Good lord, how many partook of this Irish feast? You, Okies know how to party.
You know, I don't have a clue. The party was supposed to start at 7. At around 7:15 I was worried as there was only about ten people here. Then sometime between 7:15 and 7:30 the place was packed and more people kept showing up damn near all night. I know that 60 were invited and I know more than that showed up, because we told our friends that they could bring other friends if they wanted to. Almost everybody brought food as well. The dinning room table was over flowing with food and we had to move all of the desserts onto one of the counters in the kitchen, the middle of the bar-top in my bar was covered with appetizers. Some people told me that they had to park a block or more away from the house. I have an ice maker in the bar plus the the two refrigerators and the freezer and they couldn't keep up and we went through an additional five or six large big bags of ice.
Believe it or not, I ended up with more beer than I had stocked for the party. Also ended up with a couple of very nice bottles of Irish Whiskey that some friends brought for me, sipping on a glass (neat) out of one them right now.
I didn't do a hell of lot Sunday, my poor old leg gave up and went on strike.
I'm getting too old for this sh!t.
(No arguments, fights, DUIs or accidents, so that was good. )
You folks have your fun with Barry and all but please do not wind up the Germans with that! You just look across at the "Tohuwabohu" but I have to live here!
It is bad enough that this economic carry-on has spilt over onto the rest of the world after getting its start in the USA. Now Barry is going to hit the road with his blinged-out 747, his monster Caddies, his own helo squadron and enough S.S. to take over Burkina Faso and get these simple, easily-deluded Germans screaming with... what, exactly?
No, you need him right there at home, hard at work in the Oval Office.
Send us Nancy Pelosi instead. I think a dinky little GV can make Washington-Berlin non-stop with IFR reserves but check with jcb on that one...
I continue to chuckle over a pundit's take on President Obama'a gracious gift of a gift pack of 25 American movie CDs. For example (these aren't original but I don't remember to whom to attribute them):
'Psycho' was one of them, but 'Clueless' was not.
When GB settled down to play them, "Wrong Region" appeared on the screen, as US and UK DVD formats are incompatible. To get even on 'Barack Oprompta's' next trip to the UK, the plans to get even by sneaking "Ron Region" into BHO's teleprompter when he rises to propose a toast.
I watched the, err, interview, if you care to call it that. Very softball as expected, on the subject of sub-prime loans President Obama left himself wide open, of course Leno did not pursue the opening, really didn't expect him to. I did notice that Obama was very careful not to place blame of the current economical mess directly on the Bush Administration, at one point he actually stated that the problems started 10 to 15 years ago, which would have been during the Clinton years. Of course he did not mention that he was one of the people that sued banks to issue sub-prime loans to people that could not qualify nor afford to buy the houses that caused this mess.
In other words, it was exactly as I expected.
On the Special Olympics gaffe, he was talking about his bowling skills. Leno asked if he was going to rip out the bowling lanes in the basement of the White House and replace it with a basketball court. Now I am going to paraphrase here, Obama replied;
"No I'm actually using it, I bowled a 129 (pause for thunderous applause), but it was like the Special Olympics.........."
No big deal to me, but if Bush had said that........................
I can't get past the decision to use tax payer money, during one of the worst recessions, for these cross country jaunts. What purpose, other than ego, does it serve?
Unfortunate off the cuff remark from the President about bowling at the White House and his poor performance being likened to the Special Olympics. Ouch. I watched the Leno interview and completely missed that one specific gaffe. Heard about it today. The President goofed up there. Not too smooth, or smart, but human. I'm sure he said it not in any way to intentionally hurt participants of the Special Olympics or their families. I'm sure President Obama feels like a heel for saying it. I'm sure the correct apologies have been, or are in the process of being said. We will probably see Michelle at a lot of Special Olympics events from now on. And now? We chatter on and on about what would have happened if GWB had said it? GWB said a lot of stupid things. He's human too. I've said stupid stuff, and I'm betting you have too.
Brick, I hear ya about the media having been out to get good old GWB. I agree. It was over the top at times, and I think that Sarah got the same treatment. That said- What I worry about is this- Can we see the forest for the trees? We're in a sticky situation here, what with all the things on our plate. Economy, war(s), global warming, health care, Mexican "Scarfaces" hanging around in our country, blah blah blah.
I consider myself to be pretty middle road, I hate identity politics. You liberal, me conservative, -it kills me. Death of hope for my country. Somedays, I seriously consider Rush and Hanoi Jane to be Captains of similar boats, just sailing under different flags. Treacherous to the health of my country, ya know? I believe SO many Americans are just tired, and a little bit fearful, of where this polarization has brought us.
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, health care, Mexican "Scarfaces" hanging around in our country, blah blah blah.
