Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
You need to get yerself onea those fancy Eye-Phones, Lex. Not sure we can go too long without the “unbearable lightness”…
GACK! So posting may be light ’round these parts.
Talk amongst ourselves…that’s a dangerous thing to encourage doncha think?
Frozen east indeed; timing is bad on this one. At least where I am temps will be in the teens by nighttime tonite. I’m sure that won’t dampen the warmth of being with your family on such a wonderful occasion.
So I clicked through on that article. In there is a citation from Richard Feynmann, a physicist of great renown with a good deal of common sense as well. One quote jumped out at me:
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself–and you are the easiest person to fool.
It seems to me that while he meant that as a principle of science, it’s equally applicable to life in general. I should think it certainly has a lot of applicability to flying.
Safe travels, Lex, and have fun with the family!
Travel safely! Hope you avoid any impact of all those storms out there…
Don’t freeze your assets! Safe travels to you!
Safe journey to them’s as travelin’. The Earth seems to be fightin’ back against all this AGW palaver, and we’re severe clear and warmed up to a lovely 20 degrees.
Maybe we can cruze on over to Kris’ or BlackEagle’s for a bit. {{{ring}}} “Hullo?” “Green Light!” {click} “Ah, crap…”
Mongo, I’d completely forgotten about the old “Green Light!” ‘Bout fell out on that one!
You all would be welcome at my place anytime. It’s snowy and cold and downright beautiful. Plenty of wood to keep us warm, guns & ammo to keep us entertained. I can cook, bake and in general make you all stuffed to the rafters. Great wine and beer aplenty too.
Kris,
Keep talkin’ like that and you’re likely to have more company than you want!
BTW, we’re out of the single digits and teens for the first time in about 4 or 5 days. That would be a good thing too. I always judge the severity of a winter storm by how much chili I make. This has beemn a 3 pot storm. Don’t think there’s much more chili meat in the freezer. Used the last of the elk last time and was going to have to switch to beef soon.
Used the last of the Elk and gonna be “forced” to switch to beef, eh? Really roughin’ it, ain’tcha?
Tough it out Guy! Tough.it.out….
Virg
Got 2 lbs of frozen elk patties in da freeza! along with 18 quail, 22 dove, a white tail hind quarter cut up, and one fresh frozen mallard.
the local Piggly Wiggly donna carry the good stuff.
Safe travels to the Lex-meister
Y’all can go visit Kris, I’m gonna go surprise G-man. I like his freeza contents.
Virg
It’s tough…but we’ll manage somehow.
Still trimming the palm trees and waxing the ‘gators here in Sunny Florida…NOT. Not as cold as up yonder, but damn cold enough for me.
Stay safe Lex, enjoy yourself and your time with the family.
What did it do, get all the way down to 65?
Try 31.
(I’m referring to the opposite coast, where we’re just as delicate…
)
46 near downtown, closer to 38 by the airport (which is further north and a bit more inland.
If youre in the Norva area and have a free evening, let me know. theres dinner and guiness to be had as kinda of repayment for the “lightness” In any case have a safe trip
Safe journey,sir.
Since we have permission, and I don’t know where else to put this, and it should stir up some converstion between the beers –
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2009/November/Retired-Army-Gen-Ft-Hood-Was-Worst-Terrorism-Since-911/
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Being naive about the inner-workings of our military, is this even possible?
Its very possible in a self-centered, PC, ticket punching culture that avoids potential/likely career killers at all costs…Gen Boykin is beyon all that and can speak freely. Best
I remember reading something about the “career killer” of speaking out but I thought it was MSM rhetoric. Wow.
The same thing happens in big companies… known as the “career ending question”. When in middle management, it is very inadvisable to be asking the wrong thing; so as to upset the bureauocracy.
Peter – that’s true. However I don’t think corporate america keeping it’s mouth shut about something like this would result in the murder of 14 people. I’m just saying.
And Snake – you, have trouble with your mouth? Color me shocked.
Boykin is beyond all that because he spoke truth while he wore the uniform, too. Would that we had more like him.
Kris, Just an aside…I had enought problems with my smart mouth in the way way back…I’d be dead on arrival in this enviroment…
…additionally this PC, ticket punching culture transends all services. Best
And on the note of OT: What’s His Face in Oslo…taking credit for the positive results in wars he had absolutely nothing to do with, except bitch about and vote ‘Present’.
