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Mid-Morning Open Thread
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 09:40 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 09:41 AM (RWSlt)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 09:41 AM (RWSlt)
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 09:41 AM (RWSlt)
He deserves his own holiday. He shouldn't have to share a day with losers like Obama.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 09:42 AM (riF5p)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 09:42 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (EnKk6)
Posted by: #OccupyResoluteDeskLivesMatter at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (16mmj)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (ANIFC)
The general was getting his ass kicked right up until he had the temerity to attack on Christmas.
Even then, had they not captured that Hessian cannon and turned it 180 degrees, all would have been lost.
May his memory last forever.
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (w7KSn)
Mostly, I just want a thread dedicated to talking about James Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Western Frontier Farmers at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (RWSlt)
Posted by: teej at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (mzTVj)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (oVJmc)
I wonder if he got residuals?
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 09:45 AM (w7KSn)
Poor George.
He deserves his own holiday. He shouldn't have to share a day with losers like Obama.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 20, 2017 09:42 AM (riF5p)
I thought it was supposed to be a combo of Washington and Lincoln so that they could fit in MLK day.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 09:45 AM (mpXpK)
The general was getting his ass kicked right up until he had the temerity to attack on Christmas.
Even then, had they not captured that Hessian cannon and turned it 180 degrees, all would have been lost.
May his memory last forever.
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 09:43 AM (w7KSn)
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I think what makes him even greater was the fact that he knew that he was the one man who could bring the nascent country together, but he stepped away from it after two terms.
That action alone demonstrates the value of a classical education. He had Cincinnatus as an example to follow because he had actually read about him and was able to internalize the values of that kind of decision.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:45 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 09:46 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at February 20, 2017 09:46 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at February 20, 2017 09:46 AM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 09:46 AM (PXbkt)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 09:47 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: George Washington at February 20, 2017 09:49 AM (PXbkt)
Posted by: Goldilocks at February 20, 2017 09:49 AM (pOgVG)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 09:49 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 09:49 AM (ec2s9)
It's only about 10 minutes from my place but then this is Rhode Island, everything is about 10 minutes from my place.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 09:50 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 09:51 AM (bJa9q)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 09:52 AM (VuJJJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA
Posted by: josephistan
Ha!! Great vid
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 09:53 AM (8ikIW)
does have a greatest first lady painting, but its not the same.
There's some sort of Hillary shrine at a new wing of the State Dept. building - just opened in the last year, IIRC.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 09:53 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 20, 2017 09:53 AM (W8bn5)
Posted by: Wyll Bend at February 20, 2017 09:54 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 09:44 AM (ANIFC)
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I was just there last week. It's one of my favorites.
Their exhibit on figures from the War of 1812 was magnificent:
http://npg.si.edu/exhibition/1812-nation-emerges
In addition to their immense collection of portraiture they have special exhibits constantly.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (EnKk6)
I think that that's fantastic.
I mean, it worked really well in Vermont.
But more seriously, maybe this effort on their part will convince them to let the ACA go. "We'll take care of ourselves, thank you very much. Sure, go ahead and dismantle the ACA completely. We'll have something better!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Dirty Randy at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (jjaLl)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (VuJJJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 20, 2017 09:56 AM (MZcWR)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 09:56 AM (PXbkt)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at February 20, 2017 09:57 AM (MC1EQ)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer
you misspelled cocksucker
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 09:57 AM (K2T58)
Oh, YES, please.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 09:57 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (EvBgT)
Yup good for CA...I just hope all them left wingers are happy when their Taxes quadruple.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 09:58 AM (KlI/a)
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at February 20, 2017 09:58 AM (Yi9Gb)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 09:53 AM (NOIQH)
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I found the architectural blueprint for it here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/hnv79u2
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 09:58 AM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 09:56 AM (PXbkt)
I blame climate change
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 09:58 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2017 09:58 AM (KlI/a)
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How tired do I get for shouting "Federalism!" like William Wallace shouted "Freedom!" at his death?
I've been shouting it for the last 8 years, and I'm exhausted.
Could the left please just embrace it and leave South Carolina alone, for God's sake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:59 AM (EvBgT)
"Okay, look. I signed a few vital bills and a treaty with that pen, and there are the two British spies I ran through with this sword. And I did it while rocking out this Goth outfit that Martha made me wear to work today. What more do you want?"
Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at February 20, 2017 09:59 AM (9F4vW)
Posted by: Eromero at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (zLDYs)
With his Mason ring and schnauzer and his perfect hands
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (VuJJJ)
For anyone doubting Obama's library will be built, look no farther than the hit movie that moved Star Wars to second place.
We never would have sent men to the moon without these three black women doing the math. Sure it's completely fictional except for the ladies names. That isn't the point. Now, do you think they're going to let the first black president achieve less?
Posted by: Press One for Moron at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (/f1mm)
Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries
And now I shall go play golf
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (NOIQH)
In a momentary fit of chivalry, he didn't take the shot.
He paid for that heavily.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (H5rtT)
Thank you fellow Irredeemable Deplorables.
Posted by: rd at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (iT57s)
He deserves his own holiday. He shouldn't have to share a day with losers like Obama.
And MLK Day should be renamed "Civil Rights Workers' Day"
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 20, 2017 10:01 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (EvBgT)
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It can only work on one condition: Californians cannot (at least legally) get treatment anywhere outside the state ... otherwise, it'll be another Canadian medical invasion for the rest of us.
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:01 AM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Under Fire at February 20, 2017 10:02 AM (UOJLJ)
Thank you fellow Irredeemable Deplorables.
Posted by: rd
It would be a very expensive (alcohol) holiday for me.
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:02 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:01 AM (mt8X9)
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I don't know how you enforce that.
I don't think states could make laws that would prohibit Californians from receiving care in the state. It would go against the original intent of the Commerce Clause and would never survive a court challenge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:03 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: G. Washington at February 20, 2017 10:03 AM (IqV8l)
And be able to call in air support... but in those days it was just Ben Franklin in a hot air balloon yelling words of encouragement.
Posted by: Button Gwinnett at February 20, 2017 10:03 AM (4/IwW)
Posted by: Hillary at February 20, 2017 10:04 AM (K2T58)
It can only work on one condition: Californians cannot (at least legally) get treatment anywhere outside the state ... otherwise, it'll be another Canadian medical invasion for the rest of us.
Exactly, or it'll wind up dumping on all the rest of the states when their supply dries up and the money runs out.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:04 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Paolo at February 20, 2017 10:05 AM (1Rgee)
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 09:45 AM (w7KSn)
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Yes. And it still hangs in the White House.
Stuart also did a series of portraits of the first five presidents; they are in the National Gallery of Art.
Posted by: bluebell at February 20, 2017 10:05 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 09:50 AM (/tuJf)
Is that the truck stop between Connecticut and Massachusetts?
I got gas there once, and ate a pretty good hot dog.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:06 AM (rF0hx)
Love this painting! Simple but regal, deserving of the man.
Happy preezy day!
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (wlPue)
Someone in the previous thread requested that an alt-history of Hellary as president be written. Given what an excellent job you did of writing the "If Zimmerman wasn't armed that day" news article, you would probably be able to produce a great (realistic) horror piece on the subject.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (sEDyY)
Posted by: bluebell at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Button Gwinnett
excuse me, Ben wasn't alone in that balloon
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (K2T58)
Look! See how big those books are!
Posted by: George WASHINGTON at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (PXbkt)
Hell, even curmudgeonly John Adams had good things to say about him.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 10:07 AM (xeeHA)
Posted by: Zombie Ann Richards at February 20, 2017 10:08 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: IC at February 20, 2017 10:08 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:04 AM (oVJmc)
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So, Californians realize that they can't get care in their state, so they take their money into other states to spend on healthcare, right?
You know California, if they do go through with this, will go as socialist as they possibly can. No room for profit anywhere. Plus, you'll have a large population of illegals who pay less than normal in taxes using the system. It just seems like something that's going to collapse no matter how many people from California try to find help in other states.
It seems to me that the bigger issue is ensuring that the federal government makes it clear from the beginning that there will never be any bailout, and that if the state declares bankruptcy, then there are very strong repercussions, like loss of state status, reversion to territorial status, the liquidation of the state government to be replaced by a territorial governor appointed by the president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:08 AM (EvBgT)
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And by 2022 they will be begging us in the real US to bail their bankrupt butts out.
We really need a law describing how state bankruptcies will be processed. Need to be bailed out? Congratulations, you are now a US Territory, and your US Congress critters are now observers without voting rights.
