Conservative Thread: We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once

[Soarin08]

I have a sweet tooth so, I LOVE blueberry blintzes with whipped cream. **looking for smiley that's licking it's lips**

I don't like blueberries that much.

 

[Soarin08]

Ok, well I'm going to bed....

 

[SorcererDonald16]

Thanks for the prayers and tips, all. I'm about to turn in myself.

I'm exhausted. Been fighting with Facebook for the past hour plus trying to upload photos and take my mind off of other stuff. Facebook's photo uploader doesn't like me much, to put it politely.

Night all!

 

[Soarin08]

Thanks for the prayers and tips, all. I'm about to turn in myself.

I'm exhausted. Been fighting with Facebook for the past hour plus trying to upload photos and take my mind off of other stuff. Facebook's photo uploader doesn't like me much, to put it politely.

Night all!

You have Facebook? I don't know if we're friends on there on not.... Yeah uploading photos there is a total pain. But it's worse on MySpace.

 

[TLSnell1981]

I don't like blueberries that much.

I just love blintzes. Any fruit and whipped cream makes them even better. Of course, I love the cream cheese too.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Thanks for the prayers and tips, all. I'm about to turn in myself.

I'm exhausted. Been fighting with Facebook for the past hour plus trying to upload photos and take my mind off of other stuff. Facebook's photo uploader doesn't like me much, to put it politely.

Night all!

A wise, wise woman once said,

" I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow. "

I love Scarlett O'hara!!

Goodnight, sleep tight......and Hakuna Matata.

 

[blestmom]

Oh boy...the kids xBox got delivered today. Don't think I'll see my kids for awhile!

 

[SorcererDonald16]

You have Facebook? I don't know if we're friends on there on not.... Yeah uploading photos there is a total pain. But it's worse on MySpace.

Nope, we're not; I don't believe I've given anyone here the links to my pages. I have both, although I put most of my pictures on Facebook. Very few of my friends have MySpace, but my best friend does, and that's the easiest way for me to get ahold of her. Hence I have a MySpace page. I'm barely on either one anymore though.

Night for real, all.

 

[Michelle67]

Here's my political gripe for the day. My 4th grade daughter was finishing up her homework packet this evening, and came to tell me that she needs to know who the last two presidents were (she knows who the president is, but didn't know who the last one was) and something that each did for the country. I didn't want to just give her the answers for her homework, so I brought her in my room and went to "ask jeeves" for her, and told her how to ask her question there. I figured that was a reasonably safe site to use for a grade school child instead of just sending her out on Yahoo or something.

So anyhow...Bill Clinton comes up with scads of sites praising him and listing his accomplishments. Then she types in George W Bush accomplishments, and almost every single link on the first page was snarky and insulting. I know it's the internet, and I know people have these opinions. But geez.

So many things I wanted to reply to, but I don't have the energy. I read it all though.

Had a very rough day. Been under a lot of stress lately, and today was particularly upsetting. If y'all could say some prayers for God to help me to calm down, not worry so much, and de-stress, I'd really appreciate it.

I thought about our Washington State buds when I read this....from Ann Coulter and, about the time I thought Coleman was winning in MN, she mentions that the same person responsible for the debacle in WA is the same one in charge of the mess in MN --

if she's so tired, maybe she needs a little bit of La Obama Soda to perk up a bit...

I'd be scared to death to drink that. Probably give you some kinda freaky acid trip.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

A wise, wise woman once said, I love Scarlett O'hara!!

Goodnight, sleep tight......and Hakuna Matata.

Being a Southern gal and a fan of all-things Atlanta... I love Gone with the Wind!

I didn't want to just give her the answers for her homework, so I brought her in my room and went to "ask jeeves" for her, and told her how to ask her question there. I figured that was a reasonably safe site to use for a grade school child instead of just sending her out on Yahoo or something.