Very bad language to follow if I continue…
Miss B
Always an open rocking chair on the porch for a true Southern Belle.
Thanks, G-man. You cook your birds with a little lemon juice and bacon – and some rice for those delish cooking juices? I’m making my mouth water.
Zero in Chicago, no irony intended.
Over by me it’s now 14. Havin’ a Heat Wave!
-4 here at the Badger’s Burrow, with -15 wind chill.
Miss B – I’m not offended. Can I tempt you with Shrimp Risotto? No? OK.
Sounds good, Kris, but doesn’t compare to dove or quail…
‘specially cooked on a stick (or ramrod or bayonet)over a small fire in the field, some coffee goin’ , and some corn cakes cookin’ up in a little bacon grease. If you are lucky some mustard or dandilion greens too.
Traveling Graces to follow you and yours on your journey have been filed for with the man upstairs.
Enjoy the hot spiced cider.
Hey, all you whiners down in Flah-dah: -6F this morning in sunny, downtown Duluth, MN. I gotch’er Global Warming right here, Al! OTOH, the density altitude is about -500 feet!
VR,
Comjam
Jeez I feel like I should be wearing sunscreen by comparison – it was 20F here this morning in lovely CT. With temps not predicted to get above 25F today. With more snow on the way for Sunday.
Comjam, I watched the Duluth Harbor Cam until I went to bed Wed. night. Did the Mesabi Miner ever come in?
Scott:
She entered port at 0404 Thursday morning and was underway again by 1440. They have that process down pat. http://duluthshippingnews.com/
VR,
Comjam
Ok, that would explain why I didn’t see her. As a night shifter, on my days off, I tend to be up late, and I saw that she was due in between 0430 and 0530, I started watching at 0430, when she was all tied up at the loading dock. I envy you living there, getting to watch the ships come and go. Although, since I don’t like bridges with grid decks, I don’t like the trip from Superior to Duluth.
Scott, when I saw the reference to Superior it reminded of when I lived near Marquette (K.I. Sawyer) in the UP. We lived in a single-wide trailer out in the woods where I was able to walk out the door into the woods and go hunting, or just a walk in a wilderness area. Head off in the wrong direction, or get lost, and it was time for concern.
Remember being in the woods during a snowfall that turned into a blizzard. As I was geared appropriately it was a fun walk in the woods (always loved those Mickey Mouse boots as long as I did not have to walk fast or far).
For those that have only experienced snowing, and not a true blizzard, there is most definitely a difference.
Am here on the “left coast”, midst relatively balmy days of 30-40′s, remembering my youth when parents loaded us into the family wagon, trekking to the frozen north of Hibbing, Duluth and International Falls, MN. for Christmas and New Year holidays with the family. Cold it was… no other word for it but bone-chilling c-o-l-d!
International Falls being the coldest, my uncle boasted of no “snow days” for the school bus fleet as it was his charge to maintain. Set records for that he did. Hibbing and the iron range was home for most of the fam, including a visit to “George’s Lake” for the Finnish contingent of the family, a sauna, roll in the snow, sauna, dip in the lake, repeat, repeat. As boys, my brother and I loved it!
Duluth and a visit to “the bridge” was mandatory. Watching the ore ships come and go, walking to the end of the pier for pictures (where are they now?) The Twin Cities for Winter Ice Follies, or whatever they were called. Minnesota in the winter… a cold, outdoor sport!
Are you originally from the Cities?
Dude, I’m NOT whining….I’m BRAGGING
There’s a reason why I live in the Sunshine State, other than great fishing, fresh seafood, beaches full of lovely works of art, etc…
Byron,
I’m with you on sunshine. Here in Coastal California the temperature plunged to 48F overnight. Thankfully, it had risen to 53F by the time I was awakened by the cat at 0730 (hey, I’m retired) and told that breakfast was overdue. Inside the house it was a chilly 64F; that was corrected by cranking the heat up to a comfortable 70F.
