TGO David

Volzfan, keep in mind my friend that you're showing respect to the office and not necessarily the occupant. I will go a step further and recommend that if you're the praying kind, that you say one daily for Obama and ask that God use him for good. There are plenty of accounts in the Bible of that very thing happening; a bad ruler used for good purposes.

Collection Purposes.

I'd be careful making comments like that. The proper avenue of attack is to oust them at the polls.

The GOP needs top-down firings courtesy of the constituents. Fire the old guys, bring in the fresh blood. There is a whole generation of "Reagan Republicans" out there comping at the bit to be given a chance. It's time the out of touch old farts be given their walking papers.

Waste of effort. It's time to revamp the GOP. They already have the infrastructure and the finances. Like it or not, there's a reason why third parties never get anywhere and never will. American politics is functionally a two party system and always will be.

To Lucky's defense... I just revised and activated that announcement last night. It will show up at the top of the forum pages every evening between 8pm - 10pm CST to remind folks.

Works fine. Maybe if you get that error message to Triple Digit, he can fix the Internets.

Slim, you really seem to be living in your own little world and nothing anyone says here is going to convince you any different. Rather than keep this crap going, why don't you move on to something else? I'm closing this thread. Troll elsewhere.

You should work for Microsoft.

Huh?

The course that they most assuredly will take. My theory is that that unopposed, it will progress something like this: 1st step... new, non-expiring "Assault Weapons" ban. 2nd step... serious taxation on ammo and firearms themselves. Likely parallel with the passing of the 1st step. 3rd step... government sponsored buy-backs 4th step... forced forfeiture and confiscation

I've come to understand that it's not always bad when you see a woman in a burqa.

The extending camera pod in the rear of the truck is obviously for peering over supermodels' privacy fences.

Whomever you name in the Trust.

Agreed. Yes but racist comments are not welcome here. There are plenty of narrow-minded forums for such things elsewhere. Here, we're at least going to try to maintain a margin of tact and decorum. Right now I realize that tensions are high among supporters of both candidates. There's no reason to stoop to the level that we've seen from some of Obama's supporters.

I just moved it to the main menu bar.

What he said.

I need to take a better picture of that one. It actually said "Rabbi Drooled Here" but the camera angle made that a pretty common misrepresentation.

There's a pretty funny story about that tat. Ask your mom about it sometime.

Unfortunately it sort of got real popular on sites like Glock Talk after the movie 300 came out. I still love the story of the Battle for Thermopylae and the defiant attitude of not giving in to one's adversary, so I'm still proud of the ink. It's a little more than just the words Μολὼν λαβέ though.

I'll ****ing stab you with a ****ing french fry.

I got mine way before they were cool. Way before the movie. Way before most people even knew what it meant.

Bah... pain is relative. Tattoos don't hurt.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122584386627599251.html The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president. AP According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right. This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, "Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust." Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties. The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there. It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right. Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country's current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them. Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, "We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America." To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman's low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history. Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman's presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years -- and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks. The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time. Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House. Mr. Shapiro is an investigative reporter and lawyer who previously interned with John F. Kerry's legal team during the presidential election in 2004.

Yep. Shopping based on price alone is a recipe for epic failure.