Displaying 391 To 420 Of 908 Comments HP seems to be intent on driving people elsewhere. Have noticed today their even more ugly advertisements and other items covering up more of the page with trash. Next we’ll be seeing an on-line sales site, “Arianna’s List”. Also didn’t see much of anything getting major reader interest. Is that a leak I hear? Sink, baby, sink! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 9:27 pm Woo Woo Conspiracies and a the Real Conspiracy Yes, when I read that I thought of the middle ages and the threats of theological sanctions against an entire kingdom as a way for the church to hold sway over a realm. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 12, 2009 @ 7:14 am Escribacat: But the guy who booked the convergence told us we would each get 57 of those harmonica virgins. I felt so cheated. All I have left from it is this silly buzz. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 6:56 pm Escribacat: You weren’t there with me in Sedona to experience the blessed event? It was maavalaace! I’m still vibrating with the memories! OK, I’ll take my crystals back into my cave and watch them glow for a while. And thanks for those special brownies, they were HIGHly delicious. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 6:35 pm Personal responsibility: The moral argument against compassion Well put, choicelady. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 12, 2009 @ 11:38 am Very well said, Nellie. I believe that we are personally responsible for our actions, but we have to understand, too, that our actions are based on what we know and feel. Example: Voting FOR the War in Iraq. After 9/11 the people and the legislative branch of the government were fed a lot of propaganda about who was involved in 9/11. I believe the Bush administration knew damn well that Iraq wasn’t involved. They lied to everyone because the had an agenda. Congress was fed lies and accepted it from the “authorities” in our intelligence service and White House “experts”. Congress was angry. They took information which they accepted (and had no way to disprove on their own) and that anger and moved forward and voted for this war of “vengence” upon our enemy. They are responsible for that vote. But at the same time they have some credible explanation to ask for “forgiveness” for having done so considering that they were manipulated and lied to. We can have many examples of people who made the best decision at the time but it was with limited information or it was the only apparent “good” option they had. I cannot fault these people. I have far too many myself. My education choices, my path through life, etc. But there are a lot of external influences on us we cannot control at all. In Katrina, the people of the 9th District had no control over the storm, no control over the quality of the flood protection, being poor that prevented them from affording more “safe” housing, and many not having even a vehicle to evacuate in or a place to go, let alone money to live on once they got “there”. Sure, they made a decision to stay, but external factors defined what that decision probably was going to have to be. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 9:40 am Javaz, it was a very well written article. Another sad reminder of people who were more than ready to serve and sacrifice for their country but who “didn’t fit in” with the idea of who was of “the right stuff”. Very similar to the Tuskegee Airmen and the black tank crew members, whom George Patton didn’t feel “would or could fight”. He, too, was so wrong. World War II was an awakening for American women, and the end of the war brought about negative changes. Women who had learned self sufficiency and the idea that those “man things” could be done as well (or better) by a woman. But at the end of the war they were laid off and told to “return to their duties at home” in order to make room for returning servicemen. I understand the need for those men to have had jobs, but to just dismiss an entire workforce back to the “dungeons” was ridiculous. It took nearly 20 years for women to again return in force into the productivity centers in America. So sad. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 11:15 am Big Change Coming in Fed Oversight Powers KQ, I think that Ed is just so disappointed in the house bill like many of us. But he was really bummed out the last few days. I look on him as being the blue collar revival type political rooter. Even when he’s pushing small business issues (which need the push, IMO) I’m suprised he had issues with Barney, but he is staying true to his principles. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 6:15 pm I grew up in the “great American middle of the road church”, the Methodists. But by 6th grade my church had offended me (unsavory story) and my mother and I left to join the Evangelical United Brethran church. Both were about 3 blocks from our home in opposite directions. Of course, the EUBs had a John Wesley related history, and a couple of years later they merged with the Methodists to create the United Methodists. Now the church I belonged to was a “family” church. One family basically ran it. Cousin upon cousin upon brother and sister. They were a good family but… And when my father died, the minister there at the time refused to do a service for him because he wasn’t a member of the church. Hmmmm. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 9:47 am BDM. I can’t explain such faith. I have a belief but there is reason involved in it, not blind acceptance of a “book” which has had many authors, sometimes posing as the same author (read biblical analysis) and has had “chapters” added and removed as those who are in power of the “faith” chose to do so. Apocolyptic traditions alone had multiple choices, and the early founders chose the one they liked the sounds of best. Now I’m not Jefferson, I’ll accept a few miracles, but throw out all that stuff from “St. Paul”. Uggh! Oh, and don’t bring up to them about the complete story of Lot, because the second half isn’t big in their context. I don’t attend church partly because I don’t like organized religion and partly because I have to control my urge to chuckle at much of what is said from the pulpit. I’d find my way to the pillars and stocks very quickly! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 9:16 am Hey, BDM! Once you start with a mentallity that says that by faith you must accept the Bible as the complete and absolutely accurate word of God, and hence the history of the planet, it’s easy to see how these people go off the deep end and abandon all other clarity of thought. To do otherwise would introduce contradictions in their lives, and contradictions make people who don’t want to think very uncomfortable. We all like to think of them as stupid people, but I know educated ones who are into this mindset. I have no idea how they deal with the incongruities. Even the smart ones are rather moronic at times. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 8:03 am Pepe’: OK, but I was dealing with a 50 year old 100 foot tall sycamore and it wasn’t the only tree in the neighborhood contributing to the yard mess. But I do sympathize. Isn’t that what they make neighbor kids for? » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 6:19 pm Hey Pepe’, tell me about these “leaf” things. What are they? Are they related to that mystical snow stuff I don’t see here either? [chuckle] Seriously, when I got the leaf blower/vacuum it made cleaning up the leaves in the yard back home so much easier and less space consuming. Sycamore leaves take up far less room mulched than whole in a bag. But the process is still hard on the back! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 5:50 pm You ever stop at Subic? She would have been a natural in her home country. That’s nasty, but I really dislike her with a passion. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 5:22 pm Malkin is the best example of the worst the right has to offer. I don’t have to read her words any more, just seeing that mug makes me want to forget my vows of non-violence. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 5:10 pm And I doubt if their hygiene is all that good either! They do look stinky. incoming. I love lobing those! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 2:48 pm Most of them do look like they crawled from the extreme shallows of the gene pool. And yes, I understand that sensation! And you can spell it correctly, remember, and the penalty is no different. {smiles benignly} » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 2:46 pm Most people throughout the country couldn’t give you the first seven words of it. And that especially includes those gawdawful teabaggers. Now most Trekkies could give you those words, but not the teabaggers! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 1:23 pm Being “connected” just doesn’t hold that much of an attraction to me. Neither does public disclosure. If I have to get another security clearance in the future, I have no desire to lose the chance of it due to some strange interpretation by some DOD bureaucrat who was researching me and saw some innocuous comment. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 12:17 pm Do you want my copy of your NCIC printout? Only kidding! But I once went in to a car dealership in Long Beach, they ran a credit report on me evidently, and the next week I kept getting phone calls at work from investment brokers I’d never heard of. And that was 1989! Holding one’s information really close is a very good habit. I shred anything with my name on it before disposing of it, and any printouts I have made just in case there’s a dumpster scavenger. I’m not paranoid, I just know better! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 12:05 pm I also notice it isn’t there if you’re not logged on. They want to insure no “anonymous” reports! As though we weren’t supposedly anonymous anyway. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 9:35 am adlib, you know I’m glad to help. As I said, having debugged more than my share of avionics software and displays, it’s sort of second nature to notice oddities of operation. The trick is knowing what is different! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 9:28 am That is another distinct possibility. That social network stuff of theirs is riddled with performance issues. I have a list…. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 7:11 am It’s inevitable, and hard to test off line. I (used to) work with software design and always found that things I could supposedly debug in the test rig would always have at least one item sneak through to the first active test. I already sent a direct comment to adlib about it but originally missed the issue regarding new messages attached to older ones not being found when you click on them. He’ll get it fixed. How’s it going? I stayed in bed late today. Almost 7 AM. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 7:09 am Kalima! Look down at the “Leave a Reply” box at the bottom of the page. There is now a “see older entries” or something like that click there. adlib has been busy with a new change. It’s a good idea but I noticed a minute ago when I hadn’t clicked it that when I chose Nicole’s new entry it didn’t open up and take me to it since it was in reply to an “older” entry. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 6:59 am Missing abuse profile button? Has anyone considered that perhaps those people who don’t have this are staff? Just keep an eye out and see who has them and who doesn’t. I don’t know. But I’m just saying… » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 6:56 am Will Abortion Debate be Democrats Civil War? Grabamop: Look at the Wiki enty for some basics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol) and then over to the right side here under META there is access to the feeds. Beyond that, I can’t give you a lot, it hasn’t sparked my interest yet. But then again, I only use a cell phone for telephone calls, too…. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 11, 2009 @ 7:47 am stuff happens. we’re all adults here. {have a good evening] » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 9:56 pm I didn’t think you were. I said that with a silent wink. I knew you were just playing with adlib’s mind! » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 8:20 pm KQ: Is that like that backwoods joke about the hillbilly youth who came running home to his father and said “Pa, Pa, I’m going to marry Betty Jean, and guess what, she’s a VIRGIN” To which the wise older hillbilly said, “No, son, if she’s not good enough for her own family, she’s not good enough for ours”. Sorry Kalima. » Posted By Corgi Lover On November 10, 2009 @ 8:15 pmComments Posted By Corgi Lover
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