Posted by: rd at February 20, 2017 10:08 AM (iT57s)
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2017 10:09 AM (wlPue)
Posted by: Fritz at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (2Mnv1)
Posted by: rd at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (iT57s)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Zombie Ann Richards
that's gross
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (W8bn5)
Posted by: Seems Legit at February 20, 2017 10:11 AM (2z3I7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2017 10:11 AM (mbhDw)
I posted on the last thread and then my bloody laptop died !
Mentioned that my son is going to a mates wedding in Chilmark somewhere in Massachussetts in September
Aussie bloke who met lovely American girl in a bar in Surfers Paradise here in OZ
Geez I hate using this tablet - anyway my son is really excited about going to the US again and he's already got the road trip organised
Silver Dollar City theme park roller coaster is on the list and apparently it's nowhere near Chilmark!
Goodnight all and enjoy your Presidents Day!
Have a wonderful yesterday!
Posted by: Aussie at February 20, 2017 10:11 AM (ORysF)
What this guy said!
Posted by: rd at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (iT57s)
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You might have said something along those lines before, and I might be regurgitating it.
I can't remember who I got the idea from (it was definitely here), so I just avoided attribution.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:11 AM (EvBgT)
There's an unfinished portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart that more famous, no?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2017 10:10 AM (mbhDw)
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Oh, it was finished. It's just that Hans Sprungfeld ripped off the bottom as he fled the scene of his attempted assassination of Washington.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:12 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: bluebell at February 20, 2017 10:12 AM (sBOL1)
Hillary will be speaking at the Tuesday opening ceremony for theU.S.
Diplomacy Center [January, 2017], a glass-fronted museum addition to the State
Department building which cost about $50 million. She'll be on a
speaking dais that includes former secretaries of state Madeline
Albright and Colin Powell.
The four wings of the museum --- which will feature diplomatic history
and artifacts from throughout the State Department's history --- will each
be named after a former secretary of state. The four honorees are Henry
Kissinger, James Baker, Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of State
John Kerry.
There's a pragmatic reason why Clinton is being so honored in Foggy Bottom, however. AsThe Post
reports, "the bulk of the money for the center was raised during
Clinton's four-year tenure as President Obama's first secretary of
state, from 2009 to 2013. Clinton was not running for president at the
time but was widely presumed to be contemplating a second White House
run in 2016."
http://www.westernjournalism.com/thepoint/2017/01/06/
hillary-gets-her-own-museum-spot-in-dc-but-the-reason-why-is-even-more-bizarre/
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:14 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: joncelli, Gobsmacked Rage Monkey and Crossbowman at February 20, 2017 10:14 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:14 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:14 AM (ZO497)
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"You underestimate our power!"
-Bureaucrats
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:15 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: bluebell
If you can get in, now is the time to go. Plus they don't mind if you borrow a couple of paintings. Just bring them back when you get a chance.
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:15 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Lizzy
looking forward to checking out the Chris Stevens wing
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:15 AM (K2T58)
Martha's Vineyard - will be a lovely wedding, I'm sure.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:15 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:03 AM (EvBgT)
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Yeah, just pointing out that it wouldn't really work in practice -- until they secede ... or President Trump issues an EO evicting them from the nation (again, just fantasizing here).
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:16 AM (mt8X9)
"Someone in the previous thread requested that an alt-history of Hellary as president be written."
It's covered in "Rule 34",
http://tinyurl.com/hayc6fq
But you don't want to read it.
Posted by: geoffb5 at February 20, 2017 10:16 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: Press One for Moron at February 20, 2017 10:17 AM (/f1mm)
Posted by: Fritz at February 20, 2017 10:17 AM (2Mnv1)
Fritz Mondale
Michael Dukakis
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
Hillary Rodham-Clinton.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (uYy21)
Not that I want a terror attack, but...it would be poetic if, say, and Iran nuke or an ISIS bomb took out that Clinton and Kerry wings of that museum, eh?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (NOIQH)
Are we even sure about that?
Can't wait for the follow up, or "Clockboy really did invent the computer"..
Ha.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (MINbv)
To say that he was the right man at the right time would be the grossest of understatements.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:16 AM (mt8X9)
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I think that it would end up as a sideshow to the very real and much larger train wreck that would be the system itself. Sure, people would cross state borders to get better care, but that's a long way from southern California for the tens if not hundreds of thousands of poor illegal immigrants living there who will be using a whole lot more of the system than they pay into it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Press One for Moron
nobody wants one of Hillary's pubes on a coke can
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Goldilocks at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (pOgVG)
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Same old. Trump says in Florida:
"We've got to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening in Germany. You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what's happening in Brussels. You look at what's happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice. Take a look at Paris."
Evidently, by "last night in Sweden" he meant a segment on Sweden he'd seen on TV the night before. Media gleefully leapt to the conclusion that he thought a terrorist attack happened there last night. Completely unjustified. (Though it's true that Trump was in rambling-bullshitter mode, and didn't say clearly what he was thinking.)
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 10:19 AM (PXbkt)
Fritz Mondale
Michael Dukakis
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
Hillary Rodham-Clinton.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (uYy21)
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John C. Calhoun?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:19 AM (EvBgT)
I don't think she did.
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 10:19 AM (hUtue)
To say that he was the right man at the right time would be the grossest of understatements.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (ZO497)
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He knew who Cincinattus was, and he wanted to emulate him.
We got lucky with good George.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:19 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Fritz
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Edited, for emphasis.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:19 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (MINbv)
Nope, the man in the painting, the only president to run unopposed, not just one but twice, was the most popular American president.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (GsAUU)
77% of the rapes are being committed by 2% of the population.
Any guesses as to the demographic make up of the 2%?
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (w7KSn)
Posted by: rd at February 20, 2017 10:08 AM (iT57s)
Another bullet we dodged with the FAB's defeat. There would have been a push to federalize state debt, sure as eggs is eggs.
Shown by the MSM: Little children starving because of budget cutbacks.
Not shown: Bureaucrat retiring to Florida at 55 with a pension 90% of their final pay.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (MC1EQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (ZO497)
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Amen.
In one of the Rick Riordan Percy Jackson novels, GW is described as a demigod. Not too far off, if such things really existed!
Posted by: bluebell at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (8ikIW)
Nope, the man in the painting, the only president to run unopposed, not just one but twice, was the most popular American president.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (GsAUU)
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JFK barely won his election and just might have lost re-election because he was actually really bad at the job.
He only became so monumentally popular because of the assassination.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Rick in SK
You assume that she does not have a personal assistant to wax down there.
Posted by: E Depluribm at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: navybrat at February 20, 2017 10:20 AM (w7KSn)
Samoans, the bastards.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (MC1EQ)
We got lucky with good George.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It's as though the founding fathers had studied and understood history and human nature, rather than political theory.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (uYy21)
Fritz Mondale
Michael Dukakis
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
Hillary Rodham-Clinton.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:18 AM (uYy21)
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John C. Calhoun?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Jesse Jackson
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Racists all!
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (8ikIW)
It's as though the founding fathers had studied and understood history and human nature, rather than political theory.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:21 AM (ZO497)
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"You're telling me."
THE James Madison, studying nothing but republican constitutions for six months before the Constitutional Convention.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Pres. George Washington, "Make America!" at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (Ndje9)
"Demographic"? I have no idea. But will take a stab at the cultural and religious affiliations of the perps...
They're Amish. Gotta be.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:23 AM (MINbv)
In fact the September 11th memorial event mishap? Wax was too hot.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 10:23 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Zombie Omar Abdul-Rahman at February 20, 2017 10:23 AM (ZIFyZ)
High praise, one George to another.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:24 AM (H5rtT)
I think that that's fantastic.
I mean, it worked really well in Vermont.
But more seriously, maybe this effort on their part will convince
them to let the ACA go. "We'll take care of ourselves, thank you very
much. Sure, go ahead and dismantle the ACA completely. We'll have
something better!"
.
.
.
.I read that the other day and I am hoping they go for it, it will make their fall come just that much sooner. I do seem to recall Colorado put the Single Payer question to the voters and it got shot down by a resounding 87% of them, so CA will have to do it in some other way. Possibly by State Fiat or something.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 20, 2017 10:24 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: Anon a mouse...
you think they are building furniture?
Furniture that goes BOOM!
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:24 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
All this before Muslims invented the computer and 3 black ladies at NASA invented the internet.
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:24 AM (8ikIW)
77% of the rapes are being committed by 2% of the population.
Any guesses as to the demographic make up of the 2%?
Yeah, a retired Swedish policeman has recently spilled the beans on how things really work (on facebook) and it caused a sh#t-storm, and the guy is being charged with hate speech.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:24 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (hUtue)
You left out the "Fort Marcy Park" double doorway...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Timon at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (27k1O)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (IqV8l)
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Vermont definitely started work on theirs, and then abandoned it once they realized that they didn't have enough tax dollars in the state to cover it.
