A New, Lighter Thread..with 1/3 less Heavy.
A New, Lighter Thread
by coldwarrior ( 221 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at January 1st, 2013 - 6:58 pm
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
ahhh, I feel quicker, more nimble
Turn water off to California. Raise park fees tripe to all non residents. Just stop putting maintenance into parks.
Promote washington and oregon into two new east and west states. East Rubeland and West Nerdland
Take the state where R’s are governor in the East and triple the Semi Truck fees. Slow down interstate commerce to the east coast. Savage probably knows the best way to do it. Unions do the reverse all the time.
heysoos wrote:
I feel pretty and witty and GHEY….
huckfunn wrote:
yo Huck…how goes it bro?
MAke the 80 acre farm tax free. And credit them if kids. Put up coops. Make fence to fence farming illegal. Require crop rotation. Require tree stands. Tariff herbicides and fertilizers.
heysoos wrote:
So far so good. Might have a long term gig starting up in Tucumcari in a couple of weeks. How ’bout you?
Interesting that crybaby Boehner kicks the Tea Party out of leadership in the house. And then when he needs them……
Leadership failure. That is leading to appease Obama.
@ darkwords:
Someone is dipping in the vat, again.
@ huckfunn:
You have my sympathies.
Although I’m sure you can use the money.
huckfunn wrote:
I’m settled in nicely awaiting The End…good news on your new thing, hang in there….I’m retired
darkwords wrote:
They’re paying him back as we speak. Hopefully this is his last week as Speculum of the House.
@ Calo: lol. I am too easy of a read. I’ll have to decline the invite to theblogmocracy poker table.
Calo wrote:
cab?
How not to run a business during a recession.
Dick’s Sporting Goods screws over their customers and their suppliers
Unless your plan is to run it into the ground…
@ heysoos:
…ernet
@ lobo91:
@ lobo91:
Won’t be so bad. 4 days or 5 days a week in Tucumcari and then head down to mi casa in Ruidoso.
darkwords wrote:
and electricity! i advocated that in 2010 when they were bashing us here in AZ for SB1070.
darkwords wrote:
got it…hand over the keys my friend
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
Dicks is nothing but an over-priced sporting boutique for yuppies.
Gimme Gander Mountain or Bass Pro Shops any day.
Kirly wrote:
don’t have to…it’s turning itself off
@ John Difool:
I stick with local stores whenever possible.
if Frankenfeinsteins plan goes into law, there will be a cottage industry of gun smithing that will set a record…half the AR’s sold lately will be converted to full auto
lobo91 wrote:
Me too, there’s a very nice one near me called Green Top. Just used those two references above because I was sure none of y’all have ever heard of that one.
heysoos wrote:
Why….that can’t possibly happen because as we all know, during Prohibition no one went out and manufactured stills & made moonshine.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
here’s my theory… head wimps at DSG freaked out and decided to terminate all firearms sales in process, or future. made the announcement and the refused to hear anything further about it. bastages. i’m in supplier management and you just don’t do that. DSG will regret screwing their supplier, Troy, and in turn, Troy’s suppliers. i hope someone quantifies this into a number of jobs lost including downstream.
John Difool wrote:
the result of that legislation will have the exact opposite effect of it’s naive intention…it’s a liberal thing, pretzel logic
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
ooops. oh well. i was gonna drop about $1200 on new golf clubs and bag at dick’s about a month from now. looks like i’ll be going elsewhere.
Kirly wrote:
excess demand will gobble up what dick’s refuses to sell.
Just watch out for restrictions to the ammunition supply as well as propellents and caps for the do it yourselfers.
That’s where the ‘gun control solution’ will hit home.
Speaking of Dick’s Sporting Goods, it would be interesting if a gun store opened that advertised it sold “tyranny resistance tools” instead of “sporting goods.”
Proggie heads would explode, but I bet you business would be brisk.
@ coldwarrior:
Never been a big Dick’s fan.
Now ‘Sol Neft,’ there’s a name for ya!
Bumr50 wrote:
Leave that to outgoing Representative Frank.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
You’re obviously a ‘natural’ marketeer !