The oranges and lemons are not particularly fond of these low temperatures, but the fruit is developing nicely. The apples and pears, however, are quite happy and are shedding leaves like crazy. The avocados are totally confused by the global warming (106F in February and low 90s in November) and global cooling (32F in April/May), and most of our trees dropped all of their fruit (second year in a row) when it was the size of a peanut. We’ll be lucky to see an avocado in 2011 or 2012. Fortunately, our regular customers at the various Farmers Markets roll with the punches just as we do and buy whatever we have available. Life is good.
A couple of inches of rain this past week has been a treat, and more is promised through the weekend. Saves a bunch on irrigation costs.
Should I be so foolish as to want to experience the phenomenon known as snow, it’s only a couple of hours away. And I hope it stays right there.
Cheers and enjoy the art.
Alas, Mike, I’ve been wed for quite a while now, and my leash does not allow for the full 360 sweep required for proper art appreciation..that, and my ribs are too fragile with age to withstand those sharp elbows
Well in an effort to spur conversation I offer this link:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/why_leaderless_tea_parties_are.html
Maybe we have something to learn from the Apaches after all. Then again, their saga didn’t turn out all that well.
Might could be their saga didn’t turn out well because they
1.) Trusted the federal government, until it was too late.
and
2.) Gave up their arms.
Good article over all. I wish it would have mentioned the 9th Amendment too. Similar to the 10th:
Adding that to the 10th, there isn’t much We the People are not allowed to do. And not much the federal government is. Some will say “Well what about the ‘general welfare’ clause?” To which I go back to what some of the founders said about it:
And he should know, since he is the one who penned the Constitution.
Also:
Joe, will you cut that s**t out! NO ONE wants to hear from dead white European WASP males anymore! Get with the times man! Moroccan lesbian neo-marxist post-colonial, post-modern PhDs living in Sydney and publishing cutting edge social commentary in The Southern Review out of Adelaide are where it’s at! Get real….
Lex – do you see what happens when you leave this crowd to it’s own devices?
It almost sounds like Lex’s burrito is talking…again.
NUKE THE GAY DARFURINA WHALES!
OldT6/
In answer to your link I am providing one of my own which I once posted here before, but got a limited audience as was late in thred & day. A young home schooler mom from ARK named Freeman Hunt anticipated all this in a 12 June post on her blog entitled “He Is Not Coming.” Go see @
http://freemanhunt.blogspot.com/
Scroll down to the 12 June post (It’s still on main page–she posts infrequently) and read. It’ll water your eyes. Talk about astute analysis from one so young!
Powerful! There may be hope for the Republic after all with minds like this out there.
I was most impressed! That is a young woman who can write effectively! Freeman Hunt, HUZZAH!
Vx, I remember reading that before. I referred to it several times in conversation. Yep, he’s not coming but I sure wish he was. Time for the patriots to get out the pitchforks and start the bonfires. I’m convinced that those in Washington will never get it no matter what party they belong to. They are too wedded to the corrupt status quo. As Joe in California points out – the 10th Amendment is the key. Talk about a voice in the Wilderness – between Joe and our esteemed host is anyone else going to be there to turn out the lights if they don’t fire up the Guillotine out there?
Now if we can get that Lt Col in Florida on the national stage maybe there is hope yet. We don’t have much time.
Well, it’s not just here, OldT6, go over to Kate’s “Small Dead Animals” and check out the progress of the “Wildrose Alliance” party in Alberta. Stuff is springing up all over.
Thanks, ClassicT6 – There are a surprising number of us out here on the left coast. But things are gerrymandered so that the liberals in the urban areas are able to maintain control.
One idea I keep trying to push for us is to model our legislature on the federal system and make each county here a state assembly and senate district. Each county gets one state sentator, and then members of the assembly are apportioned by population, but each county would have at least one member of the assembly. That would break the hold the left has on our state sentate, but still leave the assmbly in their hands while giving the conservative counties some chance at representation there.
Mantime I’ll keep on making up canister rounds, and make sure I have enough powder on hand.
Got this from a friend, thought it would entertain the crowd:
Santa and the FAA
Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the Federal Aviation Administration, and the FAA examiner arrived last week for the pre-Christmas flight check. In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his log book out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. He knew they would examine all his equipment and truly put Santa’s flying skills to the test. The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and even Rudolph’s nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa’s weight and balance calculations for sled’s enormous payload. Finally, they were ready for the check ride. Santa got in and fastened his seat belt and shoulder harness and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa’s surprise, a shotgun. “What’s that for?!?” asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, “I’m not supposed to tell you this ahead of time,” as he leaned over to whisper in Santa’s ear, “but you’re gonna lose an engine on takeoff.”
