By:
Mike Finnigan on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 8:00 AM - PDT
d r i f t g l a s s: “The Old Men”
Open Left: Ending the nomination campaign
Whiskey Fire: I keep forgetting that Chuck Norris has a column at Townhall. Let’s head over there and see what this great big stick of fistic jerky has to say to us.
Calculated Risk: FDIC to hire more workers, braces for bank failures
INSTAPUTZ: Packer
one good move: Celebrity Endorsement
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Veterans react to Clinton’s Bosnia claim
Some video of the biggest stories happening today:
IRAQ - Fresh Clashes In Basra, Elsewhere As Ceasefire May Be Ending
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPl.....5053aa9b96
BBC Iraq Correspondent Adam Brookes On Situation
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPl.....7aa75d9504
Antarctic Shelf “Hangs By Thread”
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPl.....843aa61361
Chuck Norris: A legend in his own mind
AFP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Iran is behind the violence raging in Iraq by providing training to those firing rockets in Baghdad and by not doing enough to rein in lawless gunmen in Basra, the US military charged Wednesday.
With a Western war with Iran nearing execution, there’s no reason not to expect oil to spike to levels it saw during the 1981 Iran-Iraq war - well over $250 a barrel.
Mitt Romney (Bain Capital Partners) is trying to complete a buyout of Clear Channel, but banks won’t give him a loan for the buyout. Clear Channel is sooooo itching to sell off that they’re willing to sue the banks to fork over the money.
I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Mittens tries again in 2012, and virtually every radio station in the US will be used as his mouthpiece.
So we going to sit around and let the Right Wingers destroy whatever remains are left of America?
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
“And I-ran I ran so far away, but couldn’t get away.”A Flock of Seagulls in the 80’s
They will spend decades (as they already have) waging little cross border wars with Iran. Nothing new is going on. It’s been going on since the 50’s. It’s the oil!! Must have the oil!! *or at least higher prices so we make billions profit*
Meanwhile, Ford is so hard up for money that they had to sell off the luxury brands that they bought several years ago (Jaguar and Land Rover) to a no-name Indian car company.
L.A. Confidential @ 6:
How many times have the “Dems” been begged to do something about all the crap this government has done, and how many times has it been shrugged off, or excused, or plain outright ignored because it was nothing more than a conspiracy theory?
Me thinks it isn’t just the Repugs and I know you agree. Problem is Joe Blow is barely employed at the local Walmart and is working 60 hours a week to afford life and his medical insurance to really do anything about it.
L.A. Confidential @ 6:
Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie.
Probably
Blue Taliban Osama Buddha @ 8:
Ford is near bankruptcy. Guess increasing prices to near unaffordability plans haven’t quite worked out like they thought. Guess it wasn’t a better idea than say, making a decent vehicle.
ConcernedCanuck @ 9:
The danger is that the public will want to mount a kind of last stand effort to defend a way of life that has no future under any circumstances at this stage.
Blue Taliban Osama Buddha @ 5:
Are banks finally discovering that it’s not the home loans that are the problem, but the corporate elite are the bigget reason things are going ineo the toilet.
Wall Street Coke Addicts at work
12099.66 -293.00
We need anudder’ FIX!!!!
L.A. Confidential @ 12:
Yep. Too late. The good ol’ global free trade crapola has pretty much let the corporations and that 1% basically own everything.
ConcernedCanuck @ 11:
Have you driven a Ford lately? I own a Ranger 4X4 that is 10 yrs old and have had no problems and the maintenance has been less expensive than the European and Japanese vehicles. I really get tired of people that knock American made products that don’t experience the use of those products.
300 Days!!!
There are only 300 days remaining of this criminal administration!!!
L.A. Confidential @ 14:
Why do you keep posting this, LAC? It’s -107 so far today.
I keep forgetting that Chuck Norris exists
Ron @ 16:
Have you owned a ford lately that is less than 10 years old? The quality of vehicles has really went down.
Ron @ 16:
My company was all Ford trucks (18) until the owners decided they had enough Fix Or Repair Daily. They are junk. We switched to GM. That too was a failure. They were never actually made to do work. Just bought 2 new Toyotas last year (made here by the way) and have had no problems. Don’t support anything because it’s made locally. Anthrax was made locally too and what good was that?
navyswan @ 19:
Oh, so you own one of these vehicles. Let’s be a little more specific.
Dr. Acula @ 17:
Oh. . . -107 your right the chart I was looking at is off. Even the tape is on crack.
navyswan @ 19:
They are Junk with a capital J with a huge price tag.
navyswan @ 19:
My last two cars have been Chrysler and I can say they have been terrific and much better than any MOPAR product from the 80s.
BTW, there are only 300 days remaining of this criminal administration.
Dr. Hussien Matt @ 25:
You hope.
L.A. Confidential @ 22:
Good ‘ol Halliburton is another story tho…check out their stock price over the last 5 yrs. It’s gone from about $8/share to almost $40!
ConcernedCanuck @ 20:
Maybe the ones your company bought, were made in Canada. When employees use the vehicles, it’s a fact that they don’t take care of the vehicles as they would their own.
Dr. Hussien Matt @ 25:
300 days the Federal Reserve and US Treasury will be tirelessly hard at work emptying out government coffers to transfer the country’s remaining wealth to their banking Pig Men cronies.
Shouldna Whiskey Fire call chuck norris spastic-jerky?
Or even better spastic-colon?
Chuck Norris: the ultimate GOP running mate
Chucks youthful vigor and appeal to the conservative base is EXACTLY what McWhereAmI needs!
Chuck’s toupee is almost as ridiculous as his “essay”.
sofla @ 32:
almost.
Ron @ 28:
You can’t make excuses for them Ron. They are junk. Made in Canada or the US does not matter, both are the same company. Our employees have no choice but to take care of them. One person and one person alone drives each truck and it is their’s until we buy new ones. There is no Big 3, shop local anymore. Toyota and the other “foreign” carmakers have plants all over here now. They are just as local. Makes not one bit of difference. If they have a better vehicle, it will sell. If the Big 3 would have designed something better, instead of spending all their time getting government handouts, maybe their products would be worth buying.
Ron @ 21:
I own a Chevy. My dad owns a Ford truck. My mom has a GM. I will not be buying an American car as my next car mainly because American car companies put out gas guzzling polluters. I am going to find a more environmentally friendly car.
ConcernedCanuck @ 34:
With that kind of thinking, no wonder the economy is in the tank. I say B.S. The fact that the employee drives that one truck until you get new ones, drives my point. It is the maintenance. When your company has to start making repairs on those trucks, they will find that has cost a lot more than their fords did. Obviously you don’t support unions either.
navyswan @ 19:
Consumer Reports has observed that the quality of Ford’s passenger cars has improved considerably in the last few years. They say the quality of Ford trucks has not kept pace, though.
navyswan @ 35:
Fact, if you buy a SUV made in U.S.A. or made in any other part of the world, they are going to get the same kind of gas milage, unless you buy a hybrid.
Blue Lensman @ 31:
Chuck is only 4 years younger than McCain. I guess the difference is he’s spent most of his career pretending to fight people in front of a camera. So at least he’s in shape. If ‘head up ass’ is a shape.
Ron @ 38:
There is the crux of the issue. I will never ever buy an SUV. I own a car and I am looking for a car with better gas mileage, preferably a good hybrid. From the research I have done, the American hybrid cars are nowhere near the level that some foreign cars are.