By George, ....

raincat · Post by **raincat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:20 am

To much story...too little time. Like my old gand pappy used to say..."you could look it up".
Or, if you want me to answer a specific question, as Click and Clack would say, "mail your question on a $20 bill and I'll get back to you".

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:27 am

Wow, another similarity with Bush. 10 hours sleep for Cal. Nappy time, vacation time, play (workout) time for Georgie.

Hey, c'mon Raincat. This isn't like an unsolicited request, you brought it up. What are you too busy with, posting on the Smack Board?

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:29 am

iaafan wrote:Wow, another similarity with Bush. 10 hours sleep for Cal. Nappy time, vacation time, play (workout) time for Georgie.

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH

raincat · Post by **raincat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:40 pm

Lazy. There is so much right here on the internet about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. I hiked it to you dems, but you dropped the ball. It WAS Hoover, who internationally came off as a hero. But he was playing off basic politics. Guess who suffered most. Guess who were lied to most. Guess who left the republican party in droves as a result.

Maybe for starters you can browse nationmaster.com
Dig up the Great Flood of etc. There's a ton of material.
That's it. Raincat has left the building.

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:57 pm

Ponycat wrote:Actually things were pretty darn good when Coolidge was Pres., although I would say he was far more responsible for the depression than Hoover. Funny thing about Coolidge was he demanded that he get at least 10 hours of sleep a day.

somehow i dont think that politicans these days get about 10 hours of sleep in a week let alone the president. The Chief Executive was pretty much in the 1800's mold back then - it was a bad thing to take a activist roll.

why cant it be that way now??

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:08 pm

raincat wrote:To much story...too little time. Like my old gand pappy used to say..."you could look it up".
Or, if you want me to answer a specific question, as Click and Clack would say, "mail your question on a $20 bill and I'll get back to you".

Raincat, don't take this personally, but I really hate it when people do this on a message board.

If you have an argument to make, then make it, and maybe some of us will agree with you. If you're not going to make the argument, though, you're not going to convince many people of anything by throwing a few half-sentences at us that hint that you might have a point, and then expecting us to go on an internet scavenger hunt to figure out what your point is and whether or not we agree with you.

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:39 pm

Ponycat: Not trying to be mean spirited or ruin your fun, but your reference to Howard Dean with the yeeeaaaaah! thing may not be what you think it is.

That clip was taken out of context and it made Dean look real bad. If you were to watch the whole speech it made sense and he was just firing up his staff and campaign workers. The media screwed him and they have admitted as much.

But this wasn't take out of context:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... 077477.jpg

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:59 pm

It's your story and your post so tell it like you want.

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:59 pm

YEEEEAAAHHHH

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:01 pm

I see.

Bleedinbluengold · Post by **Bleedinbluengold** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:12 am

NO WAY!

The media fried somebody by promoting a sound bite, which was obviously taken out of context? Apparently it can happen to anyone whether a dem or rep.

That's 2 times I've been

in 1 thread.

Would that mean, then, that Bush and Dean have something in common, too?

As Bush would quote Dean: HEYYAAAAA!

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:43 am

Found this - Learch is making a comback!!

To: National Desk

Contact: David Wade or April Boyd, 202-224-4159

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Below is a statement from Senator John Kerry on President Bush's address tonight on the devastation of Hurricane Katrina:

"Leadership isn't a speech or a toll-free number. Leadership is getting the job done. No American doubts that New Orleans will rise again, they doubt the competence and commitment of this Administration. Weeks after Katrina, Americans want an end to politics-as-usual that leaves them dangerously and unforgivably unprepared. Americans want to know that their government will be there when it counts with leadership that keeps them safe, not speeches in the aftermath to explain away the inexcusable."

http://www.usnewswire.com/

sounds like soore loose to me

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:05 pm

Sounds like what every Senator should be saying to me....

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:02 pm

[quote="Bleedinbluengold"]NO WAY!

The media fried somebody by promoting a sound bite, which was obviously taken out of context? Apparently it can happen to anyone whether a dem or rep.

That's 2 times I've been

in 1 thread.

Would that mean, then, that Bush and Dean have something in common, too?[/quote]

No, I think it just means you and Ponycat have something in common.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:28 pm

Bleedinbluengold wrote:NO WAY!

The media fried somebody by promoting a sound bite, which was obviously taken out of context? Apparently it can happen to anyone whether a dem or rep.

That's 2 times I've been in 1 thread.

If you want to make it three times in one thread, then check out the quote by Al Gore that Republicans and the media somehow twisted into "I invented the internet."

raincat · Post by **raincat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:48 pm

Gizlaw: not taking it personally. This is just a "hangout". I don't come on here to argue with anyone. Just trying to make a point..crap happens, it has happend before, it will happen again. You can look it up or you can ignore it. Makes no difference to me.

Go Bobcats!

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:36 pm

iaafan wrote:Ponycat: Not trying to be mean spirited or ruin your fun, but your reference to Howard Dean with the yeeeaaaaah! thing may not be what you think it is.

Not sure how you take that out of context but what ever.

When I refer to the yeaaaah it usually after you make a Dean like comment that is intellectually dishonest, mean spirited, or just plain blinded by ideology. So no I don't think your crazy...just an awful lot like Dean, which I'm sure you think is a compliment and since it isn't meant as one I do the YEEEAAAHHH thing.

Oh and by the way, should Bush just have gotten up in the middle of the UN meeting, I curious what that note hasl to do with anything.

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:15 pm

The media successfully portrayed Dean as speaking to the nation, not just his campaign people, so that's what I mean by out of context. That would be a text book case, if ever there was one.

As for the Bush note, it says it all. There's nothing to take out of context. He simply needed to take a whiz and asked Condi how to go about doing so. It was funny, but the conservatives are all 'pI$$'d off' (no pun intended) at Reuters over it.

iaafan · Post by **iaafan** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:26 pm

And by the way, a while back I picked up on the fact that people just weren't taking what I say as a joke, so I have been putting the

in all my posts when no harm or mean-spiritedness is intended. So when I make fun of Rovis and Bush-head with Beavis and Butt-head slang, I'm just giving them and their backers a hard time. Imitation is the ultimate form of flattery, as they say.

Also, rarely do have I ever say or do something intellectual, which excuses me from being ideological. But thanks anyway.

Ponycat · Post by **Ponycat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:33 pm

Damn you iaafan
I've been in a bad mood all day b/c of work and I think I took some of it out on you and you have shown that you are a far better man than I. Sorry if I offended.

And a big YEEEEEAAHHH to me.

By the way get on Rove all you want. I'm not much of a fan of his. My brother told me I had the same glasses as him a while back and I've have been looking for a new pair ever since.