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  1. Skookum says: 1

    The turtle looks like Fearless Reader practicing for the surrender to the Taliban ceremonies. I have nothing against turtles.

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    December 1, 2009 at 9:34 pm
  2. Hard Right says: 2

    The turtle union will be suing you for defamation thanks to that statement Skooks.

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    December 1, 2009 at 9:38 pm
  3. Gregory_Dittman says: 3

    A little practice can get you anywhere. Here a now five year old youtube drumming sensation does a sound check with KISS.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElEB-6Ky1Y

    Here he is playing KISS on his drum kit.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSpAw8wMgs&feature=related

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    December 1, 2009 at 9:38 pm
  4. American Voter says: 4

    “The Chicago Way”-a method of bamboozling and backstabbing-is leading to disillusionment by significant portions of the Left with Barack Obama, the man it hailed as supposedly the most inspiring Democrat since Bobby Kennedy. Here how The Chicago Way works. ”
    ——————————
    This was written as a prelude to a lengthy, but-worth-it-article by Chicago area blogger, Tom Roesen, on “The Chicago Way.” If you have time, inclination to read, it gives some insights that come from living, working in the Chicago area. I know that MISSY, a knowledgeable FA poster/commenter, has mentioned that she also reads Roesen.

    With so many excellent authors at FA — and guest posters, I hesistate referring to another blog but there is much at stake with a President groomed by the Chicago political machine — I thought this pertinent. In particular, comparing the way ObamaCare is being rammed through ala Mayor Daley style. . .referred to as “The Same Number-Fudging in D. C.”

    ——————————-
    http://tomroeser.com/sectionlist.asp?s=&month=11&year=2009
    –The scroll down to
    11/25/2009
    Personal Aside: How “The Chicago Way” Moved to Washington.

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    December 1, 2009 at 9:45 pm
  5. Wisdom says: 5

    Am I the only one who is pissed off because theOne’s announcement that he was going to send in 30,000 troops to reinforce the withdrawal from Afghanistan came during Charlie Brown’s Christmas Special? Damned communist!

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    December 1, 2009 at 11:16 pm
  6. MataHarley says: 6

    It’s a conspiracy, I tell ya Wisdom! Lucy was being shorted full payment for her psychiatrist stand, and the POTUS didn’t want her spilling the beans.

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    December 1, 2009 at 11:20 pm
  7. Skookum says: 7

    I think the psych and lemonade combination stand may be one of the few viable business models during this time of The Age Of Obama Nuts.

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    December 1, 2009 at 11:38 pm
  8. Patvann says: 8

    TOUCHDOWN!!!

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    December 1, 2009 at 11:51 pm
  9. Davey says: 9

    While scuba diving off the coast of Bermuda I looked up to see what had cut the hose to my respirator. Attack of the Atomic Turtletoids!

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    December 2, 2009 at 3:29 am
  10. pdill says: 10

    It is little known, however, that there is a federal agency that tops the others in secrecy by a country mile. The Federal Reserve System is accountable to no one; it has no budget; it is subject to no audit; and no Congressional committee knows of, or can truly supervise, its operations. The Federal Reserve, virtually in total control of the nation’s vital monetary system, is accountable to nobody—and this strange situation, if acknowledged at all, is invariably trumpeted as a virtue. …

    I’ve been wanting to write a reader post on the Federal Reserve but haven’t been able to find much free time lately. Thanks to Mish Shedlock, and this gem of a post, much of what I would write about is all here; a great read. Here’s a few excerpts, but anyone with even the slightest interest will want to read the entire post. It also contains a link to Rothbard’s ‘Case Against the Fed’. For the record, I’m no Ron Paul fan, but I do agree he’s got it right when it comes to the FR.

    Excerpts of Mish’s response to Bernake:

    Bernanke: The Federal Reserve, like other regulators around the world, did not do all that it could have to constrain excessive risk-taking in the financial sector in the period leading up to the crisis. We have extensively reviewed our performance and moved aggressively to fix the problems.