So anyhow...Bill Clinton comes up with scads of sites praising him and listing his accomplishments. Then she types in George W Bush accomplishments, and almost every single link on the first page was snarky and insulting. I know it's the internet, and I know people have these opinions. But geez.

Okay, I'm relieved. Reading your story, I was sure some of Clinton's infamous "accomplishments" (in regards to females...) was what was going to come up for your DD to read. Bush-related snark is better than her reading that trash, at least.

And now, for the third time, good night! Third time's the charm! Either that or three strikes and I'm out. Hmm. I'll go with the baseball analogy.

 

[Michelle67]

Yeah, that's true. At least "most creative use of a cigar" didn't come up. She was really confused by the snarky sites, though, and came to find me to ask what she should write. I came to look and had to sift through several links before I found one that was willing to actually give GWB credit for doing something positive in his lifetime.

I guess I'll go to bed too, since all you guys are/have. It's still a bit early by my night-owl standards, but I have a raging headache. I was working on some jewelry this afternoon for the charity auction this weekend, and ended up with a screamer. I'm thinking it might be time for glasses. I might be getting too old to do that small work without them.

 

[studentmom]

Did everyone go to bed?

I have a sweet tooth so, I LOVE blueberry blintzes with whipped cream. **looking for smiley that's licking it's lips**

I love blintzes!


Ok, I just watched BW 10 Fascinating People. I got nauseous about halfway through it. Some of her choices were good, like, Will Smith, SP, and they guy who played Nixon. But Tom Cruise? Miley Cyrus? She more or less gave the impression that SP lost the election for McCain . Don't even get me started on the BO worship.

By the way, I want to apologize in advance for any and all spelling and grammatical errors. Usually when I'm on the computer at home, it is very loud and my almost 2 year old is always trying to press the buttons on the keyboard or tries to turn off the power on the computer. Anyhow, I tend to get distracted a bit and I tend to rush in writing my replies. Unfortunately, I don't always catch my mistakes. I hope you all will please forgive me? Trust me, when I do papers for my classes, I do spell check and proofread (a lot) before I turn them in.

 

[Big Deal]

Those sound yummy, but we keep a MICHIGAN household. LOL

awesome. i love those!

 

[Big Deal]

Yup yup!! Nice to have you here!! Pull up a chair and join us Finny!

great!

 

[debbieandroo]

I'm off work tomorrow -- and, of course am staying up way too late.

Michelle, that annoys me, too, about not finding anything good about Pres Bush. At least your daughter knew to ask you about it - lots of kids believe everything they read online.

Big Deal, welcome to the thread. This is a lovely group of folks -- if I do say so myself.

Some funnies to start off everyone's morning --

and this one is a little on the poignant side --

 

[ford family]

Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax
President-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail.

from today's Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rst-campaign-promise-by-dropping-oil-tax.html

Surprised?

ford family

 

[JB111107]

Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax
President-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail.

from today's Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rst-campaign-promise-by-dropping-oil-tax.html

Surprised?

ford family

Has anyone else noticed that the actual news that we, as Americans, should be made aware of in regards to The One, is always reported by British journalists, not American ones?

 

[MeghansMommy]

...maybe the partidge family's bus is available?

Hmm - at least I'd find it in the parking lot.

They taste fantastic under ANY name!

Meghan'smommy>> The pancake chef or whatever its called in Mackinaw City has these on the menu now! I had them last year coming back from the Soo from a hockey tournament. I ordered the buffet, then found out about those, and got so excited the waitress had the cook whip me up a free batch because they weren't out on the breakfast buffet.

Oh, gotta get me some. Yum!!!

Ok, I just watched BW 10 Fascinating People. I got nauseous about halfway through it. Some of her choices were good, like, Will Smith, SP, and they guy who played Nixon. But Tom Cruise? Miley Cyrus? She more or less gave the impression that SP lost the election for McCain . Don't even get me started on the BO worship.

