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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Oct 12, 2008 - 08:13pm PT
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Meow...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 08:15pm PT
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If McCain wins, I don't need to do anything. I already live in Canada.
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S.Powers
Social climber
Jtree, now in Alaska
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Oct 12, 2008 - 08:52pm PT
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"Now, one more thing.... about those earth spirits.........Do tree (or blueberry) spirits count for anything?"
If they do they sure as hell wont vote republican!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 08:59pm PT
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Given that nepotism and cronyism would likely be continued under a McCain administration, I expect that all of us who wanted will find work with our friend FatTrad, the new emperor of Yosemite.
Apparently I'm in line to run the Camp 4 profit centre. I rather like the title "King of Camp 4", but will settle for Prince.
All hail the omniscient, omnipotent FatTrad!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 09:59pm PT
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Do you think we should eat them also? If so, how should they be prepared? As a free thinker, and an independent voter who has voted for candidates of several different parties, I expect I'll be on the menu also. Nobody likes us.
Given your views, you'll really enjoy reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal" - http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
Swift, of course, was one of those DWM authors from the classic canon, which 'liberals' such as me are supposed to sneer at.
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jstan
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 10:16pm PT
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Lois:
Actually one of the most effective ways to meet your goal of ending free speech is to have our intel agencies bug phone communications between our troops in Iraq and their families. If there is a bad conversation that individual can be assigned extra duty. Problem solved. A few unfortunate events and the point would be gotten both in Iraq and here in the US.
You will have to work on that and see if you can git er dun.
I don't know why it is this administration does not think of these really obvious ideas.
EDIT:
It would appear Lois does not read the papers. An investigation was reported two days ago to have found that this bugging of conversations between troops and people in the US has been ongoing for some time.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 10:41pm PT
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Good news, LEB! FatTrad has decided that you can be Queen of Camp Curry in the New Yosemite. No application or interview required - as a good Republican, I'm sure you can understand the wisdom of keeping these things in the family.
In your new job, you will have domain over all you can see. Many bears, deer, raccoons and coyotes are included, and there'll be a few skwirrrrls too.
However, it is a condition of the job that you will only be permitted to visit Camp 4 on Sadie Hawkin's Day. While there, you may look, but must not otherwise molest the chiseled bronzed ripped studly young men. No touching, fondling, drooling, fantasizing or toe tapping. Especially, no talking or lecturing.
Accommodations in Camp Curry included.
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jstan
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 10:59pm PT
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Today while walking down to Trader Joe's I told PT I was a good republican.
She said, "There is no such thing."
We both used to be republicans.
Which brings me to another thought I had.
Who do you suppose might be the one person with a chance of actually saving Abraham Lincoln's party? You got it.
Barack Obama.
After several attempts to steal Lincoln's body it was entombed in a cube of concrete tens of feet on a side. If Barack pulls it off and saves the true Republican party I almost expect that cube will rise to the surface in Springfield and a great roar will be heard for a hundred miles.
Not really, but I do get fervent at times.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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My guess is that the skwirrrls, the bears, and maybe other critters, spend a lot of time eating the apples. So that would be a big part of your job - making sure everyone shares. But don't tell the other Republicans, or any kindergarten. As for grafting and propagating - well, graft is something that Republicans are supposed to know quite a lot about. And the Republican propaganda mill, or at least that of their fellow travellers, would have us believe that Barack Obama is a foreign Muslim terrorist. I'm sure you'll think of something.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:33pm PT
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Material happiness means your bliss will be decreased.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:42pm PT
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...Obama lead shrinks to 6 points!...
That was probably here in Arizona.
Curt
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jstan
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:45pm PT
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This thread has gotten so erratic I shall have to bring it back to the subject by giving my trip report for the Ventura Games.
America is in deep trouble. Very deep trouble. All of the bands were down from ten or twelve pipers to six or seven at most. The band in Redlands used to have twelve pipers some driving as much as four hundred miles to make band practice. On Saturday they had only six! We need a Federal subsidy to cover the cost of gasoline for pipers driving to band practice. Without it we face ruin!
And the quality of the people has sunk beyond belief. One example. When I was playing if you came into a room of nothing but your very best friends and family with a kilt that was a half inch too high or too low the icy stares from all directions told you right away you no longer needed your vocal cords. For the rest of your life no one would ever again speak to you. I saw a guy talking and laughing with a kilt that was two inches above the point of his knees. Two whole inches wrong and laughing! Indisputably, we are going down.
There was just one elevating experience. In the facing bleachers I saw a young lassie with long golden hair streaming in the wind. She had the best shoulders I have ever seen. I don't often get romantic but I was out of control. What a treasure she must be at lambing time.
Anyway after the games ended I had an hour to kill before my train so I walked over to Yvon's. It was 5PM on a Saturday so I knew he would be working. The lady at the store said he wasn't though. That he was probably surfing.
Damn kids. Surfing when they should be working.
Where is all this going to end? I ask you.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:47pm PT
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As long as there are slaughter-houses, there will be battlefields. Leo Tolstoy
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
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Q: "Where is all this going to end? I ask you."
A: Apparently with retired gentlemen wearing skirts and torturing pigs.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:56pm PT
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Why does the red apple fall off the tree but not the green apple?
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jstan
climber
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:57pm PT
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I give up.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Oct 12, 2008 - 11:59pm PT
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..Why does the red apple fall off the tree but not the green apple?...
What if you're color blind?
Curt
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 13, 2008 - 12:00am PT
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That means conditional, gravitation works on condition.
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jstan
climber
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Oct 13, 2008 - 12:01am PT
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Kevin has just found Lois's only weakness.
It will all be easy from here.
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