    Mish: Ben you acted the way all regulators act: Doing nothing while Rome burns, then attempting to prevent Rome from burning after it has already burnt to the ground.

    Ben, in case you did not notice, the market already shut down subprime mortgages, pay option ARMS, HELOCs, and excessive credit card debt. Your feeble cries are too little, too late. At best your efforts would prevent the last problem, but not the next one. The market has already prevented the last problem privately, even as Fannie and Freddie are once again taking on excessive risk as government entities.

    The first thing any regulator in his right mind would do would be to shut down Fannie and Freddie, yet you and the Fed feed the beast, bloating your balance sheet with garbage in the process.

    […]

    Bernanke: We have come a long way in our battle against the financial and economic crisis, but there is a long way to go. Now more than ever, America needs a strong, nonpolitical and independent central bank with the tools to promote financial stability and to help steer our economy to recovery without inflation.

    Mish: Indeed, we have come a long way thanks to Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill. There still is a long way to go. It is time to put in a plan to phase out fractional reserve lending and phase in a dollar backed by something rather than nothing before the Fed can do any more damage to the economy.

    My Plea For Everyone

    I ask everyone to read Murry N. Rothbard, The Case Against The Fed.

    It is a short 151 pages, and easily understandable by all. Here is an online PDF of The Case Against The Fed and it is free courtesy of Mises.

    […]

    Stop the Power Grab

    It is imperative to stop the Fed’s power grab. The Fed bailed out banks and the bondholders of banks, illegally, at taxpayer expense. Moreover, the Fed would do it again in a flash. While the bondholders were made whole (the same applies to Fannie and Freddie), taxpayers are footing the bill.

    Moreover the Fed has expanded its balance sheet by $trillions and no one really knows exactly what is in it, how much it is worth, or how much taxpayers might be on the hook for it.

    While making claims of transparency, the Fed has fought to kill mark to market accounting at banks and the Fed certainly does not mark its own books to market. The whole thing is a huge shell game. The FDIC and the entire banking system is insolvent.

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    December 2, 2009 at 4:46 am
  11. pdill says: 11

    Last post went to spam #10

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    December 2, 2009 at 4:51 am
  12. URI says: 12

    Poor Caretta Caretta, just saw Biden in his underwear!

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    December 2, 2009 at 5:15 pm
  13. bill-tb says: 13

    Is the turtle diving for the missing HD/CRU data?

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    December 5, 2009 at 11:37 am
  15. eaglewingz08 says: 15

    I found the dumped raw temperature data from UEA and it wont be pretty for the warmists!

    Obama’s getting on the global warming Titanic AFTER it struck the iceberg?!

    Max Baucus wanted his BFF to be a US Attorney, no wonder he wanted Viagra covered by Obamacare!

    Obama went to Copenhagen and all I got was a shell game!

    You’d look like this too if you saw Hillary skinny dipping!

    I just heard that the WH party crashers wanted Turtle Soup on the menu!

    I’m the new mascot for Obama’s Afghanistan policy!

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    December 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm

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  17. Sid says: 16

    Tiger did what?

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    December 5, 2009 at 8:31 pm
  18. Hard Right says: 17

    Sid, he got in trouble for playing the 19th hole. (sorry, couldn’t resist)

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    December 5, 2009 at 8:43 pm
  19. Mike_W says: 18

    Turtle Offers Freebies for Climate Conference Delegates!

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    December 6, 2009 at 4:28 am
  20. Skookum says: 19

    Obama and Pelosi just figured out a new turtle tax.

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    December 6, 2009 at 8:49 am
  21. Hankster58 says: 20

    Turtle says… “Obama wants to do WHAT????”

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    December 6, 2009 at 10:47 am
  22. Maggie says: 21

    ATTENTION: Dec 7 Navy SEALs Courts-Martial PROTEST – Norfolk Virginia

    http://tinyurl.com/ygmk9yn

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    December 6, 2009 at 5:53 pm

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