Aussie Infidel wrote:
That’s where I think they’ll go. Not restricting it, just buying up all the ammo & raw materials to make it.
Remember, they trial ballooned this back in 2009 buying it all up for the DoD & Homeland Security and it worked quite well.
I could use something lighter. That was/is my sole resolution this year….to lighten my load.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
The other thing that would be interesting would be to open a gun store called “The Most Dangerous Game”—and have waxwork versions of politicians’ heads mounted as trophies on the wall.
That might be pushing it, though…
Bumr50 wrote:
ah yes. there is still one in ambridge i believe
Tell me about it. I purchased 2 million rounds of frangible 5.56mm from a South Dakota manufacturer for an Asian client. It was a bugger’s muddle trying to get raw materials. The manufacturer eventually found the propellent somewhere and the caps came in from Germany in the end.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Call the gunstore….Liberty Teeth. That might rustle a few jimmies.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
@ coldwarrior:
Where I got my first baseball mitt.
After that it was Herman’s.
Brick wrote:
Oh, I’m drivin’ down the road tryin’ to lighten my load
Got several weapons on my mind…
No mitts down under I’m afraid. You just get broken fingers when you mis-catch a cricket ball.
coldwarrior wrote:
true, but if you followed the links all the way to the Troy statement (which is not to imply that you didn’t, just the way i wrote it in my excitement at being able to apply my knew career to current market events), you can see that Troy is saying not at the same prices. Troy says that DSG devalued the Troy brand by the deep discounts DSA had at Thanksgiving. Now, those customers orders are cancelled and when they can find them elsewhere, they’ll either cost more OR Troy will be selling them at a loss.
John Difool wrote:
Never been to Dicks and never well. Have both Gander Mountain and Cabela’s in town.
Brick wrote:
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Except for the ‘wicketkeeper’ It’d be cruel and unusual punishment to not give him a pair of Keeper’s gloves.
if the SC upholds ownership laws, but pulls the carpet out from actual ability to use a weapon, in terms of ammo, parts, gun ranges, locks and newly definded terms…then it’s over for me…I’ll go full auto renegade…I hate the feds enough now and I’ll tip pretty easily
Aussie Infidel wrote:
They don’t really want to catch balls, anyway…
/
Aussie Infidel wrote:
By the fracturing of my thumbs
Something wicket this way comes…
@ Kirly:
My money is that DSG is about to have a very bad day in court.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
ouch.
those buggers hurt!
@ heysoos:
Do the entrepreneur thing and get yourself some gunsmithing training. then set yourself up in business and franchise it. And relax in style offshore.
@ Kirly:
ahhhh! looks like there be lawyers to settle this then.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
I like it. Would have to flesh it out a bit first for my new personal theme song, though. Currently, it’s Dennis Leary’s “I’m an Asshole.”
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
i hope so. they deserve it. and i’m convinced it was all the whim of some stupid wimp at the top. decisions have consequences. i hope they are about to suffer a few.
Brick wrote:
I like to cut off
People driving a Prius
I flash them one finger
Back at their two for “Peace”
I’m an asshole…
coldwarrior wrote:
even worse than DSG devaluing Troys brand, they have now made Troy’s product at least temporarily unavailable -- note that Troy had an exclusive marketing agreement with DSG. oh yes indeed, i think DSG screwed up huge here. On top of all that, they’ve alienated us good guys. Trust me when i say i’ll never shop there again -- remember when K-Mart had Rosie ODonnell as a spokesperson and she attacked Tom Selleck on air when he came on to talk about a movie or something? Remember how long ago that was? I wrote to K-Mart and said I’d never step foot in one of their stores again and I haven’t.
coldwarrior wrote:
even worse than DSG devaluing Troys brand, they have now made Troy’s product at least temporarily unavailable -- note that Troy had an exclusive marketing agreement with DSG. oh yes indeed, i think DSG screwed up huge here. On top of all that, they’ve alienated us good guys. Trust me when i say i’ll never shop there again -- remember when K-Mart had Rosie ODonnell as a spokesperson and she attacked Tom Selleck on air when he came on to talk about a movie or something? Remember how long ago that was? I wrote to K-Mart and said I’d never step foot in one of their stores again and I haven’t. It’ll be the same with DSG.
what the heck is with the double comment? i didn’t do that on purpose. carry on.