Don't let that stop CA, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:26 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Al "manbearpig" Gore at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (Nwg0u)
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/02/05/
police-officer-almost-serious-crime-committed-migrants/
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (NOIQH)
>>I got gas there once, and ate a pretty good hot dog.
We are so a state!
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum
Actually, Huma got busy shredding emails and forgot to rip it off.
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (8ikIW)
Askhole [n.] - Someone who asks many stupid, pointless, obnoxious questions.
http://www.ufunk.net/insolite/hipdict/
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (uYy21)
Posted by: SMFH at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (CRotO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (Nwg0u)
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How do you not pick up Nagasaki and Hiroshima even by passive osmosis?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (EnKk6)
>>I got gas there once, and ate a pretty good hot dog.
We are so a state!
Posted by: JackStraw
Where is this "Glory hole" errrr "Truck stop" you speak of?
Posted by: B.Obama at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Timon
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You might want to check in on the ONT. Two or three video-savvy folk are usually there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:28 AM (ZO497)
IIRC there was a nice writeup on "affordable" vid editing software at PCMAG last summer (July perhaps?).
Search for that...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:29 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: bluebell at February 20, 2017 10:29 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 10:22 AM (IqV8l)
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Vermont definitely started work on theirs, and then abandoned it once they realized that they didn't have enough tax dollars in the state to cover it.
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That's never stopped Moonbeam Jerry yet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:29 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 09:55 AM (EvBgT)
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It can only work on one condition: Californians cannot
(at least legally) get treatment anywhere outside the state ...
otherwise, it'll be another Canadian medical invasion for the rest of
us.
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.Remember, they will be paying in cash, not in worthless California Insurance script. It might be worth it.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 20, 2017 10:30 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:30 AM (uYy21)
The video editing software that comes with Windows will do a good job.
Posted by: said no one ever at February 20, 2017 10:30 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (hUtue)
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Heh.
Maudin's Law: "As an AoSHQ comment thread grows longer, the probability of it descending into a discussion of Hillary and her waxed labia approaches 1."
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:30 AM (mt8X9)
So the placards say NATO/OTAN. I think that's cute.
Future conferences should be between the Nacirema and
"Europe/Eporue."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:30 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Anna Puma
and enjoy the "Cattle Futures" burger
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:31 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks.
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I took a 25 year old stepson to see 'Saving Private Ryan' in the theater. After a half hour or so, he leaned over and asked, "This is WWI, right?"
I was so stunned, I had trouble answering.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:31 AM (ZO497)
I've been MIA from politics all weekend. I might need one of you 'Rons
to 'splain me just what the Sweden incident was and why the left thinks
it's the best thing ever.
Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2017 10:09 AM (wlPue)
The intellectually challenged media thinks that President Trump imagined a terror attack in Sweden. He said nothing of the sort, but allow the halfwits who control the soapbox and airwaves to blather on while ignoring what he said and why he said it.I think PDT said, look at what is going on in Germany, look at what is happening in Sweden in regards to the invasion of the muslim zombies. Sweden is the rape capital of Europe, well over 90% committed by muslims.For example Gates of Vienna has a video of a Swedish Police Chief telling women not to go out after dark or they "WILL GET RAPED". The chief of police telling people, you are going to be a victim and there is nothing the police can do to change that, is pretty damn stunning.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 20, 2017 10:31 AM (7N6ox)
If you go and the timing works I would recommend going when the Wickford Arts Festival is going on. It's usually in July and it is one of the biggest art festivals in New England. It's mostly outdoors and Wickford is lovely little seaside town and again, about 10 minutes from the Museum.
Bonus, there are a bunch of lighthouses in the area.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:31 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:27 AM (Nwg0u)
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How do you not pick up Nagasaki and Hiroshima even by passive osmosis?
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"Iwo Jima" soynds a lot like "Hiroshima".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (Nwg0u)
If you want your guy to smell like George Washington and perhaps achieve greatness in his own sphere-
Try George Washington's favorite cologne:
Caswell-Massey's "Number Six Cologne"
https://www.caswellmassey.com/products/number-six-cologne-spray-3-oz
It's true.
The lovely and historically literate Mrs naturalfake bought it for me-
and I instantly achieved greatness!
https://www.amazon.com/Wearing-Cat-Part-Flaming-Hoops-ebook/dp/B01H9HCEZ0
...er.....more or less.
Anyway...it's an orangey/spicey kind of scent. If that appeals to you, smell of greatness!
Posted by: naturalfake at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (vZ9Fw)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Try the beef futures! They're the special, one day only!
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: Zombie Julian Calendar at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (ZIFyZ)
https://www.amazon.com/Pinnacle-Systems-PNST20STEFAM-Studio-20/dp/B01HAP3TX2
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (uYy21)
I was so stunned, I had trouble answering.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
i know, feels like you have failed as a parent....
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:32 AM (K2T58)
In a momentary fit of chivalry, he didn't take the shot.
He paid for that heavily.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:00 AM (H5rtT)
H. Beam Piper had a couple of stories that hinged on Ferguson taking that shot, one, He Walked Around the Horses is about a British envoy placed in the wrong world where Ferguson had taken the shot, the Brits lost the Revolutionary war anyways, but Ferguson who was unwounded went on to promote and arm the British army with his breech-loader that the Brits used to smash the French army in Holland, and push from there to crush Napoleon's empire. It was couched in a series of letters between a Bourbon police administrator and Arthur Wellesley, some minor bureaucrat in the British Foreign office.
The other one talked about a dollar bill and a mysterious stranger on a train who had questions about Washington and the battle of Brandywine, and the subsequent actions of the Revolutionary war. When he leaves they find a dollar bill with the portrait of Benedict Arnold on it.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (XMCn6)
So, Californians realize that they can't get care in their state, so they take their money into other states to spend on healthcare, right?
What money? They show up in emergency rooms and demand care like all the other freeloaders do.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (oVJmc)
Bonus, there are a bunch of lighthouses in the area.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:31 AM (/tuJf)
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So, I've never done New England except a weekend in Maine, and I've been itching to go ever since I read John Adams' bio.
What say you to a planned trip that hits different parts of New England with a place like a small seaside town in Rhode Island as a base?
Would that be feasible or are the drives to places like Boston just unreasonable?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (EvBgT)
Why would one NOT feel proud to be called an American?
Posted by: irongrampa at February 20, 2017 10:34 AM (X35Yt)
Not a knee-slapper like Vince Foster.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:35 AM (H5rtT)
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:35 AM (uYy21)
What money? They show up in emergency rooms and demand care like all the other freeloaders do.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (oVJmc)
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Sucks to be Nevada, Oregon, or Arizona, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:35 AM (EvBgT)
I drove through seven states, from Maine to Pennsylvania one day. I enjoyed the trip through Rhode Island the most.
Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at February 20, 2017 10:35 AM (ZFUt7)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:36 AM (MINbv)
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Tell me more pweese, about this 'breech-loader'.
Posted by: Bwaney Fwank at February 20, 2017 10:36 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 10:36 AM (ec2s9)
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Winning the war was impressive - Washington was a decent tactician but a great strategist.
However, his conduct as a general pales to his conduct at the end of the war and as President.
"They say he will return to his farm [after the war]."
"If he does that," George III said, "he will be the greatest man in the world."
The Latin American countries, for example, all had similar successes in gaining their independence from Spain - but they lacked the founders we had...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (aZq03)
I always had an interest in Stuart. When growing up, my grandparents lived in and ran a business in the house of Stuart's daughter (one of the few who lived) on Mill Street in Newport. That was a great place and appropriate for the neighborhood where many of the homes were older, some from the 1700s. (I don't want to even guess at what the house is worth today.)
That 'connection' sparked a kid's interest. If I ever get back to the area, I'll check out Stuart's home and museum. They've probably been worked on a lot in the last 40 years.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (V+03K)
Supposedly, they could basically then federalize a bailout without going through Congress.
And Republicans in Congress would have to pretend to be outraged and say they did everything they could to stop it.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (m8FSu)
Why would one NOT feel proud to be called an American?
Look who I had to marry to get to the White House.
Posted by: Michelle at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (ZIFyZ)
Posted by: An Observation at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (tfwtI)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (oVJmc)
Made possible by EMTALA. Signed by ...
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (RWSlt)
So, I've never done New England except a weekend in Maine, and I've been itching to go ever since I read John Adams' bio.
What say you to a planned trip that hits different parts of New England with a place like a small seaside town in Rhode Island as a base?