Call PETA!! Reindeer cruelty alert. Ah-ooo-ga.
If y’all can swing airfare across the Pacific, it’s a balmy 81* here today and sunny as all get-out. Winds are mild – in the 5-15 range…just enough to keep things from being too humid. A perfect day for a hike up to either Diamond Head or Makapu’u Point. Take your pick. And then we can come back here for some mai tais, lava flows, and heavy pu’pus.
Door’s open.
Ahhh, Makapu’u Beach. Some of the best body surfing on the island. Loooong rollers, sized just right, a gentle long slope, and no boarders to crack yer skull when you least expected it.
Yo, I remember that! Mokapu at K-bay could be great too with the Kona’s, but you had to know your cut-away or get pounded pretty hard.
Lord, do I miss the islands…
And the hang gliders coming off the old NIKE site. On one occasion I saw a guy come in off the beach charging the cliffs, and at the last moment soared up the face back to summit to turn back out for another cycle of fun! More brass than brains, maybe, but it sure looked cool.
Here…
I can start something ;p
GO NAVY !
Beat ARMY !!
Safe travels and memorable moments Lex!
..and the obligatory riposte..
GO ARMY!
Beat Navy!!
An inconvenient question with a somewhat belligerent ending.
We’re not doing so well, folks, when this kind of behavior goes unchecked. UN or not, this is still native U.S. soil and the guard knows better. I cannot fathom this level of tyranny existing as it does, nor people putting up with it for very much longer. Time for a return to ‘Rocks and Shoals’, baby.
At the risk of repeating myself.
Boors, Cads and Ruffians. Some guys just need a beatin’.
Missive to those Senate types who profess to represent the good people of Washington…state:
December 11, 2009
Dear Senator Cantwell,
Dear Senator Murray,
The majority of the American people have repeatedly voiced their opposition to government run health care. What more do you need from us? Pitchforks taken up against members of Congress? You’re not doing yourselves any favors by ignoring your constituents, and it’s long past time to start paying attention to what we require of you.
Please take note of the following:
1) Better done right, than done fast. Reforming one-sixth of our economy should not be done without careful consideration of the consequences. This is not the time to advance political goals through backroom deals and legislative gimmicks like cloture. Any vote to move the current legislation through Congress is a vote to support government run health care.
2) Meaningful health care reform should put patients before politics. Under current proposals:
-New layers of bureaucracy will come between us and our physicians.
-Millions of seniors will lose their Medicare Advantage coverage as Washington politicians seek funding to cover the uninsured. Pitting one group of tax payers against another is not reform – it’s Washington politics at its worst.
-Under proposed government-forced insurance those without health insurance could be fined and possibly even put in jail.
3) Government-run health care legislation pose serious risks to an already weak economy. Congress is considering tax increases and massive spending increases for new entitlements that do little to control health care costs for middle class and do nothing to improve quality of care.
-Cost estimates are between $900 million to $1.5 trillion. That can’t possibly be revenue neutral.
-The non-partisan Congressional budget office estimates the House bill will increase deficits by $239 billion over 10 years.
-Job creating small businesses will be hit hard with new taxes regulations and fines under proposed legislation.
-The Congressional Budget Office has reported that wages will be lowered and unemployment will rise if these bills become law.
4) Medicare is the wrong model for health care reform. Washington run Medicare is on the verge of bankruptcy due to waste, fraud and abuse. This is hardly justification for expanding that power to cover another 90 million Americans.
5) Oppose any health care bill or proposal that puts Washington in charge of our health care. This includes any government funding or subsidies for abortions.
Add to all of the above the threat of IRS audits and levies for those who reject government insurance, and we end up being a people unlawfully constrained by and accountable to a government that is supposed to be accountable to us. I would think it unnecessary to have to explain the wholly unacceptable nature of such a situation to a member of Congress.
Sincerely,
December 11, 2009
Dear Senator Cantwell,
Dear Senator Murray,
The majority of the American people have repeatedly voiced their opposition to government run health care. What more do you need from us? Pitchforks taken up against members of Congress? You’re not doing yourselves any favors by ignoring your constituents, and it’s long past time to start paying attention to what we require of you.