Pretty good Rose Bowl. Stanford up 17-14 over Wisconsin. Bottom of the 4th.
@ Kirly:
America’s Boardrooms are full of ####ing cowards…
Kirly wrote:
The financial pain train has just left the station. Ask Autozone how they’re making out after firing Devin McClean for stopping the hold-up at his store in Va. Their PR dept simply ignored the drubbing they’re taking on their social media pages. Let’s see if DSG was taking any notes.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
damn shame that a country like this is now run by wimps.
This place loading slow as hell or mostly not at all for anyone else?
John Difool wrote:
Yep.
@ John Difool:
I’m getting a 500 server error for the previous thread. Whatever that means.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Same here. Damn near impossible to post…
Clogged pipe somewhere.
Filed under poetic -- we have this delicious story.
Remember the NY rag that outed all of the concealed carry holders and put dots on a map where they all lived? Then their editors/staff were outed (presumably by a CC holder) who did the same -- placing dots on a map where they all lived. Well, it seems the paper has now hired armed security to secure their facility.
Moral of the story -- people with guns are a defense against possible bad guys.
Note: The paper still hasn’t admitted their stunning embrace of this simple premise in print, however their actions have confirmed its validity.
WordPress just left Chicago,
and it’s bound for New Orleans
@ heysoos:
WorpDress is slated to be waterboarded in the NO levees tomorrow?
Brick wrote:
Oh, they’ve doubled down. They’re going to print the permit holders in Putnum County as soon as the clerk gets all the info together.
I’m annoyed with myself that I’m stupid enough to sit up awaiting the House vote…I should be uptown, moshing with naked girls and double cheese pizzas…I’m just not that smart
huckfunn wrote:
I suppose I should thank you, kind Sir, for fixing the blog.
I think there might be some problem with this site. I have been trying to look at the last post. Apparently, this Kirly guy is a doctor who things that I need medical treatment. Best of all, he says that I can get it for “free.” I have never had free medical treatment and do pay a good bit for health insurance.
But, I keep getting 500 errors. Is there something wrong with your blog?
Calo wrote:
stick em in front of a ZZ Top gig and they’ll
give it up
give it up
CzechRebel wrote:
Umm, Kirly is a woman not a dude.
Brick wrote:
found it… in the UK media, of course. the hero saves the guys life so, after he thanks the hero, he fires the hero. we live in bizarro world.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245680/Devin-McClean-AutoZone-employee-Air-Force-vet-FIRED-confronting-armed-robber.html
@ CzechRebel:
Your other half said you were critically ill.
In my little world, when you are critically ill, you get treatment first from a physician in an ER and a request for payments later.
Meh, WTF do I know?
CzechRebel wrote:
no one else is getting them…I think the 500 Errors message means stop cutting peoples throats when they are not here to defend themselves
eaglesoars wrote:
…in the next episode of play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Apparently they’re going for the prizes on the top shelf.
@ Kirly:
Thanks for posting that, not shopping there anymore either.
And the circular firing squad on the right continues.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/22/former-bigjournalism-star-sues-breitbart-empire-for-75k-demands-release-from-contract/
heysoos wrote:
Is this one of those running thread gun-battles I’ve read about? If so, can I get in?
@ Kirly:
oh, and look who Devin McClean, Air Force Vet, soon-to-be Father, and recently fired hero of an attempted robbery at Autozone, stopped with his actions…the fake bearded bandit who had been on a leisurely 2 year crime spree. http://wtkr.com/2012/12/28/a-look-back-at-the-fake-bearded-bandit-2-year-crime-spree/
Brick wrote:
blaze away
John Difool wrote:
was mostly not at all there for a while. seems fixed now.
John Difool wrote:
Whoever’s running things over there now is apparently insane.
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
Most risk averse bunch of folks in the country. What drives many of them these days is how a decision will affect their careers not how it will benefit the company.
Calo wrote:
This is news to me. What is supposed to be wrong? Let me know and I will tell my doctor about it.