Would that be feasible or are the drives to places like Boston just unreasonable?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (EvBgT)
--If it's a weekday, you can drive to Providence, and there is a station there that is the terminus of an MBTA line into South Station in Boston. Boston is easy to explore by walking and transit. Even seeing the various T lines is something to geek out over if you're curious about the nation's oldest subway system.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Timon at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (27k1O)
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I used Adobe Photoshop Elements to create a set of DVDs -- with menus and scene selections -- out of .avi files (from old 8mm home movies converted by a professional with special equipment).
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (mt8X9)
Just like his movies.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Maritime
Not the hill to die on.
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2017 10:38 AM (8ikIW)
A Fictional Faction - a limerick
At Valley Forge he rallied the troops
Had them jumping through all kinds of hoops
Till he had a misadventure
With his ill-fit wooden dentures
Which broke off and formed a splinter group
Posted by: Muldoon at February 20, 2017 10:38 AM (lHb9q)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 20, 2017 10:34 AM (X35Yt)
Your white privilege is showing, racist.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 10:39 AM (uSlc8)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 10:39 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at February 20, 2017 10:39 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Millenial guy at February 20, 2017 10:40 AM (hUtue)
Posted by: The GOPe at February 20, 2017 10:40 AM (kCDOM)
What say you to a planned trip that hits different parts of New
England with a place like a small seaside town in Rhode Island as a
base?
Would that be feasible or are the drives to places like Boston just unreasonable?
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.Very reasonable. We used to live in Connecticut close to the RI border and you could get pretty much anywhere in New England with a 2 hour drive from there.
Prepare to spend $$$$$ during "the season" though.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 20, 2017 10:41 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (uSlc8)
>>Would that be feasible or are the drives to places like Boston just unreasonable?
Sure. Boston is only about an hour and half up the road and you can take the train from Providence to Boston which is even easier. Both cities are very walkable and the public transportation in Boston is excellent and reasonable.
If I was doing it I would do a few days either based in Boston or Providence and then drive north along the coast of southern Maine and cut through NH along the Kancamagus Highway to Vermont and back down through Vermont to Connecticut. Pretty easy drive all around and you will get a good overview of the area.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: homer simpson at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Timon at February 20, 2017 10:25 AM (27k1O)
I've used Movie Maker from Microsoft. I believe it included in windows, or was. There are other free ones also, which are pretty good. All take some getting use to, and a learning curve.
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (ec2s9)
Yep. Another dumb thing Reagan did.
EMTALA really got the runaway train revved up.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 20, 2017 10:43 AM (uWhPn)
Things to come, sadly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2017 10:11 AM (mbhDw)
The modern Fascism, which is a form of oligarchic totalitarianism finding its justification an outgrowth of socialism, was not developed until the end of the 19th century in the face of disruptions by the Anarcho-socialist trying to seize power through violence.
To call that painting of a table leg "fascistic" is linguistically correct, it is a fasces, but with the modern cultural loading that term carries, it is as anachronistic as claiming the rainbow in the background shows that our founding father was LGBXYZBBQWTF.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 10:43 AM (XMCn6)
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (GsAUU)
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Thanks!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (EvBgT)
The good news is, to get California paid off, the Newest Left will have to do even more constitutional scholarship. We have that to look forward to.
Washington's weakest point as an "administrator" was the absolute screwup that was Ohio. He and his factors rushed the land sales there, and they all went to "right sorts" and hustlers. There was a war, which did not go well. But he had to hurry. The money was needed -- to pay off the states' debts.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
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His version of Free Bird brought the British Empire down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (Nwg0u)
So the placards say NATO/OTAN. I think that's cute.
Future conferences should be between the Nacirema and
"Europe/Eporue."
French and English are the most common NATO languages and up until the '70s official meetings frequently were conducted in French. Since the '80s English has dominated but they still nominally use French as the other official language.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (b5quD)
My understanding is the "nuclear option" for Leftists to deal with a CA
bankruptcy was the WH could instruct the FED to buy CA debt.
Supposedly, they could basically then federalize a bailout without going through Congress.
And Republicans in Congress would have to pretend to be outraged and say they did everything they could to stop it.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (m8FSu)
During the first 2 years of Obama the Democrat congress passed a bill authorizing $500B yo buy CA bonds. That money has been long spent and expired. There has been no other bills passed allowing anyone one in the federal government to use tax dollars to buy CA bonds thus such a buy would be illegal.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Some Guy On The Internet
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And, he did all of that stuff with peanuts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:45 AM (ZO497)
In fact you could tell that the Republic was at its end when it could not produce men like that any more. While Sulla winning his conflict with Marius sort of saved the Republic for a generation, it was really its last gasp.
Which brings up an interesting point, Sulla's immediate failure was in failing to purge one particular Marian - a guy you might have heard of named Julius Caesar.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 10:45 AM (aZq03)
If I was doing it I would do a few days either based in Boston or Providence and then drive north along the coast of southern Maine and cut through NH along the Kancamagus Highway to Vermont and back down through Vermont to Connecticut. Pretty easy drive all around and you will get a good overview of the area.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (/tuJf)
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It'll definitely be a potential way to do it.
Fingers crossed that it'll be cheaper than actually staying in Boston.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:45 AM (EvBgT)
Newport was a wonderful place to grow up in the 1950s and 60s and I'm glad I got the chance. My family couldn't afford the area now. The house I grew up in cost my folks under 15 thousand. The last I saw it now sells for over half a million.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 10:45 AM (V+03K)
So, I've never done New England except a weekend in Maine, and I've been itching to go ever since I read John Adams' bio.
What say you to a planned trip that hits different parts of New England with a place like a small seaside town in Rhode Island as a base?
Would that be feasible or are the drives to places like Boston just unreasonable?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:33 AM (EvBgT)
--If it's a weekday, you can drive to Providence, and there is a station there that is the terminus of an MBTA line into South Station in Boston. Boston is easy to explore by walking and transit. Even seeing the various T lines is something to geek out over if you're curious about the nation's oldest subway system.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 10:37 AM (GsAUU)
I wanted to do a week in Boston for a vacation this year, but could not find a decent hotel in the city for under $200 a night. I couldn't find anything near suburban metro stops for a good price either. It would be cheaper to take Amtrak up & back from Philly each day than it would to get a hotel for a week.
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (ANIFC)
What's the best battlefield people have visited?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (PqqkK)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
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It never stopped them before.
Remember ObamaCare explicitly stating the exchanges had to be funded by the individual states?
Even a "right leaning" SC ignored it.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (m8FSu)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:42 AM (/tuJf)
Yup. and I would cross the Connecticut at Hanover and see Quechee Gorge.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (rF0hx)
George Washington was the greatest rock guitarist of the 18th century.
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His version of Free Bird brought the British Empire down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (Nwg0u)
If only there was an Alabama at the time, his legacy would have been really cemented in Rock History.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (7N6ox)
This business of the federal government assuming states' debts was
rather thoroughly hashed out, long time ago, and our side lost. Kind of
an important issue in the ratification of the Constitution, IIRC.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
That wasn't "State Debt" so much as war debt. Entirely different matter.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (uSlc8)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
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I thought that the assumption of state debts happened during Washington's first administration. It wasn't part of the Constitutional Convention at all.
Virginia pretty much drove that convention, and they were dead set against the assumption of state debts because they were ahead in their payments while states like New York (home of Alexander Hamilton) were behind.
Virginia didn't consider it fair that they, who had been on time and paid more early, should get punished while New York should get rewarded for bad debtors behavior. Hamilton was the driving force of that in Washington's administration, from what I remember.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:48 AM (EvBgT)
Who do you think Led Zep really ripped "Stairway to Heaven" off from?
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:48 AM (K2T58)
To call that painting of a table leg "fascistic" is linguistically correct, it is a fasces, but with the modern cultural loading that term carries, it is as anachronistic as claiming the rainbow in the background shows that our founding father was LGBXYZBBQWTF.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Tell it brother!
Posted by: Modern Language Association. at February 20, 2017 10:48 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 10:48 AM (uSlc8)
More gentrification all the time but the jokes are still flying.
I noticed you mentioned that your family lived on Mill Street in Newport. My best friends lived on Pelham for years. Small world.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (/tuJf)
Remember ObamaCare explicitly stating the exchanges had to be funded by the individual states?
Even a "right leaning" SC ignored it.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (m8FSu)
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"Give me another crack at it."
-William Pryor, replacing the recently deceased Ruth Bader Ginsberg in 2019, 2 years after Democrats held the line and forced McConnell to nuke the filibuster to put Gorsuch on SCOTUS
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Modern Language Association
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Oh...wait a minute. I think you got that all wrong.
Posted by: Modern Language Association. at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (ZO497)
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His version of Free Bird brought the British Empire down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (Nwg0u)
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I saw him open for Judas The Muslims at Fillmore West in '83 ...
