investors.</i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56058600670710788992011-08-31T10:15:54.120-04:002011-08-31T10:15:54.120-04:00area
nice drives all around too
barea<br /><br />nice drives all around too<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74896470888549370572011-08-31T10:15:05.833-04:002011-08-31T10:15:05.833-04:00Lake Whatcom
Whole are is nice.
b<a href="http://bellinghamster.com/lake_whatcom.htm" rel="nofollow">Lake Whatcom</a><br /><br /><br />Whole are is nice.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8311999249308243552011-08-31T10:14:42.411-04:002011-08-31T10:14:42.411-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27670503075412633772011-08-31T10:12:50.034-04:002011-08-31T10:12:50.034-04:00:)
Well those CEO's are looking out for numbe...:)<br /><br />Well those CEO's are looking out for number one, the corporation comes later.<br /><br /><br />Mom grew up in Bellingham. Lake, what is it, Whatcom? We went over and found the house she grew up in, just like it was in the old pictures. Near the park in downtown.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21696147348464800542011-08-31T10:03:40.019-04:002011-08-31T10:03:40.019-04:00I'll try not to cheat on my mistress, Bob.
22...I'll try not to cheat on my mistress, Bob.<br /><br />22nd Anniversary tomorrow, we're going to <a href="http://www.rhf-law.com/bellingham.jpg" rel="nofollow">Bellingham</a> and <a href="http://www.thetablebellingham.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mount-baker1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Mt. Baker.</a>Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11992051101423667932011-08-31T10:00:26.996-04:002011-08-31T10:00:26.996-04:0025 corporations paid more to their CEO last year t...25 corporations paid more to their CEO last year than they paid in taxes.Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91346362820360880672011-08-31T09:57:46.651-04:002011-08-31T09:57:46.651-04:00We need to close the tax loop holes, cut waste and...We need to close the tax loop holes, cut waste and fraud in the Federal Government, and not cheat on our wives!!!!<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76996689998411917632011-08-31T09:57:43.828-04:002011-08-31T09:57:43.828-04:0091,000 jobs were created in August
They were sho...91,000 jobs were created in August <br /><br />They were short-term seasonal positions that supported the Obama vacations.<br /><br />Father slits the throats of three daughters raped by Gadhafi’s troops. MSM won't cover it because it makes the Religion of Peace look bad.Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65196478642695641062011-08-31T09:56:41.465-04:002011-08-31T09:56:41.465-04:00The C.E.O.'s are only doing what they are supp...The C.E.O.'s are only doing what they are supposed to be doing, looking out for the company and the shareholders.<br /><br />It's their, erh, legal duty.<br /><br />What do you want them to do on behalf of their companies - commit suicide?<br /><br />And just what are these tax loop holes? I've been hearing about them all my life and have never really met one yet.<br /><br />Granted I'm not a tax accountant.....<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31612718277100952302011-08-31T09:43:35.283-04:002011-08-31T09:43:35.283-04:00.
CEO Compensation Outstrips Taxes at Many Compan....<br /><br /><b>CEO Compensation Outstrips Taxes at Many Companies</b><br /><br /><br /><i>“We have no evidence that C.E.O.’s are fashioning, with their executive leadership, more effective and efficient enterprises,” the study concluded. “On the other hand, ample evidence suggests that C.E.O.’s and their corporations are expending considerably more energy on avoiding taxes than perhaps ever before — at a time when the federal government desperately needs more revenue to maintain basic services for the American people.” <br /><br />The study comes at a time when business leaders have been lobbying for a cut in corporate taxes and Congress and the Obama administration are considering an overhaul of the tax code to reduce the federal budget deficit. <br /><br />Many business leaders say that the top corporate statutory rate of 35 percent, which is higher than any country except Japan, is hobbling the economy and making it difficult for domestic companies to compete with overseas rivals. A coalition led by high-technology companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers have been pushing for a “repatriation holiday,” which would let them bring as much as $1 trillion in foreign profits back to the United States at substantially reduced rates. <br /><br />But the Obama administration has said it will consider lowering the corporate rate only if Congress agrees to eliminate enough loopholes and tax subsidies to pay for any drop in revenue. Many policy experts estimate that the United States could lower its corporate rate to the high 20s if it eliminated the maze of tax breaks that favor specific industries and investors...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/business/where-pay-for-chief-executives-tops-the-company-tax-burden.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">More Time Avoiding Taxes Than Building The Business</a><br /><br /><br />“Instead of sharing responsibility for addressing our nation’s fiscal challenges,” said Chuck Collins, a senior scholar at the institute who co-wrote the study, “corporations are rewarding C.E.O.’s for aggressive tax avoidance.” <br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83535705100098198932011-08-31T09:27:18.452-04:002011-08-31T09:27:18.452-04:00The second challenge will be to turn Libya into a ...<i>The second challenge will be to turn Libya into a unified nation for the first time in its history. Beyond constructing new institutions of state, Libya’s leaders must ensure that this state attracts the allegiance of all Libyans while providing incentives to prevent groups from defecting. This requires the creation of a unified civic identity. It’s worth remembering that since its independence in 1951, shared citizenship has been a slender reed: both Gaddafi and his predecessor, King Idris, advocated an identity that was either above the state (pan-Arabism/Islamism) or below it (tribalism).</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/28/good-riddance-gaddafi.html" rel="nofollow">Hoping To Overcome The Tribbles In Libya</a><br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51136206740537023842011-08-31T09:09:36.012-04:002011-08-31T09:09:36.012-04:00And the spray paint they use to mark their territo...<i>And the spray paint they use to mark their territory....</i><br /><br />This remind you of anywhere, anywhen?<br /><br />Don't wolves mark their territory? Dogs do.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56799266844096290992011-08-31T09:06:20.840-04:002011-08-31T09:06:20.840-04:00Power Vacuum Isn't A Cleaner
Might be an ethn...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/world/africa/31tripoli.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">Power Vacuum Isn't A Cleaner</a><br /><br />Might be an ethnic cleanser though. Look at the smiles on those faces. Hey mom, 'tis a brand new AK-47, never been fired.<br /><br />Gee, I got a grenade launcher too.<br /><br />And here I always was told Mohammed came to bring them together.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88509881813132249722011-08-31T07:21:47.203-04:002011-08-31T07:21:47.203-04:00WiO said: too funny...