AZfederalist wrote:
Sounds like a corporate version of Congress.
heysoos wrote:
It is coming up now. It was the darnest thing. Only the last tread and what someone put on it were giving me the 500 error message. Seems to be OK now.
Calo wrote:
Wasn’t me, but I’m glad it’s fixed.
heysoos wrote:
Before calling the fire mission, who’s OPFOR and who’s BLUFOR so I know who to target?
lobo91 wrote:
It’s seems as though we conservatives can’t have nice things.
That’s the biggest most heavily trafficked site on the right side of the blogosphere now, rivaling Kos..
Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
Brick wrote:
I am very pro-2nd Amendment, yes.
CzechRebel wrote:
nobody cares about your error messages, you dunce…sniping posters when their backs are turned is way sissy…fuck off
there were server errors all over the joint, now it seems everything is cleared up.
maybe they forgot to feed the hamsters.
I’m enjoying listening to Dems in the House talking about how terrible it would be if “middle class” people’s taxes went up.
Of course, they’re talking about tax rates going up to the level they were during the Clinton years. Which they claim caused the economy to be great.
I’m confused…
@ coldwarrior:
I’m faster than a speeding bullet now
@ CzechRebel:
I’m not really sure.
Again, in my world, being critically ill means something completely different than it does to 1389.
CzechRebel wrote:
not a guy and not a doctor. also not a bald stooge.
heysoos wrote:
ZOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
now yinz play nice. i gotta get some shuteye…3 days ‘on’ coming up in the AM.
there is a nut or two loose around here…that’s cool
@ John Difool:
That Ben Shapiro guy is an idiot.
coldwarrior wrote:
tek care mon
heysoos wrote:
Wow! When we have technical difficulties, we like to know. Since I have never had that sort of a thing happen on any other site for no reason, I thought it might be on your end. Guess not.
Sorry, that I reported it. I have been warned how sensitive people are here. However, I had no idea that ya’ll were that sensitive.
@ coldwarrior:
You are the one that fixed the blog.
OK, I’ll comply.
CzechRebel wrote:
that sort of stuff happens at any site sooner or later…what are you?…like 12?
@ CzechRebel:
I had problems earlier, too.
Kirly wrote:
Well, I would sure like to know why you think I might need medical treatment.
I am sorry that I thought you were a man. Usually, the know-it-all types are men. So, sorry, my mistake.
I have a lot of hair, so I guess I should be sympathetic of a woman who is folicleally challenged.
lobo91 wrote:
Me too. I’m even confused on the whole cliff thing altogether. 1/2 of me says Let.It.Burn, bulldoze and rebuild from scratch using the existing blueprint. The other 1/2 of me says -- maybe we can still get rid of the termites in government, replace the rotted parts and save some of current structure that hasn’t yet been compromised.
mfhorn wrote:
Thank you. And you have any technical problems on our blog, please report it to one of us. We sure would like to know.
I’d rather have Possum back. YMMV.
/galt
@ 110 heysoos:
Must be some general internet slowness around. I’m getting slowed down on several site that are loading widgets that reference other web site. I bet it is all the new iphones, ipads, and androids out there trying to access Internet pads not built for iphones, ipads, and androids. It will take a few days for them to give up and go back to gaming.
@ 115 CynicalConservative: play dead. Show teeth, play dead, show teeth, play dead…. Full house. Probably in Vegas rolling in dough.
heysoos wrote:
If you are referring to my age, THANK YOU! I have been getting senior citizen discounts for years now.
If you are referring to the numbers on my sports jerseys. I don’t think I ever had 12. I do remember, 13, 45, 48, 84 and 90. It seems that I had a 14 one year, but I don’t remember. I have had a few others too, but it has been a lot of years since I played a sport.
What about you?
Brick wrote:
Pretty much. They all went to the same Ivy League schools and read the NYT
darkwords wrote:
the NSA is doing routine maintenance…stand by
@ Brick:
One thing’s certain: There’s no reason to pay any attention to the upcoming House vote. It won’t do a damn thing to address the actual problem we face, so I don’t see why anyone cares.