Posted by: Dave Rubin at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (b5quD)
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 10:47 AM (m8FSu)
When did we have a "right leaning" court?
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 10:50 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 10:50 AM (uSlc8)
Ironic, isn't it, that France QUIT NATO once already? HQ was in Paris, once.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:50 AM (H5rtT)
What's the best battlefield people have visited?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (PqqkK)
Well, I've never been to Normandy, but if you mean the best that I could easily visit, then I would say the same thing - Brandywine. I'll have to make a trip down this summer & see the Brandywine Art museum when they have the NC Wyeth exhibit open.
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 10:50 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at February 20, 2017 10:49 AM (b5quD)
That was me who did that!
Posted by: Zombie George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (ANIFC)
DRIVERS in places like Boston are unreasonable. Watch yourself on the roads up there. They are crazy.
You know how they make left turns onto busy roads in Rhode Island? They drift into the oncoming lanes to stop the traffic - one lane ... two lanes ... doesn't matter. Then they sit there, blocking traffic, waiting until they can finish their left turns. And that's the least of it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (zc3Db)
I gave him the peanut butter.
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (uSlc8)
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (uSlc8)
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Its been almost 100 years now since we've had one...
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Pat Benatar at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Hmm. Pretty sure I crossed the river on a ferry one time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: RobM1981 at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (VVBN7)
Yep. My folks lived in Woodstock, VT for years and my high school girlfriends family had a ski house right around the corner from the Gorge. Another great take, the Annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (/tuJf)
*****
Old George had a pretty good gig
Played guitar while he danced a fine jig
But his music's first big sale
Was "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
A rock anthem ode to his wig!
Posted by: Muldoon at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (lHb9q)
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (IXmly)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (uSlc8)
Posted by: L.Ron Hubbard and John Travolta at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (7uYFy)
I gave him the peanut butter.
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (uSlc
It was us.
Posted by: Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (IXmly)
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Don't shit on Polk.
He's easily in the top 5 presidents of the 19th century.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (EvBgT)
A true moron
Posted by: Sam at February 20, 2017 10:54 AM (trdnR)
Uses reenactors, graphics and animation. Very interesting and good review of history.
http://www.mountvernon.org/site/animated-washington/winter-patriots/
Posted by: Jen at February 20, 2017 10:54 AM (cWhln)
Chumps, all of 'em.
Posted by: Cesar Chavez, Mexican Emeritus at February 20, 2017 10:54 AM (uSlc8)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 10:50 AM (ANIFC)
There are several sites, all of which are worth visiting. But the American Cemetery at Omaha Beach is unbelievable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:55 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (PqqkK)
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UC Berkeley.
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Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:55 AM (mt8X9)
Gojira!?? Nyaaahhhh??????! It makes no sense....
https://youtu.be/c94wGAFbVYg
Time for lunch I think. Plus writing.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:55 AM (uYy21)
I gave him the peanut butter.
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (uSlc
It was us.
Posted by: Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (oVJmc)
Fuck ALL y'all!
Posted by: Toby the Beagle at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (f+saH)
Back in more civilized times, Washington's birthday was remembered,
Lincoln's birthday was remembered, and no one gave a crap about Woodrow
Wilson or James K. Polk. Now every President gets a participation
trophy.
Chumps, all of 'em.
Posted by: Cesar Chavez, Mexican Emeritus at February 20, 2017 10:54 AM (uSlc
Screw you wetback, they need a spot for me.
Posted by: Zombie Martin Luther King, Jr, union organizer at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (trdnR)
He's easily in the top 5 presidents of the 19th century.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (EvBgT)
Absolutely. Polk deserves a holiday. He was a great man who did more to fashion the modern US than just about all but a handful of others.
But, as the comment was making the point, these men deserve their holidays not for having been Presidents but having been who they were.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (zc3Db)
What's the best battlefield people have visited?
earth
Posted by: L.Ron Hubbard and John Travolta at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM
I was thinking that same thing, but didn't imagine the sock nic.
Needs a little commentary though, about the primates and their tribal displays of howling and feces throwing.
...and the need to nuke'm from orbit before they escape into the galaxy.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (Qrm0v)
He was randomly selected to balance Wilson.
"He's easily in the top 5 presidents of the 19th century."
Coming from a guy named TheJamesMadison, I respect that as a high compliment to Polk.
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (IXmly)
rather thoroughly hashed out, long time ago, and our side lost. Kind of
an important issue in the ratification of the Constitution, IIRC.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:44 AM (H5rtT)
That wasn't "State Debt" so much as war debt. Entirely different matter.
.
.
.It was State debt and War debt combined IIRC. It's all a big blurry mess from that time as each State was issuing it's own bank notes, British money was still being used by almost everyone and everything was pretty much worthless outside of the 13 Colonies except the Pound so much so that the British stepped in and told them to stop doing it.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 20, 2017 10:57 AM (le7jz)
He was randomly selected to balance Wilson.
"He's easily in the top 5 presidents of the 19th century."
Coming from a guy named TheJamesMadison, I respect that as a high compliment to Polk.
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 20, 2017 10:56 AM (IXmly)
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Now, let us all come together to shit on James Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:57 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:55 AM (rF0hx)
TRUE DAT
Posted by: Sam at February 20, 2017 10:57 AM (trdnR)
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The bright side is that there will soon be more holidays: Barack Obama Day, Al Sharpton Day, Louis Farrakhan Day . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (Nwg0u)
By many rubrics, Polk was the most successful President ever.
Did exactly what he promised, and that was it.
Did not have his own cologne brand, but other similarities suggest themselves.
Plus HD Thoreau didn't approve, and that's a big one in his favor.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (H5rtT)
I gave him the peanut butter.
Posted by: George Washington Carver at February 20, 2017 10:51 AM (uSlc
It was us.
Posted by: Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong at February 20, 2017 10:53 AM (oVJmc)
This has been another Ace of Spades Black History Month moment. #staywoke
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 10:52 AM (/tuJf)
That is a gorgeous part of Vermont. The Inn is very nice (good bar), and the surrounding country is quintessential New England.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (Nwg0u)
Only in Commieforia.
Posted by: Sam at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (trdnR)
Posted by: Qoheleth
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That's a myth. Today is officially an observance of GW's birthday. No one else. The media have redefined it.
This all came about when the bureaucrats 'moved' the celebration from the 22nd to the Monday preceding the 22nd. It's bullshit to convenience the bureaucracy.
At any rate, the Official Holiday is for George. That has not changed in spite of the gloss applied by the media et al.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (ZO497)
eyes: If you f#$k with me I will kill you all.)
Posted by: George V at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (LUHWu)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (wtvvX)
I've been searching my brain for whether I had ever actually been to one before (having lived in Virginia for 5 years during and after college, I'm ashamed to say I've never visited one there...or any of the great houses), but I did go to Shiloh as a child.
Even not knowing anything about the battle or much about the Civil War at the time, the memory has stuck with me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (EvBgT)
63 60 It can only work on one condition: Californians cannot (at least legally) get treatment anywhere outside the state ... otherwise, it'll be another Canadian medical invasion for the rest of us.
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 10:01 AM (mt8X9)
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I don't know how you enforce that.
I don't think states could make laws that would prohibit Californians from receiving care in the state. It would go against the original intent of the Commerce Clause and would never survive a court challenge.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:03 AM (EvBgT)
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Maybe not refuse treatment. But other states could refuse dealing with the CA payment system.
Posted by: Juan McCain at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Tex Lovera
always watch the other hand
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (K2T58)
Posted by: Juan McCain at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (Fmupd)
celebration from the 22nd to the Monday preceding the 22nd. It's
bullshit to convenience the bureaucracy.
At any rate, the Official Holiday is for George. That has not changed in spite of the gloss applied by the media et al.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (ZO497)
Had to make room for MLK Day (which, IMHO, is someday going to be Civil Rights Day because of everyone who got left out).
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: George "I'll kick your a##" Patton at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (uYy21)
Posted by: Juan McCain at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (Fmupd)
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"Cash only, if you're out of state."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Soona at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (Fmupd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 10:58 AM (ZO497)
How come George get's a holiday? What about us?
Posted by: John, Paul & Ringo at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (7uYFy)
275 Notice that there if nothing up my fleeve, good citizen...
Posted by: Tex Lovera
always watch the other hand
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (K2T5
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this is about me again isn't it...
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (hUtue)
Had to make room for MLK Day (which, IMHO, is someday going to be Civil Rights Day because of everyone who got left out).
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (jK8Z7)
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"What about me?"
-Malcom X
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: T at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (Vgw1E)
Normandy. Brandywine is beautiful and all, but you just get washed over by world history at Normandy.
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (8zL5i)
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (H5rtT)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
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It's not my ideal SC, but it's no 9th Circuit.