Six months of fighting ha...WiO said: <i>too funny...<br /><br /><br />Six months of fighting has left some 50,000 dead, one anti-Gaddafi commander said, an estimate that was hard to verify and which, he said, included many people who had gone missing.</i><br /><br /><b>I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD</b><br /><br />Besides, the Libyan civil war isn't about Islam, in the same way the Tribbles in Ireland were never about religion.Teresitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-62609386503791988072011-08-31T06:34:53.484-04:002011-08-31T06:34:53.484-04:00Where is that 2 am post?Where is that 2 am post?"Anonymous the third"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39989078705869058442011-08-31T01:54:39.008-04:002011-08-31T01:54:39.008-04:00Earlier, National Transitional Council chief Musta...<i>Earlier, National Transitional Council chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil said the rebel government was giving a Saturday ultimatum for surrender, AFP reported.<br /><br />...<br /><br />NATO warned that Khadafy was still able to command and control his remaining troops, and his whereabouts were unknown.<br /><br />"Despite the fall of the Khadafy regime and the gradual return of security ... NATO's mission is not finished yet," Colonel Roland Lavoie, the operation's military spokesman, told a news briefing.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31046427781970106312011-08-30T23:57:12.922-04:002011-08-30T23:57:12.922-04:00And I never did buy into that line about Romulus a...And I never did buy into that line about <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.i-italy.org/files/imagecache/545x/files/still_photos/Romulus%2520remus_1202562747.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/1225/sicilian-lights-roman-origins&h=300&w=442&sz=31&tbnid=m9mjkVVYc2MfcM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=120&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRomulus%2Band%2BRemus%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=Romulus+and+Remus&docid=Yp4PUV2dXKht-M&sa=X&ei=m7BdTvXvConogQeN6snnAQ&ved=0CDAQ9QEwBA&dur=86" rel="nofollow">Romulus and Remus Being Suckled By A She Wolf</a><br /><br /><br />Raised by a farmer, maybe.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44304613844806145422011-08-30T23:51:56.997-04:002011-08-30T23:51:56.997-04:00Bless The Hunters
The tale
Little Red Riding Ho...Bless The Hunters <br /><br /><i>The tale<br />Little Red Riding Hood, illustrated in a 1927 story anthology<br /><br />The story revolves around a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hooded cape/cloak (In Perrault's fairytale) or a simple cap (In Grimm's fairytale) she wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sick grandmother.<br /><br />A wolf wants to eat the girl but is afraid to do so in public. He approaches Little Red Riding Hood and she naïvely tells him where she is going. He suggests the girl pick some flowers, which she does. In the meantime, he goes to the grandmother's house and gains entry by pretending to be the girl. He swallows the grandmother whole, and waits for the girl, disguised as the grandma.<br /><br />When the girl arrives, she notices she looks very strange to be her grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood then says, "What big hands you have!" In most retellings, this eventually culminates with Little Red Riding Hood saying, "My, what big teeth you have!", to which the wolf replies, "The better to eat you with," and swallows her whole, too.<br /><br />A hunter, however, comes to the rescue and cuts the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother fastly emerge unharmed. They fill the wolf's body with heavy stones. The wolf awakens thirsty from his large meal and goes to the well to seek water, where he falls in and drowns. (Sanitized versions of the story have had the grandmother shut in the closet instead of eaten, and some have Little Red Riding Hood saved by the hunter as the wolf advances on her, rather than after she is eaten.)<br /><br />The tale makes the clearest contrast between the safe world of the village and the dangers of the forest, conventional antitheses that are essentially medieval, though no written versions are as old as that. The original was supposed to be a warning to young women about the sexual appetites of men (and the wolf like qualities that they possessed).</i><br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com