Whether they raise taxes on “the rich” or not, we’re going to be at least $21 trillion in debt by the end of Obama’s second term. Our credit rating is going to be downgraded a couple more times, and the interest on the debt is going to consume the entire budget.
Those are absolute certainties.
The crap going on in DC today is of no more importance than the upcoming season premiere of American Idol.
Calo wrote:
I will call her and see what is going on. But, it is all news to me.
CzechRebel wrote:
I’m not a southerner, but isn’t y’all the grits eatin’ equivalent of y’inz, i.e. plural? We don’t have a y’all up here in Pennsyltucky, but we do have an all y’all -- which is also plural when referring to a group. The correct singular is you’s, or if east of the Susquehanna spelled youse.
Frequently in certain circles especially, you may hear the grammatically incoherent “youse guys”. Even in the roughest of circles, the mismatch of singular and plural pronouns in the same context is frowned upon and you can well imagine the confusion it engenders. It’s rumored the Hatfield-McCoy feud was started by such a colloquial mishmash of grammar.
lobo91 wrote:
Yes, except taxes are already going up on ALL Americans, effective today because the payroll tax holiday expired at midnight but they wouldn’t extend it in the Senate bill.So that comes out to around an average 25-50 bucks most middle-class Americans will see missing from their paychecks.I’ll bet they conveniently left that out.
The CBO also came out just within hours of the vote & said this plan adds 4 trillion more dollars to the debt over the next 10 years & only brings in 600 billion in new revenue.
Bet you didn’t hear them mention that one either?
@ John Difool:
Which is crap anyway, because it’s based on static modeling. Nobody can accurately predict tax revenues (or expenditures) 10 years out, and they know it.
@ CynicalConservative:
Bless you.
@ John Difool:
the semi corrupt CBO is touted in your favor and ignored when otherwise….the truth is dead
lobo91 wrote:
Agreed. Well, we did have a pretty good run.
@ lobo91:
@ heysoos:
True, one wonders why they just don’t shut the doors on the damn place, not like anyone on the Hill actually pays attention to or cares about numbers these days anyway.
Shop Till You Drop !
heysoos wrote:
The main problem with CBO is that they “score” bills using whatever criteria they’re told to use.
If they’re told to assume that there’s going to be 4% unemployment, 10% annual GDP growth, no natural disasters and no wars, that’s what they do.
CynicalConservative wrote:
Beware the djinn…
lobo91 wrote:
My prediction is less revenues going forward as the people who actually pay taxes, look to minimize their footprints, in every way possible.
John Difool wrote:
I’d suggest buying more ammo, but there doesn’t seem to be much to be had.
@ lobo91:
Taxes on ‘the (evil, greedy, selfish) rich’ couldn’t be raised high enough to pay for all this spending. We know it, why can’t more people figure it out? I know i’m far from the brightest person on earth.
lobo91 wrote:
the CBO is just an extension of congress…they hit, they miss…I hate the feds
@ Brick:
Of course that’s what will happen. It’ll only be “unexpected” to the Dems (and the MSM) when it does.
My brother purchased a Sig P250 today at Cabela’s. The receipt included something listed as “Medical Excise Tax” for $9.89 on a $429 purchase. The Cabela’s guy said it was one of the thousands taxes in effect today as a result of ObamaCare. Wasn’t that 2.3% supposed to be on medical equipment?
mfhorn wrote:
And if they could be, it would still wreck the economy, because it would suck up most of the capital that otherwise would be invested in the private sector.
We’re dealing with idiots (and Marxists).
Kirly wrote:
That is medical equipment. What do you think will be used to dispatch you after you go in front of a death-panel?
lobo91 wrote:
This past weekend we cleaned out the local Kmart’s stash of 20ga, #3 Buck. $3.39 a box -- couldn’t resist.
@ Kirly:
Our sales tax rate went up today. I noticed it when I had lunch at McDonalds.
lobo91 wrote:
Actually, there’s plenty on Gun Broker but it’s getting pricey. I’ve been watching the bidding on bulk 9mm and it is ratcheting up by the hour.
lobo91 wrote:
I’m sure an Executive Order would criminalize NOT buying something to avoid paying taxes on it…er…except Health Care. The USSC already has that one covered.
yahooo!
