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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:09 PM Original message |
The world is fucking nuts. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Man the barricades. Seriously there must be a better way... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a suggestion for you: |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. My favorite outdoor hiding place is -5 and covered with snow. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. If you eat that pomegranate in the snow, there will likely be an investigation. |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
63. I heard the latest trend in investigations was to investigate yourself... no need for the basement! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Just the other day, I turned myself in for suspicious activity... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Read a stupid novel. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Not a bad idea. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Memorize a good book for us. We'll need them later. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Ainnit the truth! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. "if there's a new way I'll be the first in line" |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Peace Sells--but who's buying? n/t |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Eat a pomegranate |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Like OJ Simpson's "If I did it"? |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Easier said than done... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. And the spiking energy costs (peak oil/natural gas) will kick the legs out |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Exactly. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. The world should be so lucky. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Aw Jeez I gone and got Politically Incorrect again. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. No, never apologize to a dangerous psychotic. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Well, I'm sure the jack pine nuts will get even later this month. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I follow Hare on that one, and consider psychopaths to be a hard-core subset |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Check. I tend to be Hare-brained, too. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I've often mused on the fact that we don't have a really good instrument |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yep. Factor 2 is, imho, not evident in the same ways. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Frogs in a pot |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. That has GOT to be your BEST WORK EVER! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I'm honored that you should grace my humble thread with this masterpiece. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I had forgotten about the IAFN DU chapter |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't think Pelosi waterboarded people or participated in torture plans with Bush administration. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh, well, to get serious for a second, |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I think it is good for Sheehan to run against her, There are also other Dems (who I think |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Sheehan should be running as a Dem in the primary, though. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. You forgot about declining oil production and |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No I didn't. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've been recording reruns of MASH to remind myself that we've |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I've been rerunning my flashbacks from Vietnam for the same reason. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. That should read "America is fucking nuts." |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. 8 days is a long time to run. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Almost as long as the Qantas flight! |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. A gift for Jackpine: |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Much appreciated. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The world |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know if it's fear of losing their careers. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. I recommend any novel by Asimov |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I've read most of his stuff. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Try Ben Bova. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I haven't read any of his more recent stuff. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I haven't read anything recent of his either. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yes, I used to like his work. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. How about David Eddings? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Somehow, Eddings required more patience than I was willing to expend. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Sometimes I like getting engrossed in a book in order to |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Your mileage may vary, but I've found Vonnegut the perfect tonic in those moods. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. The only thing of Heller's I was able to read was Catch-22. |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Stupid novels? Jeez, take your pick. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. I picked up and read some of McCullough's biography on Truman |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Interesting idea. I don't know the book. |
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Ferretherder (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ok. I'm with ya' on the whole.... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. Not sure how that is anatomically possible... (nt) |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Well...Ahem. Technically and literally speaking, I suppose you're right. |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. Maybe the G. W. Bush "Reverse-Midas-Touch" reverses itself... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. three simple facts to remember . . . |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. There you go |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Try this: The World Today's Gone Absolutely Crackers! |
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