Joshua Abraham Norton understood that the Union was in disrepair in 1859, and realized that he alone could save the United States of America from certain catastrophe. He also understood that an Englishman such as himself was barred from running for President via The US Constitution, so for legitimate reasons he unselfishly declared himself Emperor Norton the First.
Via Wiki: In accordance with his self-appointed role of emperor, Norton issued numerous decrees on matters of the state. After assuming absolute control over the country, he saw no further need for a legislature, and on October 12, 1859, he issued a decree that formally “dissolved” the United States Congress. In the decree, Norton observed:
“…fraud and corruption prevent a fair and proper expression of the public voice; that open violation of the laws are constantly occurring, caused by mobs, parties, factions and undue influence of political sects; that the citizen has not that protection of person and property which he is entitled.”
He was humored and tolerated at the time. Meanwhile I’ve put in an order for more Joshua Nortons. Any and all may apply via the comments section, here on
The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: Emperor, History, Joshua Norton, Overnight Open Thread, Snark, True Stories
He seems to have been the prototype for today’s San Francisco politicians.
He couldn’t possibly be any worse than this sack of garbage in the White House now.
that’s better, profile restored.
nightly 64 got all glitchy there for a minute
Josh would be a suitable replacement for Todd (Legitimate Rape) Akin.
@ coldwarrior:
What is that? I’m running Chrome. Any advantages to Firefox?
huckfunn wrote:
that dude is either a democrat plant/false flag or an effing moron.
i think false flag given who funded him
huckfunn wrote:
64 bit, faster, no bullshit.
and it aint google or windows…i’ve been running firefox for years and 64 bit version (nightly) for one year with very very few problems.
@ coldwarrior:
I was on Firefox up until 2 years ago and it went weird on me. Don’t remember the specifics, but it pissed me off and I’ve been a chrome dome ever since. Haven’t had any problems.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yup, been using it for about a year as well, it’s pretty cool other than it’s insistence on updating every night. Once I figured out how to disable that it was very cool.
doriangrey wrote:
i let it update. so far only one glitch and its running on 3 computers.
quite happy with nightly.
@ coldwarrior:
My biggest problem with firefox is that I get a lot of ‘not responding’ errors, where the screen kind of lightens & it just sits there for a few minutes. Very annoying! Any ideas on the solution?
mfhorn wrote:
without knowing the ins and out of your system i dont really know.
anti-virus? hard to say.
mfhorn wrote:
That was it. Constant “not responding” errors. Had to close and restart Firefox after about 3 pages.
huckfunn wrote:
never had that problem.
@ mfhorn:
@ huckfunn:
I had a similar problem, turned out it was a problem with my video drivers. 64bit CPU, 64bit nVidia Video Card, 64bit Firefox, 32bit Windows 7 default video drivers. As soon as I obtained the newest video drivers from nVidia that took care of it.
@ doriangrey:
I’ll have to check in to that. Thanks!
@ huckfunn:
That’s what Emperor Norton I runs.
@ doriangrey:
I’ve never had any problems with FireFox, except their recent version somehow archives too much on my old goat. After 200k or so, I’ve got to shut it down and restart it, otherwise it clogs.
doriangrey wrote:
I was having the “not responding” errors on my laptop and my desktop. I switched to Chrome and had no further problems. My wife still uses Firefox on the same old laptop without no trouble at all. These gizmos are baffling.
Bunk X wrote:
Well, now it all makes sense. Hey; would you be interested in some low risk bonds?
@ huckfunn:
I don’t mind, but do I have to chew them off in the middle of the night to go pee?
@ coldwarrior:
He was apparently promoted by the dems, including Claire A Bull.
Bunk X wrote:
Heh!
@ Bunk X:
Even Salon was rooting for him to stay in the race. Very telling. Regardless of his stupid commentS, the libs want him to stay in. The PPL poll was a joke.
hey ya’ll
just a little late night something to make you go hmmm
WHITE HOUSE INSIDER ISSUES WARNING – FALSE FLAG PLANNED FOR GOP CONVENTION?
Something don’t sit right here. Why send the #2 right down to the GOP convention? What is the purpose? Leak the trip, but don’t say anything substantial regarding the reason for the trip. Just a publicity stunt? An attempt at poking the eye of the Romney team?
That don’t add up for. Not even close. So I’m asking around some more. And I’m not the only one. Nothing is coming back. Finally get a call into the Old Man. Alert him to my concerns. Within 30 minutes he gets back to me. We got legit Intel from military source. Nothing concrete. Which got our source’s attention. That is a big red alert. This thing is being planned. Staged. Might be a handful of local law enforcement in on it. Apparently a related communication from DHS within the last 24 hrs. Union thugs. Got to be a Jarrett Gerard initiated plan. Something along those lines.
I’m giving you and your readers a heads up here. False flag. The real deal. They will try and control it but make it look uncontrolled. Dangerous. Make it reflect poorly on the Republicans and their supporters. A dangerous and desperate operation here. Even a dimwit like Biden has to know how dangerous.
So have everyone you can reach, all your readers, let them know. Obama operatives are attempting a set up here. Dimes to dollars that’s what is going down.
hmmmmm
@ huckfunn:
I’ve gotta give credit to Finnicky Penguin for informing me about The Emperor several years ago.
@ rain of lead:
You watching the twitter feeds? You ought to.
@ Bunk X:
I guess you need a twitter # to do that
how would a non tweeter get into that?
Bunk X wrote:
Austin had a similar street character who just died a few years ago. His name was Leslie Cochran and the slogan “Keep Austin Weird” was about him.
@ rain of lead:
Sounds like El Bammo is running scared.
@ mfhorn:
scared?