It just depends on the issue, gun rights they are pretty strong.
It just seems like when one justice shows their conservative credentials, another one decides to go off the reservation. It's like Roberts and Kennedy trade off.
Hopefully Kennedy steps down here in the next few years.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (m8FSu)
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Buchanan is clearly the worst president America has had - though he did stop Obama from being the first president with an alternate sexual orientation.
After Buchanan though, would the second be Wilson or Obama? Wilson was a fascist and almost started the modern left a generation earlier, he also managed to get the US into WWI for no benefit and made sure we lost the peace as well.
Obama of course destroyed the economy, perhaps irrevocably, and gave the government over to a fascist oligarchy. He has also likely given Iran nuclear weapons and he is the person most responsible fro the creation of ISIS.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (aZq03)
http://tinyurl.com/9ymweha
Posted by: MSM at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (trdnR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:57 AM (EvBgT)
Go piss up a rope, Madison.
Posted by: Patrick Henry at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (RWSlt)
Carthage. I was there.
Posted by: George "I'll kick your a##" Patton at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (MINbv)
Bravo.
Posted by: golfman at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (k0S3A)
Screw that. If all the Presidents have to share a day, then those guys can all bunk with Martin Luther King day in January. I will not be held accountable for renaming the combined holiday, as was done with President's Day.
Posted by: Qoheleth at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (IXmly)
Posted by: Modern Language Association. at February 20, 2017 10:48 AM (ZO497)
sorry JJ, it sounds like I'm slapping you and I'm not. It is just important to remember that the fasces was something important as a symbol of these United States, joined together like the sticks in the Roman story, by self interest and love like brothers and family, not shackled together by an overpowering state.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (XMCn6)
Posted by: geoffb5 at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (d3wbb)
Posted by: The Bitch what ain't POTUS at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (wtvvX)
He doesn't. He shares it with Lincoln. And Pluto is a planet. Do not even think about #Occupying my lawn!
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (7H/2n)
Posted by: General George Custer at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (hUtue)
He deserves his own holiday. He shouldn't have to share a day with losers like Obama.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer
Obama now gets to share his with Trump. PDT should send him a cake.
Posted by: Roy at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (IDPbH)
Yep. The town benefited greatly from having the Rockefeller family sort of adopting it. They donated a bunch of money to help restore the town even doing things like paying to have all utility lines buried underground so they wouldn't muck up the view of the town.
If anyone remembers the iconic Budweiser commercial that used to play around the holidays every year, that was shot in Woodstock. The scene where the horse drawn sleigh is pulled by people decorating an outdoor Christmas tree is the Kedron Valley Inn which is right down the road from my folks old farm.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (hUtue)
275 Notice that there if nothing up my fleeve, good citizen...
Posted by: Tex Lovera
always watch the other hand
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 10:59 AM (K2T5
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this is about me again isn't it...
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (hUtue)
No. You have no other hand to watch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (f+saH)
Zombie MLK, they are going to rename all his streets Obama
Posted by: MSM at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (trdnR)
Gettysburg
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Lookout Mountain, especially for kids. I remember climbing all over the place.
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (MIKMs)
After Buchanan though, would the second be Wilson or Obama? Wilson was a fascist and almost started the modern left a generation earlier, he also managed to get the US into WWI for no benefit and made sure we lost the peace as well.
Obama of course destroyed the economy, perhaps irrevocably, and gave the government over to a fascist oligarchy. He has also likely given Iran nuclear weapons and he is the person most responsible fro the creation of ISIS.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (aZq03)
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Don't forget Zachary Taylor.
He had no guiding principles and had no idea what he was doing. I'm also pretty well convinced that his backing of the Missouri Compromise was one of the larger single things in the Antebellum period that led to the Civil War.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (EvBgT)
He didn't stroke out and leave Wookie in charge....
Posted by: The Bitch what ain't POTUS at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (wtvvX)
It just seems like when one justice shows their conservative
credentials, another one decides to go off the reservation. It's like
Roberts and Kennedy trade off.
Hopefully Kennedy steps down here in the next few years.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:02 AM (m8FSu)
If you are talking about Heller that was not that good a ruling and even that court is gone with two Obamanites on there now.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (mpXpK)
JackStraw, If you and your friend used the Boy's Club on Church Street during the late 50s or early 60s, we might have crossed paths. Loved the pool they eventually built, especially when too cold to go to the beach.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (V+03K)
#totallytrueandnotmadeupstory
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (Om16U)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (PqqkK)
In Pearl Harbor, you can stand on the deck of the USS Missouri on the spot where the Japanese surrender was signed (albeit she was in Tokyo Bay at the time) and at the same time see the memorial moored over the wreck of the USS Arizona, exactly where she was the moment the Pacific war started.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (8nWyX)
What's the best battlefield people have visited?
I like the last one so much I never left.
Posted by: General George Custer at February 20, 2017 11:03 AM (hUtue)
I have visited Little Big Horn as a kid. Would like to return one day.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (IDPbH)
>>>Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 20, 2017 11:01 AM (hUtue)
No. You have no other hand to watch.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (f+saH)
I've got that arm in a glass display case in my living room. It really ties the room together.
Posted by: The Big Lewandoski at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (zc3Db)
Lookout Mountain, especially for kids. I remember climbing all over the place.
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (MIKMs)
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Oh yeah...I've been there too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:06 AM (EvBgT)
Cannae.
Ok, actually the ruins of the town of Cannae, but you can see the battlefield from there.
Posted by: Robert Crawford at February 20, 2017 11:06 AM (R6hk0)
I enjoyed Valley Forge, but definitely go to Lexington/Concord, the "rude bridge." Most fun if you attend the Patriot's Day re-enactment.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:06 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Kudzu King at February 20, 2017 11:06 AM (HSmrB)
Now, let us all come together to shit on James Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 10:57 AM (EvBgT)
Our first gay President.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at February 20, 2017 11:07 AM (MC1EQ)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (8nWyX)
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One of the fun facts I learned there was that the Missouri's main guns were pointed into the heart of Tokyo during the signing.
Just reminding them not to pull any funny business.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 11:07 AM (xeeHA)
Posted by: The Big Lewandoski at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (zc3Db)
Where's the money, Lewandowski?!
*pees on severed arm*
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (f+saH)
"Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732. It can occur on the 15th through the 21st of February inclusive."
Got it?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (ZO497)
I really enjoyed Fort Griswold as a kid--revolutionary war battlefield in Groton, CT. Earthwork fortifications still exist.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (Om16U)
Just reminding them not to pull any funny business.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 11:07 AM (xeeHA)
Heh. Times have changed.
Posted by: golfman at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (k0S3A)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:00 AM (EvBgT)
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If CA secedes and starts printing its own money, who or what would be on the CA trillion dollar bill?
My guess would be Cesar Chavez ...
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (mt8X9)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 20, 2017 10:55 AM (rF0hx)
Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc are must-visits. Look at Omaha from below, then from the perspective of the Germans in the bunkers above.
My regiment crossed the causeway at La Fiere. They charged a half-mile down a causeway across the Merderet River. At least the ones in the front, who initially had suppressive fire from our bank. Later on, the charge slowed down because the ones toward the back had to climb over bodies. I had the honor of being there on the 40th anniversary, with vets who were still young enough to get around and tell stories.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (wtvvX)
The Alamo? Sounds vaguely familiar but I can't quite place it.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (f+saH)
My guess would be Cesar Chavez ...
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (mt8X9)
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There would be a campaign for school children to draw the best love making scene between Mao and Stalin. Winner goes on the front of the bill.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (EvBgT)
"I'm still relevant!!!"
(probably also some of that Breitbart butt-hurt when a few Breitbart writers left the blog over Fields' incident)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:06 AM (NOIQH)
As a young moron, I jumped off that bridge. Not during the re-enactment.
Alamo is great of course, too, but it's in the middle of the city and it's hard to get a sense of the space.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (yL25O)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (wtvvX)
The Alamo? Sounds vaguely familiar but I can't quite place it.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (f+saH)
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What?
You don't...Remember the Alamo?
*dramatic music*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (EvBgT)
Just reminding them not to pull any funny business.
Posted by: Moron Pundit
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Well, that, and the hundreds of U.S warships in Tokyo Bay...and the hundreds of aircraft overhead.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (ZO497)
If they could manage to repeal O'care and do something about Iran and ISIS, they could undo a lot of Obama's damage before it's cemented.
But in terms of attitude, temperment and ego, he's pretty far down among the worst.