By the way, I want to apologize in advance for any and all spelling and grammatical errors. Usually when I'm on the computer at home, it is very loud and my almost 2 year old is always trying to press the buttons on the keyboard or tries to turn off the power on the computer. Anyhow, I tend to get distracted a bit and I tend to rush in writing my replies. Unfortunately, I don't always catch my mistakes. I hope you all will please forgive me? Trust me, when I do papers for my classes, I do spell check and proofread (a lot) before I turn them in.

Eh - don't worry about it. It's a message board. I could care less about how well people spell and type here.

Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax
President-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail.

from today's Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...rst-campaign-promise-by-dropping-oil-tax.html

Surprised?

ford family

Nope - not surprised at all.

Has anyone else noticed that the actual news that we, as Americans, should be made aware of in regards to The One, is always reported by British journalists, not American ones?

I didn't notice that until now. You're so right.

So, what's going on out on the CB today? I'm afraid to look....

 

[Tink & Goofy]

"just happened to pick up" a WDW book??? hmmmm....seems suspicious. I see a trip to the sunshine state in your future!

No, he works for a company that donates and sells books. He didn't just go buy one.
If we can't go to DLR/DCA, we're certainly not going to WDW.

As for a broken campaign promise, I'm not surprised at all. I expect many, many more.

 

[Geoff_M]

Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax

Surprised?

ford family

Nope... Remember, EVERY statement from Obama has an expiration date!

Here's another interesting story from the WSJ's "Best of the Web":

"Muted By Reality..."

Barack Obama was elected president a month ago and does not take office for another 6½ weeks. But his most fervent supporters already have reason to be disappointed in him. Witness the headline of a "news analysis" in today's New York Times: "Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted by Reality."

"As he moves closer to the White House," the Times reveals, "President-elect Obama is making clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be left behind in Iraq, even if he can make good on his campaign promise to pull all combat forces out within 16 months." That itself is a big "if," as the Times acknowledges:

That status-of-forces agreement remains subject to change, by mutual agreement, and Army planners acknowledge privately that they are examining projections that could see the number of Americans hovering between 30,000 and 50,000--and some say as high as 70,000--for a substantial time even beyond 2011.

We may be in Iraq for a hundred years! The Times notes that "there always was a tension, if not a bit of a contradiction, in the two parts of Mr. Obama's campaign platform to 'end the war' by withdrawing all combat troops by May 2010":

To be sure, Mr. Obama was careful to say that the drawdowns he was promising included only combat troops. But supporters who keyed on the language of ending the war might be forgiven if they thought that would mean bringing home all of the troops.

Hmm, here is what the Times editorial page said about the subject when it endorsed Obama back in October:

The unnecessary and staggeringly costly war in Iraq must be ended as quickly and responsibly as possible.

While Iraq's leaders insist on a swift drawdown of American troops and a deadline for the end of the occupation, Mr. McCain is still talking about some ill-defined "victory." As a result, he has offered no real plan for extracting American troops and limiting any further damage to Iraq and its neighbors.

Mr. Obama was an early and thoughtful opponent of the war in Iraq, and he has presented a military and diplomatic plan for withdrawing American forces. Mr. Obama also has correctly warned that until the Pentagon starts pulling troops out of Iraq, there will not be enough troops to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

It is awfully generous of the Times to forgive Obama's supporters for believing what they read in the Times.

It must be said that not everyone is surprised to find Obama's campaign promises "muted by reality." Those of us who were paying attention to reality before Nov. 4 never took Obama's pledge to flee Iraq seriously. Although it is especially repugnant to seek political gain by promising to lose a war, it is also common for presidential candidates to make unrealistic promises, especially on foreign policy, and disregard them once elected. (Remember how George W. Bush was going to stop "nation building" and Bill Clinton was going to get tough on the Red Chinese?)

Obama thus is carrying on a long tradition of making empty and irresponsible promises. While he may deliver victory in Iraq, his war against cynicism has already been lost.