I love thrill rides
@ Calo:
you are awesome!
@ Brick:
That’s the one good thing about deer hunting season being over, now I can get some 00 magnum loads. Just about everywhere I looked over the last few weeks was mostly out except for the light target & sporting clay stuff.
@ huckfunn:
I’m in desperate need of .40 & a few new magazines for my G22. Keep an eye out.
John Difool wrote:
Normally, that’s all I ever see around here. 4, 6, or 7 1/2 shot. I’ve got one spot that regularly stocks 20ga brenneke’s, but they’ve been out since before Thanksgiving.
I wonder what’s driving all this demand?
@ Brick:
Elections have consequences?
John Difool wrote:
back up in MI in my hunting days, we all used rifled deerslayer barrels and slugs…I can’t imagine hunting deer with buckshot…doesn’t work for me
John Difool wrote:
It’s out there, but getting pricey.
.40 bulk
G22 mags
heysoos wrote:
Doesn’t work for me either.
Wish I could afford some ammo. I’m running low on 9mm, and my pay keeps getting cut. MUST find a new or 2nd job.
Brick wrote:
I am ONLY 1/2 Southern. I am also 1/2 ethnic. When we were little, one parent sat my sister and I down and tried to explain the proper use of “ya’ll.” (We both thought it was pretty funny.) The other parent was always saying “yous guys” (not sure how that first word should be spelled, but it is pronounced “use.”) While I have lived in many places over my long life, I have been here in Dixieland for the last eight years continuously. People from different parts of the South land have differing opinions about the proper use of “ya’ll.”
If you bother to say it once in awhile, even if it wrong, folks will think of you as a “Northerner” and not as a “Yankee.” That is a good start.
@ heysoos:
Depends on where you’re at really, hunting wise.Some state lands out western parts of Va. allow it because of steep hills & ravines most out where I’m at in the Piedmont & Tidewater don’t unless you’re on private or hunt club property. Then I guess it’s a matter of preference.
I do have two boxes 2 & 3/4 inch rifled slugs, i have a smooth bore Benelli Nova 12 g. For home defense give me some 2 3/4 or 3″ 00 any day. 3.5 is a bit much for close encounters.
@ huckfunn:
The prices on that ammo…..like Janice from Friends would say…
OH MOY GAWD
John Difool wrote:
I want a sawed off 410 auto loader….or a Judge
heysoos wrote:
You got a chipmunk infestation at your place?
@ heysoos:
You may want to ixnay on the sawed off stuff, that’s extremely illegal.
If you want something short barreled they make tactical versions of just about every make model and caliber of shotgun out there but you better get it quick.
This sudden shortage of everything is spooking me.
Wow…Obama has apparently decided that there will be no negotiation over raising the debt ceiling. He’s just demanding that they pass a bill to raise it, with no discussion.
And we have people here who seriously believe that we aren’t facing the imminent implosion of this country…
@ CzechRebel:
There’s “y’all”, “all y’all”, and “youn’s”, isn’t there?
two Judges…one in each hand!
Brick wrote:
a 410 slug will put a hole in you enough to see Mars…send a postcard
@ mfhorn:
yinzer, too,
@ heysoos:
410 is a good blackbird gun in corn.
@ CzechRebel:
I have never heard of Southern parents speaking to their children about the proper use of ya’ll and I have lived a southern life all my life. Now I have heard of my parents popping us in the head if we didn’t say “yes ma’am” or “yes sir” and “no ma’am” and “no sir”. But the use of “ya’ll” is like talking about drinking ice tea.
@ lobo91:
In a sane world, we’d be able to use that kind of power grabbing by Obama against him. So much for his oath of office. Again.
@ John Difool:
Just ask Randy Weaver…
@ Calo:
Yonder is a southern term?
mfhorn wrote:
Last time, they were arguing over whether or not he could just ignore the debt ceiling.
Since that didn’t work, I guess he’s just going to order Congress to do what he wants.
mfhorn wrote:
Yinzer- damn autocorrect.
