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I first learned of The Mustang from a fellow criminal and good friend while in charm school. Joe Conforte is a personal hero of mine. The guy was an absolute genius even for Mob standards.— January 28, 2010 2:06 p.m.
Body, Heal Thyself
I think SD is in bed with Obama's health providers. ;-D— January 28, 2010 1:46 p.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
Part of the reason nobody really takes any Independent candidates seriously is because of that dickhead Ralph Nader and all the eco-nazis. People are tired of hearing about both of those kind of candidates. The only one I respect thus far is Ron Paul and I've heard even he's in bed with the Republicans.— January 28, 2010 1:40 p.m.
CCDC and other disappointments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o I wake up in the morning And I raise my weary head I got an old coat for a pillow And the earth was last night's bed I don't know where I'm going Only God knows where I've been I'm a devil on the run A six gun lover A candle in the wind When you're brought into this world They say you're born in sin Well at least they gave me something I didn't have to steal or have to win Well they tell me that I'm wanted Yeah I'm a wanted man I'm colt in your stable I'm what Cain was to Abel Mister catch me if you can I'm going down in a blaze of glory Take me now but know the truth I'm going down in a blaze of glory Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood I'm no one's son Call me young gun You ask about my conscience And I offer you my soul You ask If I'll grow to be a wise man Well I ask if I'll grow old You ask me if I known love And what it's like to sing songs in the rain Well,I've seen love come And I've seen it shot down I've seen it die in vain Shot down in a blaze of glory Take me now but know the truth 'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood I'm the devil's son Call me young gun Each night I go to bed I pray the Lord my soul to keep No I ain't looking for forgiveness But before I'm six foot deep Lord,I got to ask a favor And I'll hope you'll understand 'Cause I've lived life to the fullest Let this boy die like a man Staring down the bullet Let me make my final stand Shot down in a blaze of glory Take me now but know the truth I'm going out in a blaze of glory Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood and I'm no one's son Call me young gun I'm a young gun— January 28, 2010 1:31 p.m.
CCDC and other disappointments
You're very right, SD. I will be old someday. However, if I ever get that senile, I hope someone close to me has the decency to take me out back ala Old Yeller because it's worse to leave a vegetable on death's doorstep alive then to shoot him and get him out of his misery once and for all. As for picking on someone my own size, I'm not picking on anyone. I'm simply telling auntsandiego that if she doesn't like the noise of the city, she should get the f*** out. I respect senior citizens who give me a reason to respect them. The Hanbook of Daily Living says nothing about giving respect for respect's sake or giving respect because of age. I don't play by kind society's rules, SD. I play by my rules because how I live my life affects my life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho I walk these streets With a loaded six-gun on my side I play for keeps Because I might not make it back I've been everywhere And still I'm standing tall I've seen million faces And I've told 'em all To f*** off 'Cause I'm a cowboy... On an asphalt street I walk I'm wanted(wanted)...dead or alive— January 28, 2010 1:26 p.m.
Global Warming Is Crap!
As soon as I read, "Steve. What a contradiction. I thought he’d be a global-warming shoo-in, a great first interview on my mission to find out what green San Diegans are doing, post-Copenhagen, to save the world. To undo — uninvent — global warming. Because it turns out (who knew?) that San Diego invented global warming, or at least discovered a way of understanding it.Just over 50 years ago, in March 1958, Charles Keeling of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography set up camp on the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. His idea was to take daily measurements of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, to see if that number was increasing as a result of humanity’s use of fossil fuels. And over the course of 50 years, the figures tell us it was. Keeling’s graph does one sexy curve up, up, and up. Each notch equals more CO2 in every molecule of air. The Keeling curve “marked a key moment in American science history,” says Scripps, commemorating the anniversary in an article on its website. It’s “become one of the iconic images of science, rivaling the double helix, or Darwin’s sketches of finches…. It turned speculations about increasing CO2 from theory into fact.”, I knew this whole article, with the exception of Steve's viewpoint, was going to be more propaganda on Global Warming. I admit that Global Warming DOES exist. It exists along with Global Cooling. 50 years ago, there were a hell of alot less people on this planet. The Earth has survived much worse things than humans could ever dream up to throw at it. The Earth itself IS a recycler. I'm not advocating throwing your car battery in the nearest lake. I am however advocating that we stop and track the money flow when it comes to "going green". All this green talk started with the braindead hippies in the 60's and it's snowballed. I don't have a garden. Is the Earth going to stop? NO! I throw my cans and plastics away. Is the Earth going to stop? NO! I'm perfectly content to just live life. You want to go green and look like a retard? Be my guest. I'll even stand here and watch you. It's free entertainment. Bottom line? People are going to be extinct FAR before the Earth will see any kind of damage that we have done to it.— January 28, 2010 12:59 p.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
Don, the thought that a half-dead chimpmunk or a dumb Alaskan gives me chills as well. The Democrats sold us a bill of goods and we bought it hook, line and sinker because we knew the alternative was worse. Like I said, America needs a strong Independent candidate in all elections. It's slowly becoming a 3rd party system but I doubt I'll live long enough to see it.— January 28, 2010 12:46 p.m.