Posted by: John, Paul & Ringo at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (7uYFy)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (29QcC)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
I've been there too
Posted by: Ozzy at February 20, 2017 11:11 AM (K2T58)
He had no wife but little boys he got
He could have had a girl and taken and banged her
But he preferred his love like the Searchlight Strangler
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 11:11 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (zc3Db)
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Let's put this in his favor:
Obama didn't run the government so poorly that it lead to a civil war...yet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:11 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (MINbv)
Has anyone here been to Megiddo?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 11:11 AM (XMCn6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (ZO497)
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Obviously, that.
But the symbolism was difficult to misinterpret.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (xeeHA)
No other president was as important.
Jefferson and Madison were more important for what they did prior to being president.
Monroe cemented our status as the dominant power in the New World.
Lincoln won the civil war and kept the union together...but at incredible cost in lives, treasure, and horrible precedent.
Harding and Coolidge mostly repaired the damage incurred to our Republic under Wilson.
Reagan won the cold war and stopped the nuclear Armageddon we all though was coming prior to his presidency.
So if we are going to do the holidays right, there should be one for Washington, one collectively for the second tier guys, and a third where we celebrating pissing on Wilson and Buchanan's graves - and if Obama will pick a burial plot, his as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (ANIFC)
Tough call ... since the Federal assumption of power and erosion of State's Rights ... and thus the death of the Republic as founded ... literally began with Washington. I'd certainly put Obama and Wilson in the Bottom Ten.
Along with a few that a revered by many here.
Posted by: ScoggDog at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (RWSlt)
http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 20, 2017 10:35 AM (uYy21)
I'll buy yours if you'll buy mine.
https://www.amazon.com/aoshq-20/dp/B06W9KJCRL
I should point out, however, that I probably do smell like some old guy. Being an old guy and such.
Posted by: jwpaine at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (hoJm7)
If you are talking about Heller that was not that good a ruling and even that court is gone with two Obamanites on there now.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
It was a rightward shift from where we were with respect to gun rights and written by Scalia.
Again, the Supreme Court is not ideal, but considering where we came from over the last few generations, it's much better than where it was.
I guess there's always going to be people that complain its' not enough, but I considered it to be a victory.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (m8FSu)
She's even still pimping the completely discredited ZOMG TRUMP'S CALLING OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD ON TEH IMMIGRANTZZZZ!
Wonder who types her Twitter for her, having no arms and all.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (ul9CR)
Battlefield - The Little Big Horn. Took the tour. Stood right there where the 7th Cavalry was over run. Listened to the stories, read the books.
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (Qrm0v)
Posted by: MSM at February 20, 2017 11:04 AM (trdnR)
No. If there is any justice in the world, Barack Obama Boulevard will be right smack through the smug white liberal neighborhood, and their kids will go to Michelle Obama Elementary School and Barack Obama High School.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 20, 2017 11:13 AM (jK8Z7)
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:09 AM (MINbv)
Has anyone here been to Megiddo?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 11:11 AM (XMCn6)
Nothing fancy. Kinda plain, really.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:13 AM (f+saH)
Posted by: Pat Benatar at February 20, 2017 11:13 AM (wtvvX)
She's even still pimping the completely discredited ZOMG TRUMP'S CALLING OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD ON TEH IMMIGRANTZZZZ!
Wonder who types her Twitter for her, having no arms and all.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - I speak of the Pompatous of Love at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (ul9CR)
She's tweeting with her lady parts.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (f+saH)
Posted by: Ann Wilson at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (7uYFy)
Gettysburg is spooky.
I lived in a city that was occupied by the Axis, so I guess that counts.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (Om16U)
Lexington and Concord are great but I'd have to go with Gettysburg.
Regarding the Alamo, it's interesting that like the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, while both of those events were losing efforts they served to galvanize and help turn the tide of the ensuing battles.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Zombie Pat Paulsen at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (nN3W/)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (Xk4Hx)
The Twilight Zone episode is worth looking up... interesting take on the battle.
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (MINbv)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (ec2s9)
Hillary Clinton is not our president!
Posted by: Martell at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (5uqMH)
228 "I noticed you mentioned that your family lived on Mill Street in
Newport. My best friends lived on Pelham for years. Small world."
JackStraw, If you and your friend used the Boy's Club on Church
Street during the late 50s or early 60s, we might have crossed paths.
Loved the pool they eventually built, especially when too cold to go to
the beach.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM
Small world, indeed. My mother's family lived on Yale. Went to church a stone's throw from Mill and Pelham.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (S8EJi)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (MINbv)
But the symbolism was difficult to misinterpret.
Posted by: Moron Pundit at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (xeeHA)
The World's Biggest Middle Finger.
Posted by: Pat Benatar at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (wtvvX)
Lexington and Concord are great but I'd have to go with Gettysburg.
Regarding the Alamo, it's interesting that like the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, while both of those events were losing efforts they served to galvanize and help turn the tide of the ensuing battles.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (/tuJf)
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I haven't been, but isn't the experience of going to The Alamo significantly diminished by the fact that it's completely surrounded by San Antonio?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at February 20, 2017 11:16 AM (66CWr)
Only sitting president in history to be turfed out by his own party.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:16 AM (Xk4Hx)
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Interesting point to consider - the collective modern population of Lexington and Concord would have approved of the King sending soldiers out to disarm the country bumpkins...
There is nothing so grand as mentioning to your average Masshole that the revolutionary war was started over Massachusetts responding to "common sense gun control" with a firm "fuck the government".
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:16 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: The Big Lewandoski at February 20, 2017 11:05 AM (zc3Db)
Where's the money, Lewandowski?!
*pees on severed arm*
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:08 AM (f+saH)
Arm-pissers did not do this, Dude!
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at February 20, 2017 11:16 AM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Colin at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (ec2s9)
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I thought they'd take the Canadian Dollar because they'd rather join Canada because the state is filled with horrible racists who don't want to join Mexico.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (Xk4Hx)
If I were MLK, I would welcome that change.
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (29QcC)
I thought end-times shit was about to go down
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (f+saH)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at February 20, 2017 11:10 AM (zc3Db)
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Word. Wanted to say the same thing, but was afraid it would exceed 5000 words ...
Posted by: ShainS at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (mt8X9)
If I were MLK, I would welcome that change.
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:17 AM (29QcC)
Me Too!!
Posted by: Rosa Parks at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (7uYFy)
I liked it but I guess I'm kind of used to cities being built around battlegrounds.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (Eyx+b)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (Xk4Hx)
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:12 AM (m8FSu)
When they rule as the constitution is actually written then that will be "enough". I will not settle for anything less.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (mpXpK)
MLK Park in Buffalo, which is in exactly that kind of 'hood, features a creepy giant MLK head. No body, just a big black head.
Posted by: Ann Wilson at February 20, 2017 11:19 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (Xk4Hx)
Whoa. I bet that was something to see. I hope to get out there someday.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (8nWyX)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM (Om16U)
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Bastogne, guided by an older gentleman that was barely 10 when the Nazis (the real ones) arrived.
The pride and respect he hold for the US was very evident.
Posted by: IP at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (hUtue)
go see the re-enactment this summer, but I think I'll have to overnight
in Gettysburg the day before, because there's no way I can drive out
from Philly in time for the morning re-enactment. I've never seen a
Civil War re-enactment before. I live around the corner from the
Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown battlefield, so I see that
re-enactment every year.
.
.
.If you plan on going you had better book your room now and it is most likely too late as they fill up quickly. That plus the hotel rooms were about $500 a night the last time we tried to go there during the annual reenactment.
There are some nice campgrounds out of town but they fill up quickly also.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (le7jz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (IqV8l)
Ive visited Lexington and Concord.
There are dozens of Civil War battlefield sites in Missouri that we've visited.
Lexington's (Lafayette County) still has a cannonball embedded in the second story of the courthouse in one of the support columns.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (EvBgT)
Well, yeah that is true, as you don't really see how things were at the day of the battle. (WOW! How did the Mexicans navigate around that Joske's ???)
But all I could think of after visiting there was what an incredible sacrifice these guys willingly made to give the rest of the Texian Army a fighting chance to win the war.
Posted by: Pat Benatar at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:14 AM
I would be very interested in talking with her, if you have a way to contact her.
Posted by: Thailand Night Club Owner at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (5t7Yo)
Only sitting president in history to be turfed out by his own party.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:16 AM (Xk4Hx)
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Well...the Democratic Party at the time wasn't really a cohesive party by that point.
It was in the process of fracturing along regional lines in 1856 instead of partisan lines like had held for more than a generation.
Buchanan's rise in the Democratic Party in many ways resembles that of both William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor in the Whig Party. All three men had little to do with politics at the time (Buchanan was just coming off of several years abroad where he had nothing to do with the slavery question and another few years keeping his head down, while the other two were generals with no national political experience). The Democratic Party really needed a cipher to attach the platform to, and Buchanan, sort of leading figure in PA politics, fit that bill.