@ CzechRebel:
Really? I have never had a conversation over the use of “ya’ll”. But I have had one over whether or not a thank-you note was sent. This is very imporant in the south. Just sayin.
lobo91 wrote:
Give him credit, he’s a mirrored image of everything we wished George Bush was in his second term, not a lame-duck at all & make no mistake, the GOP is going to cave & give him exactly every damn thing he demands.
Remember, it’s the GOP that has to be bi-partisan for the sake of poor families and poor starving children, never the Dems, they don’t have to negotiate for shit thanks to the corrupt media.
The GOP will like it too & eat that shit sandwich with a smile & continue to be complicit in their demise & ours.
The Republic is dead & in it’s casket already getting the first few shovel fulls of dirt put on it.
@ Lily:
yeah, in my family, you were just supposed to know the difference between “y’all” and “all y’all” including where to put the apostrophe.
@ lobo91:
Absolute madness. We’re facing a dictatorship. WASS.
@ Lily:
Care for an iced tea in a Mason jar tonight?
mfhorn wrote:
i thought so. i thought “reckon” was a southern term too. until i visited New Zealand.
@ John Difool:
Funny…I was just accused of treason for making that point on the previous thread.
Kirly wrote:
Give him a pass, he’s been a born & bred, die hard, dyed in the wool southerner……for 8 years.
@ Kirly:
Y’all is singular, all y’all is plural!
lobo91 wrote:
I think as the weeks & months progress a lot of folks who are saying that now will find their mileage will start to vary or flat run out on that perspective.
I might have even said that myself 6 months or a year ago (maybe not so harsh of words) but shit’s getting real now, quick.
we are all linguists tonight…
@ Kirly:
lobo91 wrote:
Must’ve been a helluva thread.
heysoos wrote:
Some of us more cunning than others.
mfhorn wrote:
exactly!
@ John Difool:
Having spent better than 30 years of my life defending this country, in some of the most miserable spots on earth, I have a fairly low tolerance for being called a traitor.
@ Kirly:
Now, what is youn’s?
lobo91 wrote:
I’m actually a bit surprised we haven’t seen an incident or three like that with Barry or Big Nappy but I’m not going to sell him short in his second term.
lobo91 wrote:
I don’t blame you and I wasn’t saying you should. I hope you didn’t think I was in some way or was excusing anyone who did.
Calo wrote:
Please but just mint and no sugar!
what does urine actually mean…
like urine trouble…
the universe is chaos, trust me….
BARTENDER!
mfhorn wrote:
That’s the formal usage of “yinz”. SW Pennsylvania.
@ huckfunn:
Got it!
Suggestion for admin- I’d love a refresh or view new posts button at the bottom here for when I’m on my iPod.
Wisconsin lost the Rose Bowl. I feel somewhat down about this. I knew the Badgers were becoming spoiled what with this being the first time in the history of the program that WI has gone to three back-to-back Rose Bowls. My feelings are ameliorated and blunted by the previous decades of marginal football.
It’s the middle of University hockey season, though
mfhorn wrote:
far as i know, same as y’all
Lily wrote:
and that would be pronounced “sugah”, right?
as far as I recall, rum in New Orleans is pronounced ‘rum’
factoid
@ Kirly:
Yes ma’am!!!
mfhorn wrote:
Sorry. Can’t help ya there. Mention it to CW or Rodan when they’re around.
Lily wrote:
my roots are a bit southern
Lily wrote:
Missouri parent raising us in the frozen North land. Not just ice tea, but sweetened ice tea. (We didn’t know that you could drink it any other way.) Grandma taught us to make biscuits and corn bread at a tender age. Of course, we had to have black-eyed peas and other Southern vegetables. The other side of the family filled us with ethnic foods.
It was a long walk, but I was supposed to play with the boys from Mississippi and not the other guys if at all possible. (I cannot remember what States the other Southern kids at school were from.)
It was very important to know about “ya’ll” and the reasoning was “in case you have to talk to Southerns or colored folk.”
I first heard of Jeff Davis before I could read. I could not believe that we got Lincoln’s birthday off and knew it would be tough to explain at home.