I think he’s pissing himself
rain of lead wrote:
If I were R/R (Romney/Ryan), I would fight fire with fire and plan an event in Charlotte on the opening night of the domocrat convention, and publicize the shit out of it, maybe at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, where the dumocrats were planning something, but backed out because they couldn’t afford it.
There are a lot of republican NASCAR fans in the Charlotte area that I bet would attend it.
Imagine the embarrassment to the libturds if a regular Romney/Ryan campaign event drew a bigger crowd than the opening night of the dumocrat convention in the same town…
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
heh heh heh
like the way you think
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
sad though
Ulsterman is saying the dems are gonna stage something BAD
not just run of the mill dirty tricks
I belive the grifter from chi-town will do ANYTHING to hold onto power
@ huckfunn:
Austin isn’t as nearly weird as you think it is.
I spent my college days living in San Francisco.
@ Calo:
Calo
how ya doing?
nite nite time for me so you showed up just in time to take over
the 3rd shift
cheers ya’ll
rain of lead wrote:
I hope they do. It will show America what losers the libs are. Besides, and I don’t think I’m going out on a limb here, that idiot Biden will undoubtedly say something stupid. AGAIN!
Damn…
More bold caps tonight splashed all over the place.
Nite Rain, Kiss MomCat and your Princess for me.
@ rain of lead:
Maybe it’s better you don’t because it’s addictive. Once you get a twitter account, no matter how nice you are, it’s too easy to turn into a dickwad. Trust me. It’s fun as hell. Log in and type in #NiceRack in the search bar. ISTE showed me that one.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
If I were Romney, I’d pay whatever it takes to get Joe Biden as the first speaker.
Bunk X wrote:
Nah, I’d want that idiot Biden introducing Obama the last night of the convention. Just imagine the following:
“So, ladies and gentlemen, here’s the current and next president of the United States, Barack Romney!!!”
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
POINT! And you just won yourself a Nice Big Red Caboose! Congrats.
Bunk X wrote:
Did you just read my facebook post?
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Because here’s what it was…
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Should I? I’ve ignored FB for months.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Huh. Well look at that. Bet you could crack an egg on it.
@ Bunk X:
*in it.
I guess we were supposed to see the dog driving the car. I saw the woman wearing the thong with the bubble butt.
/Call me weird.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Weird -- I was talking about the dog. No way could you crack an egg on that nice pushin’ cushion.
Bunk X wrote:
The dog isn’t driving the car, the photo is taken in Europe, (pay attention to the cars license plates) the dog is in the passenger seat.
doriangrey wrote:
I steel don’t see no steenking dog!
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
The dog is on the backseat, so what ?
Guggi wrote:
I don’t see the dog. What can I say?
Crap. The dog is in the taxi?
And the bubble butt babe does look like Jennifer Lopez.
Guggi wrote:
I see the dog in the front seat.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Yup, he’s in the back passenger seat leaning up against the drivers seat.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Not he is in the back seat leaning up against the front seat, look closely and you can see the driver’s hand on the steering wheel and part of his face as he hunches forward trying to get away from the dog in the back seat who is climbing the back of the drivers seat.
@ doriangrey:
I was only interested in looking at the babe wearing the thong with the bubble butt. Then you’s guys got me all discombobulated about some non-existent dog..
And, I’m outta here, have to be up at 5 am. Later…
doriangrey wrote:
I’m going to speculate based on where the woman across the street is, and the fact that she is clearly in mid-stride that the Taxi stopped suddenly and the dog wasn’t wearing a seat-belt, thus his momentum carried him forward the kinetic transfer of energy from the dog to the driver was what forced thew driver to hunch forward to where the dog is visible in the front window and the driver is not.
The discussions one finds on the intrawebbie thing…
Mike C. wrote:
@ Guggi:
Does the Grand Inquisitor Johnson of Cheetos know about
this heresy?
And good morning Guggi.
RIX wrote:
Good morning, Rix.
Since he is a regular reader here (contrary to his claims), I’m almost certain
@ Guggi:
Yes he does come here. He stlaks the “stalkers” & apparently
misses the irony.
He needs to get out more. Heck, he just needs to get out.
RIX wrote:
wouldn’t change anything, would it ?
Guggi wrote:
@ Guggi:
Those dastardly Iranian Republicans and their War on Women…
Iron Fist wrote:
Yep, all those Republicans who praised Khomeini for bringig back spirituality into politics like Chonsky, Falk or the former German secretary of state Joschka Fischer.
How is your new job ?
@ Guggi:
I’m loving it. Thanks for asking. I am doing more or less the same thing for more money and better benefits. And to top it off, my new office is only about a ten minute drive away from my house. I think I’ll be here a while.
@ Iron Fist:
Congratulations !!!! You needed some luck
-- as do some others here.
doriangrey wrote:
Most nations in Europe are left-hand drive, right-side of the road just like here. Dog is driving a taxi, and that big ass does nothing for me. Taken in Asia…different story altogether.
bluliner10 wrote:
No, the dog is not driving the Taxi. Look at the picture carefully. You can download it if necessary. Don’t look at the bubble butt, look at the Taxi. Look at the woman across the street. In mid stride, just planting her toe on the ground, hand reflectively going to her throat, knee starting to turn in anticipation of being run over.
The taxi has just slammed on it’s brakes, the driver has been thrown forward so that only a small portion of his face is visible and his hand which is on the steering wheel. The dog, who was in the back seat, and strangely enough not wearing a seat belt, has been thrown forward against the back of the drivers seat.
The dogs forelegs can clearly be seen pointing straight down, whereas the arm seen on the steering wheel is running parallel to the ground. Furthermore, the distance from the dog’s shoulder to the steering wheel is clearly 4 times the length of the dog’s foreleg, making it utterly impossible for the dog to be driving.