Please take note of the following:
1) Better done right, than done fast. Reforming one-sixth of our economy should not be done without careful consideration of the consequences. This is not the time to advance political goals through backroom deals and legislative gimmicks like cloture. Any vote to move the current legislation through Congress is a vote to support government run health care.
2) Meaningful health care reform should put patients before politics. Under current proposals:
-New layers of bureaucracy will come between us and our physicians.
-Millions of seniors will lose their Medicare Advantage coverage as Washington politicians seek funding to cover the uninsured. Pitting one group of tax payers against another is not reform – it’s Washington politics at its worst.
-Under proposed government-forced insurance those without health insurance could be fined and possibly even put in jail.
3) Government-run health care legislation pose serious risks to an already weak economy. Congress is considering tax increases and massive spending increases for new entitlements that do little to control health care costs for middle class and do nothing to improve quality of care.
-Cost estimates are between $900 million to $1.5 trillion. That can’t possibly be revenue neutral.
-The non-partisan Congressional budget office estimates the House bill will increase deficits by $239 billion over 10 years.
-Job creating small businesses will be hit hard with new taxes regulations and fines under proposed legislation.
-The Congressional Budget Office has reported that wages will be lowered and unemployment will rise if these bills become law.
4) Medicare is the wrong model for health care reform. Washington run Medicare is on the verge of bankruptcy due to waste, fraud and abuse. This is hardly justification for expanding that power to cover another 90 million Americans.
5) Oppose any health care bill or proposal that puts Washington in charge of our health care. This includes any government funding or subsidies for abortions.
Add to all of the above the threat of IRS audits and levies for those who reject government insurance, and we end up being a people unlawfully constrained by and accountable to a government that is supposed to be accountable to us. I would think it unnecessary to have to explain the wholly unacceptable nature of such a situation to a member of Congress.
Sincerely,
Mr. Mongo
Monroe, WA
PS Want chocolate.
Copy/paste gone weird…my apologies.
Mongo – you have it wrong – it isn’t just a health care plan, it is a JOBS program. After all, there are over 180 new offices/departments/bureaus created by that plan. Think of how many people will be needed to run everything.
By the way, you left out the hot tar and feathers to go with the pitchforks. Gottta do the job right.
Well, I wasn’t going to write a dissertation on how badly government has hashed Medicare and VA medical, which, IMO, would be something of a template for the healthcare infrastructure. The jobs creation would be something along the lines of the VA medical program, and we all know how lovely an organization that is; not a slight against the caregivers.
Joe;
YOu’re got it wrong…it’s a political stay in your office, and reap the bennies of using OPM to buy more votes program.
When you control all the levers, you can pull them at will.
Consider on top of bailing out the financial system, and EPA like agency may well be spawned to tell private business exactly what some bureaucrat wants them to do.
Remember…CO2 is a pollutant. I toy with the idea of a long post about the actual message underlying that “decision,” but each day. more puzzle pieces show up.
All about power and control. Don’t look at the specifics, look at the pattern….just like determining what the enemy is looking to do.
And who said OPS Analysis wouldn’t be worth anything on the outside?
Oh, it is a ‘stay in office’ program too. But think of it – people have been all over the former junior senator from IL for not creating the jobs he promised, right? Well, with close to 200 New and Improved govt. depts. etc, he will add hundreds of thousands of jobs just in the government. Not to mention the jobs saved, or created, in the lumber and paper industries. Good lord! This might creat millions of jobs! All in the guise of being a health care plan. ;-P
Boy! When the Rex who is Lex leaves this bunch unsupervised things go south in a hurry.
Gmac and RetRsvMike cussing at each other. VX seems to out of Barbencourt. HomeFrontSix is maliciously tormenting us. aeroeng is killing Santa’s Reindeer.
It’s a madhouse here. Lex please come home and save us from ourselves.
See? Things IMPROVE when there isn’t too much supervision!
Or did you maybe mean things go NORTH, as in to hell in a hand basket?
Joe – just a dumb-@$$ gun sgt, Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, CSA.
I meant north. My bad. I’ve spent too much up in enemy country
Feh. You FNGs don’t know from rowdy.