Pierce wasn't great, but I don't think he's terrible because he lost that impossible fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 20, 2017 11:18 AM (Eyx+b)
No shit
Posted by: Ozzy at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (IDPbH)
That chicken had a bad week here after it happened.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 20, 2017 11:20 AM (Xk4Hx)
And that triggers another long suppressed memory.
Fort Michilimackinac - where the indians were playing lacrosse just outside the fort walls, and someone threw the 'ball' toward the open gate, and all the indians ran after the ball where they stopped playing lacrosse and started playing massacre the white man.
http://www.mightymac.org/michilimackinac.htm
Posted by: Gordon Gnostic at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (Qrm0v)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party
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Something tells me you're always going to be miserable and always think you're losing.
The Left certainly had no confusion, they felt it was a major setback. And it was probably the biggest victory for the 2nd Amendment in over 100 years.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (m8FSu)
MLK Park in Buffalo, which is in exactly that kind of 'hood, features a creepy giant MLK head. No body, just a big black head.
Posted by: Ann Wilson
Does it look like Squidward's house?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 20, 2017 11:13 AM (f+saH)
Oh. Thought it was a hill.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 20, 2017 11:22 AM (XMCn6)
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It only took Ike something like 750 guys to send home over a million illegals in 1954.
It would be even easier frankly to just fine people that employ illegals $1M per case, and government bureaucrats that give them welfare the same.
Hell, if you really want to have fun do NOT hold said bureaucrats to be individually responsible - penalize the state. CA has somewhere between 10 and 20M illegals. At $1M/a pop we could pay off most of the debt....
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:22 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:22 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 11:22 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Ozzy at February 20, 2017 11:22 AM (IDPbH)
That's a fine portrait of Barbara Bush.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (+BZ5R)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (NOIQH)
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My professor, Bud Robertson, was an adviser on the sequel, Gods and Generals.
I still haven't gotten through that whole movie, though.
I did read his biography of Stonewall Jackson. I nearly cried at the end.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (EvBgT)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (nN3W/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (EvBgT)
You have to do more work to understand the fort. The fact that the second story is gone from the barracks, and that the shrine (the church building) did not have a roof, and in fact did not have the trademark cornice on the top of the facade---it's all changed.
I did the condition survey of the Alamo for the Daughters in 2007, which ultimately was the one handed on to the Texas Legislature amid talk of taking the Alamo away from them. So I've gotten to crawl all over the place there and go through all the records in the library.
It's very cool if you have the time to take a deep dive. Going on one of the re-enactment days is great as well, of course. The fact that it's in the city just is what it is--it's part of the story. Preservation of the Alamo is actually a fairly recent thing.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (yL25O)
The Left certainly had no confusion, they felt it was a major
setback. And it was probably the biggest victory for the 2nd Amendment
in over 100 years.
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:21 AM (m8FSu)
It has been that way my whole life so there is nothing I am not used to. That doesn't mean I have to like it.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 11:24 AM (mpXpK)
LOL, no it's kind of round-ish. In the winter it becomes a giant snowball.
Many, many years ago I had to drive through that area in the dead of night on a regular basis. The gang-infested neighborhood is scary enough in the middle of the night, then the giant head looms out of the darkness and it would get downright creepy.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at February 20, 2017 11:24 AM (ul9CR)
Which is why the progs are completely flipping out about Hellary losing. The wise (for progs at least) among them knew that O had pushed too fast (but they wanted him to so they could get their utopia before dying of old age) with the EOs and none of the gains were secure. They were counting on Hellary winning and reinforcing the territory gains. Even if she hadn't actually made the stuff law, by the time she was out everyone would have forgotten that it hadn't always been that way.
I'm sure they feel not just disbelief that Trump could win, but actual fear that they will die (aren't they all about 70?) watching everything they worked for be rolled back.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 20, 2017 11:24 AM (sEDyY)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 20, 2017 11:15 AM (S8EJi)"
Sheesh, three of us from little Newport! Good thing I moved away so there's room for the others. :-)
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 11:25 AM (V+03K)
I hope you at least gave him a hummer after he went and quit his job and all to support you.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at February 20, 2017 11:25 AM (ul9CR)
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Wasn't Cernovich saying that the leaked National Guard Memo(tm) was a trap? Is that still just guessing/wishcasting at this point?
Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at February 20, 2017 11:25 AM (PXbkt)
Either that, or ... well ... could we have our rainbow back, please?
Posted by: Emmie at February 20, 2017 11:26 AM (xVuS6)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at February 20, 2017 11:26 AM (mpXpK)
I hope you at least gave him a hummer after he went and quit his job and all to support you.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride
she gave him a hand job
Posted by: Rick in SK at February 20, 2017 11:26 AM (K2T58)
Another great thing about San Antonio is all the schools named after Civil War figures: Lee, Davis, Jackson.
So yeah, the jerks who want to rename 'em?
GTH.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:26 AM (wtvvX)
Different strokes, I guess.
Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at February 20, 2017 11:26 AM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at February 20, 2017 11:27 AM (Nwg0u)
Found myself rolling around "Martin Luther Strasse" in Stuttgart one PM, and actually got a little concerned. Then had a real SMH moment...
Posted by: anon a mouse at February 20, 2017 11:27 AM (MINbv)
MacArthur was making Tojo an offer he couldn't refuse.
Posted by: Michael Corleone at February 20, 2017 11:27 AM (uSlc8)
I did the condition survey of the Alamo for the Daughters in 2007, which ultimately was the one handed on to the Texas Legislature amid talk of taking the Alamo away from them. So I've gotten to crawl all over the place there and go through all the records in the library.
It's very cool if you have the time to take a deep dive. Going on one of the re-enactment days is great as well, of course. The fact that it's in the city just is what it is--it's part of the story. Preservation of the Alamo is actually a fairly recent thing.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (yL25O)
VERY COOL.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 20, 2017 11:27 AM (wtvvX)
Valley Forge.
It's where George Washington charged into battle riding a tapir.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 20, 2017 11:27 AM (vZ9Fw)
Posted by: 18-1 at February 20, 2017 11:28 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at February 20, 2017 11:28 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: Maritime at February 20, 2017 11:28 AM (m8FSu)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at February 20, 2017 11:28 AM (Eyx+b)
I really sensed the fighting the went on there, as if it was just beyond my sight. And the Devil's Den area is chilling and still a place of fear.
Posted by: JTB at February 20, 2017 11:29 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2017 11:30 AM (uSlc8)
What's that? Oh, we'll start hiring the people to process the documents early next year. It will be a huge hiring process. Only the best people. Bigly.
Posted by: Donald Trump at February 20, 2017 11:31 AM (aZq03)
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Working on it.
Posted by: Iran at February 20, 2017 11:31 AM (aZq03)
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:32 AM (eeTCA)
Posted by: John Travolta at February 20, 2017 11:32 AM (p+Qx5)
Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2017 11:32 AM (CpS3a)
What's the best battlefield people have visited?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 20, 2017 10:46 AM (PqqkK)
--I grew up near Yorktown, saw it a lot. It's probably the best-kept one I've seen, and I understand in the years since my last visit it's even better. The Alamo is also a must-see.
When I was in Israel I saw the Horns of Hattin, a critical battle of the Crusades (the battle was so long ago, it does not have the look of a U.S. National Battlefield).
In Israel I also visited the ruins of a town on the Hill of Megiddo, a.k.a Armageddon. It and its surroundings were an archaeological site, not presented as a battlefield.
Posted by: logprof at February 20, 2017 11:33 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: t-bird at February 20, 2017 11:32 AM (eeTCA)
It's just a model
Posted by: josephistan at February 20, 2017 11:38 AM (ANIFC)
I'd say any evidence that they're involved with violent protest, civil disobedience, or similar whatnot should be enough to get that status revoked immediately.
Perhaps Sessions could appoint a few folks to look into that.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 20, 2017 11:46 AM (oVJmc)
I dunno if one of you jackwagons already linked this, but this post definitely needs a soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 20, 2017 11:57 AM (XWkhW)
I seriously recommend going to anyone who hasn't. It was the best trip I've ever gone on in my life.
Posted by: bicentennialguy at February 20, 2017 11:58 AM (vg8iE)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 20, 2017 11:23 AM (EvBgT)
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Small world.
I know him well.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 20, 2017 12:06 PM (Nox3c)
When I lived in Owings Mills, Maryland I used to drive to Gettysburg on early Fall mornings, when hardly anyone is there. It's a peaceful place but at the same time it gives off an eerie vibe.
Antietam, I only made it there once, on a bright summer afternoon. There's a pall hanging over it on even the sunniest day.
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