CCDC and other disappointments
I didn't mean her specifically. I do however tend to agree with CF in this argument. 99% of the general public KNOW that if you live downtown, you're going to have trouble getting peace and quiet. I'm a city and a country boy. I can take or leave either one. I've lived in downtown Chicago where auntsandiego would have to lock her doors and never leave the house. It was such a rough area that if someone, like auntsandiego, were to call a rooftop club and complain about the noise, chances are that someone like auntsandiego would have such a call traced and such a caller like auntsandiego would end up "disappearing" into a vat of acid. Bottom line? If you want quiet you have three choices:move to the suburbs(nice little bedroom community), live in a retirement home(Wesley Palms) or just give up the struggle and die already. When I want my neighbors to know everything about me and quiet, I live in the suburbs. When I want my neighbors to go about their business when they hear the girl next door being raped and killed, I move downtown. I'm 34 years old as of Saturday. I shouldn't have to be explaining the intracacies of life to the senior citizens...these are things they should know by now....— January 28, 2010 11:01 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
Don, health care reform consists of forcing the hospitals to quit overcharging people. I went to the emergency room on the advice of my GF's mother when I broke my toe. They told me there was nothing that could be done about it and billed me almost $1,000 With Obamacare, the taxpayers would've been billed almost a grand instead of me. I took bad advice knowing there wasn't anything that could be done. How fair is it that Joe Blow Taxpayer has to foot the bill for my bad choices? I don't mind Medi-care because it's mostly senior citizens that have payed into the system for years and are getting back what they put in. Health care reform is just that-REFORM. Reforming something is alot different than total change. "Change" that I don't believe in. I'm not anti-government, I'm anti-monopoly. When the government takes something over, they create laws that forbid private companies from competing. F*** that bulls***! I'm all for letting businesses collapse. Banks, auto companies, healthcare companies. ANY company in this country who runs their business into the ground out of greed should be allowed to fail. Another company can come along and either follow in the previous company's footsteps or learn from that same company's mistakes and offer a better product. Healthy competition is better for this country overall than the government taking over an industry and not allowing competition. I'm all for forcing lobbyists to account for every penny as well. Regardless of the SCOTUS decion, does anyone in this country REALLY believe that they will change a Democratic vote to a Republican vote and vice versa because of increased spending on ads and corrupt influence? This mid-term election, I'm voting strictly Independent with the caveat that if there isn't an Independent candidate, I'll vote Republican. No amount of money or advertising or lobbyists will change my mind. How does the SCOTUS decision affect my vote? It doesn't but according to Barry, EVIL forces are at play. It's a simple matter of semantics, our constitution and freedom of speech. G.W.B. wasn't the common man. He was a spoiled brat and an ignoramus to boot. Since Kennedy died, the American public hasn't exactly made the best choices for president. Unfortunately, I can't say I'm any better. If I hadn't been in prison for his first term, I would've voted for Bush Jr. The last go round, I voted for Obama. We need a 3 party system.— January 28, 2010 10:50 a.m.
Wall Street is feasting off Main Street’s pain
"I campaigned on the promise of change – change we can believe in, the slogan went. And right now, I know there are many Americans who aren’t sure if they still believe we can change – or at least, that I can deliver it." You can have your change Barry. I want my dollar back!!! Ladies and gentlemen...I give you...the black Jimmy Carter. A one-term, lameduck president. Bush was such a horrible Republican president that we actually voted this guy in? WE need an everyday common man-on-he-street candidate. Some a**hole who picks his nose in traffic, farts in the bathtub and laughs and knows how to do a kegstand. The more things CHANGE, the more they stay the same. Hope is for perennial losers who think with their politics instead of their brain...— January 28, 2010 12:54 a.m.