It’s a shame Were-Kitten isn’t around anymore to educate the neophytes.
That example was “gang up on Lex Day for lying to women about a ‘beefcake’” post that wasn’t. Fairly tame, actually. Although, they did reduce Lex to silence at one point.
Kris was actually far more “evil” that day than “Were Kitten.”
Ok, a useful contribution to the phlyers around here…F-4 jocks and otherwise:
Abandoned Seaplane.
HT: A little bit of less craziness for “work,” and a blend of ADHD net surfing this AM.
The entire site is very cool! Actually, for the ground pounders/armor guys, here was the first sniff: Tank Graveyard.
xformed/
That tank graveyard recalls to mind that movie about the Russki tank commander in Af (was shot in Israel) titled “The Beast” (or in some releases The Battle Beast). It was a GREAT movie. Also sort of a double entendre as the tank commander himself was a hard-bitten battle-scarred really thoroughly nasty bastard who was a dedicated “party member’” all the way and had grown up as a child and Nazi tank killer (in the resistance using time-honored Molotovs) in WWII, and utterly contemptuous of his Afghan Liason Officer. You ought to rent it, or maybe it’s on hulu. About being cut off from his lines and being slowly but constantly hunted, harassed and eventually encircled by the Muzzis plus the 2nd plot-line of the social dynamics of his crew between the non-gung-ho draftee and he and the other 2 regulars plus the AfLO. Good stuff…
I vote we boycott the CAPT until CDR S certifies he knows how to use WP to do “time release” posts.
Geez…if he can put up 2-4 good reads a day, he should be able to store a few non-time sensitive ones for trips like this…
‘sides…keeps us from exhibiting too much randomness….but then, maybe he’s on to something: Experimenting in blogular entropy!
xformed, I think Mrs. Sala is the “time release”, or else Sala does it from his iPhone. Besides, any quantity of Lex is a good thing, and I’m not complainin’
Besides, we get to have some unsupervised fun! 
Well…maybe I can be contracted out to “consult”…I do it for special events/posts…nothing like sleeping through a posting sessions…:) Some people have even paid me to teach them how to do this.
Yes…emailing in is an option, too.
I do however like to cling to the epiphany of him using us as two legged lab rats.
“or else Sala does it from his iPhone”
Might I reference back to my FIRST post in this thread… hehehe
Ahhhh…..coffee… How do you take yours?
Coffee flavored coffee. No double latte grande chocamocha with nutmeg sprinkles. yech.
Finally had a chance to catch up on the Lex” commentariot here. It sort of reads like a James Joyce novel. Travelled from Flatlanders locale up to Kris’place then down to Byron’s state. I must admit that Florida has great weather. Still: we’re proud that we have the best governors..uh..home of the current president..um…Mayor Daley?
How about those Bears.
I usually take it strong, a touch of sugar – maybe brown sugar, just enough to take the bitter off. And maybe a splash of ‘vap’rated milk.
Saturday mornings I make up a pot of coffee, some expresso, and steam some milk. Have a pint of coffee with a double shot of expresso, and some steamed milk, maybe some vanilla and sugar. Or make it up for dessert after a good meal.
Coffee with chickory, steamed sweet cream, no sugar
Good interview with Vince Flynn at http://bit.ly/5NCrDj
Coffee. Black. Maybe a pinch of salt.
Best coffee evah? MRE no-name instant made in a dirty canteen cup over a heat tab, with the Front Range mountains at Ft. Carson, on a cold snowy morning, surrounded by a squad of the finest troops around.
XBTX it’s obvious to me..you have never had a cuppa during midrats that has been cooking all day..with eggshells added for flavor..
My comment is awaiting moderation? For talking about coffee? I know Lex takes the Army/Navy game pretty serious, but putting us grunts in the bit-bucket?
Oh, Joe in N. Kali? State senates used to be done that way in most of the country, until some perverse person argued to the Supremes that that disenfranchised the urban plebeians. That’s how we got that “one man, one vote” decision, which basically amounted to amending the Constitution, unconstitutionally, right under our noses.
Oh, I hate this weather, too. Here in the bad part of FL, the Damnyankee midwestern golf trash paradise, it’s been in the 80s today, and the AC in my truck is busted.
Isn’t it funny how it is just fine for House and Senate, but can’t work at the state level?
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