Displaying 121 To 150 Of 2,320 Comments The Crisis of Reality:Conclusions Killgore-There is a saying, “If a Shaman says he is a Shaman, he is not, for a Shaman will never state that he is a Shaman.” » Posted By BigDogMom On February 28, 2011 @ 4:43 pm Save the American Dream Rally in L.A. @Patsy, did you also notice that some of the so-called Wisconsin protesters are wearing short sleeved shirts…not very comfortable when it’s about 30 degrees… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 2, 2011 @ 9:30 am BudgetPOV: You are the Hand that Feeds You (and Your Family) Great post 2ndClass, how did I miss this? About seafood, if you live near the water, go to the docks and speak with the local weekend fisherman, not the commercial ones. These guys fish only for fun, a lot are hardcore like my husband and most of what they catch is released. Find out what they are going out for and ask them if they would mind if they could keep a few aside for you on ice, they always have ice for bait. Then get an estimated time of arrival or have them call you when they are heading in to the dock. They may even fillet them for you, if not learn, it’s not hard, you will need a really sharp knife though. Since we live near the water and my husband is an avid fisherman, we have plenty of fresh fish every week from Spring until Fall. Several people have asked my husband to do this, which he has no problem with, most fisherman are more than accommodating when it comes to this…heck it just gives them another excuse to go out again! What’s nice, is that sometimes in return we get fresh veggies out of their gardens or great homemade bread! On cooking, white fish, such as Bluefish, Striped Bass, Blackfish, Flounder it’s better fried, (with homemade breadcrumbs made from old bread), or baked with lemon/butter or tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices over it. Meatier fish like Tuna, Mahi Mahi or Sword, (hubby goes off of Montauk, NY for them in Spring and Fall when they are running), are better grilled with just a little butter, lemon, S&P. If you ever get a hold of clams, even canned clams in juice, I have great recipes for baked clams and chowder. I make everything from scratch, we buy very little processed food and chowder goes along way. We barter for our lobsters, hubby works on their boat at cost, we get lobsters all season…good recipe for lobster bisque. Another alternative is to see if there is a fish wholesaler in your area, sometimes you can get smaller cuts at cost that are close to the sell by date, but still good enough to eat. Most will be willing to sell direct just to get rid of it. The key is, if you can smell it, then it’s bad… Hope this helps! (ps: have a great recipe for Tuna Glop, we kids called it this because it glops onto the plate! My mother made it up one night, she used on can of tuna, with one can of mushroom soup, 1 cup of cooked rice, frozen peas, enough that you want, bunch of spices and throw it in a casserole dish and bake at 350 till bubbling) » Posted By BigDogMom On March 5, 2011 @ 12:15 am Pessimism in the Age of Mass Manipulation and Plutocracy… Abby, please don’t despair, there are some of us in this world who live by our morals, work in a ethical and honest manner and still make enough money to live a comfortable life…we are the small independent business owners. Who charge a fair price, are honest with our customers/clients and perform our work to very high personal standard. We do this because we love what we do, we know if we screw our customers they won’t come back…the best advertising for a small business is word of mouth. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 26, 2011 @ 9:39 am Glossolalia 101: Pseudo-con Math Thank you 2ndClass! Can’t wait to hear your take on “Political Extrapolation” by the Right! (ps: Hated math in school…whodda thunk I’d become an accountant one day!) » Posted By BigDogMom On February 26, 2011 @ 10:04 am Friday Music Thread – Favorite Films and Film Music Gransview, I love Lara’s Theme, classic » Posted By BigDogMom On February 25, 2011 @ 4:24 pm The Kochroaches Emerge from the Woodwork Cher/Abby-What it’s going to take to move this along is for the American people to wake up, get informed and take action. I am hoping that Wisconsin is a turning point in our nation, that people look more closely at what is happening in DC and in every State…that the GOP is lying to everyone. That they have an agenda, and that agenda does not include the common citizen to benefit. Look at today, the GOP voted down stopping the oil industry wavers, that could have brought in $53 billion in revenue. If they were really concerned they would have voted for it. We need every news station to tell the people the facts, not spoon feed them with News-a-tainment! » Posted By BigDogMom On February 24, 2011 @ 12:15 pm Abby & Cher, agree, we need to make the Dems a party “For the People” once again. This division and bickering in our party is what led to the GOP landslide, now we are paying for it. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 24, 2011 @ 11:45 am BudgetPOV: Attitude (a letter to myself) Sabreen, you want a good perspective on life…take a family member, like a sister, with you when you go for a new pair of glasses! I believe my sisters, all three of them, live for and thrive on being able to make fun of me at any chance they get…you would think after 50 yrs. that they would have gotten over that! » Posted By BigDogMom On February 24, 2011 @ 11:22 am Sabreen, love Bette Davis! Great quote! Since I’m not a minority, I won’t even presume that I know what you have experienced in your lifetime, that would disingenuous on my part. All I do know about you is how and what you write, and I like it. You are smart and a very good writer able to convey you feeling and opinions in a articulate manner. So don’t underestimate yourself, that’s not an easy thing to do. It would be great if all of us were judged like we are judged here, behind this wall of anonymity called the Internet, for the words we use and the actions we take, in the real world. But that’s not our reality today, all we can hope and work towards that day when MLK’s dream will come true… Yes, shit happens, it’s what you do with that shit that matters…(in my best BD voice), just don’t be dumping your shit on me, because I’ll fling it right back at you! 