And I do remember hearing that it would nice if we said “sir” and “ma’am” but I guess we were just bad kids. What can I say?
CzechRebel wrote:
we call it “sweet tea”
mfhorn wrote:
I have heard that theory. I have also been told that any kind of “all” at the end makes it plural. Since those guys have been her for many generations, I am at a loss to correct them.
all y’all is the plural of y’all
Kirly wrote:
Of course we do. But, if I remember right, not everyone does. But, I haven’t been north of the Ohio River in a while, so I am not too sure.
Kirly wrote:
Uh yup. And in the South there are people who like sweet tea and those who like their tea without sugar. So it’s best to make two batchs of tea…sweet tea and plain tea.
Kirly wrote:
I can tell!
heysoos wrote:
And indeed you would be so correct!
/you just won a free Hurricane drink! Oh and in a Pat O’Brian’s glass too!
Lily wrote:
That is right. So many friends that either diabetic or dieting or just trying to keep their sugar levels down these day even here in Dixieland.
At my currents haunts, the term is “un-sweet” or “un sweetened” tea. Do they say “plain tea” in New Orleans?
@ CzechRebel:
Don’t know about New Orleans…they usually just ask if you want sweet tea or plain tea. Been that way since forever. It’s just a matter of how you like your ice tea.
/I suppose now days watching ones weight or sugar level is prudent. But I grew up on plain tea yet in the same family my uncle and aunts liked sweet tea.
@ CzechRebel:
And, again, we are not seceding from the US of A.
Sign me up for plain tea tonight, as a Texan looking for all y’alls dirty laundry tonight.
F*k the un-sweet tonight.
Lily wrote:
OK, I will try asking for “plain tea” next time. I am embarrassed to say that I lost my taste for sugar years ago. Have to see what they say when put it that way.
Calo wrote:
I don’t care who secedes first. Alaska has a secession group and an Independence party. New Hampshire has its “Free State Project.” South Carolina and Alabama have some independence-minded people. I have no contacts there, but I have heard that Hawaii has a secessionist organization too.
I meant it as a complaint to pick Texas as the example. Have relatives by marriage from there. Got a free 72 ounce steak in Amarillo once. Brain freeze or no brain freeze, I like that governor.
Why a free Texas would be an insult is beyond me.
@ CzechRebel:
I guess because we are Texans, but most importantly, American citizens, first and foremost.
CzechRebel wrote:
Yeah, they didn’t exactly vote to come aboard. Basically we annexed the place.
heh. Remember the Journal News was going to double down and publish names/addresses of gun permit holders in Putnam County.
Well, no, they’re not. Because Putnam County just said NO
Calo wrote:
OK, if you say so. I think of that an old file film on the Vietnam War. The guy has some sort of piece of equipment working on the airfield. The piece of equipment has two little flags on the back, on is the flag of Texas and other is the Confederate flag.
What is that cartoon? King of the Hill? The wife is Peggy Hill or Penny Hill or whatever but she refers to herself as “a citizen of Texas.” What is the guys name? Hank Hill? Henry Hill? He tells his kid Bobby that “During WW II, grandpa was fighting for the freedom of Texas.”
My new relatives from Texas tell me that Texas and ONLY Texas has the right to tell fly the Texas flag on the top of the Stars and Stripes. I am not sure if it is true, but they sure like telling people that.
I once had a doctor from “the Republic” operate on me. He recommenced a book called the “Lone Star People.” He told me that the Texans were Texans first and Americans . . . well, Americans when ever.
No disrespect, but I am just not too familiar with the concept of being a Texan being second to anything else.
@ CzechRebel:
No, it’s not.
@ CzechRebel:
Well, I guess I am just an idjot who talks to hundreds (yes, you read that right) of Texans every week.
But, never have I seen any Texan fly our State Flag above the US of A flag.
Crap, could be the result of living in the 4th populated city in the US.
After all, we are just a bunch of hicks ready to thumb our nose at you precious, South Carolina friends.
Calo wrote:
Told me it was a rarely used privileged. If it is not true, it is not true.
I will ask for documentation if it comes up again.