😆 » Posted By BigDogMom On February 24, 2011 @ 11:14 am 2ndclass you have truly expressed what is going on in the minds of millions of people effected by this economic down turn. Down turn? More like fucking economic devastation for some of us. Your writing is exceptional, I’m overwhelmed by emotion. I feel that you have delved deep into my life and mind…Many of us have had these conversations with ourselves and had to make these decisions, our backs against the wall, you have captured that with this post. Last spring, before my business picked up again, I was down to one client. My husband, our only breadwinner at the time, who’s business had also slowed down considerably to where we were barely making it, had to go in for heart surgery, I was faced with the same tough choices as you and many others. Will we have to sell our house to survive? Could we even sell it in this market? What’s more important, food or medicine for my husband? How the heck am I going to pay the bills, let alone the $25,000 we owe the hospital? Why am I not getting clients? Is it me? It must be me, I suck at what I’m doing…spiralling deeper and deeper into depression, all the while worrying if my beloved husband, my soul mate, is going to live. I too have stayed awake at night wondering, worrying, my mind reeling with scenarios of what if, or if I did this…always in the back of my mind, waiting for the next shoe to drop, that would totally devastate us financially or loose my husband. Yelling at God, “What the Fuck else, what the Fuck else are you going to put on my plate, it’s full, there’s no room left!” They say God only gives you what you can handle, well if that is the case, at that point in my life, I was fucking superwoman! This went on until one day I snapped, I said no more, and let it all go. It is what it is and I started cleaning out my house just in case we had to put it on the market…this is when my whole outlook changed. I realized then, that all this material shit that I had accumulated over the last 20 yrs or so and that living in this nice house didn’t amount to a hill of beans with out my husband and dog in it. Since this past November, things have picked up for us, my husband’s and my business are doing better. We are still behind financially, but are able to keep the roof over our head and eat and my husband and dog are at my side…that’s all that matters to me these days, the rest of it is all fluff. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 24, 2011 @ 7:38 am Arab Uprisings: Still Writing History US F-15 Eagle crashed last night in rebel held area in the east, looks like it was because of mechanical problems, both pilots ejected and were recovered. GMA says that the pilots were helped by the locals until US recovery team picked them up, only minor injuries, glad to hear that they are OK. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 22, 2011 @ 5:16 am Khirad, I’m getting tired with all the “What if’s” by the MSM and politicians…apparently Obama has thrown everyone off because we are not doing this action the way we have always done things….by ourselves… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 21, 2011 @ 5:31 pm Khirad, I was watching MSNBC and one of the analysts was saying that he knows of a Libyan Economics Professor that has gone back home to help build the new government, I’m betting that he won’t be the only one to do this. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 21, 2011 @ 5:18 pm Adlib I agree with KQ, I view this also as a unique action, Bosnia was a similar, but also a unique action. Trying to compare this to any other action is like comparing apples to figs, but what the heck it makes for good TV and fills time. The politico’s will bash the President whatever he does and will go through all sorts of girations to prove that what he did or didn’t do validates whatever they are broadcasting at the moment. I believe President Obama is as much in turmoil over this as many of us here are, thus the need to make sure that we do not do this alone, that others join in and also are seen as taking the lead at times. This is the way it should have been throughout history when it came to UN decisions, but like KQ also stated, we seem to be the only ones with the capabilities, so naturally everyone leans on us to do the dirty work. As far as I am concerned, Kucinich is out in left field on this one, as a member of the UN we have signed on and are obligated to help unless we abstain or object. Maybe we are just not used to having an adult in charge… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 21, 2011 @ 5:14 pm Thanks kalima, CNN’s website quotes a pentagon official saying, “we have no intention of going after Gadhafi…” Like you, we can only hope that he was in it… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 20, 2011 @ 4:28 pm You know what GadDaffyDuck’s ceasefire means, lay low for 10 minutes them let them have with everything you got… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 19, 2011 @ 4:05 pm Fox is going to have a field day with that one, Rush will say it’s President Obama’s personal ship firing the missiles… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 19, 2011 @ 4:03 pm @Abby-What I find fascinating is that my dog(s) know exactly who to bark and growl at, why only at the JW’s or when the young Mormon men that come around? Why not the Pizza man or the kids asking for donations for their Pop Warner Football league? Animals know instinctively when they feel threatened, to me it shows that what these religions offer is not very healthy for anyone. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 23, 2011 @ 8:10 am Morning Abby, with the JW’s, I usually unless the beast, an 85 lb. dog frothing at the mouth because someone dared to knock on the door works like a charm…they skip my house now. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 23, 2011 @ 7:49 am Great story Wolf, eight wives would have been a big hassle anyway… 🙂 (Stories like this make me glad that all that happened to me growing up was the liberal UCC summer camp, siting around the camp fire singing Dylan songs,cleaning the trails and seeing who could be more hip at 13 yrs. old!) » Posted By BigDogMom On February 23, 2011 @ 5:09 am Cher, we have investigative journalist???? 😕 » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 4:24 pm PW-We buy a lot of my husbands work shirts from LL Bean, but for better quality he shops at Orvis and another outfitter that I can’t remember the name of, (those shirts are about 15 yrs old),better fit for him. He’s a XL-Tall shirt kinda man, hard to fit, big shoulders, small waist, no ass. Thank God Levi’s still makes slim cut jeans! And Bean is great with repairs, he had a pair of boots he sent back three times…if you had seen them you would have laughed, gunked up with resin and filler, but they took them back because the upper part was separating from the sole. Can’t beat that! » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 4:20 pm @jdmn – I read that this morning, but didn’t have time to reply, hey cuz! My Belcher family is from the Wise, VA, area, but more than likely originated in KY. We all may be related! » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 4:10 pm jkk, here in the N.E. our foreclosure problem is not that bad, but housing prices have dropped dramatically, I’m sure many mortgages are underwater. Not only the food banks are suffering, I’m getting cards in the mail requesting donations from Goodwill, they can’t keep an inventory. Never in my life have I seen that, years ago they were really picky on what they would take. As soon as spring comes around, there will be the plethora of Tag Sales, one of my neighbors has a one every weekend, I think they are supplementing their income that way. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 4:07 pm Unfortunately LL Bean’s quality has gone down over the last years, your 1972 boots now only last a couple of years and the fit is defferent. My husband has stopped buying them because he swears they fit funny. I still have my LL Bean barn coat from 1980 that I wear in my garden, still hasn’t worn out, just out of style! » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 3:55 pm Adonai, yes your right, they are still making money. All this means is that the greedy bastards over stated their sales forecasts, thinking that they, the “Great Wal-Mart”, would be immune to the down turn in the economy… » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 3:51 pm snoskier, I am so glad to hear that you are hiring, good for you! 🙂 I believe in this day and age, consumers want more bang for their buck, I know I do. Being a small business owner I try shop local stores when I can…we have a local butcher shop/grocery store in my neighborhood, part of the IGA co-op, meat is ten times better than from a big grocery store and not that much higher. The thing I like, is that they cut my meat fresh and to my needs, for that I am willing to pay more because I’m not wasting it! Don’t get me started on shoes! 😆 I was taught to buy quality even if it cost more, because in the long run it’s always cheaper. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 3:35 pm Cher, I’d like to think that that is the reason for the decline in sales, Wal-Mart has jumped the shark, and people are tiring of their junk. But I don’t think that’s the case, the decline in sales has happen for the last seven reporting periods, 2nd Qtr 2009 to 4th Qtr 2010, the height of the down turn and unemployment. They are trying to “lure” shoppers who live paycheck to paycheck back…nice, dickwads. I’d loved to know how they are going to do that when unemployment is still above 9%…. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 3:29 pm Cher, if it makes you feel any better, Wal-Mart shares and sales have gone down: Wal-Mart stocks decline, miss sales forecast: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest retailer, fell the most in nine months in New York trading after posting a seventh straight sales decline at its U.S. stores, short of its own projections for the holiday period. The shares sank 3.1 percent after Wal-Mart said today that sales at U.S. stores open at least a year fell 1.8 percent in the quarter ended Jan. 28. Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke said in October that U.S. comparable sales would be “positive.” Duke, 61, said Wal-Mart is “disappointed” by the results and that it will take time to revive Wal-Mart store sales in the U.S., which account for almost two-thirds of total revenue. The CEO put thousands of products back on shelves, offered $5 Barbie dolls to holiday shoppers, and began focusing on smaller stores to lure back U.S. consumers living paycheck to paycheck. » Posted By BigDogMom On February 22, 2011 @ 3:17 pmComments Posted By BigDogMom
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